My Qualifications

My years of formal training in psychotherapy, couples therapy, stress counselling, meditation, hypnotherapy and self-hypnosis, have culminated in a deep understanding of the unconscious mind and the subtle ways that our past experiences and the resulting learned habits of thinking, continue to contexturalize our lives and colour all of our feelings. Listed below is a short summary of the educational endeavours that have contributed to my understanding and provided me with many opportunities to hone my skills.

My professional credentials include:

• Certified Psychotherapist (Dip.TIRP)
• Certified Stress and Wellnesss Consultant (SWC)
• Certified Master Hypnotist (MH)
• Cetified Hypnotherapist (CHt)
• Certified Self-Hypnosis Instructor
• Certified Meditation Instructor
• Certified Pain Management Specialist
• Certified HypnoBirther

My formal training in therapy includes:

• Psychodynamic Psychotherapy / Relational Therapy
• Couples Therapy / Intersubjective Psychotherapy for Couples
• Use of Hypnotic Trance in Psychotherapy / Hypnotism in Therapy
• Hypnotherapy / Hypnosis / Self Hypnosis Instruction
• Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction / Meditation Instruction
• Progressive Muscular Relaxation / Autogenic Relaxation
• Relaxation Response Instruction / Stress and Wellness Counselling
• Transpersonal Counselling / Counselling Psychology / NLP

My experiences include:

• Psychotherapist - Private Practice
• Hypnotherapist - Private Practice
• Counselling Faculty - Sutherland-Chan RMT School
• Research Faculty - York University Faculty of Health, School of Nursing
• Stress Management Consultant - Including: TD Bank; Bombardier Aerospace; Purolator
• Lecturer / Workshop Facilitator - York University - Sutherland-Chan - Seneca College

My professional memberships include:

• Member - CAPT     Canadian Association for Psychodynamic Therapy
• Member - NGH      National Guild of Hypnotists
• Member - IMHDA   International Medical and Dental Hypnotherapy Association
• Member - CPS       Canadian Pain Society
• Director - CAPT      Canadian Association for Psychodynamic Therapy