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)
Professional Member of the Canadian Association for Sandplay Therapy (CAST)
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 with the Canadian Association of Sandplay Therapy (CAST) and the International Society for Sandplay Therapy (ISST) - in process
Expressive Play Therapy with Dr. Marie-José Dhaese at the Centre for Expressive Therapy - seven intensive training courses, 2015-2026 (114 hours)
The Sandplay Journey: Meeting of Spirit and Matter with Judy Zappacosta, Jill Kaplan, and Jean Parkinson for the International Society for Sandplay Therapy (ISST), 2026
Rethinking Youth Gender Medicine Conference: “First Do No Harm” with Clinical Advisory Network on Sex and Gender (CAN-SG), London, UK, 2026
Jung’s Red Book with Mark Keedwell - a three-month lecture series on psychoanalyst Dr. Carl Gustav Jung’s exploration of the unconscious and archetypal symbols, 2026
Detransition Awareness Day: “Life Beyond Transition” with Genspect - a conference featuring lawyers, clinicians, researchers, academics, educators, parents, and panel discussions with detransitioners, March 2026
Autism and Expressive Arts Therapy training with Ellen Yang, doctoral candidate and autism specialist, 2025-2026
DBT Crash Course for Clinicians: Dialectical Behaviour Therapy with Alexa Mulee for PESI, 2025
Compassionate Systems Leadership Master Class Series with Dr. Mette Miriam Böll with the Center for Systems Awareness, 2025
Dreaming Us Forward: Co-Creating Belonging Through the Healing Arts Conference the Canadian Art Therapy Association (CATA) and the Ontario Expressive Arts Therapy Association (OEATA), Winnipeg, Manitoba, 2025
EASE: Everyday Anxiety Strategies for Educators with Healthy Minds BC, 2025
ADHD Skill Builder training with Dr. Elizabeth Baerg Hall, MD and the ADHD Centre for Education and Training, 2025
ADHD for Adults training with Dr. Candice Murray & Dr. Elisabeth Baerg Hall, MD, with the BCACC, 2024
The Body Keeps the Score: Trauma Healing Through the Senses with Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, MD, at PESI, 2024
EMDR & Parts Work for Treating Complex Trauma: Somatic Techniques to Decrease Defensiveness and Facilitate Trauma Processing with Dr. Arielle Swartz at PESI, 2024
EFIT: Transforming Trauma with Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy with Dr. Leanne Campbell at PESI, 2024
Supporting Neurodiverse Children & Youth in Our Schools with Dr. Robin Freedlander and the Compass Team at BC Children's Hospital, 2024
San’yas: Indigenous Cultural Safety Training: Mental Health course with the Provincial Health Services Authority, 2022
Music-Integrated Therapy Intensive Training with Dr. Deborah Seabrook, 2022
Brain-Compatible Dance Eduction Summer Institute with Anne Green Gilbert, founder of The Creative Dance Center, 2019
Orff Music Summer Intensive and Canadian National Conference (BC Orff and Carl Orff Canada) - music education for children
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, Kadesha Adelakun, Monica Bhatara, Lynn Louise Wonders, and others)
Neuroscience, Satir, and Play Therapy (Dr. Madeleine De Little)
Dance/Movement Therapy Intensive training courses with Hanna Kamea at The Movement Arc: Dance Therapy and Somatic Education, 2017
Neufeld Institute Intensive: Making Sense of Kids (3-month course with Dr. Gordon Neufeld with the Neufeld Institute)
Modern Dance Training (EDDC European Dance Development Center, The Netherlands)
Modern Dance Training (L’École de danse de Québec, Québec City)
