Owner & Director

• Jun 2019 - Present

Director of 13-person team of clinical counsellors, graduate interns and intuitive healers. Currently guiding one of Western North America's primary destinations for psychedelic integration work.

Counsellor

• Sep 2014 - May 2021

Provider of results-focused counselling for individuals, couples and families. My approach is research tested, yet down to earth, helping clients to find relief and confidence in the face of issues like depression, anxiety, trauma and self-esteem. My specialty is working with male clients who may be unaware that counselling is a premier service that helps to transform life's challenges into opportunities for new strength and resilience.

Clinical Director

• May 2021 - Present

Thrive Integrative is the expansion project of long-running Thrive Downtown Counselling Centre. Massive public interest in psychedelic healing has prompted this multidisciplinary collaborative project in which healers across modalities are bringing our brand of trauma-informed care further inland of Greater Vancouver. Thrive Integrative is the expansion project of long-running Thrive Downtown Counselling Centre. Massive public interest in psychedelic healing has prompted this multidisciplinary collaborative project in which healers across modalities are bringing our brand of trauma-informed care further inland of Greater Vancouver.

Primary Facilitator & Trainer

• Oct 2015 - Present

Leader of 5 and 10-day residential group retreats for traumatized former military and police personnel. Training program designer and deliverer for national team of psychologists and counsellors who also facilitate the above program.

Clinical Coordinator

• Jun 2015 - Jul 2019

Coordinator of hiring, training and development for the VTNs 25+ psychologists and counsellors across Canada.

Contract Professor

• Sep 2017 - Jun 2019

Contract professor of interpersonal communication and critical theory. Contract professor of interpersonal communication and critical theory.

Program Delivery & Research Coordinator

• Jan 2014 - Oct 2016

Operations management:Coordination of programs for two subgroups of men in BC, QC and NS, Canada. Recruitment of participants and formation of professional partnership with medical and academic institutions.Research directing:Design and maintenance of behavioural ethics, as well as qualitative and quantitative assessment of project. Ongoing analysis and knowledge translation, including teaching film.Clinical facilitation:Co-leading of two eastern Canada groups, involving provision of group counselling to student aged men. Show less

Research Assistant

• Jan 2012 - Dec 2013

Counsellor

• Sep 2013 - May 2014

Provision of trauma-focused counselling to subsidized clients within the Greater Vancouver region. Provision of trauma-focused counselling to subsidized clients within the Greater Vancouver region.