2024
Certification in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (C-DBT), Summer 2024.
Attended 2024 Trauma Summit.
Parts Work in Clinical Hypnotherapy (CHyp.) Training, Summer 2024.
Clinical Traumatologist Training, Summer 2024.
Attended CCPA’s 2024 Conference, May 2024.
Issue Oriented Music and Imagery Training (IOMI, Continuum Model Level II), Spring-Fall 2024.
Served as Secretary on CCPA’s NS Chapter and Private Practice Chapters (2023-Present).
2020-2023
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) Training and certification, Fall 2023
Image Rehearsal Therapy (IRT) Training, October 2023.
Trauma Specialist in Clinical Hypnotherapy (CHyp.) training and certification, Summer 2023.
Resource Oriented Music and Imagery (ROMI) training and certification, October 2022-March 2023.
Suicide Prevention Summit, August 2022.
Prolonged Exposure (PE) Training and Certification, March 2022.
Received RCT designation from NSCCT and CCC designation from CCPA , November 2021.
Naloxone administration training, September 2021.
Foundations of Narrative Therapy, Advanced Narrative Therapy training through Vancouver Narrative Therapy Institute, Feb-March 2021.
Began volunteer work as a Safety and Well-Being advocate with the Canadian Red Cross, Nov. 2020
Recipient of Canada Council for the Arts grant for audiovisual project titled Collection : Recollection.
Attended NSCCT Supervisory Training, July 2020.
Completed trainings: “Person Centered Suicide Risk Assessment”, 3 Anti-Oppression Workshops, “Unconscious Bias”, “Eating Disorders: from Diagnostic Criteria to Treatment”, “Diagnosing Trauma Related Disoders”, and “Narrative Therapy”, Spring-Summer 2020.
Disaster Mental Health Counseling Certification (DMHC), July 2020.
Facilitated panel discussion on Music as Healing for Everyseeker Conference, June 2020.
Presented webinar to Atlantic Association for Music Therapy on “Deep Listening in Music Therapy”.
Completed two training seminars in Online Counseling and Telehealth, April/May 2020.
Attended Canadian Domestic Violence Conference (CDVC), March 2020.
Music therapy workshops with Occupational Stress Injury Clinic (OSI), and Schizophrenia Society of Nova Scotia (SSNS).
Completed training: “Trauma - Strategies for Resolving the Impact of Post-Traumatic Stress”, “Sexuality Counselling through the Lifespan”, “Anxiety Disorders”, “Motivational Interviewing: The Basics”, “Treating Depression with Motivational Interviewing” Jan 2020.
2016-2019
Facilitated a presentation at the Atlantic Association for Music Therapy Conference, Fall 2019.
Founded Tin Drum Therapy, counseling and music therapy practice in Halifax, NS, Fall 2019.
Became a Registered Counselling Therapist- Candidate (RCT-C) with Nova Scotia College of Counselling Therapists (NSCCT).
Music therapy workshops with Immigration Services Nova Scotia (ISANS), Wonderneath Art Studio, and suddenlylisten at North Branch Public Library.
Became Ethics Chair for Atlantic Association for Music Therapy (AAMT) Nov. 2018-2020.
Faculty member in Acadia University's Music Therapy program.
Attended Guided Imagery and Music Conference 2017 in Montreal.
Translated abstracts for Voices Journal of Music Therapy. (2013-2020)
Faculty member in Acadia University's Music Therapy program.
Supervised students in Acadia University's Music Therapy program.
Presented on community music therapy and Music Hive at 2016 Obey Convention's Everyseeker Conference.
Co-founded Music Hive Montreal, and presented workshops to YWCA Montreal with the Music Hive.
Served on CAMT Professional Practice Committee.
Translated abstracts for Voices Journal of Music Therapy. (2013-Present)
2013-2015
Completed Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music (BMGIM) Level II Training.
Supervised students in Concordia University's Music Therapy program.
Music Therapist at Yaldei Developmental Centre in Montreal.
Opened a music therapy Private Practice in Montreal's Sud-Ouest, serving clients in the mental health sector.
Translated abstracts for Voices Journal of Music Therapy. (2013-2020)
Co-founder of Music Hive Montreal.
Completed Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music (BMGIM) Level I Training. (2013)
Completed Supervisor Training with CAMT (2013).
Pre-2013
Completed Masters in Music Therapy at Concordia University (2012), Published thesis in Canadian Journal of Music Therapy (CJMT) (2012/13), completed internship training in geriatrics, youth mental health, developmental delays, and adult mental health.
Attended National Theatre School in Montreal, QC- Technical Production/Sound (2003-2005).
Completed Masters in Ethnomusicology at University of Glasgow (2004).
Radio programs at SubCity Radio (Glasgow) and CHMA (Sackville).
Completed Bachelors of Music at Mount Allison University (2002).