Sole Proprietor & Registered Psychotherapist - Rooted Threads Therapy - Ottawa, Ontario
(2021-01)
- Developed and maintained a thriving private practice for over 5 years, establishing strong therapeutic relationships with a diverse clientele
- Independently managed a clinical caseload of 18 - 22 client hours per week, developing personalized treatment plans, psychoeducational material, and trauma processing sessions
- Oversaw all business operations, including PHIPA-compliant electronic health records, management, scheduling, billing, sliding scale policies, advertising, and other administrative tasks
- Maintained conscious competency through ongoing clinical supervision, peer consultation, specialized trauma-informed care training, and other professional development resources
Registered Psychotherapist - Centre for Treatment of Sexual Abuse and Childhood Trauma - Ottawa, Ontario
(2021-01 - 2025-12)
- Directed trauma-informed, client-centered, and intersectionality-aware individual psychotherapy sessions for survivors of sexual assault and trauma
- Facilitated trauma processing sessions throughout therapeutic journey utilizing various approaches including Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, Internal Family Systems Parts work, Compassion Focused Therapy, Narrative Therapy techniques and Dialectical Behavioural Therapy interventions
- Updated Processing Abuse and Childhood Trauma group facilitation manuals for Womens-, Mens-, and Open-Gendered/LGBTQ2SIA -specific trauma processing groups. Manuals were updated to create more accessible and seamless facilitation for group facilitators, while also creating a more effective psychoeducation curriculum and trauma processing integration to support participants' education and empowerment in their own healing journeys
- Facilitated Womens-, Mens-, Open Gendered/LGBTQ2SIA-specific processing and psychoeducation groups while teaching and overseeing co-facilitator student-interns. The 14-week trauma Processing Abuse and Childhood Trauma groups focused on psychoeducation on important trauma and mental health topics that varied each week, such as the Neurobiology of Trauma and Memory Consolidation, Consent and Abuse, and Emotion Regulation, with Narrative Therapy-derived interventions for group-focused trauma proces
Counselling and Psychotherapy Student - Sexual Assault Center Kingston - Kingston, Ontario
(2020-01 - 2022-12)
- Directed client-centered, strengths-based, intersectionality-aware individual psychotherapy sessions for survivors of sexual assault and trauma
- Facilitated psycho-educational and psychotherapeutic groups for survivors of sexual assault at various stages of their therapeutic journey
- Assessed all clients through psychological tests, observation, and interviews to develop an appropriate treatment plan for the clients' individual therapeutic goals
- Provided in-person and teletherapy in efficient and meaningful ways, which quantitative and qualitative data on distance therapy effectiveness were provided to the Going The Distance Project
Behaviour Therapist - Pathways to Independence - Belleville, Ontario
(2018-01 - 2021-12)
- Develop and implement Positive Behavioural Support Plans through methods such as Functional Behavioural Assessments to support referred individuals towards the development of healthy behaviours while decreasing inappropriate or unsafe behaviours
- Provide 1:1 counselling sessions with clients on behaviour management strategies, problem solving, coping strategies, while implementing elements of Dialectical Behavioural Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Develop and implement group counselling and psychoeducation sessions (examples of previous groups include: Women Supporting Women, Managing Powerful Emotions, Regulating Emotions and Distress Tolerance, and Mindfulness)
- Provide behavioural management, counselling and support, create detailed assessments and case histories, liaise with clinical services teams, and provide written staff performance assessments
Behaviour Science Technologist - Kingston Health Science Centre - Kingston, Ontario
(2017-01 - 2019-12)
- Develop and implement individualized Applied Behavioural Analysis treatment plans for children with mental health disorders while collecting data and compiling charts and graphs to properly track the behavioural progress of patients
- Create a fun atmosphere for patients to increase therapeutic rapport and motivation to complete programming while promoting a physically and psychologically safe environment for patients, families, and staff
- Implement psycho-educational group sessions to provide education to patients on diagnoses, mental health, and effective coping strategies while creating an inclusive and welcoming environment to decrease stigma of mental illnesses
- Assess all patients through psychological tests, observation, and interviews to develop an appropriate intervention plan
Mobile Crisis Worker - Addictions and Mental Health - Kingston, Ontario
(2017-01 - 2019-12)
- Provided non-judgmental confidential support, crisis intervention, and suicide prevention strategies to those in emotional distress
- Conducted suicide lethality and mental status assessments on clients and consulted with other professionals regarding risk factors
- Collaborated with clients in crisis on safety planning, coping strategies, and safety contracts in order to support client through crisis situations
- Accurately and efficiently documented all client interactions and maintained confidentiality and informed consent
