about talia.

Clients often describe Talia as steady, thoughtful, and quietly effective. She is known for helping families navigate highly charged dynamics with structure, fairness, and care. It is her privilege to support parents, individuals, and professionals in finding workable paths forward when situations feel entrenched, polarized, or difficult to untangle.

Talia is a Certified Comprehensive Family Mediator, Certified Family Relations Mediator, Child-Inclusive Mediator, Certified Clinical Trauma Practitioner, Co-Parent Coach and Counsellor, Certified Coercive Control Trauma-Informed Clinician, and Certified New Ways for Families Coach. She specializes in high-conflict family systems, particularly where there are complex relational histories, litigation involvement, or concerns related to coercive dynamics.

Her work is pragmatic and forward-focused. Sessions are not about relitigating the past or assigning blame. Instead, she helps individuals and families clarify priorities, reduce escalation, and develop child-centred, functional agreements that can be implemented in daily life. Her approach emphasizes predictability, cost-conscious decision-making, measurable movement toward stability, and keeping children insulated from adult conflict wherever possible.

Talia provides individual, couples, co-parenting, and family support services tailored to the needs of each situation. Individual sessions may focus on stabilization, accountability, boundary development, trauma-informed growth, communication skills, or preparation for structured co-parenting conversations. Couples work is offered where clinically appropriate and where both parties are seeking relational clarity, repair, or structured separation planning. Co-parenting support is forward-focused and designed to reduce conflict exposure for children while improving predictability and functional decision-making between caregivers. Family sessions, including child-inclusive work where appropriate, are thoughtfully structured to prioritize safety, consent, and developmental considerations. Across all services, roles and expectations are clearly defined, and the process remains transparent and grounded.

She works with individuals across the spectrum of family conflict. Talia supports survivors of family violence and coercive control in strengthening voice, boundaries, and clarity. She also works with individuals who have been alleged to have caused harm, or who have been convicted of causing harm, where there is a genuine commitment to accountability and behavioural change. Her role is not to determine guilt or innocence, nor to collapse people into labels, but to support insight, responsibility, and safer relational patterns moving forward. Professionals refer to her when nuanced, ethically grounded, and structured support is required.

Talia began her career in assault services nearly two decades ago and has since led local, regional, national, and international teams working to strengthen equitable access to support for vulnerable populations. Her professional experience spans family violence, intimate partner violence, mental health challenges, substance use, crisis intervention, poverty, and trauma.

She practices from a culturally responsive, trauma-informed, neurodiversity-affirming, and child-focused framework. She is skilled at working within systems that require careful documentation, clarity of role, and ethical boundaries. Professionals who collaborate with Talia appreciate her structured communication, realistic recommendations, and ability to maintain neutrality while centring child wellbeing.

Her work is informed by extensive lived experience, formal education, and specialized training through organizations including Family Mediation Canada, the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, the Canadian Police Knowledge Network, the Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children, Children Beyond Dispute, Harvard Law School, Stanford University, the Institute of Child Psychology, the Crisis and Trauma Research Institute of Canada, the High Conflict Institute, the University of Toronto, the Justice Institute of British Columbia, the University of Salford’s Master of Psychology program specializing in coercive control, the Provincial Association of Transition Houses & Services in Saskatchewan, and RESOLVE.

Those who work with Talia consistently note her calm presence in difficult moments, her ability to hold multiple perspectives without collapsing into them, and her capacity to move complex family dynamics toward clearer, safer ground.

let’s get personal and practice transparency.

  • I work with survivors of intimate partner violence, and family violence on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays in-person or online Monday-Friday.

    I do not work with survivors and those who have been alleged or convicted of causing harm in the same location.

    Please note that I offer a sliding scale for those who are survivors of intimate partner of family violence. If you’re interested in how this might apply to you please send me an email at: talia@theco-lab.co

  • I work those who have been alleged or convicted of having caused harm - intimate partner violence or family violence on Tuesdays and Thursdays in-person or online Monday-Friday.

    I can appreciate the nuances of how it may feel to have been alleged or convicted of having caused harm to others. You’ll find a calm, respectful space with me where we can explore what has occurred and what may be most support of your next steps.

  • I am neuro-affirming, and neurodivergent myself. You are more than welcome to let me know you’re neurodivergent, how you experience your neurodivergence and any needs you have for me to accommodate.

    The spaces I work in are sensory friendly naturally. Details you share will be held in confidence, and I will make changes to support you.

