Background Story
My Background
I am a regulated health professional registered with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers and a member of Ontario Association for Social Workers. I have been working as a clinical social worker since 1996 in a variety of settings, including emergency department/crisis intervention, inpatient psychiatry, community outreach and hospital affiliated mental health clinics. The bulk of my professional life was spent at Trillium Health Centre in Mississauga.
I have a bachelor degree in psychology from the University of Western Ontario, and a master’s degree in social work from the University of Toronto. I pursued specialization in cognitive behaviour therapy and became accredited by the Academy of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies and the Canadian Association for Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies (CACBT-ACTCC). You can learn a lot about CBT and confirm my credentials by accessing the websites of these two organizations.
The Idea of Village
Centre CBT
I have opened Village Centre CBT in January 2019, after having worked for over twenty years in hospital-based mental health clinics. I loved my job. Yet, I also wanted to offer evidence-based therapy in a casual setting with a slower pace that would enable fuller attention to individual needs of my clients.
I promise not to make false promises. Village Centre CBT is focused on providing quality cognitive behavior therapy but there are no fast fit-all remedies. CBT will not erase trauma, bring back the loved ones or cure cancer. However CBT helps us gain the necessary perspective to build lives that make sense.
