Qualifications:
- Graduate Level Diploma in Art Therapy, Toronto Art Therapy Institute, Toronto, ON
Affiliations:
- Canadian Art Therapy Association (CATA)
- College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO)
Offers counselling to Male and Female Individual Adults (18+), Youth (16+) for:
- ADD/ADHD
- Anger management
- Anxiety, Depression, Phobias, PTSD, Sleep problems, Stress management
- Grief/Loss
- OCD
- Relationship dysfunction
- Self-esteem
- Trauma
- English
- Mandarin
- Online: Available for clients located anywhere in Ontario
- Over eight years of experience working with individuals and groups in a variety of settings, include high school, hospitals (in-patient mental health, veterans’ care unit), long term care facilities and community agencies
- Uses an eclectic approach to meet the client’s specific goals and needs, including Art Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), exposure, solution-focused, mindfulness and psychodynamic methods
- Approach is based on the belief that everyone has the potential to make positive changes and discover new possibilities at any stage of their lives. Focuses on helping clients explore and build on their inner strengths and potential to lead an enhanced quality of life. Clients are guided and encouraged to communicate, externalise and process their thoughts and feelings through words, as well as creative and symbolic forms of expression