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Here is some information about
me, my clinical, professional and academic experience, which might help
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CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
• I am a registered psychologist, member of the OPQ (Ordre des
psychologues du Québec)
• Since 1986, I have practiced therapy with children, adolescents,
adults, couples and families in school, hospital and mental
health clinic settings
• I have been in private practice since 1999
• I have expertise in the Systemic (Family Therapy), Cognitive-
Behavioural, and Brief Solution-Focused therapeutic approaches
COACHING EXPERIENCE
• I spent seven years with an internal Employee Assistance
Program (EAP) for a
large bank, where I coached managers and
employees on stress management,
team dynamics, conflict
resolution, Emotional Intelligence, and adapting to
organizational
change
• I am trained in psychotraumatology and CISD (Critical Incident
Stress Debriefing)
• I use the StressMap©, the MBTI© , and the Thomas-Kilman
Conflict Mode Instrument©
• I am accredited to administer, interpret and teach the MBTI©
(Myers-Briggs Type Indicator©), a questionnaire which helps
clarify Psychological Type and which can be a useful tool with
individuals as well as with couples, families and professional
teams.
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O Earth, Turn!
The little blessed Earth that turns
Does so on its own concerns
As though it weren't my home at all;
It turns me winter, summer, fall
Without a thought of me.
I love the slightly flattened sphere,
Its restless, wrinkled crust's my here,
Its slightly wobbling spin's my now
But not my why and not my how:
My why and how are me.
~ George Johnston
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
• I am on the faculty of the well-respected Couple and Family Therapy Training Program at the Jewish General Hospital where
I lecture on family therapy themes and supervise postgraduate students
• I present conferences and workshops to parents, teachers, and professional groups on such themes as Managing Stress
and Transition, Conflict Resolution, Communication, Emotional Intelligence, and Appreciating Differences (see Conferences)
• I have taught university courses, in both English and French, at Bishop’s University (Family Dynamics and Therapies,
The Psychology of Human Sexuality) and at the
Université de Montréal (Family Intervention, Social Adaptation Difficulties
in Context, Intervention with the School-Aged Child)
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
• Doctorate in psychology, Université de Montréal, 1999.
Doctoral dissertation:
Mother-son interactions predictive of high parentification self- reported
by adolescent sons
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• Masters degree in psychology, Université de Montréal, 1986
Masters thesis:
A critical review of preschool social withdrawal intervention through symbolic modeling
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• B.S. summa cum laude in psychology, Oklahoma Christian University of
Science and Arts, 1981
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
. . . and when I’m not working, I enjoy such pursuits as distance running (Marathon, Half-Marathon and 10k), wilderness canoeing
and camping, music, and ongoing personal growth and learning, generally through digging into books and websites.
I also love to spend time with my wife and my two sons, Seth and Zachary.
If you want to know me better, please visit my blog, "MORE DAY TO DAWN . . ."
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