Professional Credentials and Affiliations
Registered Clinical Counsellor with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors (RCC #6443)
Certified Expressive Arts Therapist with the Ontario Expressive Arts Therapy Association (EXAT #304)
British Columbia Registered Play Therapist with the BC Play Therapy Association (BCRPT #T-2305)
International Certified Child-Parent Relationship Therapist: Level 1 (CPRT #A-1035)
Certified Teacher with the Teacher Regulation Branch (Certificate # L164875)
Professional Member of the BC School Counsellor’s Association (BCSCA)
Certified AutPlay Therapy Practitioner (for neurodivergent children and families)
Member of Carl Orff Canada, Music for Children
Past member of Canadian Association of Dance Artists (CADA)
Education
Masters of Arts in Expressive Arts Therapy and Psychology (European Graduate School, Switzerland)
Graduate Certificate in Child-Centred Play Therapy and Child-Parent Relationship Therapy (Concordia University, Montréal)
Certificate in Expressive Arts Therapy (International School of Interdisciplinary Studies-BC and Langara College)
Professional Development Program, Teacher Education (Simon Fraser University, Faculty of Education)
Bachelor of Arts in French (University of British Columbia, Faculty of Arts)
Diplôme d’Études Universitaires Françaises (Université Jean-Moulin, France)
Guest Artist (European Dance Development Center, The Netherlands), 18-months full-time dance training and residency
Contemporary Dance Professional Training Program (Main Dance School, Vancouver), two-year full-time dance training
Additional Intensive Training
Jungian/Kalffian Sandplay Therapy training (CAST/ISST) - in process
Compassionate Systems Leadership Master Class Series (Center for Systems Awareness, with Dr. Mette Miriam Boell)
ADHD for Adults training (Dr. Candice Murry & Dr. Elizabeth Baerg Hall)
San’yas: Indigenous Cultural Safety Training: Mental Health
Dance/Movement Therapy Intensive training courses (The Movement Arc: Dance Therapy and Somatic Education)
Music-Integrated Therapy Intensive Training (Dr. Deborah Seabrook)
Brain-Compatible Dance Eduction Summer Institute (Anne Green Gilbert, Founder, The Creative Dance Center)
Orff Music Summer Intensive and Canadian National Conference (BC Orff and Carl Orff Canada) -music education for children
Expressive Play Therapy (Dr. Marie-José Dhaese) - multiple training workshops and certificates at the Centre for Expressive Therapy
Certified AutPlay Therapy Practitioner (Dr. Robert Jason Grant) - play therapy for neurodivergent children and their families
BC Play Therapy Association professional development workshops (Dr. Sarina Kot, Lisa Dion, Dr. Madeleine De Little, Kadesha Adelakun, Monica Bhatara, Lynn Louise Wonders, and others)
Neufeld Institute Intensive: Making Sense of Kids (Dr. Gordon Neufeld)
Modern Dance Training (L’École de danse de Québec)