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Trainings and Certifications

  • Pre-verbal trauma: When There Are No Words (in process) with Sandra Paulsen, Ph.D.

  • IFS-informed EMDR (2024) with Bruce Hersey, LCSW

  • Treating the Addicted Survivor of Trauma: A Somatic Perspective (2023) with Janina Fisher, Ph.D.

  • Trauma and Dissociation Informed Internal Family Systems(2023) with Joanne H. Twombly MSW, LICSW

  • Hearing Voices and Cultivating Internal Dialogue with Janina Fisher, Ph.D.

  • Phobia of Inner Experience in Chronic Traumatization (2023) with Pat Ogden, Ph.D.

  • The Flash Technique (2023) with the Trauma institute and Child Trauma Institute

  • Mastering the Dissociative Surface to Facilitate the Understanding and Treatment of DID and DDNOS (2023) with the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation

  • The Progressive Approach of EMDR(2023) with Dolores Mosquera

  • EMDR and Dissociation: An Introduction to the Progressive Approach(2023) with Dolores Mosquera

  • Dissociation 101: A Comprehensive Exploration into the Field of Dissociation and Complex Trauma (2023) with the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation

  • Completed Full Training in EMDR I and II (2022 to 2023) with the EMDR Centre of Canada

  • Completed Certificate Program in Traumatic Stress Studies (2018-2022) with Bessel van der Kolk M.D. of The Trauma Center

  • Trauma and Internal Family Systems (2021) with Richard Schwartz Ph.D.

  • Accredited Mindfulness Based Stress-Reduction Facilitator (2016-2018) through the Centre for Mindfulness Studies in Toronto (specializing in trauma-informed mindfulness)

  • Shame and Self-Loathing in the Treatment of Trauma (2017) with Janina Fisher, Ph.D.

  • The Healing Dyad: Relational Work with Trauma in Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy

  • Completed Certification I and II in the Treatment of Psychological Trauma (2015 – 2016) with Mount Sinai Psychotherapy Institute

  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Trauma & Self-Harm (2015) with CAMH

  • Concurrent Disorders (2015)with Fred Victor Centre

  • Motivational Interviewing I and II (2014) with CAMH

  • CBT for Depression and Suicide (2013) with Christine Padesky, Ph.D.

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (2009)with Steven C. Hayes, Ph. D.

  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder (2009) with CAMH