Professional Experience  -  40 Years of Private Practice

• Specializing in relationship difficulties, infidelity, addiction, and individuals who desire to reach their personal creative potential.
• The practice is gay/lesbian sensitive, multi-cultural, multi-faith and inclusive.

Supervision - 23 Years

• Director of 60 student therapists

• Ongoing supervision of the practice of 10 or more clinicians per year.  This has included supervision of practices dealing with sexual abuse, play therapy, couples therapy, individual therapy, multi-faith issues multi-cultural issues, racial, victims of violence and torture, and families at risk. It has involved the supervision of clinicians using a wide range of therapeutic modalities.

Education

• Doctor of Ministry (D.Min)  Specializing in Pastoral Counselling, Theological Chicago Seminary 
• Master of Divinity (M.Div) Emmanuel College, Victoria University / St.Andrew's University, Scotland
• Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Economics Major, University of Western Ontario

Professional Memberships

• Supervisor and Clinical member of AAMFT (BCAMFT division)

• Teaching Supervisor, CAPPE (retired)

Additional Professional Activities

•  Past President of BCAMFT
• Former Member of the Task Force for Counsellor Certification by the B.C. Provincial Legislature
• Member of the Committee of BCAMFT board to encourage the creation of a Master’s Program in MFT
• Taught courses in Pastoral Counselling and Dream Interpretation as Adjunct Faculty,  Toronto School of Theology.

Accreditations

• Ordained To Ministry in United Church of Canada
• Supervisor, AAMFT
• Teaching Supervisor,   CAPPE
• Clinical Membership, AAMFT