Background

Professional Counsellor/Addiction Worker

• Theories, models & techniques of counselling, and psychotherapy
• Professional & ethical standards for practice
• Psychopathology & recognition knowledge of the DSM for mental disorders
• Substance abuse counselling – theory & practice
• Sexual abuse counselling – treatment & recovery
• Clinical skills of counselling – client assessment, treatment & evaluation
• Counselling process & therapeutic interventions
• Life span and psycho-social development
• Addiction worker certification
• Conflict resolution

Work Experience

• PHSA Forensic Outreach/Concurrent Disorders, Matrix Facilitator
• Connective Forensic Outreach Worker, Mandt Trainer
• Community Outreach, Baldy Hughes Therapeutic Community & Farm
• Program Facilitator, Top Of The World Ranch Treatment Center
• Counsellor/Facilitator, Yorkton Tribal Council Child & Family Services
• Addiction Counsellor/Anger Facilitator, Yorkton SK Social Services
  
• Paradigm Path Speaking, Counselling, and Group Facilitation
  
• Family Strengthening & Intervention, Options Community Service
  
• Director of Counselling Services with VisionQuest Recovery Society
  
• President of Alternatives Recovery Society Sunshine Coast, BC
  
• C.A.P. (Community Assistance Program) Counsellor, Sechelt, BC
  
• T.H.E.O. (Training Health Employment Opportunities) Counsellor, Sechelt, BC
• E.A.S. (Employment Assistance Services) Coach, Sechelt, BC
• Union Counsellor (Employment Assistance Program) U.S.W.A. 7884
  
• Class ‘A’ Welder – Industrial, Commercial, Estimator, Yacht Builder
• Alderman with The District of Elkford
  
• I.A.S (Industrial Adjustment Services) Committee Member, Elk Valley, BC

Education/Training

• Vancouver College of Counsellor Training
• East Kootenay Community College
• Canadian Labour Congress
• Trinity Western University
• The United Way