EXPERIENCE
In private practice since 2012
Registered Professional Counsellor with the Canadian Professional Counsellors Association
Part of the Crime Victim Assistance Program in Vancouver
2 years supervised internship – Canadian Professional Counsellors Association 2013 – 2015
413 hours of supervised practicum experience 2011 – 2012
143 direct therapy hours working with adult survivors of torture at the Vancouver Association for Survivors of Torture (VAST) 2011-12
72 direct therapy hours working with school age children at Seymour Elementary in Vancouver East Side 2011-12
35 hours of Expressive Arts group facilitation for adults with a mental health diagnosis at The Kettle Friendship Society 2011-12
EDUCATION
Addictions Counselling (Diploma Program)
Vancouver Community College, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2018-20
Expressive Arts Therapy (Post-graduate Certificate Diploma Program)
Langara College, Vancouver, BC, Canada 2010-12
Transpersonal Psychotherapy (Diploma Program) including:
Bioenergetics 25 hours
Psychodrama 25 hours
Gestalt 25 hours
Holistic Massage 25 hours
Music Therapy 25 hours
Hypnosis 25 hours
Dreams and contemplation 25 hours
Intercontinental University, Mexico City, Mexico 1997
Addictions and Gestalt (2 day intensive)
Gestalt Institute, Mexico, DF, Mexico 2015
Gestalt two-chair technique (10 week workshop)
Vancouver Gestalt Center, Vancouver, BC, Canada 2011
Self Management and Recovery Program (SMART) (7-week addictions training program)
Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver, BC, Canada 2011
Introduction to Addictions Counselling
Vancouver Community College, Vancouver, BC, Canada 2010 – 2011
Gestalt Awareness Process Group (10 week workshop)
Vancouver Gestalt Center, Vancouver, BC, Canada 2010
The Enneagram in Education (8 day Retreat)
Claudio Naranjo Foundation, Puebla, Mexico 2006
Gestalt Dream Work (Weekend intensive)
Gestalt Institute, Mexico City, Mexico 2006
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada 2001-03
Montessori Early Childhood Education (Diploma program)
Center for Development and Communication, Mexico City 1996-97
Creative Writing (2 year Diploma Program)
General Society of Mexican Writers’ School, Mexico City 1995-97
LANGUAGES
English
Spanish