• I currently supervise Provisional Psychologists (or individuals who have submitted their credentials to be approved by the College of Alberta Psychologists). I also provide Meta-supervision or consulting with Registered Psychologists regarding best practices in supervision, management, and leadership. 

• I am an external supervisor. This means that you will need to find an organization or agency to see counselling clients so you can complete your 1600 hours.

Areas of Practice

My branch of psychology is clinical/counselling. My professional activities are interventions (counselling), general assessment, consultation, and supervision. My current clients are adults (including the elderly); However, I have previously counselled adolescents, couples, families, and groups. As your supervisor I would be able to supervise your counselling work with a diversity of adults and senior citizens and if you endeavor to supervise graduate students, I am qualified and competent to be able to teach you how to be a clinical supervisor.

Model of Supervision

I integrate many styles of therapy into my counselling practice. My style of therapy is guided by the following theories/training: Hakomi (mindful-somatic psychotherapy), Feminist Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and Humanistic Psychology. I am also trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Prolonged Exposure therapy, Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR), and Exposure and Response Prevention. The way I do therapy and supervision is shaped by my humanistic core beliefs; namely, we [humans] desire to be known, seen, heard, understood, accepted unconditionally, and loved. Humans are resilient, survivors, and creative.

As my specialization is mindful-somatic, trauma-informed/ decolonizing psychotherapy, this informs how I teach interventions. Topics will include, but are not limited to: somatic tracking, contact, accessing core material, transformation, and completion; trauma informed care/ psyched of clients; ‘taking the therapist seat’/ role and function of power, privilege and countertransference; parallel process in the supervisor/ supervisee relationship; and feminist/ anti-oppressive/ decolonizing practice.