About Me

I am a Canadian clinical and forensic psychologist, licensed with the College of Alberta Psychologists since 2004. I have a Doctoral Degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Calgary (2003). I have experience working in community clinics, inpatient settings, correctional facilities, and private practice. I have many years of experience preparing pre-sentence court reports, providing psychological assessments, and conducting individual and group cognitive-behavioural therapy. I am a member of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA), and I have extensive experience in assessing and treating problematic sexual interests and behaviours. Over the years I have enjoyed supervising clinical staff, psychology interns, and practicum students. My research interests have focused on vulnerability to depression, group cognitive-behavioural therapy and mindfulness for mood and anxiety disorders, and more recently outcomes related to childhood adversity and correlates of child sexual exploitation material offending. I also have a wealth of experience with assessing and treating acute and complex trauma. 
My primary therapeutic orientation is cognitive-behavioural, although I routinely blend approaches to meet my client's individual needs. I have training and experience with the following therapeutic approaches: Motivational Interviewing; Schema Therapy; Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT); Interpersonal Therapy; Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT); Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS); Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR); Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR); Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). 
My therapeutic style is warm, respectful, non-judgemental, and collaborative.