  • I do not support the assimilation or eradication of any population of people.

    If you support the assimilation or eradication of any population of people, we will not be a good fit.

  • I’m an ally to the LGBTQIA community. Your authentic self is welcome with me… always. Please let me know your pronouns or preferred name in advance.

    I look forward to meeting your authentic self wherever you are on your gender identity or sexuality journey.

  • I am omnipartial as a mediator. This means that I do not favour any party that I mediate but I’m partial to seeking support or resolution for all involved. Often the word neutral is used for mediators or professionals. There isn’t a human that is neutral. We are all a product of our experiences.

    I thoughtfully educate myself extensively on various experiences of people and populations. I also actively train myself to identify my own bias or privilege and balance it.

  • My last name sometimes leads to questions about my racial background, and I’ve encountered misconceptions that I may be Indigenous.

    According to 23andMe, I am 99.99% Caucasian, a settler on these lands, and I am deeply aware of the privilege that comes with my racial identity. While I train extensively and with humility to support BIPOC communities, I understand if you prefer not to have my support.

    If my racial identity is a barrier to working together, I have a curated list of BIPOC professionals that I’d be happy to share. Alternatively, I’m open to having a consult or session to see if we can overcome this barrier together.

  • Abusive language, threats, harassment, or any form of aggressive behavior directed toward the practitioner—whether verbal, written, or physical—will not be tolerated. Should such conduct occur, the practitioner reserves the right to immediately terminate the session and all future services at their sole discretion. In cases where this behavior arises during a scheduled session, the session will end immediately, and no refunds will be provided. This policy is in place to ensure a safe and respectful environment for both clients and professionals.

    If a session is cancelled by a practitioner due to inappropriate or abusive communication or actions towards them more than 24 hours in advance of a prepaid session, the payment will be reimbursed.

    If a session is cancelled by a practitioner due to inappropriate or abusive communication or actions towards them within less than 24 hours in advance of a session, there will be no reimbursement for the prepaid session.

membership

  • Associate Roster, Mediate BC

  • American Bar Association (non-attorney)

  • American Psychology Association 

  • Hear the Child Society

  • Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children

  • BC Society for Children and Youth

  • Family Mediation Canada

  • Association of Family and Conciliation Courts

  • International Academy of Collaborative Professionals

  • The High Conflict Institute

  • Alternative Dispute Resolution Institute of Canada

  • Family Dispute Resolution Institute of Ontario

  • Ontario Association of Family Mediation

  • American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists

participation + projects

Talia is an organizing committee (board) member of the BC chapter of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts. She contributed to the AFCC-BC Parenting Plan Guide.

She is the lead to the Trauma-Aware Services project, and the Empowering the Voices and Best Interests of Children project with AFCC-BC.

The Trauma-Aware Services Project with AFCC-BC develops trauma-informed practice training for members of the bar, members of the bench, mental health professionals and allied family services professionals with a focus on trauma-informed practice, support of families that have experienced/are experiencing family violence, the impact of attachment on family member’s engagement and behaviour in family law, amongst other topics, this project is rooted in supporting families navigating conflict through a trauma-informed lens.

The Empowering the Voices, and Best Interests of Children Project with AFCC-BC develops and presents child-centric practice training for members of the bar, members of the bench, mental health professionals and allied family services professionals. Family law professionals, family services facilitators, and allied professionals that are deeply experienced in child-centric work will provide valuable insight into possible opportunities to empower and strengthen children’s best interests, voices, and needs in family law and family services.

certification

  • Certified Comprehensive Family Mediator (C.CFM)

  • Certified Family Relations Mediator (C.FRM)

  • Certified New Ways for Families Coach (C.NWFF)

  • Certified Child Inclusive Mediation and Counselling Consultant (CIMC)

  • Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP-II)

  • Certified Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist (ASDCS)

  • Certified Coercive Control Trauma-Informed Clinician

  • ADHD Certified Clinical Services Provider (ADHD-CCSP)

  • Dual Certified Child and Family Trauma Professional (CFTP)

  • Certified Advanced Grief Counselling Specialist (CAGCS)

  • Certified Narcissistic Abuse Treatment Clinician (NATC)

  • Certificate in Gender Based Violence Practice - Centre for Research and Education on Violence Against Women & Children/Western University

