• 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.

• I provide mentorship and consultation to newly registered or early career Registered Psychologists or Counselling Therapists on a variety of subjects, including: starting a private practice and advancing career goals.  

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.