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Alana Abramson, PhD

Stephanie baker, phd, rsw, sep.

Stephanie is a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP) and registered social worker (RSW) who has been in the field for over 25 years. Throughout the course of her practice, trauma has been a consistent thread woven throughout the experiences of those she has served. Stephanie has been privileged to support people in several areas including acquired brain injury, addictions, intimate partner violence, mental health, concurrent disorders, sexual violence and complex trauma, as well as provide individual, marital, family and group therapy to a diverse range of ages and needs in both community and institutional settings.

Stephanie has her own private practice where she provides counselling, clinical supervision and consultation and training to various community organizations. Her expertise and interest lies in supporting people with navigating the outcomes of various types of trauma, addiction, violence, neurodivergence and mental health concerns, including the ways in which these issues often intersect.

Pina Barbieri, MSW, RSW

Pina has a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Toronto, and both a Bachelor of Science and a Bachelor of Social Work degree from McMaster University. Pina practices predominantly from a CBT-based treatment modality and enjoys working with individuals of all ages and cognitive abilities. Particular areas of focus include working creatively with children and youth, with individuals who have experienced trauma, in particular historical Indigenous trauma, and individuals living with chronic health conditions. Along with her clinical practice, Pina has discovered a new-found passion in creating, writing and instructing courses. Outside of clinical practice, Pina is an avid believer in volunteerism and spends much of her free time providing support in a variety of forums to the Type 1 Diabetes community.

Cathy Barrick

As the Chief Executive Officer of Alzheimer Society of Ontario, Cathy Barrick leads with enthusiasm, creativity and a drive to create impact within the not-for-profit sector. Cathy drives innovation through fundraising and program development. Cathy believes that not-for-profits should step up and shine by increasing their social profit margins.

Cathy has worked in the not-for-profit sector from the start, beginning her career as a gerontological social worker. Her degrees in gerontology, social work and sociology have allowed Cathy to develop a clinical practice supporting individuals, couples and families address issues throughout their lives. Cathy has a particular interest in supporting seniors and their families as they face a diagnosis of dementia.

Her leadership of organizations for the last 20 years continues to evolve with a focus on creating an environment where staff feel both valued and supported in their efforts to do good.

As a recent Intrapreneur Fellowship graduate of the School for Social Entrepreneurs, Cathy tackles organizational challenges and change from the inside out. Using design thinking to drive success, Cathy believes we can change the culture of the not-for-profit sector.

Amy Beamer, CHRL

Amy is a Learning Consultant at Wilfrid Laurier University. She helps students with academic learning skills, time management and exam prep. She also delivers multiple workshops weekly on these same topics. Amy also worked at Laurier co-op for three years before now working in Student Success. Previously, she was the Manager, Human Resources at Waterloo Public Library. She holds the CHRL (Canadian Human Resources Leader) designation. She worked in the non-profit sector position for almost 10 years, preceded by 10 years working in private retail and manufacturing settings as an HR generalist. Amy graduated from McMaster with a degree in psychology and completed the HR management post-diploma course from Sheridan College. She completed her Masters of Education in Student Affairs from Wilfrid Laurier University in 2020.

Amy has trained or facilitated in all of her roles, and since 2013 has been a contract instructor at Laurier and co-op advisor at Conestoga College. She employs an experiential training style in her classroom that encourages students to interact with one another and the material. Amy uses videos, case studies, personal experiences and hands-on learning activities to enhance the learning process.

Dina Bednar, MA, RP, RMFT, CSFT

Dina is a registered marriage and family therapist living in Ancaster, Ontario. She is the associate director of the Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) certificate program at OISE/Continuing & Professional Learning, University of Toronto, co-director of the Canadian SFBT Centre and an AAMFT Approved Supervisor. Dina trains and consults with mental health agencies on integrating SFBT with single session therapy (SST). She also provides direct clinical supervision and SFBT training to agencies, graduate students, and therapists. Dina’s clinical experience includes over 15 years of practice at a children’s mental health clinic in Hamilton, Ontario. She received an award of distinction from the City of Hamilton for her brief therapy work with children, adolescents and their families in 2017. She now has a private practice in Ancaster. She is passionate about SFBT and SST, and enjoys seeing the difference it can make.

Patricia Bidgood, MSW, RSW

Patricia is a clinical social worker and accredited family mediator with more than 30 years of experience. She has worked in children’s mental health, education and private practice. Patricia provides adolescent, adult and family counselling addressing a broad range clinical issues. She offers consultation, professional development and training to educators, health care and mental health workers. She also speaks to elementary and high school parent communities on raising resilient children and teens. Patricia is a family mediator and a member of the Waterloo Region Collaborative Law Association. She promotes positive alternative dispute resolution strategies to help divorcing parents and families with a range of divorce related services, including: creating parenting plans, divorce coaching, adjustment counselling with children and teens, parenting coordination and family reunification.

Diane Biggs, MA, RP

Diane is a registered psychotherapist, Certified Trauma Integration Clinician, EMDR-trained therapist, and clinical supervisor in private and group practice. Diane has provided counselling services for children, youth and adults in a variety of community mental health and private settings since 2006. Diane is passionate about collaborative, creative and compassionate counselling service with those who are experiencing serious illness, grief and bereavement. Diane has a specialized focus in trauma and bereavement in parents, including perinatal grief/bereavement. Currently, Diane provides grief and trauma-focused individual and family counselling, education and clinical consultation through Andrea Warnick Consulting, as well as her private practice, located in the Durham region of Ontario.

Kirstin Bindseil, MSW, RSW

Kirstin has worked in the field of addictions and mental health for 20 years. She currently provides mindfulness groups to people with depression, anxiety and high stress. She has worked as a supervisor, educator and program planner in addictions. She will complete her yoga certification in September 2023. She has been engaged in innovative projects related to mindfulness meditation and has led mindfulness groups for chronic pain, depression, smoking and other addictions. Kirstin has formal training in mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) and has extensive experience providing mindfulness training to healthcare professionals who plan to add mindfulness to their clinical practice.

Nancy Bird, BA, MA

A life-long resident of Kitchener, Nancy has over 20 years of experience as a senior leader at United Way Kitchener Waterloo & Area and United Way Waterloo Region Communities. Nancy has also served as the Interim Executive Director for HIV/AIDS Resources and Community Health in Guelph. Her experience includes strategy and business development, grantmaking, cross-functional team leadership, community engagement and fundraising. Nancy has worked closely with community organizations, local government and other funders. Nancy has established her own coaching and consulting business, focused on leadership coaching, engagement, team building and life coaching. She is also currently working as the Resource Development and Engagement Lead for Kawasaki Disease Canada, is an Office Manager locally, and serves on the Board of Directors for Bridges to Belonging.

Nancy holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Waterloo, Master of Arts degree in Leadership from University of Guelph, Adult Teacher/Trainer certificate from Conestoga College, Management and Leadership certificate from Laurier’s Faculty of Social Work, and is an alumnus of Leadership Waterloo Region.

Robin Williams Blake, Registered Psychotherapist

Robin is a certified emotionally focused therapy (EFT) trainer, supervisor, and therapist. Presently, Robin is a faculty member in the graduate program for Wilfrid Laurier University where he teaches the EFT Externship and Core Skills in the Spiritual Care and Psychotherapy program. He designed and taught the first EFT Core Skills equivalency course to be offered at a Canadian university with his colleague, ICEEFT supervisor Debbie Wang at Laurier in 2021. In the past few years, Robin has taught EFT at York University in their social work program and was invited by Mount Sinai Hospital to speak at their level two trauma clinic in 2016. He is a former adjunct faculty member at the Living Institute of Existential-Integrative Psychotherapy where he taught EFT for five years. Robin trains EFT for local centers and communities in Fredericton, Cambridge, Toronto, York Region and Edmonton and he co-trained at the Toronto Externship with Sue Johnson in October 2020-2021. As an international EFT trainer, Robin has taught in the U.S. and UK and looks forward to teaching in Iran in the fall. For the past three years, he has been a regular consultant for Hold Me Tight retreats organized by Toronto Beyond the Blue a not-for-profit organization providing therapeutic services for the Toronto police force and their families. Robin is a co-founder of the Toronto Centre for Emotionally Focused Therapy and has been a director for the Centre since 2005. Robin is a registered psychotherapist and has been in private practice in Toronto for 21 years where he sees individuals, couples and families and provides supervision for therapist working towards certification in EFT.

Thomas Brown, MSW, RSW

Thomas is a social worker and director of clinical supervision at Qualia Counselling Services, where he offers the gold standard for CBT clinical supervision to Qualia and community clinicians. In addition to providing CBT supervision, Thomas continues to pursue his CBT passion by treating clients and delivering the cognitive behaviour interventions to those dealing with mental health challenges and life stressors.

Thomas can teach the gold standard because he has striven so excellently to achieve it. Thomas has completed a variety of rigorous training programs through the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. He has received extensive, ongoing CBT mentoring, training and supervision which has helped him emerge into the director of supervision role he holds.

Additionally, Thomas teaches CBT in a variety of contexts including workshops, conferences, university lectures and medical residency programs.

Nicole Cantelon, BSc, MA, RP

Niki is rigorously trained in CBT and her role as a mental health professional has been influenced through a variety of professional experiences within the fields of education and fitness and wellness. In addition to her work as a registered psychotherapist, she is also a certified yoga teacher and fitness trainer. She is additionally trained in youth mental health and has taught in a variety of educational settings from elementary to university students. Drawing from a variety of modalities including DBT and mindfulness approaches, she believes that strengthening the connection between mental, physical and spiritual well-being is important for long-term health and wellness. Empowering and encouraging people is her greatest joy, especially witnessing students and clients gain understanding, commit to new practices and making changes that improve their lives.

Lauren Clark, MSW, RSW

Lauren is the president and CEO of Bridge C-14, a national non-profit organization providing a network of peer-to-peer connections and community supports through all stages of medical assistance in dying (MAiD). In early 2017, Lauren met Jan Ditchfield, the founder of Bridge C-14 and joined its founding board of directors. Lauren is deeply passionate about providing individuals touched by MAiD with compassionate support throughout their journey with assisted dying and took over the organization after Jan stepped down from day-to-day operations in June 2019.

Lauren is also a social worker at The Ottawa Hospital (TOH). She holds a permanent position in the Medicine Department at the Civic Campus and was a member of the MAiD team at TOH and with the Champlain Regional MAiD Network.

Lauren holds a social service worker diploma from Lambton College, a certificate in dementia studies from Lakehead University, as well as a Bachelor of Social Work and a Master of Social Work from Carleton University. She is a registered member of the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW), the Ontario Association of Social Workers (OASW) and the Canadian Association of Social Workers (CASW).

Lauren was named as one of the OASW inspirational leaders for 2019 for her work with MAiD, has spoken at local, provincial and national conferences, and has been a guest instructor for the National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly (NICE)'s Advanced Practice Gerontological Social Work course for health professionals working in the Sinai Health System, the NICE Learning Series on Aging and with Wilfrid Laurier University's Death, Dying and Bereavement certificate program. Lauren is also the instructor for the Bridge C-14 educational series.