  • Certificate in Family Mediation - Herzing College

  • Certificate in Child Protection Mediation - Family Mediation Canada

  • Certificate in Parenting Coordination - Association of Family and Conciliation Courts

  • Certificate in Parenting Plan Evaluations - Association of Family and Conciliation Courts

  • Somatic Experiencing Professional Certification - Beg I, Beg II, Beg III 

  • Certificate in Parenting Coordination via Riverdale Mediation

  • Certificate in Advanced Parenting Coordination via Riverdale Mediation

 Education + Training

Family Mediation Programme (Approx. 250 hours)

Herzing College

  • Screening for Family Violence

  • Abuse, Power Balances

  • Family Relations

  • Family Mediation

  • Family Law

  • Advanced Family Mediation

Family Justice Professional Programme (Approx. 250 hours)

Justice Institute of British Columbia 

  • Substance Use in Family Justice

  • Child Support Guidelines

  • Family Violence: Impact on Separation & Divorce

  • Effects of Separation & Divorce on Adults

  • Effects of Separation & Divorce on Children

  • Mediated Agreements and Related Court Orders

  • Multicultural Family Justice

  • Writing Children’s Needs Assessments

  • Family Justice Services in BC

  • Shuttle Mediation

Marketing Management Diploma (2 years)

Algonquin College 

Practical Ethics for Working Mediators (8 hours)

Alternative Dispute Resolution Institute of Canada

Advanced ADHD Certification Course: Strategies to Customize Treatment for Every Client (33.5 hours)

Facilitated by Ari Tuckman, Psy.D. MBA (33.5 hours)

Association of Family and Conciliation Courts

  • John Moran: Overcoming the Alienation Crisis: A Team Model

  • Betting on the Voice of Children in Parenting Disputes

  • Encapsulated Delusion

  • Resisting Simplicity to Understand Child Resistance: Alienation Meaning in the Field of Family Law

  • Concepts, Controversies, and Conundrums of Parent-Child Contact Problems

  • Acting Before it’s Too Late: Prudent Early Intervention in Resist-Refuse Dynamics

  • Allegations of Child Abuse During Child Custody Disputes

  • Interviewing Children: How to Talk and How to Listen

  • Neurodiverse Children and Parents in Family Court: Psychological and Judical Perspectives of Avoiding Bias and Negative Presumptions

  • The Family Court System and Intimate Partner Violence: The Effects on Young Children

  • Popular Post-Separation Parenting Apps: A Systemic Evaluation

  • The Shortened MASIC-Online Intimate Partner Violence Screening Tool

  • Advanced Intimate Partner Violence Screening for Mediators, Arbitrators, and Parenting Coordinators

  • Harm Reduction: Avoiding Anchoring Bias and Binary Approaches to Parent-Child Contact

  • Child-Inclusive Family Mediation Step-by-Step

  • Creating Parenting Plans for the Major World Religions

  • Parent Child Contact Problems: Family Violence and Parental Alienation - Either/or, Neither/nor, Both/and One in the Same

  • Coercive Control: Understanding the Impact on Survivors as Parents and Their Children

  • Confirmation Bias: Getting it Backwards in High Conflict Cases (and How to Correct It)

  • Parent-Child Contact Disruption in Multi-Problem Families: What Do We Know? What Can We Do?

  • Children’s Experience in Patterns of Coercive Control

  • Developing a Parenting Education Course for Indigenous Families: Now What?

  • Expectations, Roles, and Outcomes in Supervised Parenting Time

  • Interview the Traumatized Child in Family Law Cases

  • The Paradox of Power: A Coach Approach Amid Intimate Partner Violence Allegations

  • Enhancing Children’s Participation in Child Protection and Parenting Mediations

  • Family Violence: Voices of Racialized Immigrant Youth and Their Best Interests

  • Understanding and Managing High-Conflict Situations

  • Understanding Autistic Brain Differences: Implications for Supporting Autistic Children and their Families through Divorce/Separation

  • Risk Assessment for Family Law & Dispute Resolution Professionals - Hilary Linton, Hon. Tom Altobelli

Parenting Plan Evaluation Training (28 hours)

Association of Family and Conciliation Courts

Facilitated by: Chioma Ajoku, JD, PhD, ABPP; Robin M. Deutsch, PhD, ABPP; April Harris-Britt, PhD; Kathleen McNamara, PhD; Terry Singh, PhD, ABPP

