Jonathan Reinglas

Jonathan is a drama therapist who works with people of all ages to help them with symptoms of anxiety, grief, depression, and his specialty, anger.

Jonathan also carries with him experience from the emergency room at the Montreal Children’s Hospital where he provided crisis interventions and suicide assessments and his time at the McGill Domestic Violence Clinic where he helped perpetrators and victims make changes in their lives. These experiences have given Jonathan unique tools that can help a client find their own motivation for change and develop patterns that foster self-reliance, positive feelings like joy and gratitude, and an understanding of limits and boundaries. Jonathan is also experienced in running therapy groups and uses a combination of drama therapy, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing when working with clients.

Jonathan holds a graduate certificate in play therapy and offers sessions that can help children learn healthy limits, respond positively to limit setting, explore their feelings, and overcome their obstacles.

Jonathan’s approach is warm, non judgemental, and always moves at the client’s pace. He believes that trust, reliability, and respect are at the foundation of any relationship and is eager to see his clients find their own motivations for change and the “a-ha!” Moments that spur on their growth

Private Practice, May 2024 – Present

Drama Therapist

• Providing therapy for individuals and couples using drama therapy, creative interventions, and evidence-

based strategies like Motivational Interviewing.

Director of Youth Protection (DYP), October 2024 – March 2025

Human Relations Agent

Achievements

• Successfully implementing de-escalation strategies with resistant clients, improving family safety.

Tasks

• Ensured accurate documentation and streamlined case management for 15+ families.
• Protecting children’s interests in Youth Protection Court.
• Safeguarding children from instances of violence or parental alienation during supervised visits.
• Offering aid, counsel, and assistance to clients.

MDVC (McGill Domestic Violence Clinic), September 2023 – November 2024

Drama Therapist for Perpetrators of Domestic Violence

Achievements

• Guided 30+ male domestic violence perpetrators through treatment, fostering accountability and behavioral change

Tasks

• Offering weekly group counseling sessions and individual client services for perpetrators of domestic violence
• Treatment objectives: setting limits for aggressive behaviours, expressing feelings other than anger, helping clients understand their triggers, understand the connection between their unmet relational needs and emotions, how to use more effective communication strategies to convey relational needs.Montreal Children’s Hospital - Mental Health Emergency, September 2022 - April 2023

Drama Therapy Practicum Placement

Achievements

• Preventing suicide for several youths per day.

Tasks

• Working in a multidisciplinary team, performing crisis and suicide intervention of children (ages 5-17).
• Performing bio-psycho-social assessments that include the presenting problems of Adverse Childhood

Experiences (ACEs) ADHD, suicidal ideation, panic, and anxiety.

H. S. Billings High School - School Clinic and Crisis Center, September 2023 – April 2024

Drama Therapy Practicum Placement

• Counseling adolescents (ages 13-17) in individual sessions exploring school, friends, and family related challenges (social isolation, anxiety, suicidality) using embodiment, roleplay, and motivational interviewing.

Friendship Circle, September 2022 – April 2023

Drama Therapy Practicum Placement

• Working with neurodivergent clientele; offering weekly drama therapy group sessions. Goals: facilitating relationships, overcoming adversity, and increasing their positive affect.

Jewish General Hospital, Welcome Collective, January 2023 – April 2023

Drama Therapy Practicum Placement

• Working with refugees from different parts of the world, providing psychosocial services including drama therapy.

RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

EC Montreal (2015), Grandir Sans Frontieres (2020), & Laurus Summer Camps (Summer 2023, and Summer 2024)

Summer Camp Manager

Achievements

• Managing school activities (field excursions, food, etc.) of 200 international students (ages 12-17)
• Verdun location recognized as one of the most outstanding summer camp location

Tasks

• Speaking with parents and negotiating solutions with a child-centered approach.
• Providing safe spaces for children to regulate emotions.
• Mentoring, training, and teaching staff animation techniques with children.
• Creating weekly events and organizing daily activities for entire camp locations.

Statistics Canada, April 2021 to August 2021 and March 2022 to July 2022

Crew Leader for the Census in Côte-St-Paul and Ville-Émard (2021) & Data Collection Supervisor (2022)

Achievement

• Attaining non-respondent rate of less than 10% during the Canadian 2021 Census as Crew Leader

Tasks

• Onboarding, teaching, coaching, and coordinating a team of 20 Stats-Can employees as Crew Leader.
• Assuring quality of statistical data and the quality of face-to-face conversations with respondents.

Équiterre, January 2017 - October 2019

Canvasser, Team captain, and Supervisor of Street Fundraising Team

Achievements

• Promoted from Canvasser (2017) to Team Captain (2017) to Supervisor (2018).
• Recruiting, onboarding, managing, training, and mentoring of over 50 staff members.

Drama Therapy in Concordia University