

Professional Development
Workshops as a Participant 2014 - 2007
• 2016 MMTIC Training
• 2016 Narcissism & Infidelity: An Integrated Approach to Couples
Therapy (Terry Real and Esther Perel)
• 2016 Social Media for Business (OSP)
2016 Mind Body Institute (Dr Ellyn Bader & Clinton Power)
• 2016 The Power of Intimacy (Terry Real and Esther Perel)
• 2015 Connected Parents, Thriving Children (Imago)
• 2015 Overdose Awareness and Prevention (Toronto Public Health)
• 2015 Queering the Family Tree: Building LGBTQ Inclusive Services
• 2015 Gabor Mate -- When the Body Says No
• 2015 Gabor Mate – Beyond the Medical Model
• 2015 Natalie Zlodre – Trauma in the Mind’s Eye: Mitigating and
Eliminating Intrusive Thoughts, Flashbacks and Nightmares
• 2015 Dr Rex Kay – Countertransference: Beyond the Blame
• 2014 The Path Back: A Model for Working With Adolescents and
Their Parents – Dr Rex Kay
• 2014 On Point – Cdn Harm Reduction
• 2014 Roadmap to Ground Clients & Therapists in a Landscape of Change
• 2014 Gabor Mate – The Hungry Ghost: A Biopsychosocial Perspective on Addiciton from Heroin to Workaholism
• 2014 The Path Back: A Model for Working With Adolescents and Their Parents – Dr Rex Kay
• 2013 Imago Training – Characterological Growth
• 2013 DID Seminar
• 2013 Experiencing & Creating Change
• 2013 Lesbians & Sex
• 2013 Methadone Maintenance Treatment
• 2013 Toronto Harm Reduction Task Force – Peer Information Guide
• 2013 Imago Information Day
• 2013 Harm Reduction Workshop
• 2013 Cultural Competence and Psychotherapy
• 2013 An Introduction to Online Counselling
• 2013 Imago – Characterological Growth
• 2012 Imago – Working with Individuals Training
• 2012 Myths about Sex – Ten Things You Need to Know
• 2012 Adult ADHD: A Strength Based Strategy for a Hidden Population
• 2012 Deaf Cultural Centre – Deaf Identity
• 2012 THRN – “Research” Drugs
• THRN – HIV/HCV and “Street” Drugs
• 2012 Imago – Working with Individuals Training
• 2011 Mind, Body & Soul; An Evening with Mike Lew
• 2011 Levamisole & Cocaine – Toronto Harm Reduction Network
• 2011 Solution-Focussed Brief Therapy
• 2011 Trance Therapy
• 2011 Imago – Basic Clinical Training
• 2010 Myers Briggs Type Indicator Certification (MBTI)
• 2010 Imago Couple's Therapy: FACT A & B
• 2010 Anti-Oppression Psychotherapy
• 2010 Female Sexuality & Character Change in Austin's Sense and Sensibility
• 2009 Trauma and Attachment in Psychotherapy
• 2009 Escape from "Depresso-land": Six Strategies for Relieving Depression
• 2008 Psychotherapy for the Interrupted Life
• 2008 Working with Hard-to-Reach Individuals
• 2007 Harm Reduction (York University)
• 2007 Introduction to Peacemaking Circles
Reading
• The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
• The New Rules of Marriage by Terrence Real
• The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer
• Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear – Elizabeth Gilbert
• It Wasn’t Your Fault by Beverly Engel
• How To Talk so Kids Will Listen, and Listen so Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish
• How Can I Get Through to You? Reconnecting Men and Women by Terrence Real
• I Don’t Want to Talk About It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression by Terrence Real
• Mating In Captivity by Esther Perel
• Far From the Tree by Andrew Solomon
• The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van der Kolk
• Rising Strong by Brene Brown
• Men, Women & Worthiness by Brene Brown
• The Inner Voice of Love by Henri J M Nouwen
• The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are by Brene Brown
• Alone Together by Sherry Turkle
• I Thought It Was Just Me (but it’s isn’t): Making the Journey From What Will People Think? To I Am… by Brene Brown
• The Power of Vulnerability by Brene Brown
• Daring Greatly: How The Courage to be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brene Brown
• The Gifts of Imperfect Parenting by Brene Brown
• The Velvet Rage: Overcoming the Pain of Growing Up Gay in a Straight Man’s World by Alan Downs
• How to Improve Your Marriage Without Talking About It by Patricia Love, Steven Stosny
• The Blessings of a B Minus by Wendy Mogul
• Hold Onto Your Kids by Gordon Neufeld, Gabor Mate
• Eat That Frog by Brian Tracy
• Start With Why by Simon Sinek