  • Purpose and Roles

  • Parenting Plan Evaluation Process I

  • Parenting Plan Evaluation Process II

  • Parenting Plan Evaluation Process III

  • Parenting Plan Evaluation Process IV

  • Research I

  • Research II

  • Hypothesis Testing and Cognitive Biases

  • Culture and Diversity Considerations

  • Parenting Plans

  • Psychological Testing

  • Child Maltreatment

  • Relocations and Special Needs Children

  • Report Writing and Testifying

  • Advanced Training in Parenting Plan Evaluations

Advanced Issues in Family Law: Parent-Child Contact Problems - Modules 1 to 8 (16 hours)

Association of Family and Conciliation Courts

Facilitators: Robin M. Deutsch, PhD, ABPP; Leslie Drozd, PhD; John A. “Jack” Moran, PhD; Marsha Kline Pruett, PhD, ABPP; Matthew Sullivan, PhD; Peggie Ward, PhD

Safety First: Strengthening Family Law Responses to Violence and Coercive Control (15.5 hours)

Association of Family and Conciliation Courts

Facilitated by: Michael A. Saini, PhD, MSW, RS; Hilary Linton, JD, LLM; Amy G. Applegate, JD; Elisabeth Godbout, MSW, PhD; Anadella M. Martinez-Mullen, JD and Tracy Showberg, JD; Lisa Heslop, PhD and Katreena Scott, PhD; Hon. Rosemary Collins; Kathleen McNamara, PhD; Angelique Jenney, MSW, PhD, RSW; Katreena Scott, PhD; Archana Medhekar, LLB, LLM; Peter Jaffe, PhD; Glenda Lux, MA, RPsych, Beth Archer-Kuhn, PhD, and Natalie Beltrano, PhD(c); Sean B. Knuth, PhD

  • Understanding Family Violence—The History, Definitions, Dynamics, and Concept Creep

  • Screening for Family Violence—Early Detection and Legal Considerations

  • Using the MASIC-Short: A Structured Interview for Screening Violence

  • Embedding the DOOR Framework in Family Court Practice

  • SAFeR: A Brief Screening Tool for Family Law Contexts

  • Risk Assessment and Safety Planning

  • Judicial Perspective on Responding to Family Violence

  • Building Safer Pathways: Strengthening Family Violence Screening and Assessment Across AFCC Guidelines

  • The Impact of Family Violence on Children: Exposure, Adaptation, and Consequences

  • Interventions for Survivors, Children, and Perpetrators

  • Working Across Cultures and Borders - Diversity, Migration, and Justice

  • Parenting Plans in the Context of Family Violence

  • Repairing Ruptures: Rebuilding Parent-Child Relationships After Family Violence

  • Technology in Family Violence Cases: Risks and Responses

Ausome Training

  • Autistic Joy and Passionate Interests

  • Alternatives to ABA

  • Autism and Emotions

  • Autism and Communication

  • Autism and Play

  • Supporting Autistic Children

  • Developing Self-Compassion as a Late-Discovered Neurodivergent Adult

  • Autism and PDA

  • An Introduction to Gestalt Language

  • Boundaries and Beliefs

  • Autistic and ADHD

  • Nurturing Autistic Identity

  • Trauma and Behaviour

  • Exploring Stimming

  • Autism and Social Skills

  • Autism and Masking

  • Autism and Food

AutPlay Therapy (6 hours)

Facilitated by Dr. Robert Grant EdD, LPC, NCC, RPT-S

  • Creating a Sensory Affirming Office and Playroom

  • Understanding Ableism and Neurodiversity in Play Therapy

  • Introduction to AutPlay Therapy

Scenario-Based Mental Health and De-escalation Training

Canadian Police Knowledge Network

Facilitated by: Pro Training Mental Health Awareness in collaboration with an International Advisory Board of police officers, police educators, mental health professionals, academic researchers, adult educators, eLearning experts and individuals with lived experiences of mental illness from the UK, the Netherlands, Sweden, Australia, New Zealand, USA, and Canada

Victim Rights in Canada

Canadian Police Knowledge Network

Facilitated by: Hamilton Police; Edmonton Police; Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime; Victims and Vulnerable Persons Division, Attorney General's Office, Government of Ontario; ENPQ; York Regional Police; RCMP

Managing Unconscious Bias

Canadian Police Knowledge Network

Facilitated by: Edmonton Police Service's Equity, Inclusion, and Human Rights Branch and adapted for use by CPKN

