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CURRENT: Semi-retired offer individual, couples and group psychotherapy online. Supervision of other clinicians. Training in couples and supervision. EXPERIENCE 1995– TO 1998 AND BEYOND PRIVATE PRACTICE IN PSYCHOTHERAPY Provided individual and couples therapy in private practice. DECEMBER 1, 2019 PSYCHOTHERAPIST AND SUPERVISOR Private Practice: Provide individual and couples therapy and supervision, online trauma and DBT skills groups, courses and workshops. SEPTEMBER 1978 – TO DECEMBER 2019 PSYCHOTHERAPIST, WOMEN’S COLLEGE HOSPITAL incl Brief Psychotherapy Centre for Women until 2004, 2004-2019 Women’s Mental Health Department (Psychiatry) specializing in Trauma Therapy. Provided individual, couples and group therapy. Supervised interns and residents. Taught trauma seminars. Co-created new program components. Represented the profession in the larger hospital. Adjunct lecturer status in Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto. DECEMBER 1976 DIPLOM-PSYCHOLOGIN, UNIVERSITAET DES SAARLANDES, SAARBRUECKEN, GERMANY Registration as Psychologist in Germany. Certified Equivalent to a Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology by University of Toronto. Thesis: Independent original research study: Outcome study of Cognitive Restructuring with Students suffering from Social Anxiety. 1984-1986 INTERNSHIP. TORONTO INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN RELATIONS Combination of supervised psychotherapy practice, theoretical learning, experiential learning in interpersonal groups. CONTINUING EDUCATION INCLUDED: EYE MOVEMENT DESENSITIZATION AND REPROGRAMMING. Completed level 1 and 2 International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation Professional Training Program: DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS, Standard Course, 2012-2013 SUPERVISED PRACTICE IN EMOTIONALLY FOCUSED PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR COUPLES Supervised through trainers from the Ottawa Institute for EFT MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY CERTIFICATE, University of Toronto. 1984-85 PUBLICATIONS Outcome study of brief relational-cultural therapy in a women's mental health center Article Jan 2013

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