Scot Cooper, RP

Scot founded the Brief Narrative Practices Project as a means to provide specialized quality training to service providers working in time constrained therapeutic contexts. Alongside more than 18 years of direct practice he has been teaching ‘brief’ narrative and single session walk-in therapy for more than a decade locally and abroad. Scot offers the curriculum through a spirit of adventure and exploration, inviting participants to practice, stretch their skill set and transfer specific learning into everyday practice. Alongside this Scot has worked extensively in the Neighbouring Communities and Pen Pal Project; narrative practice informed relationship building initiatives between First Nations and their neighbours. Scot's most recent publications include Brief narrative practice at the walk-in clinic: The rise of the counterstory , and Quality Assurance at the Walk-in: Process, Outcome, and Learning (2014 and 2013, International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work) and the co-editing of the book Masters of Narrative and Collaborative Therapies: The voices of Andersen, Anderson, and White (2011 Routledge Publishing).

Sarah Courtney, MDiv, RP

Sarah is rigorously trained in CBT and has additional training in emotionally focused therapy for couples and families. Sarah is a registered psychotherapist and a registered marriage and family therapist. Sarah has decades of clinical experience focusing on a variety of mental health issues, addictions, couples and family system issues. She loves to work with couples and families around relationship issues (communication, conflict, mediation, affairs, parenting, etc.) using EFT and CBT. Sarah is the Couples and Family Clinical Lead at Qualia Counselling and contributes research and supervision. Sarah has experience teaching CBT workshops and courses.

Rick Csiernik, BSc, BSW, MSW, PhD, RSW, CCAC

Rick Csiernik (they/them/their) is a professor within the School of Social Work, King's University College in London, Ontario. Rick is a White settler currently living on Dish With One Spoon Treaty Territory. Rick has written 10 books, edited nine, including The Essential Guide to Psychoactive Drugs in Canada, Homeless, Housing and Mental Health, The Drug Paradox, Substance Use and Misuse: Everything Matters, and Responding to the Oppression of Addiction. Rick has contributed to 250 peer reviewed publications, made over 300 public presentations and been part of research teams receiving over $5 million in funding during his career. Rick, who has been a social worker for four decades, has been recipient of both the King's University College and McMaster University Continuing Education Teacher of the Year awards as well as the Hugh Mellon Excellence in Research Award, Ontario Volunteer Award, and Jeff Wilbee Award for leadership in the field of addiction.

Lorral Deline, MA, RP

Lorral is a registered psychotherapist with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario. She has an MA in Counselling Psychology from Yorkville University and a postgraduate diploma in Addictions Treatment and Prevention from Georgian College. Over her 20+ year career, she has worked in the field of addiction and mental health in a variety of capacities including residential, hospital, and outpatient settings providing both short-term and long-term therapy. Lorral has worked with diverse client populations including those with concurrent disorders, mandated clients, women and children, cross-cultural populations, couples, and family members. She has also designed and delivered training workshops for healthcare professionals and has experience in the management of government initiative projects. Presently, Lorral is living and working in the Cayman Islands providing therapy to individuals, couples, and families. A career highlight for Lorral occurred in 2018 when she launched her online private practice www.healthecounselling.ca offering video, phone, and chat therapy sessions to those aged 18 and over residing in Ontario.

Kari-Anne Eby, MSW, MEd

Kari-Anne has a specialization in children’s mental health and working with preschool to adolescent aged children and youth, treating mood and other mental health issues. Kari-Anne appreciates and uses creative and play-based adapted cognitive behaviour therapy and other best practice, evidence-based modalities. Kari-Anne works in full-time private practice at Qualia Counselling Services working with a range of issues including anxiety, OCD, depression and trauma. Within her clinical practice, Kari-Anne takes a collaborative and strengths-based approach by encouraging individuals to recognize their own resilience, skills and expertise. Kari-Anne also has a passion for visual arts and the role that they can play in helping individuals find healing. Her calm and warm demeanor helps to make clients feel welcome and safe.

Dara Roth Edney, MSW, RSW

Dara is a reproductive counsellor and founder of Informed Fertility, a Toronto-based counselling service specializing in family building and providing services across Canada. In practice since 2000, Dara’s focus includes reproductive counselling and mental health support, as well as research, advocacy and education. Dara works with individuals, couples and groups, drawing from numerous therapeutic models, positive psychology and coaching methodologies. She works closely with clinics and affiliated professionals across Canada and the U.S., as well as with international patients from around the world coming to Ontario for fertility treatment.

In her daily practice, Dara supports people through the profound emotions of infertility and loss, provides grief and relationship counselling, pragmatic decision-making guidance, help in developing effective coping and stress reduction strategies, and in building resilience and boundaries. She is committed to supporting those using assisted reproduction due to sexual orientation, gender identity, relationship status or underlying medical conditions. Dara counsels people freezing gametes for social, identity and medical reasons, intended parents undergoing IVF, using donors and/or surrogates, those embarking on co-parenting arrangements, and adults navigating the complexities of being donor conceived. She conducts assessments for donors and surrogates, provides mediation between parties when conflicts arise, and facilitates patient support groups. Once pregnancy is achieved, she is available for ongoing support through this stage, into post-partum and parenting.

Dara is committed to providing services that are inclusive, empathetic, personalized and helpful, informed by her educational background and years of clinical and research experience, and inspired by her own long journey with infertility, IVF and ultimately, surrogacy. She works closely with professional and community organizations and is a regularly invited consultant and speaker at conferences, workshops, community organizations, university campuses and fertility clinics. She is actively involved in government consultations, beginning in 2002, when she delivered an invited presentation to the Canadian Legislature House of Commons, Standing Committee on Health, in regard to Bill C-13 (legislation that led to the Assisted Human Reproductive Act), to when she was an invited witness at the Ontario Legislature in 2016, presenting before the Standing Committee on Social Policy regarding Bill 28 (the All Families are Equal Act). In the years between and on an ongoing basis, Dara is involved in numerous other government consultations, as well as industry research and professional education, sits on the Ethics Committee of a large Toronto fertility clinic and is the Chair of the Counselling Special Interest Group (CSIG) of the Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society (CFAS).

Dara holds a Master of Social Work degree (MSW) from the University of Toronto and Bachelors’ Degrees from York University (BSW) and McGill University (BA). She is a Registered Social Worker with the Ontario College of Social Workers and the Saskatchewan Association of Social Worker (RSW), a member of the Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society (CFAS) and the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), as well as ASRM’s Mental Health Professionals Group (MHPG).

She is also a member of the Ontario Association of Social Workers (OASW), and a professional member of Fertility Matters, a patient support and advocacy group.

Dara lives in Toronto, Ontario with her partner, two daughters (both carried by gestational surrogates

after her long journey with infertility) and two dogs. For more information, go to: www.informedfertility.ca .

Andrew Ekblad, PhD, CPsych

Andrew is the founder and director of Broadleaf Health, a multi-disciplinary emotional and behavioural care clinic in Ontario. Dr. Ekblad has been intensively trained by Dr. Edna Foa, PE treatment developer. He holds certification as both a PE trained therapist and PE trained consultant, indicating the heightened training and demonstration of skills required for these levels of certification through the Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety at the University of Pennsylvania. He has over 15 years of clinical and research experience in the treatment of borderline personality disorder (BPD) through dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT). Dr. Ekblad leads educational seminars and workshops for hospital, university, and community mental health practitioners throughout Canada. He has conducted trainings on PE to a range of groups including clinicians based in hospitals, and clinicians based in military contexts (e.g., on Canadian Forces Bases) Dr. Ekblad has presented original research at international conferences and published academic articles on DBT, BPD, emergency department care of suicidal patients, substance abuse, mindfulness and mentoring. He is an Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at McMaster University. Dr. Ekblad received his PhD in clinical psychology from Duke University.

Melissa Fellin, MSW, RSW, MA, PhD

Melissa (she/her) is a registered social worker (RSW) with a BA in psychology and anthropology, master of social work, a master of arts in anthropology and a PhD in anthropology. She is a play therapy intern and member of the Canadian Association for Play Therapy. Melissa is the founder and owner of Bloom: Child & Family Therapy in Waterloo and Kitchener, an ultra-creative evidence-based group practice in children's mental health and family well-being, as well as co-owner of Mel & Kel Co. that focuses on women’s health, relationships and community. Melissa has received multiple awards for her research, which has been implemented in hospitals, schools and counseling agencies. She has published a book and several academic journal articles. Melissa has taught courses at Western University, Wilfrid Laurier University and Sheridan College, and spoken at academic and community forums. Melissa has worked with neurodiverse adults, children and youth for over five years in therapeutic settings and in research and advocacy for over 15 years. Along with working in the field, Melissa is neurodiverse and is raising three neurodiverse children.

Charity Fleming, MSW, RSW

Charity is a cognitive behaviour therapist with many years of experience specializing in CBT for trauma, Indigenous adapted, and cognitive behaviour play therapy. She is president and CEO of Qualia Counselling Services, which has CBT clinics across Southern Ontario, and partners with Wilfrid Laurier University to offer the cognitive behavioural therapy program. Charity is passionate about working with priority populations, especially using CBT in flexible ways to deliver mental health interventions that result in real change. Charity identifies as Indigenous and is passionate about and focuses much of her CBT work and training on helping Indigenous people heal from historical trauma. Charity also serves as the Indigenous Director of Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association and was recipient of the Ontario Association of Social Workers Inspirational Leader Award in 2023.

Sue Gallagher, MSW, RSW

Sue is a clinical social worker living, teaching, and practicing in Waterloo, Ontario. With over 35 years of practice, Sue views the world through a trauma informed lens and embraces ongoing opportunities for integrating theory and practice. Sue teaches at a variety of universities and is an Associate with Cardinal Counselling and Mediation in Waterloo. Sue is a mother, daughter, partner, and friend who views learning as a lifelong endeavour and tries her very best to live a balanced life!

In partnership with Sandy Jardine, Sue develops and delivers workshops to various agencies, professionals, and community groups.

Maria Geleynse, MSW, RSW

Maria is a registered social worker and practices psychotherapy with clients ages 16+, addressing a diverse array of presenting issues. Her educational background includes a Bachelor of Arts in International Development from Calvin University, a Bachelor of Social Work from the University of Waterloo, and a Master of Social Work from Wilfrid Laurier University. In addition to psychotherapy practice, her career has also involved teaching English internationally, and working in refugee resettlement and refugee and newcomer mental health in a variety of capacities in both the United States and Canada. Maria began to study and train in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) during her MSW, and quickly became passionate about the model. While she has trained in a variety of models, ACT has remained foundational to her practice of psychotherapy from day one, and she has engaged in ongoing training and study of the model. She has been a member of the KW-Guelph ACT Consultation Group since 2016, and has been a co-facilitator/coordinator of the group since 2018. Maria deeply values and strives to embody compassion, curiosity, respect, and authenticity in her therapy practice.

Amar Ghelani, MSW, RSW, PhD (c)

Amar Ghelani is a registered social worker, PhD candidate, and instructor with the Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty of Social Work. He has 16 years of experience supporting individuals, families, and groups with complex mental health concerns in addiction treatment, prisons, shelters, schools, mobile crisis, outpatient mental health, and healthcare settings. His research focuses on cannabis and mental health, psychosis, trauma, crisis intervention, harm reduction, recovery, and psychosocial assessment/therapy. He has specialized training in CBT, DBT, and suicide intervention, as well as a certificate in trauma counselling.

