Janet Walker Expressive Arts Therapist
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Credentials

 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 (Canadian Association of Sandplay Therapy/International Society for Sandplay Therapy) - in process

  • Jung’s Red Book (Mark Keedwell) - a three-month lecture series on psychoanalyst Carl Jung’s exploration of the unconscious and archetypal symbols

  • Detransition Awareness Day: Life Beyond Transition (Genspect conference featuring lawyers, clinicians, researchers, academics, educators, parents, and panel discussions with detransitioners)

  • Autism and Expressive Arts Therapy training (Ellen Yang, doctoral candidate)

  • DBT Crash Course for Clinicians: Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (Alexa Mulee at PESI)

  • Compassionate Systems Leadership Master Class Series (Dr. Mette Miriam Böll with the Center for Systems Awareness)

  • Dreaming Us Forward: Co-Creating Belonging Through the Healing Arts Conference (CADA/OEATA, Winnipeg, Manitoba)

  • EASE: Everyday Anxiety Strategies for Educators (Healthy Minds BC)

  • ADHD Skill Builder training (Dr. Elizabeth Baerg Hall, MD with the ADHD Centre for Education and Training)

  • ADHD for Adults training (Dr. Candice Murray & Dr. Elisabeth Baerg Hall, MD)

  • The Body Keeps the Score: Trauma Healing Through the Senses (Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, MD, 2-Day Trauma Conference)

  • EMDR & Parts Work for Treating Complex Trauma: Somatic Techniques to Decrease Defensiveness and Facilitate Trauma Processing (Dr. Arielle Swartz)

  • EFIT: Transforming Trauma with Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (Dr. Leanne Campbell)

  • Supporting Neurodiverse Children & Youth in Our Schools (Dr. Robin Freedlander and the Compass Team at BC Children's Hospital)

  • San’yas: Indigenous Cultural Safety Training: Mental Health course (Provincial Health Services Authority)

  • Dance/Movement Therapy Intensive training courses (Hanna Kamea at 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 of 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 at the Centre for Expressive Therapy) - completed all of the training courses offered by the centre

  • 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)

  • Neufeld Institute Intensive: Making Sense of Kids (3-month course with Dr. Gordon Neufeld with the Neufeld Institute)

  • Modern Dance Training (L’École de danse de Québec, Québec City)