Collaborative Police Action on Intimate Partner Violence

Canadian Police Knowledge Network

Facilitated by: Canadian Observatory on the Justice System’s Response to Intimate Partner Violence, the CACP Crime Prevention and Community Safety and Well-Being Committee, and participants in the Think Tank Community Police Response to Intimate Partner Violence: Sharing Best Practices

Certified Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist Intensive Training (ASDCS) - 2nd Edition: Affirming Neurodiversity with Strengths- and Abilities-Based Interventions (33.5 hours)

Faculty: Temple Grandin, PhD; Stephen Shore, EdD; Jeffrey Guenzel, EdD, LPC; Emile Gouws, PhD student; Kimberly Clairy, OTR/L; Varleisha Lyons, PhD, OTD, OTR/L, ASDCS; Barry Prizant, PhD, CCC-SLP; Robert Naseef, PhD; Michael Hannon, PhD, LAC, NCC; Gil Tippy, PsyD; Kathy Morris, MEd, BS; Sean Inderbitzen, DSW, LCSW, MINT; Robert Bernstein, MA

Certified Clinical Trauma Professional Training: Trauma Treatment Certification Training: Safe and Stable Trauma Processing and Resolution with CPT, PE, EMDR and IFS (21 hours)

Facilitated by Daphne Fatter, PhD, Arielle Schwartz, PhD

Certified Narcissistic Abuse Treatment Clinician Training (44 hours)

Facilitated by Dr. Ramni Durvasula

Complex Trauma Certification Training: A Strength-Based Approach for Treating Complex PTSD (24 hours)

Facilitated by Arielle Schwartz, PhD

Crisis and Trauma Institute

  • Addictions and Mental Health: Strategies for Complex Issues

  • Additions and Youth

  • Adolescent Brain Development

  • Anxiety in Children & Youth, Addictions and Youth

  • Adverse Childhood Experiences

  • Anti-Bias and Inclusion

  • Attachement

  • Borderline Personality Disorder

  • Body-Oriented Trauma Counselling Strategies

  • Counselling in Relationships: Helping Families Develop Healthy Connections

  • De-escalating Children and Youth in Crisis

  • De-escalating Potentially Violent Situations

  • Ethics of Helping

  • Family Violence

  • Harm Reduction: A Framework for Change, Choice and Control

  • Language Matters: Rethinking How We Talk About People and Problems

  • Mental Health Concerns in Children and Youth

  • Motivational Interviewing

  • Navigating Difficult Client Relationships

  • Providing Support Remotely

  • Regulation Strategies for Children and Youth

  • Refugees and Trauma

  • Restorative Justice

  • Resilience in Children - Understanding

  • Trauma-Informed Care

  • Trauma-Informed Leadership

  • Trauma - Strategies

  • Vicarious Trauma, Attachment and Families

  • Violence Threat Assessment

Gender-Based Violence Practice Skills Certificate (Approx. 72 hours)

Centre for Education and Research on Violence Against Women and Children in conjunction with the University of Western Ontario

Faculty: Dr. Katreena Scott, PhD, C.Psych; Sarah Webb, MSW/RSW; Dr. Angelique Jenney, MSW, RSW, PhD; Charmaine Lane, PhD, MSc, RP, BA; Margaret MacPherson; Tim Kelly, BA, MSW/RSW; Vivien Green

  • Intimate Partner Violence Foundations

  • Understanding and Responding to Young People with Childhood Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence

  • Engaging Men in Conversations about Family Violence to Manage Risk and Promote Safety

  • Supporting and Advocating for Survivors Who Are Navigating the Criminal Justice System

  • Working with Fathers Who Cause Harm to Their Families

  • Recognize, Assess, and Communicate Risk in Intimate Partner Violence Work

The Centre for Research and Education on Violence Against Women and Children

  • Responding to Disclosure of Sexual Violence

  • Gender-based violence in the Lives of Muslim Women in Canada

  • Realities, Challenges, and Resistance

  • Traumatic Brain Injury and Intimate Partner Violence

  • Challenges for Survivors in Family Court

  • Looking Back the Programs that Kept Me Alive: Women’s Impressions of Counselling for IPV

  • Supporting and Advocating for Survivors Who Are Navigating the Criminal Justice System

