About Robbie
- About
- Education
Having benefited from the practice of meditation for 25 years, I came to the field of clinical counselling from my previous work as a yoga and meditation instructor. I wanted to grow my scope of ability to serve others, and to understand more fully how to help people on their own terms. Daily I experience the privilege of witnessing people recover their rightful sense of freedom and happiness. Because of this, I love the work I do.
Master of Arts, Eastern Religious Studies/ Anthropology, University of Toronto
Bachelor of Arts, Eastern Religious Studies, University of British Columbia
Professional Certifications and Trainings
• Registered member of the BCACC (#8123), British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors
• Certification in process - Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
• Certified EMDR practitioner (certification date Oct. 22 2019)
• EMDR Basic and advanced trainings, including Preverbal EMDR with Katie O'shea, EMDR advanced training with Andrew Leeds, EMDR for Personality Disorders with Dolores Mosquera, and other relevant trainings (2016- ongoing)
• Internal Family Systems, Online year-long trainings, 2017 and 2018.
• Sensorimotor Psychotherapy for Emotional Processing, Meaning Making, and Attachment Repair (level II 2013- Dec. 2014) with Janina Fisher
• Sensorimotor Psychotherapy for the treatment of Trauma (level I certificate 2012; with Janina Fisher
• Fraser Health Core Addictions Practice Training (Jan 9-14, 2013), certificate
• Meditation Instructor certificate (1998), International Meditation Institute, HP, India
• Motivational Dialogue Training (2 days) June 2013
• Training in the Treatment of Trauma (1 year- webinar with Janina Fisher, level 1)
• FIT (CDOI) Training (full day), Coquitlam, January 2013
• Change Summit, Harrison Hot Springs, January 2013
• AEDP- Accelerated Experiential Dyadic Processing, with Dianna Fosha,
2012
• Narrative Therapy Conference TCX, Full day workshop with Jill Freedman: Working with
Interrupted or Lost Storylines, May 2012
• Counselling Addictions Training, Share Family and Community Services, 2010
• Narrative Therapy Conference, “Therapeutic Conversations 09”, certificate, 2010
• Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for the prevention of depression relapse,
Participant-observer at Vancouver General Hospital, 2009-2010