• My Training and Experience

    My Training and Experience

    Education:

    Graduate Education

    • Master of Business Administration – University of Alberta, Canada
    • Master of Counselling Psychology – Yorkville University, Canada
    • Psychoanalytic Training – Centro de Estudos Psicanalíticos, São Paulo, Brazil

    Specialization Courses and Seminars

    • Mediation of Family and Divorce Conflicts – Legal Education Society of Alberta, Canada
    • Disorders of Self Defeat with Dr. Arthur Leonoff – Calgary Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Education Foundation (CPPEF)
    • Treatment of High Functioning Alcoholics, Nursing links
    • Living Dangerously: Psychotherapy in the Last Year of Life with Dr. Gary Rodin – Calgary Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Education Foundation (CPPEF)
    • Achieving and Sustaining Individual and Group Therapist Effectiveness with Dr. Molyn Leszcz – Calgary Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Education Foundation (CPPEF)
    • Narcissism and its Discontents: Diagnostic Challenges and Treatment Strategies with Narcissistic Patients with
      Dr. Glen Gabbard and Dr. Holly Crisp – Calgary Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Education Foundation (CPPEF)
    • Clinical Practice Seminars at the Calgary Counselling Centre
    • Trauma Informed Training for Children and Families experiencing Intimate Partner Violence at the Calgary Counselling Centre
    • Treating Depression Actively and Experientially: The Power of Focus and Experiential Learning in Teaching Mood Regulation Skills – with Dr. Michael Yapko at the Calgary Counselling Centre
    • The Impact of Unresolved Trauma with Dr. Clare Pain – Calgary Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Education Foundation (CPPEF)

    Professional Experience:

    • Founder and General Manager of Import/Export food trading business for 15 years
    • Counselling Psychology Intern in Calgary’s largest counselling agency, having experience working with diverse populations and a wide range of concerns
    • Professional member with the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA)
    • Teacher and Facilitator of ‘Focus on Communication’ (FOCIS), ‘Parenting after Separation’ (PAS) and ‘Parenting after Separation – High Conflict’ (PASHC) for Alberta Justice in Canada
    • Psychoanalyst at Casa de Saúde São João de Deus – a public psychiatric hospital in São Paulo, Brazil