Amar's research is published in leading academic journals, including Clinical Social Work, Early Intervention in Psychiatry, Psychosis, and Health and Social Work. He has received numerous awards and grants for his research, including the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Fellowship. He has presented at various conferences and is passionate about teaching professionals in the mental health field.

Carolyn Golden, MSW, RSW

Carolyn has an extensive amount of crisis-oriented and outpatient experience working with children, adolescents, adults and families for over 15 years. Among other specialties like mood disorders, substance use disorder and suicidal ideation, Carolyn is a trauma specialist with extensive training in a variety of settings (police services, child welfare, mental health clinics). Carolyn takes pride in providing evidence-based interventions. She participated as a research assistant in the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect, 2008 (CIS-2008). She has published a peer reviewed book chapter and articles on these topics. Carolyn has also taken on leadership and training opportunities, including acting as a field instructor for social work students and doing presentations on research findings and mental health in the workplace.

Sarah Gross, MSW, RSW, Psychotherapist

Sarah has over 10 years clinical experience working with clients across the life span, specializing in child and adolescent mental health in both acute care and outpatient settings. Sarah has been a vital part of the Qualia Counselling and teaching team since the clinic first opened.

Cara Grosset MSW, PhD, RSW, CT

Cara is a registered social worker, social work educator, and holds a certification in thanatology. Cara has a private practice where she works with individuals of all ages and families facing issues such as grief, traumatic loss, PTSD, violence, and mental health challenges. Cara is a lecturer in the Thanatology and Disability programs at King’s University College, Western University, and at the Faculty of Social Work at Wilfrid Laurier University. Cara’s doctoral research focused on the grief and mourning experiences of people labelled with intellectual developmental disabilities. Cara was the team lead for the development the Intellectual Disability and Grief module for Canadian Virtual Hospice (mygrief.ca). Cara has had the privilege to work with many children, youth, families and students throughout her more than 30 years in practice. Her work with MADD Canada’s Youth Victims of Impaired Driving has spanned over 15 years, and in 2017 Cara was awarded MADD Canada’s Citizen of Distinction Award for this ground-breaking program. Cara has also developed and facilitated numerous community-based bereavement support programs, including: Missing Pieces: The Grief Puzzle (in partnership with local school boards); T.L.C. for Kids; P.A.L.S. (Peer Adolescent Loss Support); and Growing Through Grief for young adults.

Jennifer Hackbart, BASc, MSW, RSW

Jennifer is one of Qualia Counselling's leading cognitive behavioural therapists, specializing in CBT for children, adolescents and families and working within Indigenous communities. Jennifer holds a Bachelor of Applied Science, child, youth and family major, from the University of Guelph and a Master of Social Work degree and CBT certificate from Laurier. Additionally, Jennifer has a background in human development and has worked extensively alongside individuals with developmental disabilities, providing both individual and group support. Jennifer is also closely affiliated with Crane Lake Discovery Camp, where a wilderness therapeutic approach is used to reach at-risk youth with various mental health and behavioural challenges. Jennifer's passion for child and adolescent mental and developmental health has been a driving force in her social work career.

Leslie Howarth

After 40 years experience with horses, beginning in the race horse industry, Leslie has grown to a more holistic understanding of horse behaviour and well-being. Since retiring from registered midwifery, Leslie has had the honour to partner with horses and humans in the field of Equine Assisted Learning.

Sandy Jardine, MSW, RSW

Sandy is a graduate of the Faculty of Social Work at Wilfrid Laurier University and has been a clinical social worker for more than 20 years.  She is a Maritimer through and through and an Acadian in her roots.

Sandy is a Clinical Traumatologist and is trained in critical stress management and compassion fatigue/secondary traumatic stress. She facilitates debriefs to various groups and in various settings, from hospitals to local agencies to first responder workplaces. She provides education and training to workplaces across the country as a trainer and consultant.

In partnership with Sue Gallagher, Sandy develops and delivers workshops to various agencies, professionals, and community groups. She is the owner of her private counselling practice in Kitchener, where she specializes in trauma-focused work.

Leah Jeffery, MSW, RSW

Leah Jeffery currently works as a clinical manager within the developmental sector and is a part-time professor at Georgian College in the interprofessional mental health program. With a Masters degree in social work, she has spent the last 20 years in the field of human services. Specializing in complex trauma and mental health, Leah has worked with a number of mental health and developmental service agencies providing crisis and trauma services. She has a part-time private practice where she offers psychotherapy to adults with a variety of mental health issues through Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT). As a Mental Health First Aid trainer since 2001 and trainer with Safeguards Training, she has provided training and consultations across the province in the areas of trauma and trauma informed care, dual diagnosis, ACT and Mental Health. Outside of work, Leah loves to spend time with her four children and husband and for self care, Leah finds rejuvenation surrounded by nature with a good book in hand!

Veena Kaur, MSc, RP, RMFT-S

Veena is an individual, couples and family therapist. She is also an experienced clinical supervisor. Veena has been providing clinical supervision since 2003; she is a CAMFT Approved Supervisor, and has been teaching clinical supervision courses and workshops for more than 12 years.

Veena has a particular interest in anti-oppressive practice (AOP). She has worked extensively with new immigrants, refugees and Indigenous peoples in helping them reclaim their lives from the effects of oppression and trauma. She has also provided workshops and trainings in anti-oppressive practice.

Veena graduated from the Couple and Family Therapy program at the University of Guelph in 2000. She has largely worked within the non-profit service sector, as Director of Training, Multicultural and Trauma Services at K-W Counselling Services, where she directed the intern training program for more than 12 years. She spent a couple of years working in the remote isolated communities of the Western Arctic region, and spent some time in Belarus, working with Doctors without Borders.

Sarosh Khalid-Khan, MD, DABPN, FRCPC

Dr. Sarosh Khalid-Khan is an adult and child and adolescent psychiatrist and Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Psychology at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario. In addition to her previous administrative and research roles in the department, she has been involved in spearheading and co-developing the Family Therapy Training Program in the Division of Child and Youth Psychiatry as well as the dialectal behaviour therapy (DBT) program. Dr. Khalid-Khan completed her adult psychiatry residency training at the Institute of Pennsylvania Hospital, affiliated hospital of University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia where she trained in psychodynamic psychotherapy. She completed her Child and Adolescent Psychiatry residency training at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, previously the Philadelphia Child Guidance Centre where Salvatore Minuchin initiated and formalized structural family therapy. Dr. Khalid-Khan received family therapy training at the Philadelphia Child and Family Therapy Training Centre under Dr. Marion Goldberg who trained directly under Minuchin and adapted Minuchin’s model to ecosystemic structural family therapy (ESFT). In the past few years, Dr. Khalid-Khan has been collaborating with her colleague Patricia Marchand in teaching psychiatry residents and social work students the ESFT model. Part of Dr. Khalid-Khan’s research involves looking at outcomes of DBT and ESFT.

Annette Kussin, MSW, RSW, Psychotherapist

Annette has a master’s degree in social work, is a registered marriage and family therapist and is an advanced attachment focused therapist. She has worked in children’s mental health for over 30 years as a therapist, supervisor, manager and clinical director. She was the owner/director of the Leaside Therapy Centre, a multi-discipline clinic in Toronto, for 10 years. She has had a private practice for over 30 years. She specializes in attachment focused therapy for adults, couples, adolescents and adoptive families.

Annette has received advanced training in attachment focused therapy and has been a member of an advanced consultation group in this model of therapy. She is trained to score the Adult Attachment Interview. She offers consultation to mental health agencies and consultation/supervision to individual professionals and provides training on child and adult attachment to organizations, including Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty of Social Work, SickKids Centre for Community Mental Health, Safeguards, Mission: Empowerment.

Annette has written and published two books: It’s Attachment: a New Way of Understanding Yourself and Your Relationships and Secure Parent, Secure Child: How a Parent’s Attachment Shapes the Attachment of the Child. Both are published by Guernica Editions and available on Amazon and Caversham Books. Her first book has been translated into Chinese and will be into Arabic and Spanish.

Kat Lee, MA, RDT-BCT, CCLS

Kat is in private practice as a drama therapist in Connecticut, USA, where she focuses on doing embodied work with folx who have traumatic life experiences. Kat also develops content for Greenleaf Integrative, a consulting organization specializing in burnout prevention for helpers and healers. She has served as faculty at New York University and the Kint Institute, focusing on cultural awareness and intersectionality in creative arts therapy. She is the past Director of Secondary Education for ALIVE/Miss Kendra Programs through the Post Traumatic Stress Center in New Haven, CT.

Patricia Marchand, MSW, RSW

Patricia received her Bachelor of Arts in political science with a specialization in women’s studies at the Simone de Beauvoir Institute at Concordia University. She later completed her Bachelor of Social Work at McGill University and completed her Master of Social Work at the University of British Columbia.

Patricia has worked in oncology and palliative care at the Montreal Children’s Hospital, Military Family Resources Centre during the Canadian involvement in Afghanistan, and currently works at Hotel Dieu Hospital site with Kingston Health Sciences Centre in Kingston, Ontario where she is an adjunct lecturer in the department supervising Residents and Fellows in the art of family therapy.

Working through the lens of trauma, Patricia uses a plethora of therapies such as ecosystemic structural family therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy (individual and group based), emotion focused family therapy, interpersonal therapy (IPT), emotion focused therapy, eye movement desensitization reprocessing (EMDR) and brainspotting.

Patricia has a core belief that families can heal and need skilled committed people to help them along the path to wellbeing. Teaching these skills are a privilege and she hopes to ignite this passion to anyone who seeks to grow their knowledge base in family therapy.

Patricia also has a private practice in Kingston, Ontario.

Sara Marlowe, MSW, RSW

Alison maslin-maratos, bsw, msw, rsw.

Alison is a social worker and psychotherapist who provides psychotherapy and coaching at her group practice. Over her years in practice, Alison has developed an interest in mentoring and supporting other therapists, which is derived from her experience in creating and growing her own practice. A researcher and planner by nature, Alison developed The Practice Companion as a resource to support therapists in building and growing their practices. She has used her experience and knowledge to create resources that are informed by her mistakes, her successes and the lessons she has learned along the way. 

In addition to her clinical work and practice-support, Alison has been a professor and guest lecturer for post-secondary students in the fields of social work, professional practice and psychology. She provides corporate training and facilitates workshops on various topics such as self-care, managing life changes, mental health, communication skills and compassion fatigue. Alison has been a registered social worker with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers since 1995 and is committed to supporting fellow social workers achieve success in private practice while remaining mindful of their self-care as they balance the roles of clinician and business owner.

Christine Mayor, PhD, RP, BCT/RDT

Christine is a registered psychotherapist, registered drama therapist and board certified trainer with experience teaching drama therapy methods nationally and internationally. She is currently an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Manitoba, where she specializes in critical and anti-racist approaches to trauma-informed school interventions and in arts-based approaches.

Christine has taught for Lesley University in their expressive therapies program, for Laurier in their social work program, and was the co-director of a post-graduate drama therapy certificate program in the U.S. She serves as the associate editor of Drama Therapy Review, the official peer-reviewed journal of the North American Drama Therapy Association (NADTA) and has published multiple articles and book chapters on critical approaches to trauma and the use of drama therapy and the arts for social action, clinical practice, and in school-based settings.

