I work with:
► Registered Clinical Counsellors, Expressive Arts/Art Therapists, Clinical Social Workers

I specialize in:

► Clinical Supervision/Consultation
► Attachment Issues
► Anxiety/Depression
► Trauma and Post Traumatic Stress
► Interpersonal relationship struggles

I have experience and training using:

► Art Therapy/Expressive Arts Therapy
► The Interpersonal Process of Psychotherapy (A Relational Approach)
► CBT, DBT
► Synergetic Play Therapy, Child-Centered Play Therapy
► Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD

I believe my role as a Clinical Supervisor, Registered Clinical Counsellor - Approved Clinical Supervisor (Provisional) (#2732), and Registered Art Therapist (#0610R) is to work hard at understanding how a person’s personal experiences, theoretical orientation, and chosen models of therapy integrate into a personal therapeutic style that allows them to be authentic and develop genuine relationships with their clients so that they can help to foster growth and change over time.

I have taught Counsellors and Art Therapists how to help their clients learn how to shift what they are believing, thinking, feeling and doing so that they can leave therapy moving forward in life under their own momentum and with their own sense of meaning, purpose, and motivation. I strive to include creativity and self-reflection into my clinical supervision as much as possible.

I have a Master of Counselling Psychology degree from Curtin University in Western Australia and an Advanced Diploma in Art Therapy from the Vancouver Art Therapy Institute. I have 20 years of experience working with children, adolescents, adults, and families in a variety of settings including community counselling, outpatient adult mental health, and inpatient psychiatry. I have experience and training working with gender identity and sexuality, and I am an approved First Nations Health Authority provider.

I identify as a bi-racial and white-presenting (Black-Jamaican and Caucasian Canadian) cisgender man. Growing up in a culturally diverse family has taught me a lot about cultural differences, traditions, language, and the impact of colonialism, which has allowed me to feel very comfortable working with any culture or ethnicity. I have played multiple sports in my life but eventually focused on rugby and 30 years later, I am still playing. I'm a fan of tattoos; I have a number of them myself that hold special meaning for me. I work hard to be a genuine, kind, and transparent person in the world.