Selected Training & Continuing Education

I am committed to providing evidence-informed care and regularly pursue professional development. To maintain licensure, Counselling Therapists and Canadian Certified Counsellors complete ongoing continuing education. Below is a selection of trainings and certifications I’ve completed to deepen my therapeutic practice.

Ethics & Professional Standards

  • Don’t Miss the Mark – 10+ Overlooked Essentials Counsellors May Forget to Include in Their Consent Forms
    Dawn McBride, PhD, R. Psych

  • Supervision – Professional Development Event
    College of Alberta Psychologists

  • A Relational Ethics Primer
    Simon Nuttgens, PhD, R. Psych

  • Ethical Decision Making – When To, Why To, and How To
    Simon Nuttgens, PhD, R. Psych

Trauma Therapy & Certification Programs

  • Certified Clinical Trauma Professional – Level II (CCTP-II)
    Complex Trauma Interventions from EMDR, Parts Work, CPT, and Polyvagal Theory
    Arielle Schwartz, PhD; Kathleen Chard, PhD; Frank Anderson, MD; Kathy Steele, MN, CS

  • Certified Clinical Trauma Professional – Level I (CCTP-I)
    EMDR, CBT, and Somatic-Based Trauma Interventions
    Arielle Schwartz, PhD

  • Intensive Internal Family Systems Trauma Treatment Program
    Frank Anderson, MD

  • Trauma Treatment Certification – Advances in Somatic and Neurobiological Trauma Therapy
    Janina Fisher, PhD

  • Shame Certification Training
    Janina Fisher, PhD

  • Complex PTSD Clinical Workshop – A Comprehensive Approach to Accurately Assess and Effectively Treat Clients with Chronic, Repeated, and/or Developmental Trauma
    Arielle Schwartz, PhD

  • Integrative Polyvagal Theory for Trauma, Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Attachment and More
    Deb Dana, LCSW; Stephen Porges, PhD; Sherri All, PhD; Alexia Rothman, PhD

  • Treatment of Bipolar Disorder
    Anne Marie O’Melia, MS, MD, FAAP, CEDS-C; Robert McFerren, LCSW-S

  • Between Substance Use and PTSD: Understanding Coping Mechanisms and Risks
    Timothy Saeed, DO; Lindsey Reed, LCSW

  • Flash Technique for Trauma: Rapid Trauma Processing for Clinicians Using EMDR, CPT, DBT, CBT, & IFS
    Philip Manfield, PhD; Lewis Engel, PhD

Somatic Therapy & Nervous System Work

  • Certified Somatic Therapy Foundations Practitioner (CSTFP)
    Intensive Somatic Trauma Therapy Course
    Abi Blakeslee, PhD

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)

  • EMDRIA-Approved Basic Training
    Sharon Meredith, R. Psych

  • Advanced EMDR – Neuroeffective Embodied Self-Therapy (N.E.S.T.) Model for Complex Trauma
    Sandra Paulsen, PhD

Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART)

  • ART Basic Training
    Mariel Ansion, R. Psych

  • ART 2025 Annual Conference – ART, Trauma and Beyond
    Laney Rosenzweig, MS, LMFT (Founder of ART); LTC Chris Atkins, LCSW, BCD; Christine Gibson, MD, Prof, MMedED; Lisa Gagnon, MD, FRCPC; Molly Graham, MA, LMHC, ATR; Loraine Hunter, PhD, LCSW; Katie K. May, LPC, DBT-LBC; Vicky Alston, LCSW, DCSW; Jody Pratt, LMFT; Marsha Mandel, MA, LMHC, LPC, CCTP-II; Amy Shuman, MSW, LICSW, DCSW

  • ART 2024 Annual Conference – The Life Saving Impact of ART: Healing and Innovation
    Laney Rosenzweig, MS, LMFT (Founder of ART); Mary Anders, MA, LP; Kerry Kennedy-Pressey, PhD; Teresa Salais, MSW, LCSW; Becca Ferguson, LPC; Nicole Delli Paoli, MA, LMHC, MCAP, QS; Elizabeth Michas, PhD; Dedra Tentis, LCSW, PhD; Sierra Tentis, MPH; Kiana Gadson, PhD, LCSW; Rose Mizuhara Maynard, PsyD; and Sadie N. Novotny, LMFT

Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT)

  • Certified EFIT Level 1 Professional 
    Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT)
    Susan Johnson, EdD; Leanne Campbell, PhD

  • Transforming Trauma with EFIT
    Susan Johnson, EdD; Leanne Campbell, PhD

Indigenous Cultural Competency & Trauma-Informed Care

  • Support Sixties Scoop Survivors – Understanding and Competencies for Counsellors
    Lorraine Champagne & Daniel Campbell; SSISA

  • Indigenous Awareness Training
    Leigh Sheldon, R. Psych

  • Bridging the Clinical and Cultural
    Leigh Sheldon, R. Psych

Grief & Loss

  • Finding Meaning in Loss – The Sixth Stage of Grief
    David Kessler, MA, RN, FACHE

  • Anxious Grief – Supporting Clients with Grief-Related Anxiety, Panic, and Fear
    Claire Bidwell Smith, LCPC

Additional Training

  • Certified Anxiety-Informed Professional (CAIP)
    Kimberly Morrow, LCSW; Elizabeth DuPont Spencer, LCSW-C