Prior to completing her doctorate at Laurier, Christine worked as the Director of Public Health and Social Policy at the Post Traumatic Stress Center in New Haven, Connecticut, where she led a multi-city trauma-centered drama therapy program in the schools called ALIVE. In addition to specializing in the use of drama therapy with those who have experienced trauma, she has expertise in using the arts with youth, school-based settings and in social justice work.

Kelly McDonnell-Arnold, MA, MBA, RSW, RP

Kelly is a passionate and highly experienced therapist specializing in personal and sexual development. As a certified sexologist, relationship therapist, owner, and clinical director of Bliss Counselling & Psychotherapy, she has empowered countless individuals and couples to cultivate blissful lives and relationships. With a strong academic background and extensive knowledge of human sexuality, Kelly brings a wealth of expertise to her role as an instructor. Her impressive credentials include degrees in psychology and sociology, a master's in forensic sexology, an MBA in healthcare administration and additional training in EMDR therapy, couples therapy, and sex therapy. Kelly's expertise and recognition in the field have led to features in reputable publications and hosting her own talk show. With a commitment to guiding transformative journeys of self-discovery, Kelly is dedicated to teaching the fundamentals of sex therapy and equipping participants with the knowledge and skills to make a positive impact in the field.

Shaun Metz, BEd, MSc, Registered Psychotherapist

Shaun has over 20 years of experience working especially with children and adolescents as well as adults, caregivers and families. Shaun’s specialty and focus has been in education, mental health, cognitive behaviour therapy and psychological/psych-ed assessment and treatment. Working for a variety of school boards and clinics, Shaun has been fiercely committed to his own and others’ education from the primary to post-graduate stages; teaching at elementary, university and post-graduate levels. Shaun currently resides in Edmonton, Alberta.

Dena Moitoso MSc, Psych CRPO, OACCPP, Registered Psychotherapist

Dena is a registered psychotherapist and holds a master’s degree in psychology with a specialization in traumatic bereavement. For 24 years, Dena provided individual and family counselling to those grieving the loss of a loved. She is a founding member of the Waterloo Region Suicide Prevention Council (WRSPC) and the local chapter for Bereaved Families of Ontario. Dena has recently retired from her private practice in order to focus on teaching others what so many have taught her. As the professional consultant for WRSPC, she trains and supervises clinicians working with those who have suffered a traumatic loss. Dena works closely with local agencies as well as agencies throughout the province to establish standards of care in the field of complicated grief. It is Dena’s personal experience with loss which complements her knowledge and understanding of the challenges of grief.

Janet Noble, MSW, RSW, BA, BEd

Janet is a registered social worker and is currently working as the clinical director for Body Brave, Eating Disorders Treatment Centre and is in private practice at Qualia Counselling Services. Janet has been practicing in the field of social work and held positions on executive teams across community healthcare, acute healthcare and in long-term care settings. She holds a Master of Social Work degree from Wilfrid Laurier University, a Bachelor of Education in adult education from Brock University, and undergraduate degree from University of Waterloo. Additionally Janet has obtained her CBT certificate in Trauma.

Janet has a passion for teaching and has taught, both in person and virtually, at Laurier in the undergraduate social work program: Introduction to Social, Values and Practice and Ethical, Legal and Financial Issues in Case Management at McMaster University. Currently, Janet is on the faculty in the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University and is a longitudinal facilitator.

Michelle Nogueira, RSSW, CAC II, CPGC, IGDC

For the past 35 years, Michelle has worked through the continuum of care in the addiction field. She has achieved certifications in gambling, gaming and addictions. She is also a registered Social Service Worker with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers and a member of the Ontario Social Service Worker Association. Michelle is currently working at The Residence at Homewood as an Addiction and Recovery Management Specialist and Digital Lead.

Michelle has been intrigued with problem gambling since 1989 and has had the pleasure to work in all areas of the gambling field throughout her career: treatment, prevention and research. She was a co-investigator on a research project titled A Comprehensive Review of Problem Gambling Self-Assessment Tools for Use on an Internet Platform and was honoured to present the findings at the 15th International Conference on Gambling and Risk Taking in Las Vegas.

Michelle has been fascinated with relapse prevention throughout her career and has proclaimed that “relapse prevention is the cornerstone of addiction counselling.” She has developed relapse prevention programs for gambling and substance use. She also facilitates mindfulness-based relapse prevention programs for addictive behaviours. She is currently facilitating a virtual group (Road to Recovery), which explores key relapse concepts.

Michelle is passionate in promoting digital wellness through mindfulness. She is a freelance writer/contributor for https://mindful.technology and a community expert with INTENTA. She engages with graduates of the INTENTA Gaming Disorder Clinical Training by initiating discussions, answering questions, sharing clinical experiences and resources.

Michelle has also co-authored a book My Parent’s Aren’t NOOBS! This heartfelt story for children and parents highlights the importance of technology (video games) with today’s generation of youth and promotes healthy video gaming habits.

Michelle has presented on gambling, gaming, shopping, technology and substance use at a variety of forums throughout her career.

Margaret Notar, MA, MSW, RSW

Marg is a social worker with over 30 years of clinical experience working in the mental health field. Since 1999, she has been a part-time faculty member with Laurier’s Faculty of Social Work, teaching clinical courses on individual and group therapy and mindfulness models, as well as providing a variety of workshops through the faculty’s Professional Development office. She has been a social work field advisor for Laurier, a sessional instructor at Renison University College’s School of Social Work and has acted as a field supervisor for many students over the years. Marg also sees clients and provides clinical consultation through her private practice.

In 2016, Marg initiated a local consultation/study group for professionals interested in learning more about acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), a topic she has presented on at the international level and provided customized training for a variety of community organizations. As well, she contributed to, and developed, eating disorders treatment, prevention and professional development services in the Waterloo region, previously as co-founder of the Eating Disorders Awareness Coalition, a non-profit charity. Marg’s current research interests are related to the impact of mindfulness practice on new social work practitioners. She has published on that topic as well as on motivational interviewing with teens, self-esteem enhancement groups, families whose loved ones have an eating disorder and mother-daughter relationships, and has conducted workshops on numerous topics across Canada. In another life, she is also an award-winning quilt artist whose work has been selected for exhibition in local museums as well as national and international exhibitions.

Bridget O’Hagan, M.Ed, Registered Psychotherapist

Bridget has an abundance of experience as a seasoned clinician helping others, especially using her skills as a certified cognitive behaviour and dialectical behaviour psychotherapist. Bridget has a profound passion for working with priority populations, such as individuals with acute mental health concerns, those with histories of trauma, the Indigenous population, and women in the corrections system. Bridget is also passionate about bringing the power of her post graduate training in Compassionate Inquiry (where she studied directly under Dr. Gabor Maté) to her clients and students.

Frank Pew, MSW, RSW

Frank Pew is a registered social worker and psychotherapist who specializes in the assessment and treatment of adolescence, transitional-aged youth (18-25) and adult mental and emotional health. Over the past 15 years, Frank has worked in a variety of outpatient mental health care settings in Canada and the USA. His career started off in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he worked in community mental health and specialized in crisis intervention. After relocating to Guelph, he continued working in community mental health as a crisis worker for several years at Canadian Mental Health Association of Waterloo and Wellington (CMHA WWD) formerly know as Trellis Mental Health.

After completing his Masters of Social Work at Wilfrid Laurier University in 2013, he worked as the clinical lead at CMHA WWD where he pioneered the development of one of the largest DBT-informed programs in Ontario. Frank has been in private practice since 2016 and is the founder/director of Pew Psychotherapy, a boutique psychotherapy practice in downtown Guelph that specializes in the provision of evidence-based treatment interventions for emotion dysregulation, impulsivity, anxiety, depression and OCD.

Frank is intensively trained in several evidence-based treatment modalities, such as dialectical behaviour therapy, cognitive behaviour therapy, prolonged exposure, acceptance and commitment therapy and exposure and response prevention. Throughout his clinical career he has gained extensive experience working with trauma survivors, and people with borderline personality disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety disorders, mood disorders, addictions, suicide, and non-suicidal self-injury.

Vi Phan, MSW, RSW

Vi is a registered social worker with a certificate in diversity, equity and inclusion from Cornell University and a Master of Social Work from the University of Toronto. She has been practicing for over a decade as a social worker, providing direct service and policy system change work. She comes with experience in post-secondary education, healthcare, the legal system and children services. As a child of refugee parents, Vi became inspired by her parents’ experience as Vietnamese boat people to pursue a career in social work. Her passion and experience in the field has focused on increasing and providing access to destigmatizing mental health services along with a focus on advancing equity, inclusion and diversity efforts to ensure compassionate, trauma-informed and person-centered care.

Carolyn Plater, MSW, RSW

Carolyn graduated with an honours BA in psychology from York University. She received her Addiction Education diploma from McMaster University and her Master of Social Work degree from the University of Toronto, which included a joint collaborative program in Addiction Studies. She possesses additional certifications in smoking cessation interventions, concurrent disorders and opioid dependence from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. She also holds certificates in solution focused counselling, trauma counselling and non-violent crisis intervention.

She holds teaching positions at McMaster University, Durham College and Humber College in their addiction and mental health programs. She is also a certified trainer with the Mental Health Commission of Canada for Mental Health First Aid, and with LivingWorks for both SafeTALK and Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST).

Carolyn possesses a solid clinical and theoretical foundation that is complimented by a holistic appreciation of the mind and body connection. To further round out her training, Carolyn has completed her 200 hour yoga teacher training and has completed her and is the co-founder of Hoame virtual wellness app.

Carolyn has worked as a mental health clinician and consultant in a variety of academic, hospital and community settings. She has a special clinical focus in issues pertaining to children and adolescents. She currently runs a busy private psychotherapy practice. She has several peer-reviewed publications in the field of addictions and has presented at international and national conferences. She is a member of the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers and the Ontario Association of Social Workers.

Tori Poe, BEd, MSW, RSW

Tori is a registered social worker and has extensive experience facilitating community-based programs and delivering equine-facilitated learning training programming. Recognizing the power of horses to help heal and educate beyond riding, Tori began her journey in the field of Equine Facilitated Learning and Equine Facilitated Counselling, creating her business, 2 Lead Change, in 2006.

Shoshana Pollock, MSW, RSW, PhD

Shoshana is a professor in the Lyle S. Hallman Faculty of Social Work at Wilfrid Laurier University. She has conducted research on the impact of Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy (EFP) on women with addictions, conducts EFP with individual clients and has co-facilitated a Facilitated Equine Experiential Learning certificate program with Horse Spirit Connections and Wilfrid Laurier University.

Jennifer Porritt, CHRL, CTDP, CDTLF

Through her 20+ year career journey working in financial services and higher education, Jennifer found her passion in working with leaders to develop both themselves and their teams.

Jennifer's areas of specialization include leadership development and coaching, workplace team coaching and development, and designing and delivering training. She is also an experienced process facilitator.

Jennifer has taught in the post graduate human resources program at Conestoga College in Kitchener, ON and professional development courses with the Canadian Human Resources Professional Association.

Her clients include Axonify, Bonfire Interactive, Cisco, Communitech, Dejero, Fiix Software, Geotab Inc., Magnet Forensics, Homewood Health, Listowel-Wingham Hospital Alliance, The Royal Canadian Air Force, the Royal Bank of Canada, Economical Insurance, Ryerson University and Wilfrid Laurier University/WLU Students’ Union.

