Experience

Centre For Interpersonal Relationships - CFIR

• Canada
• Mental Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Psychotherapist

  • Sep 2021 - Present

• Psychotherapist

  • Sep 2021 - Present



Homewood Health Centre

• Canada
• Mental Health Care
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Crisis Counsellor and Mental Health Trainer

  • Jul 2019 - Present



Spear It Group Consulting

• Co-founder and Executive Director- Spear It Group Consulting

  • Feb 2019 - Present



YEWT Services- The Youth Empowerment and Wellness Team

• Co-founder and Director

  • Jul 2017 - Present

  YEWT services provides psychological and holistic interventions to youth with mental health and addiction issues. Responsibilities include:• Provide clinical consultation and supervision on individual cases• Develop programing and services for community outreach• Collect and analyze service user data• Build community partnerships with local naturopathic practitioners for profit and non-profit organisations• Created a dance movement therapy program based on DMT from India YEWT services provides psychological and holistic interventions to youth with mental health and addiction issues. Responsibilities include:• Provide clinical consultation and supervision on individual cases• Develop programing and services for community outreach• Collect and analyze service user data• Build community partnerships with local naturopathic practitioners for profit and non-profit organisations• Created a dance movement therapy program based on DMT from India



Schizophrenia Society of Ontario

• Canada
• Mental Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CBT-p trainer and curriculum writer

  • Mar 2018 - Mar 2020



Self employed

• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Consultant addictions specialist

  • Jan 2014 - Jan 2017

  I provided private clinical consultation on a case-by-case basis to counselors and therapists in the social service, mental health and addictions field. I provided private clinical consultation on a case-by-case basis to counselors and therapists in the social service, mental health and addictions field.



Addiction Services for York Region

• Concurrent Disorders Counsellor

  • Jan 2006 - Mar 2007

  · Addiction Services provides help, counselling, and support to individuals and families affected by substance use and gambling disorders. They are a non-profit community- based service. Responsibilities included: Develop a comprehensive and brief mini mental health assessment for substance use workers.· Conduct cognitive, mental health and substance use assessments for clients ages 12 and up.· Provide Individual, family, couple and group therapy to people with mental health, substance use and gambling disorders.· Develop a Concurrent disorders treatment program that included the court diversion sector, as well as the inpatient treatment departments of Markham Stouffville Hospital and South Lake Hospital Newmarket)· Create and facilitate concurrent disorders workshops for employees in mental health, substance misuse and social care.



Rethink Mental Illness

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Dual Diagnosis Program Manager

  • Oct 2005 - Oct 2006

  Rethink is the UK’s largest mental health charity, campaigning and providing approximately 383 services across the UK, and supporting approximately 7,500 people with severe mental illness in the UK everyday. Key responsibilities included:· Leading on the development and overview of implementation of service practice and service model development in the area of dual diagnosis, working with clinical and regional teams. · Establishing links with key agencies in the UK such as The Institute of Psychiatry(King’s College, London), National Addiction Centre, Mental Health Trusts, Mental Health Charities, Drug & Alcohol charities/agencies, the National Health Service (NHS), National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), the Home Office and National Treatment Agency (NTA). · Identifying and developing staff training tools and resources in the area of dual diagnosis that is applicable in both clinical and community settings that is evidence-based and considered ‘good practice’ by the UK Department of Health. · Represented Rethink on a consultation panel to review national clinical guidelines by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) for community based interventions to reduce substance misuse among the most vulnerable young people.· Inform existing internal quality assurance processes and support compliance with external quality standards and regulation. · Advise on the development of quality assurance in the area of dual diagnosis.· Advise on operations and public policy review.· Support best practice and innovation in service delivery.· Ensure effective control of income and expenditure through regular budget evaluation.



University of Kent

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Guest Lecturer

  • Dec 2005 - Jun 2006

  · Guest Lecturer on a substance misuse management diploma and BSc. in substance misuse management course. Presentation included issues of dual diagnosis in the voluntary sector from a campaigning and service provision perspective. Presented power point slides and included handouts for students and facilitated debate on issues around dual diagnosis. · Guest Lecturer on a substance misuse management diploma and BSc. in substance misuse management course. Presentation included issues of dual diagnosis in the voluntary sector from a campaigning and service provision perspective. Presented power point slides and included handouts for students and facilitated debate on issues around dual diagnosis.



Bellwood Health Services

• Canada
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Addictions Behavioural Therapist

  • Nov 2003 - May 2004

  Bellwood is one of Canada’s leading treatment centres for addiction. The main responsibilities included:· Planning and delivering psychological group therapy for drug and alcohol dependent clients. Bellwood is one of Canada’s leading treatment centres for addiction. The main responsibilities included:· Planning and delivering psychological group therapy for drug and alcohol dependent clients.