Registered Psychotherapist
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I am a doctorally prepared Registered Psychotherapist (Q), over thirty years of experience in mental health care in Canada, the UK and the USA. Clients I have worked with include those reporting challenges with: grief, bereavement and loss; self-esteem, self-worth, & self-concept; stress related issues and managing/coping with stress; couples/marriage counselling; mood related challenges and issues; major transitions and changes/life events; interpersonal and relationship difficulties; marriage/life partner challenges; a sense of hopelessness; bullying; personal discovery, exploration, growth and actualisation.
I work from a Client-Centred perspective, my counselling practice is informed by several theoretical approaches; Rogerian Person-Centred, Freudian Psychodynamic , Existential and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. The particular emphasis being driven by the client’s needs.
Over 330 publications - 12 books - from 1991 to 2018
Full list of publications included with CV package. Copies of publications available on request.
Registered Psychotherapist/Mental Health Counsellor The Cutcliffe Group - Kingston, ON
I am a former Professor of Mental Health Nursing, having held three Professorial Endowed Research Chairs and have over 34 years experience in mental healthcare across four countries. I am a Registered Psychotherapist (Q), reg. no. 11130; College of Registered Psychotherapist's of Ontario. I am currently winding down my own psychotherapy/mental health counselling practice in Kingston. I have over 330 publications, my work has been translated into seven different languages, cited well over 11,000 times, and is used throughout the world (and included in several Ontario Best Practice Guidelines).
Mental Health Counsellor and Owner/Operator: The Cutcliffe Group(Consultation)
'Blanke' Endowed Chair in Nursing Research and Professor/Director: Centre forNursing Research,
Wright State University - Dayton, OH
January 2015 to May 2017
Acadia Professorship in Psychiatric/Mental Health
University of Maine - Orono, ME
January 2010 to August 2012
'David G. Braithwaite’ Professor of Nursing
University of Texas at Tyler - Tyler, TX
January 2006 to August 2009
I have only included the most recent appointments.
June 1994 to July 2022
Bachelors of Science (Hon) Nursing
June 1994 to July 2021
Doctor of Philosophy (Nursing) The Inspiration Hope in Bereavement Counselling
Masters of Arts in Integrative Counselling
Leeds Beckett University, UK