Jennifer holds professional designations in both human resources (CHRL) and training and development (CTDP), in addition to certifications including Dare to Lead™ (Brené Brown), team performance coaching (Team Coaching International), emotional intelligence practitioner (EQ in Action), Everything DiSC Workplace™ (Wiley Publishing), Crucial Conversations™ (Vital Smarts) and Personality Dimensions™ (Career/LifeSkills Resources Inc.). She also recently completed her workplace coach certification training through the International Coaching Academy (Australia).

In addition to her numerous certifications, Jennifer holds both an undergraduate degree and business diploma from Wilfrid Laurier University (Waterloo) and a master’s certificate in organizational development and change from the Schulich School of Business at York University in Toronto, ON.

Melissa Pyne, MSW, RSW

Melissa is a registered social worker with over 15 years experience in the field of mental health and addiction counselling. She has experience working in both the public and private sector. Melissa has held various positions in Grand River Hospital's Adult Outpatient Mental Health and Addiction program delivering individual and group therapy. In addition to her experience with crisis and acute mental health interventions, Melissa has also worked in private clinics and now owns her own private practice where she offers a number of evidence-based modalities (CBT, DBT, EMDR, IFS) to best serve clients anywhere along the continuum of mental health and wellness. 

Melissa has completed her professional coaching certification (PCC) with the International Coaches Federation. With a hat tip to Johan Hari concept of rat park, Melissa believes that rehumanizing workplaces by deepening relationships and connecting to purpose can help foster resiliency around mental health and substance misuse. Melissa is particularly passionate about coaching front-line care providers for sustainability in careers with high rates of burnout. 

Melissa holds a BA (Hons) in psychology from York University and a Masters of Social Work from Laurier. As a continual learner, Melissa is certified in the Daring Way™ (highly experiential methodology in developing shame resiliency based on the research of Dr. Brené Brown) and loves teaching and learning from new students.

Maxxine Rattner, MA, MSW, RSW, PhD

Maxxine Rattner was the founding social worker at Kensington Hospice; for a decade, she attended to the complex psychosocial and practical support needs of diverse patients and their families, and coordinated and implemented the hospice’s bereavement support program.

Currently, Maxxine writes, teaches, provides clinical supervision and training, and does research and advocacy work on palliative and end-of-life care, non-physical suffering, and grief. Her work seeks to create more space within palliative care literature and practice for the harder parts of living with, and dying from, a life-limiting illness, and to support patients, families and clinicians with these aspects.

Maxxine holds an MSW from the University of Toronto, a post-graduate certificate in palliative and end-of-life care from the Smith College School for Social Work, and a PhD in Social Work from Wilfrid Laurier University. She is a Psychosocial Specialist with Canadian Virtual Hospice’s clinical team, a founding member of the Canadian Grief Alliance, and an editorial board member of the Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life & Palliative Care.

Susan Reid, BA (Hons), BSW, MSW, RSW, MEd

Susan is a social worker and is a currently working as a clinical lead with Qualia Counselling Services. Sue has been practicing in the field of social work primarily in healthcare and mental health. Sue specializes in CBT for children, adolescents, adults, couples and families. She holds a Master of Social Work and Master of Education from the University of Toronto and a CBT certificate from OISE and Wilfrid Laurier. Sue’s passion and experience as an advocate for her clinical work has evolved to include mentoring and educational roles within Qualia and community clinicians.

Susan has experience and training in many areas including CBT, CBT and anxiety, CBT for mental health, CBT for children, CBT for psychosis, CBT for trauma, CBT for women’s reproductive mental health and CBT for voice hearers. Susan teaches CBT in a variety of contexts and areas including workshops, lectures, courses including online, remotely and in person.

Ian Robertson, MSW, RSW

Ian currently works as a consultant and educator for community-based organizations and hospital systems to establish high-quality trauma-informed standards of care and effective service delivery approaches. He provides clinical training in trauma, mental health and addictions best practices. Ian also provides clinical supervision to therapists who operate in private practice and within community-based agency settings. Ian worked for many years as the Regional Clinical Supervisor for Addictions and Mental Health at the Niagara Health System. Ian has been a speaker at international, national, provincial and regional conferences and an organizational trainer in the clinical areas of substance abuse, trauma, concurrent disorders, mental health, youth at risk, youth threat assessment, motivational interviewing, organizational trauma-informed practices, vicarious trauma, trauma and mindfulness, polyvagal and structural dissociation theory and CBT for frontline workers. He has completed his certification as a advanced clinical supervisor from Smith College, School of Social Work in MA, USA. Ian also owns and operates a private practice in Niagara.

Laurie Robinson, MSW

Laurie enjoys working at the policy and service system level of care for all people and is a strong advocate for implementing trauma-informed service systems in Canada. Laurie completed both her BSW and MSW at the University of Calgary and started her career as a youth worker and clinical social worker in both child welfare and children’s mental health sectors. Later in her career, Laurie moved into administrative positions as director of services and acting executive director. Laurie has been consulting since 2011 and enjoys working with a variety of organizations and employers in the broader non-profit sector and government. Presenting and training others on trauma-informed theory and practice is a true passion. Initially trained on the sanctuary model of trauma-informed care, Laurie has since pursued extensive study on a variety of approaches that cover all service sectors, including mental health, addictions, developmental services and the justice system to name a few. Laurie’s early experience as a clinician keeps her interested in trauma specific interventions and cutting edge approaches in social work.

Angela Rolleman MSW, RSW

Kate ross-rudow, msw, rsw.

Kate is a practicing clinical social worker with over 30 years of experience, concentrating in child and adolescent mental health. 

Kate worked as an individual, family and group therapist for 29 years at an outpatient hospital mental health clinic for children, adolescents and their families who experienced complex mental health concerns. She specializes in the areas of trauma, anxiety and depression, externalizing behaviours, attachment and relationship issues, family violence, and acute concerns and incorporates a variety of theoretical frameworks work and therapeutic modalities. In addition, Kate offered extensive consultation and numerous workshops to community partners. Kate currently has an active private practice where she works with youth, adults and their families of diverse family forms.

Kate has been a part-time educator at the Faculty of Social Work at Wilfrid Laurier University for 23 years, teaching a variety of courses for the graduate program including; Introduction and Advanced Family Therapy , Reflexive Practices , Ethics , Crisis Intervention , Integrating Theory and Practice and Group Therapy and for the undergraduate program, Social Work Practice with Children and Families . Kate also taught Addictions and Mental Health at Renison University College at the University of Waterloo.

Ceilidh Eaton Russell, PhD, CCLS

Ceilidh is a certified child life specialist and an assistant professor in Child Life and Pediatric Psychosocial Care at McMaster University. Since 2001, Ceilidh’s research, clinical work and teaching have focused on supporting children and families living with a child’s or parent’s serious illness, dying or death. Her research has been focused on lived experiences of illness and grief with an emphasis on communication and relationships from the perspectives of young people and their parents.

Sarah Scanlon, MSW

Sarah has spent the last 16 years working within the gender-based violence (GBV) movement in Ontario. As a white, non-binary, queer, middle class, settler and survivor they strive to be responsive and accountable to the ways their positionality impacts how they show up to gender justice and trauma healing work. With roles across nearly a dozen organizations and initiatives focused on responding to issues of gender-based violence, they have extensive experience working with individuals (and their supports) who have experienced interpersonal, institutional or state violence. Sarah uses trauma counselling, group work, advocacy, education, systems work, non-punitive accountability models, facilitation, art projects and activism as paths to challenge sexual violence and create safer and more accountable communities. They have delivered speeches and facilitated discussions nationally and internationally on gendered and sexual violence, focused on trauma informed responses and strategies for prevention and alternative accountability practices.

Sarah is currently the Sexual Violence Response Manager at Wilfrid Laurier University, a consultant for both profit and non-profit organizations, and a member of the advisory council for the Transformative Accountability & Justice Initiative.

Jennifer Scarborough, MSW, RSW, PhD

Jennifer is a registered social worker with over a decade of eating disorder (ED) experience. She completed her PhD at Wilfrid Laurier University with a focus on mothers’ experiences of having a child diagnosed with an ED. Jennifer is one of the few clinicians in Canada that is a certified Family Based Treatment (FBT) clinician for pediatric EDs.

Jennifer’s professional experiences vary from inpatient mental health, intensive outpatient, community, and private practice settings. She has worked in both adult and adolescent eating disorder populations and is trained in various evidence-based modalities for eating disorders.

Jennifer is also a contract faculty member at Wilfrid Laurier University and Yorkville University, where she teaches clinically-oriented courses. Jennifer also has a private practice where she works with families and youth, and provides supervision to clinicians. Currently, Jennifer works at Grand River Hospital’s outpatient pediatric program as their program developer/evaluator and clinical lead.

Michael Schiel, MA

Michael is founder and director of the Strategic Change Group, a niche consulting firm that helps empower individuals, teams and community organizations to achieve their maximum potential and reach peak performance. Michael has over 20 years of experience working with individuals and teams to plan out, implement and track projects that help them improve their service delivery model, reduce costs, find efficiencies, or work more effectively together. He does this by bringing to bear over 20 years of experience in operational improvement, organizational design, process improvement, change management, Lean six Sigma and High Performance (and High Performance Team) coaching.  He has managed over 113 projects of various sizes, planning and coaching teams to reduce costs, improve service levels, increase quality levels and transform their service delivery models.

Michael has set up project management offices, completed PMO audits, created numerous project controls across his 113+ projects, and managed projects ranging in size from $8,000 to $220 million.

Michael has led seminars on managing successful projects for the Project Management Institute, the Institute for Public Affairs of Canada, the University of Toronto, PAVRO and numerous others. Michael has his diploma in change management from Cornell University and has been certified in project management, ITIL v3 (IT Information Library) and Lean Six Sigma. Michael is working towards his certification in High Performance Coaching. Michael holds a Masters in International Economics from the London School of Economics.

Sarah Schlote, MA, RP, CCC, SEP

Sarah is a registered psychotherapist, Canadian certified counsellor, and Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner. She holds a trauma-focused masters in counselling psychology and has additional training in EMDR, Brainspotting, Deep Brain Reorienting, structural dissociation theory for ego state and parts work, Body Memory Recall, the Touch Skills Training for Trauma Therapists, the Somatic Resilience and Regulation – Early Trauma Training (touch for attachment rupture and repair), and trauma-focused equine-facilitated therapy and ecotherapy. She also weaves mindfulness and DBT-inspired skills as well as psychodynamic therapy, attachment-oriented psychotherapy, Gestalt therapy, animal-assisted therapy and Indigenous principles into her work. She has been involved in the field of animal-assisted interventions since 2003, including the development of standards of practice, and is the creator of EQUUSOMA®, a training model incorporating Somatic Experiencing®, attachment theory, and polyvagal theory into horse-human interaction professions. Fluent in English and French, she is a sought-after trainer and frequently delivers trainings and workshops throughout the province and Canada on trauma-informed care and treatment. For more information, please visit sarahschlote.com and equusoma.com .

