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EDUCATION
2011 Master of Social Work, Clinical University of Calgary
2004 Bachelor of Arts, Psychology Concordia University, Montreal
1995 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Drawing University of Calgary
INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN & PRESENTATION
2023 Presentation & Engagement Skills for Leading Clinical Practice Seminars Calgary Counselling Centre
2023 Children’s Group Facilitation Training Calgary Counselling Centre
2023 Working with GriefCalgary Counselling Centre
2023 End of Life Care & Everyday Mental HealthBridge to Peace Threshold Choir
2022 Mindfulness for Life Program SummaryYW Calgary/Alberta International Medical Graduates Association
2020/2023 Clinical Documentation University of Calgary Social Work Practicum Seminars and Calgary Counselling Centre
2019 Domestic Violence: Being Trauma-Informed (co-facilitation) Calgary Region Children’s Services
2017-2021 End-of-Life Care for the LGBTQ Community
Bridge to Peace Threshold Choir
Hospice Quality Management Committee
ISFL Palliative Care Committee
Cedars Villas Extendicare
Palliative Social Work group
Inter-hospice Palliative Education Day
Calgary Holistic Death Network
2018 Coping for the Holidays Strong Daughters Self-Care Saturday
2017 Chronic Illness and Intimacy Parkinson Alberta Hope Conference
2017 Accessible Arts Huntington Society Canada national meeting, Toronto
2016 Physician Assisted Dying: A New Challenge for Social Workers Personally and Professionally Alberta College of Social Workers
2015 Coping with AMD Calgary Retina Consultants
2013 Collaborative Practice-Advocacy support for parents Canadian National Institute for the Blind Child Youth and Family Professional Development Conference, Banff
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Mental Health
100 hour Clinical Hypnosis and Strategic Psychotherapy Training
Somatic Regulation Strategies – Level I, II, III
Trauma-Informed Expressive Arts Therapy-Level 1
Understanding and Applying the DSM-5 in Healthcare Practice
Trauma-Informed Care
Traumatic Dissociation, Emotion Dysregulation, & the Loss of Self
Mental Health Promotion, Suicide Prevention and Strengthening Resilience among Indigenous Youth
Addictions & Mental Illness-Working with Co-occurring Disorders
Narrative Approaches to Traumatic Experience
SOT/War Trauma Intervention
Supporting Survivors of Sexual Violence
Brain Development and the Significance of Trauma
Supportive Pathways
Grief, Loss and Bereavement
Complicated Grief Therapy
Grief Therapy as Meaning Reconstruction: Creative Practices for Counselling the Bereaved
Grief and Adjustment Through a Trauma Informed Lens
Contemplative End of Life
Communication Skills for Palliative Workers
The Paradoxes of Mourning
Leadership
Leadership Development Extension Certificate
Non-violent leadership
Team Leadership
Clinical Social Work Supervision
Psychedelic & Spiritual Integration
TheraPsil Training Program – Affiliate
MDMA Therapy Training Program
Psychedelics 101/102
Understanding Ketamine
Transcendence: Psychedelics & Spiritual Healing at the End of Life
Holotropic Breathwork
Queering Psychedelics Conference
Catalyst 2020 and 2021: Psychedelic Research Conference
Spirituality and Health Conference
Spirituality and Social Work Conference
Arts
Artscape Gibraltar Point-Self-directed Arts Residency
City of Calgary Public Art-Artists Working in Community
Banff Centre-Power and Balance in DisArts
One Yellow Rabbit Summer Lab
MEMBERSHIPS
Alberta College of Social Workers – Authorised to provide Psychosocial Interventions
Social Workers Association of Alberta
Alberta Hospice Palliative Care Association
The Canadian Society for Spirituality and Social Work
Chacruna Institute
Social Work Hospice & Palliative Care Network
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