  • Engaging Men in Conversation about Family Violence

  • Responding to Disclosure of Sexual Violence on Campus

  • Domestic Violence Risk Assessment and Management

  • Responding to Intimate Partner Violence

  • Refugee Assistance Program Workers

  • Family Violence Family Law Project

Coercive Control Trauma-Informed Clinician Certification Training (14 hours)

Facilitated by Dr. Cocchiola DSW, LCSW

Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia

  • Ethics & Standards of Dispute Resolution Professionals - Reflecting on the Standards of Conduct

  • Managing High-Conflict Parents in and out of Court

  • The Child’s Participation Rights and Access Points in Justice Processes

  • Attachment, Parenting Plans and Child Contact Problems

  • Assessments in Family Law Disputes

  • Parenting Time/Repairing the Disrupted Parent-Child Relationship

Dialectical Behavior Therapy Certification (C-DBT): Practical Clinical Applications for Trauma, Comorbidities, Addiction (20 hours)

Facilitated by Katelyn Baxter-Musser, LCSW, C-DBT

Child Protection Mediation Certificate (40 hours)

Family Mediation Canada

Facilitated by Dr. Michael Saini

  • Child Protection Mediation

  • Children’s Needs in the Context of Child Protection Proceedings

  • Family Centered Proactive in Child Welfare

  • Diversity Issues in Child Protection Mediation: State of Evidence of Child Protection Mediation

  • Child Protection Mediation and the Essential Laws: Guiding Principles of Child Protection Mediation

  • Mediation Process and Techniques in Child Protection Mediation

  • Conflict Resolution Skills in Child Protection Mediation

  • Working with Power Imbalances in Child Protection Mediation

  • Trauma-Informed Child Protection Mediation

  • Spirituality in Child Protection Mediation

  • Involving Children in Child Protection Mediation

Intensive Workshop: Treating Complex Trauma with Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy (12.5 hours)

Facilitated by Dr. Frank Anderson MD

Government of British Columbia

  • Parenting After Separation

  • Parenting After Separation for Indigenous Families

The Gottman Institute

  • Clinical Training - Level One

  • Clinical Training - Level Two

Harvard Law School

  • Contract Law

  • Child Protection: Children’s Rights in Theory and Practice

Programme on Negotiation Certificate

Harvard Law School

Global Mental Health: Trauma and Recovery Program

CertificateHarvard Medical School 

  • Phenomenological theory of trauma and recovery developed by HPRT and international colleagues over 40 years

  • Epidemiology and the neuroscience of trauma

  • The HPRT Global Mental Health Action Plan

  • Trauma-informed Care

  • Mental Health Diagnosis and Treatment of Mental Health and Medical Disorders

  • Scientific (Evidence-Based) and Culturally Valid Best Clinical Practices

  • The new H5 Model for field based psychosocial and clinical approach to recovery

  • Health and mental health impact of health disparities

  • Human Rights and Rebuilding Social Capital

  • Working in Interdisciplinary Medical Teams

  • Scientific and culture-based approach to leadership

  • Climate change and ecocide

  • The importance of Self-care

Advanced Diploma (3yr) - Advertising & Graphic Design

Humber College

IFS in Action: Leading Clients to Self-Leadership

Faculty: Richard C. Schwartz, PhD

IFS Therapy Immersion Training

Faculty: Frank Anderson, MD; Deran Young, LCSW; Richard Schwartz, PhD; James Andralis, LCAT; Pamela Krause, LCSW; Toni Herbine-Blank, MSN, RN; Michael Elkin, MA, LMFT, NBCCH; Jeanne Catanzaro, Ph.D.; Cece Sykes, LCSW, ACSW; Chris Burris, LPC, LMFT; Paul Ginter, Ed.D.

  • Internal Family Systems (IFS): Development, Application and Transformational Model to Effectively Help Clients Improve Well-Being

  • Attachment & IFS: Healing Trauma and Attachment Wounds that Befriend the Body

  • Treating Complex PTSD with IFS

  • IFS & Addictive Processes: Healing Wounds and Restoring Balance to the System of Parts

  • IFS & Disordered Eating: Heal the Relationship Between Food and Body

  • IFS Approaches to Shame, Anxiety, and Depression

  • IFS & Couples Therapy: Using Intimacy from the Inside Out (IFCO) to Heal, Improve, and Provide Relationship Help