Washington P. Silk, BA, MSW, RSW

Washington Silk (they/them) is a registered social worker. They hold a BA in anthropology from the University of Lethbridge (2010) and a Master of Social Work from Wilfrid Laurier University (2013). Wash is a passionate transgender and queer social worker with over 10 years of clinical and community experience. They are a white settler from Alberta. They have lived experience of ADHD and learning disabilities. Their life experiences informs their approaches and motivation for the work. Wash has focused their career on providing support that enhances people’s sense of wellbeing. Wash has been a trans care educator for the past six years with a focus educating social workers, mental health care providers, medical professionals and education professionals. 

Sylvie Smith, RP, CDWF, MEd

For over 20 years, and in various settings, Sylvie's work has included supporting those struggling with substance use, addiction and mental health challenges. In a full-time role in an outpatient community program, she provides individual and group counselling to people coping with substance use, gambling, video gaming and overuse of technology. In addition, she helps support family members who have loved ones dealing with these issues. Sylvie immensely enjoys working with university students struggling with substance use or having family members struggling with substances. She has facilitated the development of programs and sessions concerning various addiction issues. In addition, she presents education sessions to various clients, other health professionals and community partners. Sylvie has always had a particular interest in supporting families living with addiction. She believes it is vital to help families find support and healthier ways to cope.

Sylvie is a registered psychotherapist and a member of Ontario's College of Registered Psychotherapists. She has diplomas in social service work and drug and alcohol counselling and a BA in Social Development Studies. She has been instructing in the Addiction Certificate program at Laurier since its inception, which led to her completing her Master of Education in Adult Education. In the fall of 2019, she began Phoenix Rising Psychotherapy, her part-time work in private practice to support a broader range of people and utilize her training in The Daring Way™, a highly experiential methodology on the research of Dr. Brené Brown.

Jaisa Sulit, BEd, MScOT

Jaisa is an occupational therapist with 15 years of experience in neuro-rehab. In 2010, a spinal cord injury led her to discover the benefits of mindfulness and self-compassion. She then went on to become a medical qigong and Chinese shamanic medicine practitioner and teacher of the mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR) and mindful self-compassion (MSC) programs.

Jaisa’s inspiring journey of healing is published in the book Purpose in Paralysis: From Chronic Pain to Universal Gain which became an Amazon bestseller. Jaisa now lives and works in Toronto where she teaches mindfulness, self-compassion and medical qigong at the Proactive Pelvic Health Centre and the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies.

Hannah Sun-Reid, MA, MDE, CPT-S, CTT, CTS, CDDPT, RP

Hannah is a Certified Play Therapist, Supervisor, and an Approved Training Provider with Canadian Association for Play Therapy. She is a Certified Practitioner, Consultant and Trainer in Theraplay and DDP (Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy). Hannah has more than 30 years’ experience working with children and families who experience life challenges including developmental and emotional difficulties, trauma and loss. Hannah provides supervision and consultation to therapists and organizations, and conducts training workshops nationally and internationally. Hannah is also an author of children’s books and therapeutic games. www.hannahsunreid.com

Megan Svarich-Knights, MSW, RSW, P-RDT

Andrew taylor, phd.

Andrew is co-owner of Taylor Newberry Consulting (TNC), a company based in Guelph that specializes in helping non-profit groups make better use of research evidence. He is a program evaluation consultant with more than 20 years’ experience and has worked with a wide range of government departments, social service agencies, grassroots groups and foundations on program evaluation projects. He is also an experienced trainer. TNC’s approach to program evaluation employs a participatory, developmental approach and focuses on generating practical, useful information that can inform action. Andrew teaches program evaluation at the University of Guelph and acts as Resident Evaluation Expert at the Ontario Nonprofit Network.

Anna Toth, MSc, RP, RMFT

Anna is a Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Marriage and Family Therapist, and Clinical Supervisor with over 25 years’ experience in the social services. She trained extensively in Canada and abroad with a focus on feminist, narrative and collaborative therapies. She is a former Chair of the Ethics Committee of the Ontario Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. Anna currently works in private practice in the GTA offering individual and couple therapy and clinical supervision to both new and seasoned therapists alike.

Lysa Toye, MSW, RSW, ExAT

Lysa is a registered social worker and psychotherapist whose clinical focus for two decades has been grounded in the care of individuals and families living through grief and trauma, with a deepening focus on complex trauma and dissociative disorders in recent years. Prior to moving into full time private practice in 2018, her organizational work included positions with the Dr. Jay Children's Grief Centre and the Hospital for Sick Children. In addition to her client work, Lysa also teaches, writes and offers clinical consultation. She has been engaged in contemplative practice in various streams of yoga and Buddhism for over two decades. Lysa is passionate about supporting people of all ages living through adversity, loss and trauma to give voice to their experiences and to discover their own innate wisdom and resilience.

Elisha Van Harte, MSW, RSW

Elisha is the founder of A Mindful Change, a private practice in Guelph that specializes in mindfulness-based practices and dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT). She also works with many southern Ontario agencies in the development, implementation, training and supervision of DBT within their programs. Over the last 18 years, Elisha has held many clinical and managerial roles within the mental health inpatient and community-based sectors. Within all her roles, Elisha has facilitated clinical implementations of DBT, as well as provided education, training and supervision in the practice of DBT, cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) and other evidenced-based interventions. In the last several years, Elisha has provided training and supervision at all levels of DBT within hospitals, live-in treatment homes, community outpatient and school-based programs. Elisha has a Master of Social Work degree from Wilfrid Laurier University and an Honours BA in Psychology from the University of Guelph.

Marg Van Herk-Paradis, MA

As co-founder and president at Credence, Marg Van Herk-Paradis specializes in working with workplaces to address conflict, transform organizational culture and clarify organizational mission and vision through the use of creative tools. Having worked extensively across North America, Marg specializes in facilitation, coaching and mediation for groups and individuals. Marg has worked with universities, social service organizations, not-for-profits and a variety of faith-based organizations. Marg’s professional experience includes over 25 years in not-for-profit organizations, of which 17 years were in a leadership position. She has a BA in applied social science from Concordia University in Montreal and recently completed a Masters degree at Conrad Grebel University College, affiliated with the University of Waterloo. Marg is a Qualified Mediator with the ADR Institute of Canada and a member of the ADR Institute of Ontario. She is a certified MBTI trainer for individuals and groups.

Omer Vandevyvere, MSW, RSW

Omer completed a general arts degree from King’s University College in 1999 and travelled overseas to teach English for a period of five years. He then completed his Bachelors of Social Work at King’s University College, University of Western Ontario and worked as an addictions/mental health counselor and then a program coordinator at Addiction Services of Thames Valley in London. He completed his Masters of Social Work also at King’s University College in 2009. In September 2011 Omer assumed the role of the Regional Coordinator of Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) Services of Southwestern Ontario, offering specialized case management to individuals with complex needs, often including addictions and/or mental health concerns, with a special interest in the correctional system. Omer was also the identified ABI system navigator for the Southwest Local Health Integration Network, working collectively with the other ABI system navigators by focusing on the service delivery system and addressing any gaps. Omer is currently a Coordinator of the Operational Stress Injury Clinic at St. Joseph's Health Care London – Operational Stress Injury Clinic at the Greater Toronto site.

Jan Varner, MBA, CTDP

Wanda wagler-martin, msw, rsw.

Wanda has worked in the field of mental health and well-being for 33 years, as a social worker and administrator. Wanda has taught group work in the Master of Social Work program in the Faculty of Social Work at Wilfrid Laurier University for 21 years and is committed to educating practitioners about the integration of theory and group counselling practice. Throughout her career she has maintained a counselling, coaching and consulting practice in addition to her administrative role.

Sarah Waldman, MA, RP

With over 15 years of clinical experience, Sarah specializes in working with children, youth,

adults and families experiencing a variety of mental health challenges. Currently, Sarah has a private practice and works in a postsecondary environment providing brief interventions to students seeking mental health and well-being support. Sarah is trained in several therapeutic modalities including ACT, CBT, solution focused brief therapy, narrative therapy and creative arts therapies. Sarah is also an experienced researcher, writer and educator with a successful record of accomplishments designing, developing and facilitating award-winning educational curriculum for a variety of clinical audiences.

Barbara Ward, BA, MSW, RSW, PhD

Barbara is a leader in children’s mental health and well-being with over 30 years’ experience in the field. Her training and knowledge of the impact of child and youth trauma has been a strong focus during her career as well as the interconnections between staff wellness and organizational trauma and stress. Barbara is currently employed by School Mental Health Ontario as an Implementation Support Coach and Learning and Training Portfolio Support. She is on secondment from her position of Mental Health Lead with the Waterloo Region District School Board, influencing the education system as it attends to student mental wellness. Her work in part is focused on equipping staff in schools with identity affirming resources for implementing everyday practices in schools such as brain calming strategies, self-regulation strategies and other universal practices to incorporate well-being into students’ lives. She also develops identity affirming resources to support school mental health professionals, and supports school boards across the province on implementation of these resources. Barbara’s work embeds anti-oppression throughout.

Andrea Warnick, RP, RN, MA

Andrea is a registered psychotherapist whose passion lies in helping families and communities support people of all ages who are grieving the illness or death of someone close to them. With a degree in nursing, a Masters degree in thanatology (the study of dying and death) and years of nursing and counselling experience both in Canada and abroad, Andrea brings to her work a rare mixture of medical and psychosocial expertise.

For seven years Andrea was a grief counsellor at the Dr. Jay Children’s Grief Centre in Toronto, where she was also the director of Camp Erin Toronto, a free overnight bereavement camp. Andrea developed and teaches the five-day certificate program in Children’s Grief and Bereavement at SickKids Centre for Community Mental Health in Toronto, and was a founding member of Ontario’s Children and Youth Grief Network. She was also a founding board member of the Nightingale Centre for Grieving Children, Youth and Families in Guelph.

Andrea is a member of the clinical team at Canadian Virtual Hospice (CVH) where she responds to questions about children and grief asked by professionals and family members from across Canada. Andrea was the project lead for the development of CVH’s free online grief resources KidsGrief.ca and KidsGrief.ca for Educators.

Andrea lives in Guelph, Ontario, from where she runs Andrea Warnick Consulting, a group practice of over 30 therapists who provide grief therapy across Ontario and grief education across Canada.

Jennifer Will, MA, Registered Psychotherapist

Jennifer has been in the addiction counselling profession for 25 years and is currently working in her own private practice, Will Thrive Psychotherapy and Consultation. She graduated with a BA in psychology from Laurentian University, achieved a post-graduate diploma through Georgian College in the Addictions Treatment and Prevention program and has completed a Masters in Counselling Psychology. She has earned a certificate in cognitive behaviour therapy from McMaster University and is a registered member of the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario.

Jennifer has enjoyed a diverse career in the addiction counselling field including group and individual counselling in both residential and intensive day treatment settings as well as in the community with substance dependent clients. Additionally, she specialized in the problem gambling/behavioural addiction field for over 15 years and has worked in both the public and private sectors.

Jennifer’s current work within her own practice has allowed her abundant opportunities in utilizing a cognitive behavioural therapy approach along with its therapeutic branches, with individuals suffering from anxiety, mood, trauma and addiction related struggles. Her work extends to couples and families and is offered both virtually and in-person.

Over her career, Jennifer has presented at conferences nationwide and has been regularly featured as a guest expert on multiple media platforms. She has developed and facilitated a number of workshops for helping professionals and adult learners, and has been a workshop facilitator with Wilfred Laurier since 2015.

