I am a Registered Clinical Social Worker with over two decades of experience and have devoted my career to assisting at-risk families. I have a Clinical Master of Social Work (MSW) in children's mental health and specialize in assessment and intervention with children impacted by family violence, involved in family law matters, or caught up in contentious parenting disputes. My training includes family mediation and the creation of developmentally sensitive parenting plans, play therapy and developmental screening of young children. I have worked alongside family law professionals throughout my career, across multiple organizational landscapes, have extensive experience as a witness in family court and have been qualified as an expert.

 

In 2020 I co-created a Therapeutic Access program used exclusively with separated and divorced families or where there is a history of family violence. I have worked extensively in the area of family violence throughout my career including as a member of a specialized team established to create a family violence screening program for Alberta Children's Services, in collaboration with Homefront and the Calgary Police Service Domestic Conflict Unit. 

 

I have lectured at the University level and have presented both locally and internationally on the topic of Therapeutic Access. I am a member of the Alberta College of Social Workers (ACSW), the Social Workers Association of Alberta (SWAA), the Alberta Family Mediation Society (AFMS) and the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC) where I currently hold a position on the Alberta Chapter Board of Directors. 

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I am currently accepting clients for the following referrals:

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Counselling for Children and Adolescents

Practice Note 7 Interventions including Views of the Child 

Child Consultant 

Child Development Consultations

Therapeutic Access

Family Therapy

Parent Child Relationship Therapy

Parent/Child Contact Problems

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