Qualifications & professional registrations
PhD in Expressive Arts Therapy
MSc in Integrative Psychotherapy
MA in Archaeology & Anthropology
Nature-Based Therapy training:
Introduction to Therapeutic Nature-Based Interventions (Somatic Nature Therapy Institute, Colorado)
Nature-Based Therapy in Practice (Human-Nature Counselling Society, British Columbia)
Advanced Nature-Based Expressive Arts Therapy: healing trauma and grief with nature (with Dr Cathy Malchiodi)
Somatic Psychotherapy training:
Diploma in Developmental Somatic Psychotherapy (two-year training with Dr Ruella Frank at the Center for Somatic Studies in New York City)
Somatic Experiencing training (in progress)
Certified Clinical Trauma Professional Training
(with Dr. Janina Fisher, PhD)
Certificate in Trauma-Informed Expressive Arts Therapy
(Trauma-Informed Practices and Expressive Arts Therapy Institute: www.trauma-informedpractice.com)
Practitioner Diploma in Working with Eating Disorders (1-year programme)
(The National Centre for Eating Disorders)
Practitioner Certificate in Working with Addictions & Eating Disorders
Post-qualifying training in Clinical Consultation (100+ hours of training)
(Psychosynthesis & Education Trust, London)
Registered Expressive Arts Therapist (REAT #2134) with the International Expressive Arts Therapy Association (www.ieata.org)
Registered Canadian Art Therapist (RCAT #350-R-23) with the Canadian Art Therapy Association (www.canadianarttherapy.org)
Registered Clinical Counsellor and Approved Clinical Supervisor (RCC-ACS #13474) with the British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors (www.bc-counsellors.org)
Approved Practitioner by the National Eating Disorders Information Centre (www.nedic.ca)