Anathèle Zamor, OT, RP

Anathèle has been working as an occupational therapist since 2009, and in outpatient mental health since 2012. She is also a registered psychotherapist. She has specialized in evidence-informed care for severe and persistent mental illness, and now is working as a CBT clinician with the Ontario Structured Psychotherapy Program, which seeks to increase access to mental health care for residents of Ontario. Working as a CBT clinician has provided her with the opportunity to work with a wide variety of persons in mental health. Now more than ever, the state of the world is highlighting the importance of access to quality and timely mental health care for everyone.

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The Office of Continuing Education is committed to becoming the leader and expert in providing lifelong education to social work professionals and creating a interdisciplinary community of extraordinary advocates, clinicians, and community organizers.

Ready to explore new avenues or advance your current career? Our continuing education programs offer many opportunities to develop new skills, gain greater knowledge, and move your career forward. Our instructors include the best minds in our community, state, and nation, and trainings cover the topics most important to you.

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Scheduled Live Trainings

Licensure Review for Social Workers (6 CE)

May 17, 2024 @ 10 a.m. - 4:45 p.m. ET

Virtual via CarmenZoom

ADAMH Cultural Responsiveness Series: Suicide Assessment & Intervention Among BIPOC Active-duty Military & Veteran Populations (Virtual)

June 5, 2024 @ 9 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

ADAMH Cultural Responsiveness Series: STAR BH Providers Tier 1 Training: Intro. to Military Culture, Families & Deployment (In-person)

June 6, 2024 @ 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. (Registration will open at 7:30 a.m.)

The Fawcett Event Center, Columbus, Ohio

ADAMH Cultural Responsiveness Series: Lunch & Learn Power Hour – Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS) (In-person)

June 6, 2024 @ Noon - 1 p.m. ET

Motivational Interviewing (MI): Engaging & Focusing (3 CE)

June 11, 2024 @ 1 - 4:15 p.m. ET

Self-paced Trainings

Centering collective trauma care and healing, centering collective trauma care & healing (non-ceu), homicidal youth, technology-based care, intergenerational programs: evidence in practice, addiction 101-fundamentals of addiction, social work supervision, motivational interviewing: conversations about change, ethics of working with veterans and service members as a vulnerable population, recovery and relapse prevention, understanding and implementing the dsm-5, the brain science of addiction, public health ethics: understanding and evaluating bias in public health initiatives, military 101: understanding military culture, accreditation.

The Ohio State University College of Social Work, (Provider: RCST111747), is an approved* provider for The State of Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist (CSWMFT) Board. *All courses hosted by CSWCE are approved for this Board unless the course description states otherwise.

The Ohio State University College of Social Work, (Provider: 50-24068), is an approved* provider for
The Ohio Chemical Dependency Professionals (OCDP) Board. *Courses that have been approved for this Board will note the appropriate content areas in the course description.

The Ohio State University College of Social Work, (Provider: 1628), is approved* to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 4/30/22-4/30/25.

*Courses that have been approved for this Board will have the above statement listed in the course description.

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Evolving Treatment Strategies in Pediatric Leukemia

June 12, 2024

Target Audience

This activity is intended for pediatric hematologist/oncologists, oncology nurses, social workers, and other healthcare professionals involved in the care of pediatric patients with hematologic malignancies.

Learning Objectives

After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:

• Describe common childhood blood cancers, including ALL and AML 
• Identify signs and symptoms of childhood blood cancers and diagnostic tests 
• Explain treatments, including the role of clinical trials, and LLS PedAL, a precision medicine clinical trial for pediatric acute leukemia 
• Describe strategies for management of short- and long-term side effects of treatment 
• Explain the importance of following a care plan, including long-term follow-up and communication between the pediatrician/family physician and the pediatric oncologist   
• Describe psychosocial concerns related to patients with pediatric cancer  

Branko Cuglievan, MD Assistant Professor, Pediatrics - Patient Care Section Chief, Leukemia/Lymphoma Children's Cancer Hospital The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX

Romeo Torres, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, CPHON  Pediatric Leukemia/Lymphoma  MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX

Continuing Education Information

Physician Continuing Medical Education

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.  Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this CME activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ . Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Registered Nursing Credit Designation Approval for nurses has been obtained by the National Office of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society under Provider Number CEP 5832 to award 1.0 continuing education contact hour through the California Board of Registered Nursing.

Interprofessional Continuing Education

This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 1 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.

Continuing Physician Assistant Education

Postgraduate Institute for Medicine has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 1 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

Social Worker Continuing Education The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) Provider Number 1105, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 12/10/2023-12/10/2026. Social workers completing this course receive 1.0 clinical continuing education credit.

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is recognized by the New York State Education Departments State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0117. LLS maintains responsibility for the program. Social workers will receive 1.0 clinical CE contact hour for this activity.

There are no fees for participating in or receiving credit for this activity.

Providers This activity is jointly provided by The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and Postgraduate Institute for Medicine.

There is no commercial support associated with this CE activity.

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Before you begin: 

• Review your program requirements to ensure you are registering in the required courses for your program in the appropriate terms.
• On-campus  courses are primarily for those in the full-time on-campus programs. 
• Online courses are fully online, asynchronous and self-directed, but students must meet weekly deadlines and assignments. Each course requires a minimum of 15 hours of study per week. Most are 6 weeks in length. 
• Consult the  registration guide  and how-to videos to assist you through the registration process. 
• Should the need arise to lower enrolment limits on course sections or even our enrolments over sections, those who registered last in a specific section of a course may be moved to another section offered at the same day, time and delivery method without notice. 
• Should we be able to increase enrolment limits on a course section, those on a waitlist (where applicable) would have priority on those spaces.
• Courses are subject to minimum registrations in each section. Courses with low enrolment may be cancelled . If this is necessary, affected students will be notified via email. 
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• then A for 1st 6 weeks, B for 2nd 6 weeks or C for the full term courses;
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• on-campus sections are typically just a number or a single letter.
• SK628, SK635, SK644, SK645, SK646, SK647 and SK648 are for students enrolled in the Indigenous Field of Study Advanced Standing MSW program (IFS) only. Requests for space in those courses from students outside the IFS will not be approved.

If you have questions or receive error messages  on LORIS, please review the Error Messages Guide.  If that does not help, send us the exact error message you receive or a screenshot of the error as well as your name, ID number and your program to [email protected]  for on-campus students and  [email protected]  for online students.

If you are looking for course information from the 2022-2023 academic year, you can find it  here . 

On-Campus Course Offerings

The following courses listed are available on-line sections for on-campus students and electives available for the 2023/24 Academic year according to term.

Times and dates for required courses held on-campus can be found in the dynamic schedule on LORIS.

IMPORTANT: Review sequence of courses required in the Regular Track and Advanced Standing programs on the program requirements page. The below are only on-line sections open to on-campus students and electives for 23/24.

SK541 - Foundation Field Placement SK649 - Advanced Field Placement If you are in a field placement, earning hours, you must be registered in the appropriate field placement course. Advance Standing Students: Please choose only two advanced electives   for the Winter term and two advanced electives for the Spring term  Those who register in more than 2 electives specifically in the Winter  term are at risk of being removed from the extra electives at our discretion.  We will allow additional elective courses to be added to Winter after December 1should space be available. 

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Online courses are first and foremost for our online program students.  See notes at the top of this page directing on-campus students on how to request enrolment in online courses. Review program requirements to ensure you are registering for the required courses in your program.

Your program sequencing, for Regular Track or Advanced Standing, is outlined in your Welcome email.  

Only register in courses listed for your program requirements - Regular Track or Advanced Standing.

If you are off-track due to a leave from the program, change of placement start term or any other issue, email [email protected]  for your individualized course plan.

The following courses listed are those open to online students in each term in Fall, Winter, Spring

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• Courses with sections indication Term (F, W, S) followed by AS (Advanced Standing) or RT (Regular Track) will be limited to l

When choosing sections, evenly distribute A and B six week sections.

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We are backed by Laurier’s reputation for academic quality and teaching excellence and inspired by our local and global community needs. Laurier Continuing Education allows more flexibility, relevancy and openness for professional and community-focused learning.

As the world demands new skills, we empower adult learners with:

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The University of Idaho offers a variety of courses for individuals to continue their education, whether in Moscow or not. Continuing education courses fall into three categories:

• Conferences, courses, seminars, or workshops offered by academic departments;
• Credit and non-credit courses offered by the Engineering Outreach Program ; and
• Independent Study in Idaho courses.

Courses Offered by Academic Departments

Several academic departments offer conferences, courses, seminars, and workshops throughout the region where students can earn U of I credit or Continuing Education Units (CEU) (see regulation D-5 for information on CEUs). These conferences, courses, seminars, or workshops are taught by U of I faculty members or by qualified local instructors who are approved by the respective college in which the course is offered.

Students earning U of I credit for these conferences, courses, seminars, and workshops must be admitted by the U of I Admissions Office; students earning credit through Independent Study in Idaho or CEUs do not.

Each college and department is responsible for developing and administering these courses as well as registering students. Those interested in taking such courses should contact the respective college for courses available in their geographic area.

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Counselling Skills for Mental Health Certificate

Mental health and wellness are no longer just the responsibility of healthcare professionals. According to Government of Canada statistics, one in three Canadians will experience mental illness during their lifetime*. This means that whether you are working in healthcare, education, human services or business, you will likely work with employees, colleagues, students, clients and others who are facing mental health and wellness challenges. This certificate will help you understand what mental health is, explain some of the most common mental illnesses and provide you with the foundational skills to help you support your staff, clients and students.

Who should take this certificate: Anyone working or volunteering in a role where they interview, manage, support or advise people will benefit from this certificate, including allied health professionals, human resource professionals, teachers, organizational managers and leaders, nurses, clergy and student affairs professionals.

*Government of Canada. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/about-mental-illness.html 

Completion Requirements

To complete the Counselling Skills for Mental Health certificate , you must select a minimum of seven workshop from the list to the right. You can complete this certificate in as little as one year or take up to seven years. You do not have to be working toward the Counselling Skills for Mental Health Certificate to take any of these workshops. These workshops can be taken in any order.

Participation and Attendance

Full attendance and participation are required to complete these workshops. Participants are requested, as much as possible, to have their cameras on. We know there are situations where this is not possible, so please send a message to your instructor or the Professional Development host to let them know that you are unable to turn on your camera. Our workshops are interactive and include breakout rooms, role play, group discussions and other activities. Participation is required.

Delivery Options

The Counselling Skills for Mental health certificate workshops are available remotely through Zoom.

Becoming a Therapist

Completing the Counselling Techniques certificate will not qualify you to practice therapy or register with any college or association, including the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers or the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario . Please visit those websites for information on becoming a therapist in Ontario.

Registration

No application required. Select a workshop then a section to view dates and cost, or to add the workshop to your cart. Complete your registration with payment. 

Contact Information

For more information about this certificate contact the Faculty of Social Work Professional Development office:

Email : [email protected] Phone : 548-889-4967

See our website and  Frequently Asked Questions for more information.

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Counselling skills for mental health.

