Professional Associations Membership & Workshop Expertise

  • Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers
  • Ontario Association of Social Workers (OASW)
  • Narrative Therapy;  Depression; Moving Towards Preferred Identities;
  • Impact Therapy;  Experiential Treatment Modalities; Creating An Experience to Effect Change
  • Family Empowerment; Strengths Based Interventions
  • The Impact of Loss on First Nations Communities and Culture
  • Mood Disorders:  Evidence Supporting Treatment Modalities
  • Depression, Suicide and Safety Planning
  • UWO Research on Violence Against Women,  Centre  for Research on Violence, University of Western Ontario
  • Somatic Experience;  Trauma Recovery focused on the body's experience of trauma and how to release survival patterning without re-traumatizing clients;  especially useful with PTSD,  shock, developmental and relational trauma
Workshop Development and Facilitation

  • The Woman's Dance; Understanding Our Identity; Shaped by Social Pressures and Expectations; Creating an Identity of Our Own
  • Co-developed; People of Substance; Addictions;  Workshop for Professionals Working with Individuals with Addictions;  Visual Dance Dramatization of Addiction 
  • Creativity and Our Essence
  • Meditative Drawing Group for Adults with Mental Health Challenges
  • Childhood Development; Supporting Growth, Empathy and Relationships
  • Violence Awareness; Youth Engagement and Nonviolent Conflict Resolution
  • Parenting Without Force; How to Engage Children's Nature Impulse towards Cooperation
  • Young Adults; The Developing Brain and the Impact on Choices; 
  • Creative Expression and Links to Human Potential and Problem-Solving
  • Beyond the Square Box; Creative Team Building;  Fostering Creative Problem-Solving;