• The Two Kinds of New by Rob Bell
• What We Talk About When We Talk About God by Rob Bell
• Sex God by Rob Bell
• Love Wins by Rob Bell
• Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t • Stand Positive Thinking by Oliver Burkeman
• Mindfulness by Danny Perlman, Mark Williams, Jon
• Marriage Made Simple by H Hendrix and Helen LaKelly Hunt
• Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How it can help you find and keep Love by Rachel Heller and Amir Levine
• Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence by J L Herman
• In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts by Gabor Mate
• When the Body Says No by Gabor Mate
• Broken Open by Elizabeth Lesser
• The Art of Possibility by Benjamin Zander & Rosamund Zander
• The Five Love Languages for Singles by Gary Chapman
• Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks
• The Mind’s Eye by Oliver Sacks
• The Problem of Pain by C S Lewis
• A Grief Observed by C S Lewis
• When Food Is Love by Geneen Roth
• Take Back Your Life by Geneen Roth
• When You Eat at the Refridgerator, Pull Up a Chair by G Roth
• Quiet by Susan Cain
• Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman
• The Compass of Pleasure by David Linden
• Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert
• The Heart and Soul of Sex by Dr Gina Ogden, PhD
• Bioenergetics by Alexander Lowen
• Predators:Treating Child Sex Offenders & Victims by Anna Salter
• Invitation to Responsibility by Alan Jenkins
• Getting the Love You Want by Harville Hendrix
• Brief Therapy with Individuals and Couples ed. Carlson & Sperry
• Hard Laughter by Anne Lamott
• Inside the Mind of Sexual Offenders by Dennis Stevens
• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Skills Workbook ed. McKay, Wood & Brantley
• Cognitive Behavioural Skills by Gregoris Simos
• The Emotional Affair by R T & P S Potter-Efron
• Integrating Traditional Healing Practices into Counselling and Psychotherapy ed. W West & R Moodley
• Birth Trauma, Claustrophobia and LSD Therapy by Dr Frank Lake
• Trance Zero by Adam Crabtree
• The Divided Mind by Dr John Sarno
• Why, Mommy, Why? by Jody Thomas
• Pathways to Spirituality by Bill O’Hanlon
• Bounce: Living the Resilient Life by Robert J Wicks
• Hope in Action by Heather Fiske
• Gender Inclusive Treatment of Intimate Partner Abuse by John Hamel
• Loving Your Life: Becoming Who You Are and Loving It Through Passionate Creative Living by Elke Scholz
• Gifts Differing by IB Myers & PB Myers
• All Dogs Have ADHD by Kathy Hoopman
• Tug of War by Mr Justice Harvey Brownstone
• International Child Abductions by Consular Affairs, Canada
• The Ultimate Guide to Sex and Disability by Miriam Kaufman, MD; Cory Silverberg, & Fran Odette
• The Wizard of Oz and Other Narcissists by Eleanor D Payson
• Scars by Cheryl Rainfield
• The Heart and Soul of Sex by Gina Ogden, PhD
• Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugindes
• Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks
• Broken Open by Elizabeth Lesser
• The Art of Possibility by Benjamin Zander & Rosamund Zander
• The Five Love Languages for Singles by Gary Chapman
• The Mind’s Eye – Oliver Sacks
• The Problem of Pain – C S Lewis
• A Grief Observed – C S Lewis
• When Food Is Love – Geneen Roth
• Take Back Your Life – Geneen Roth
• When You Eat at the Refridgerator, Pull Up a Chair – G Roth
• The Boy in the Dress – David Williams
• Quiet – Susan Cain
• Emotional Intelligence – Daniel Goleman
• The Compass of Pleasure – David Linden
• Stumbling on Happiness – Daniel Gilbert
• Eat That Frog – Brian Tracy
• Start With Why – Simon Sinek
• Breaking Free From Emotional Eating – Geneen Roth
• The Two Kinds of New – Rob Bell
• What We Talk About When We Talk About God – Rob Bell
• Sex God – Rob Bell
Memberships
The College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO)
Canadian Association of Sign Language Interpreters (CASLI)
www.casli.ca​​
Ontario Association of Sign Language Interpreters (OASLI)
Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID)
Ontario Society of Registered Psychotherapists (OSRP) www.psychotherapyontario.org
Imago Relationships North America (IRNA) https://www.imagorelationshipswork.com/
Imago Relationships Canada East
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