  • IFS with Children & Adolescents: Using Parts Work to Help Young People Heal

  • IFS Approaches with LGBTQ2IA+ Clients

  • Healing Racial Trauma with IFS

  • The Future of IFS

Justice Institute of British Columbia

  • Introduction to Critical Incident Stress Management

  • Diversity & Trauma

  • Vicarious Traumatization

  • Navigating Intense Emotions in Conflict

  • Applied Psychological First Aid

  • Foundations of Conflict Resolution

New Ways for Families Coach Certification

Facilitated by Bill Eddy LCSW, Esq. via The High Conflict Institute

Play Therapy Training: Innovative Interventions to Meet the Needs of Young Clients (30 hours)

Faculty: Ana Gomez MC, LPC; Jackie Flynn, EdS, LMHC-S, RPT; David Crenshaw, Ph.D., ABPP, RPT-S; Tammi Van Hollander, LCSW, RPT-S; Marshall Lyles, LPC-S, LMFT-S, RPT-S; Carmen Jimenez-Pride, LCSW, LISW-CP, ERYT, RCYT, RPT-S; Clair Mellenthin, LCSW, RPT-S; Dan Siegel, MD; Robert Jason Grant, EdD, LPC, NCC, RPT-S; Liana Lowenstein, MSW, RSW, CPT-S; Paris Goodyear-Brown, LCSW, RPT-S; Amy Nelson, LCSW, LSCSW, RPT-S; Sophia Ansari, LPCC, RPT, & Josué Cardona, MS; Jessica Stone, PhD, RPT-S

  • Popular Play Therapy Approaches

  • EMDR & Play Therapy: A Multimodal Approach for Children

  • Applying Polyvagal Theory to Your Play Therapy Practice for Safety, Connection & Healing

  • Pathways to Attachment Security in Play Therapy

  • Sand Therapy: A Powerful Tool to Create Safety and Healing for Trauma, Anxiety & More

  • Play therapy for Diverse Populations

  • Creating Diversity in the Practice of Play Therapy: More Than Color, More Than Gender

  • Creating a Safe Haven for Families in the Playroom to Rest, Refuel and Replenish

  • The Power of Play: Promoting an IntraConnected Relational Experience of Self

  • Play Therapy for Opposition and Resistance

  • Affirming Play Therapy Approaches - The Agent of Change for Neurodivergent Kids

  • Creative Interventions for Engaging Resistant Children in Play Therapy: "I Don't Want to Talk About it"

  • Big Behaviors in Small Containers: Trauma Informed Play Therapy Interventions for Dysregulation

  • Digital Play Therapy

  • Tele-Play the Preschool Way! Interactive Play Therapy Interventions for Engaging Young Children

  • Superheroes and Video Games: Creating Epic Adventures in Child & Adolescent Therapy

  • Virtual Sandtray: Remaining Connected Through a Powerful Projective Intervention

Screening for Family Violence, Abuse & Power Balances: Understanding the Dynamics of Domestic Violence for Family Law Practitioners (15 hours)

Provincial Association of Transition Houses and Services (PATHS)

Facilitated by Jo-Anne Dusel and Crystal Giesbrecht

  • Types and Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence

  • Recognizing Risk Factors

  • Intersectionality and Impacts of Intimate Partner Violence on Victims/ Survivors

  • Typology of Perpetrators

  • Coercive Control

  • Domestic Homicide Risk Factors

  • Children Exposed to and Experiencing Domestic/ Family Violence

  • Family Violence in The Divorce Act and The Children’s Law Act

  • The Impact of Trauma and Trauma Informed Practice

  • High Conflict Relationship vs. Abuse

  • Post-separation Abuse

  • Parental Alienation Allegations

  • Screening for Intimate Partner Violence

  • Risk Assessment and Safety Planning

Research and Education for Solutions to Violence and Abuse

  • Traumatic Brain Injury and Intimate Partner Violence: Challenges for Survivors in Family Court

  • Enhancing Responses to Survivors & Perpetrators of Strangulation

Basic Parenting Coordination (14 hours)

Riverdale Mediation

Facilitators: Hilary Linton, JD, LL.M, Acc FM, Cert.FM., FDRP Arb/PC, Marianne Cuhaci, MSW, RSW, AccFM FDRP Med Arb PC

Advanced Parenting Coordination (14 hours)

Riverdale Mediation

Facilitators: Hilary Linton, JD, LL.M, Acc FM, Cert.FM., FDRP Arb/PC, Marianne Cuhaci, MSW, RSW, AccFM FDRP Med Arb PC

Using Play Therapy Constructs with Adult Clients (6 hours)

