Education

I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor and a member of The BC Association of Clinical Counsellors. I have a a Masters of Education in Counselling Psychology (2005) from the University of Victoria and a Bachelor of Arts (1996) from Simon Fraser University.

Professional Development

As a psychotherapist, I believe that it is essential to continue to deepen my craft through ongoing personal/professional development and consultation. I have studied extensively, and continue to do so, in the fields of: trauma, attachment, emergent neuroscience, embodiment and somatic therapies, and psychoanalytic psychotherapy.

With my current focus on Relational and Interpersonal Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy I have completed several programs of study through William Alanson White Institute (2019, 2021, 2023 & 2025) and the Center for Object Relations (2021), as well as the Western Branch of the Canadian Psychoanalytic Society (2021). I was a member of Dr. Allan Schore’s Seattle Study Group (2016 – 2021) and studied attachment and the Adult Attachment Interview with Dr. Mary Main and Dr. Erik Hesse (2015). Since 2002, I have studied somatic therapies, initially with Dr. Peter Levine’s Somatic Experiencing and from 2007 to 2014, Dr. Sharon Stanley’s Somatic Transformation Program. In 2016, Lisa Mortimore PhD, and I launched our first cohort of the Somatic Attachment Psychotherapy 2 year training through Bringing The Body Into Practice, where we offer professional development workshops and trainings for Canadian therapists. BBP is dedicated to the education and evolution of psychotherapists and psychotherapy practice.