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