Facilitated by Dr. Robert Grant EdD, LPC, NCC, RPT-S

Somatic Experiencing Practitioner Certification

Facilitated by Somatic Experiencing™ International 3 years - completion anticipated for 2028

  • Somatic Experiencing® Beg I (24 hours live training with Dea Parsanishi MED, CCC, SEP)

  • Somatic Experiencing® Beg II (24 hours live training with Dea Parsanishi MED, CCC, SEP)

  • Somatic Experiencing® Beg III (24 hours live training with Dea Parsanishi MED, CCC, SEP)

Stanford University

  • Diversity Equity and Inclusion: Disparities in Healthcare

  • Unconscious Bias in Medicine

  • Identifying Early Signs of Psychosis in Adolescents and Young Adults

  • Communicating with Presence

Certificate Program in Traumatic Stress Studies (7 months)

Facilitated by Trauma Research Foundation

Faculty: Bessel van der Kolk, MD; Jana Pressley, Psy.D.; Gary Bailey, MSW, ACSW; Vivian Khedari-DePierro, PhD; Michael Niconchuk, MSc; Stephen Porges, PhD; Alexandra Cook, PhD; Margaret Blaustein, PhD; Patricia Wilcox, LCSW; Elizabeth Warner, EdM, PsyD; Pat Ogden, PhD; Matthew Sanford; Licia Sky, BFA; Steve Gross, MSW; Michele Henderson, LICSW; Lorraine Freedle, LCSW, PhD, ABPdN, ABSNP, CST-T; Dafna Lender, LCSW; Deborah Korn, PsyD; Stephan Wolfert, MFA; Dawn Stern; Tarah Kuhn, PhD; Jon Ebert, PsyD; Ruth Lanius, MD, PhD, FRCPC; Richard Schwartz, PhD; Frank Anderson, MD; Janina Fisher, PhD; Ainat Rogel, PhD, MSW, LCSW; Diana Martinez, MD, MSc, PhD, BNC

  • Understanding Trauma: Foundations

  • The Complexity of Adaptation to Trauma

  • The Nature of Trauma: Developmental Neurobiology, Neuroimaging Research and Effective Intervention

  • Neurobiology of Trauma Treatment: EMDR and New Research Directions

  • Adult Attachment Relationships

  • The Roles Intersectionality & Cultural Humility Play When Working with Diverse Client Populations

  • The Field Guide for Barefoot Psychology: Making Psychoeducation Relevant and Scalable across Cultures

  • Trauma Through the Lens of Polyvagal Theory

  • Trauma Assessment of Children and Adults

  • Childhood Trauma: Impact and Long-Term Consequences

  • The Scope of Trauma Treatment: From Acute Interventions to Restoration of Self-Experience

  • Introduction to ARC: The Attachment, Regulation, and Competency Model

  • ARC & Supporting Regulation in Childhood

  • We Do Not Work Alone: Implementing and Sustaining Trauma-informed Systems

  • SMART: Sensory Motor Arousal Regulation Treatment

  • Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: Theory and Practice

  • Trauma, PTSD, and the Mind-Body Relationship

  • Embodied Awareness

  • Use of Play and Activity to Support Trauma-informed Treatment

  • Trauma Processing with Children

  • Making Connections: The Neuropsychology of Sandplay Therapy in the Treatment of Trauma

  • The Importance of Play in the Treatment of Trauma

  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy: A Model for Accelerated Change

  • The DE-CRUIT Monologue Method: Treating Trauma Through Narrative Embodiment

  • Working with Problematic Sexual Behavior in Children & Youth

  • Trauma & Altered States of Consciousness

  • Internal Family Systems

  • The Use of Internal Family Systems Model in Trauma Treatment

  • Implementing a Trauma-Informed Approach in Community, Hospital and Low-Income Settings

  • Trauma-informed, Spiritually aware: Considering spirituality in holistic self and client care

  • Caring for the Caregiver: Vicarious Trauma

  • Neurofeedback Training as an Alternative Non-pharmaceutical Treatment Modality for Developmental Trauma

  • The Future of Trauma Interventions

Postgraduate Diploma, Psychology with a specialization in Coercive Control

University of Salford

Master of Science, Psychology with a specialization in Coercive Control

University of Salford

Wounded Warriors Canada

  • Introduction to Trauma-Exposed Professionals I

  • Trauma Exposed Professionals II