Scott Thorn

Compassionate Registered Social Worker & Psychotherapist with over 5 years of experience empowering positive mental health outcomes for diverse youth and adults. Expertise in utilizing eclectic, evidence-based modalities, including ACT, IFS, CBT, and PVT, within an anti-oppressive, trauma-informed framework. Proven ability to build therapeutic relationships, address presenting problems like anxiety and trauma, and provide systems navigation.

Dedicated to fostering emotional and relational growth through tailored, client-centred supports and culturally-competent service provision.

Registered Social Worker & Psychotherapist - Wise Path Counselling - Hamilton

(2021-11)

Registered Social Worker & Psychotherapist - Nova Phoenix Counselling - St. Catharines

(2023-06)

• Cultivated compassionate therapeutic relationships with diverse teens and adults in assessing and addressing a wide spectrum of presenting problems including anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, abuse, family and relationship issues, self-esteem, and body image concerns.
• Delivered evidence-based, patient-centered, short-term and long-term psychotherapeutic interventions utilizing ACT, CBT, IFS, and PVT modalities within a strict anti-oppressive framework.
• Provided systems navigation and referral support for clients, aligning with a social determinants of mental health approach.
• Maintained up-to-date knowledge of relevant Ontario legislation, including PHIPA, the Mental Health Act, and the Child, Youth and Family Services Act, ensuring absolute clinical compliance and patient confidentiality.

True Colours Club/Camp Facilitator - The All Out Collective - Hamilton

(2024-09)

• Facilitated arts-based programming for LGTBQIA2S+ youth aged 5-15, with a dedicated organizational emphasis on creating a safe(r) space, particularly for trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming youth.
• Collaborated with fellow program staff to provide dialogical leadership to participants on individual and group levels, fostering an inclusive, participatory, creative, and safe(r) environment.
• Delivered tailored and risk-responsive support to program participants experiencing elevated needs at the intersections of gender identity, neurodivergence, and mental health diagnoses.

Accountability Counsellor & Bridging Conversations Group Founder/Facilitator - Office of Human Rights and Conflict Management, Laurier University - Waterloo

(2023-12)

• Provided feminist and trauma-informed Accountability Counselling to students involved in formal complaint processes for causing harm related to gender-based and sexual violence.
• Promoted compassionate accountability through a client- and survivor-centred approach that encourages empathy, the cessation of harmful behaviours, and facilitates safe student reintegration into the campus community.
• Co-developed and co-facilitated a new, expanding voluntary group for male-identifying post-secondary students, Bridging Conversations, offering a platform for young men to practice emotional vulnerability and relational growth beyond the constraints of dominant masculinity.

Partner Assault Response (PAR) Facilitator - Catholic Family Services of Hamilton - Hamilton

(2022-01 - 2023-04)

• Co-developed, implemented, and evaluated trauma-informed psychoeducational materials and group programming to promote emotional regulation, accountability, and community reintegration.
• Facilitated group-based and individual psychoeducational programming within the Men's Anti-Violence and Abuse Program to address abusive behaviours and cultivate healthier family relationships.
• Employed a survivor-centred and feminist lens to assess reoffence risk and ground interventions in an approach consistent with the broad objective of ending Gender-Based Violence and promoting non-violent family systems.

Social Worker (Student Placement) - Compass Community Health - Hamilton

(2020-05 - 2021-04)

• Collaborated with interprofessional primary care teams, community partners, and educational programs (Pathways to Education) to co-develop holistic, multi-disciplinary care plans.
• Facilitated seamless community referrals and provided effective case management, connecting vulnerable clients to crucial social determinants of health resources, including housing support, financial aid, and systemic advocacy.

Master of Social Work - Social Work - York University (2017-09 - 2021-08)

Bachelor of Education - Education - Brock University (2013-09 - 2015-08)

Master of Arts - Work & Society - McMaster University (2010-09 - 2013-08)