7 Course(s)

• 0133 Introduction to Motivational Interviewing (MI)
• 0159 Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) for Mental Health
• 0160 Suicide Intervention Skills
• 0162 Mindfulness for Mental Health
• 0164 Becoming Trauma Informed
• 0107 Crisis Intervention
• 0142 Mental Health 101
• 0163 Core Counselling Skills

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Russia’s War Machine Revs Up as the West’s Plan to Cap Oil Revenues Sputters

Russia has largely evaded attempts by the U.S. and Europe to keep it from profiting from its energy exports.

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By Alan Rappeport

Alan Rappeport covers the Treasury Department and has written about the oil price cap since it was created in 2022.

The United States and its allies in the Group of 7 nations set two goals in 2022 when they enacted a novel plan to cap the price of Russian oil: restrict Moscow’s ability to profit from its energy exports while allowing its oil to continue flowing on international markets to prevent a global price shock.

A year and a half later, only the latter goal appears to have worked. Energy prices have been relatively stable across the world, including in the United States, which helped devise the plan. But Russia’s war effort in Ukraine is intensifying, making it increasingly clear that efforts by Western allies to squeeze Moscow’s oil revenues are faltering.

A variety of factors have allowed Russia to continue profiting from strong oil revenue, including lenient enforcement of the price cap. Russia’s development of an extensive “shadow” fleet of tankers has allowed it to largely circumvent that policy. That has allowed the Russian economy to be more resilient than expected, raising questions about the effectiveness of the coordinated sanctions campaign employed by the Group of 7.

The Biden administration maintains that the strategy has been effective and that the price cap has imposed costs on Russia and forced it to redirect money that it would have used in Ukraine to finance an alternative oil ecosystem.

Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen said in an interview on Sunday that the price of Russian oil was not the only measure of their profits, noting that Russia has had to invest significant resources in response to the cap.

“We’ve made it very expensive for Russia to ship this oil to China and India in terms of acquiring a shadow fleet and providing insurance,” Ms. Yellen said on her flight to Europe, where she is holding meetings in Germany and attending a gathering of finance ministers in Italy. “We still think it’s working.”

Keeping oil flowing has been an important priority for the Biden administration, which has been eager to avoid the kind of spike in gasoline prices that angered American drivers two years ago.

The cap forbids shipping companies and maritime insurers that are based in the Group of 7 countries to handle Russian crude unless the shipment is below the $60-per-barrel limit set by the coalition in late 2022.

After it was enacted, the price of Russian oil fell below the $60 cap in early 2023, but by the end of last year was trading above $70 a barrel. As Russia built up its own supply of tankers and insurance alternatives, it redirected its exports to countries such as China, India and Turkey, which now make up the bulk of its sales. This year, Russia also adopted a so-called price floor that is designed to extract more tax revenue from its oil producers on the oil that they sell.

A report published this month by S&P Global said that 76.6 percent of Russian oil exports, or three million barrels per day, were transported in April on tankers operated by companies that were not based in the Group of 7 or backed by Western insurance. The volume of Russian oil exports last month was the highest it had been since December 2022, and tax revenues from oil doubled from April 2023.

In April, the International Monetary Fund upgraded its 2024 outlook for Russia’s growth to 3.2 percent, noting that most of its oil was being exported at prices above the $60 cap.

Russia’s private fleet of tankers and alternative insurance services have blunted the impact of the price cap, which does not apply to oil transactions using ships and insurance that fall outside the realm of the Group of 7 countries. In response to an inquiry by the British government, a group of international insurers said last month that the price cap had become “increasingly unenforceable as more ships and associated services move into this parallel trade.”

Finance ministers from the Group of 7 who are gathering in Italy later this week are expected to discuss the price cap as part of their continuing deliberations about how to tighten sanctions on Russia and provide more aid to Ukraine. As part of that effort, they have been warning international financial institutions and countries such as China that they could also face sanctions if they facilitate the sales or transfers of weapons components to Russia.

However, major changes to the policy appear to be unlikely for now.

Energy and sanctions experts said the leaks in the price cap were the result of design flaws that were largely associated with American interests in keeping Russian oil flowing.

“It’s hard to argue that the price cap is working,” said Edward Fishman, a senior research scholar at Columbia University. “It’s undeniable that Russia has more quickly than U.S. policymakers thought was possible shipped a lot of oil on non-Western ships and found alternatives to Western insurance.”

Mr. Fishman, a former State Department official who oversaw Russia sanctions during the Obama administration after Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, noted that the price cap included a large loophole that allowed banks to continue facilitating Russian energy transactions. To truly make the cap effective, he said, it would need to be applied to any shipper that transported oil above $60 and buyers would need to face the threat of secondary sanctions.

“Just as Russia can adapt to sanctions, so, too, can the U.S. and the G7,” Mr. Fishman said. “Unfortunately, we have not adapted.”

Robin Brooks, a senior fellow in the Global Economy and Development program at the Brookings Institution, said that the United States should have pushed for a lower price level for the cap and that tougher enforcement would discourage evasion and most likely cause the price of Russian oil to fall. Mr. Brooks suggested, however, that Europe was responsible for many of the problems with the cap and noted that Greek vessels had been supporting Russia’s oil trade.

“The main issue is that there have been a lot of oil tankers that have been sold to the shadow fleet,” Mr. Brooks said, arguing that shipowners should have to document who is buying their vessels. “The E.U. has not done what needs to be done.”

In the United States, the Treasury Department said this year that it would be enforcing the price cap more rigorously. It announced more sanctions on Russian ships and warned against evasion tactics, such as the use of inflating shipping costs to mask oil prices that are actually being sold above the cap.

“We certainly did take steps to enforce the price cap more strictly, both in terms of service providers in the G7 and making more rigorous requests for documentation,” Ms. Yellen said.

During a speech in India last month, Eric Van Nostrand, Treasury’s assistant secretary for economic policy, said the new measures were succeeding in increasing the discount for Russian oil compared to global oil prices. He also pointed out that the policy was fulfilling the goal of keeping oil prices under control.

“The price cap is helping maintain a steady supply of energy to global consumers and businesses,” Mr. Van Nostrand said.

But critics of the price cap contend that encouraging Russian oil sales to China and India is only enriching the coffers of the Kremlin and that the United States should be pursuing more rigorous oil sanctions similar to those that it has imposed on Iran.

“The only way to bring this war to any reasonable form of conclusion is to dry up the hard currency that’s keeping Russia’s war machine running,” said Marshall Billingslea, a former assistant secretary for terrorist financing in the Treasury Department during the Trump administration.

Describing the price cap as a bait and switch, Mr. Billingslea added: “It had the appearance of doing something without actually affecting the global energy market, which effectively means not degrading Russian revenues.”

Alan Rappeport is an economic policy reporter, based in Washington. He covers the Treasury Department and writes about taxes, trade and fiscal matters. More about Alan Rappeport

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Assistant Professor, Composition; Director, Jazz Orchestra

Research / Areas of Expertise

• music composition
• improvisation

Biography / Academic Background

My creative endeavors of collaboration center around my work as a composer, conductor, producer, and pianist specializing in jazz, minimalism, Latin, Blues, Hip-Hop, R&B, fusion, and contemporary classical idioms. The music I write is often scored for wind bands, orchestras, and a variety of chamber groups, both large and small. My music has been performed throughout the United States, Russia, Austria, Australia, Taiwan, South Africa, Japan, and more. As an artist, I’m interested in exploring various ways of expression through means of introspection; how we connect deeply to the music already in us and bring it out to the forefront.

I am currently completing my Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Composition at the University of Miami Frost School of Music. I received a Master of Music degree in Composition from the University of Georgia and a Bachelor of Music degree in Performance from Texas Christian University (TCU).

My composition mentors include Gabriela Lena Frank, Neil Anderson-Himmelspach, Peter Van Zandt Lane, Emily Koh, Charles Norman Mason, Dorothy Hindman, Lansing McCloskey, Valerie Coleman, Matthew Evan Taylor, Marcos Balter, and Anthony Cheung. I also serve as the vice president of the Millennium Composers Initiative, a collective of about 120 composers from several different countries and backgrounds. You can find out more by visiting kevindaymusic.com .

Research Interests / Ongoing Projects

• Jubilee  (libretto by Tifara Knowles) – Opera Project
• Dual Strides : Duo Concerto for Horn, Trombone, & Wind Ensemble
• Title TBD – Duo Concerto for Trombone, Piano, & Orchestra
• Mirages – Violin Concerto
• MOSAIC – Debut Jazz Album

Awards and Achievements

• Featured on NPR’s Here & Now Podcast
• Considered for the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Music
• 67th Annual BMI Student Composer Award Winner
• Carnegie Hall Conducting Debut – 2022 (New York International Music Festival)
• Carnegie Hall Composition Debut – 2020 (New York Wind Band Festival)
• Artist Fellow for the Djerassi Resident Artist Program
• Composition Fellow for the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music
• New Classics/Moscow Conservatory International Competition 3rd Prize Winner
• Winner of the North American Saxophone Alliance Composition Competition
• Two-time Finalist for the National Band Association Revelli Composition Contest
• Three-time Finalist for the ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Contest
• Semi-Finalist for the Cincinnati Conservatory/Zelensky International Composition Prize

Student Opportunities / Supervising

• Intro to Composition, Composition Studio Lessons, Orchestration

Selected Publications

• "Kevin Day: Music transformed him. Now he aims to help others." https://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Music/2022/0125/Kevin-Day-Music-transformed-him.-Now-he-aims-to-help-others
• "Rising Black composer Kevin Day premieres work with Sheffield Chamber Players" https://www.baystatebanner.com/2022/01/19/rising-black-composer-kevin-day-premieres-work-with-sheffield-chamber-players/
• "New classical music for our times; China's app for Olympics has security flaws" https://www.npr.org/2022/02/04/1078254971/new-classical-music-for-our-times-chinas-app-for-olympics-has-security-flaws
• "67th Annual BMI Student Composer Award Winners Announced" https://bmifoundation.org/news/story/67th_annual_bmi_student_ composer_award_winners_announced

Selected Recordings

• Concerto for Wind Ensemble (2022) – UGA Wind Ensemble
• String Quartet No. 5 (2022) – Sheffield Chamber Players
• Ignition (2021) – Boston Symphony Orchestra Low Brass Section
• The Dance That Never Was (2021) – Josh Trentadue, Kevin Day, Brandon Boone, Robert Boone
• Unquiet Waters (2021) – Nicki Roman, Casey Dierlam Tse
• Lightspeed (2019) – Houston Symphony
• The Mind is Like Water (2019) – ONE FOUND SOUND
• Ecstatic Samba: Piano Trio No. 3 (2018) – Laura Futamura, Meagan Hipsky, Jessica Zhang
• Cello Sonata (2016) – Sonia Mantell, Victor Asunción

Selected Performances

• Boston Symphony Orchestra
• San Francisco Symphony
• Detroit Symphony Orchestra
• Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
• Houston Symphony
• Moscow Conservatory Studio for New Music
• United States Air Force Ceremonial Brass
• “The Pershing’s Own” United States Army Band
• University of Texas Wind Ensemble
• Ensemble Dal Niente
• Axiom Brass
• Puerto Rican Trombone Ensemble

Anecdotal Thoughts on Teaching at Laurier

What stood out to me when I first visited Laurier was the sense of community that I saw amongst the faculty and students, in the various ways they made music together. I’m honored to now be part of this community and look forward to engaging with my colleagues. My goal for the students is for them to not only have a deeper musical knowledge, but also to discover a deeper understanding about themselves and the world around them.

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