My Credentials Include;

• Master of Social Work from Wilfrid Laurier University
• Member of the College of Social Workers and Social Services Workers
• Addiction Certificate from the T.A.P.E. at the St. Michael’s  College of the University of Toronto
• O.A.C.C.P.P.

I have experience dealing successfully with issues that touch the human-existential situation.

In counseling Individuals, some of the more common issues I have dealt with are:

• Life Transitions
• Work Relocation and/or Ethno-culture Issues
• Lack of Self-Esteem, Stress, Loss and Grief.
• Separation or loss of one’s Life Partner, Death
• Relationships

In my experience working with Couple some of the more common issues are:

• Relationship break-down, absence of healthy communication
• Infidelity and its legacy in the relationship
• Cultural, racial and linguistic issues affecting the couple
• Issues of separation and its effect on the children
• Couples relationship with extended family

I have a vast experience in the area of Addictions :

• Assessment and referrals to treatment Centers
• Counselling individuals struggling with alcohol and/or drug addiction
• Issues related to Gambling Addition
• Working in relapse prevention with the individual user
• Working with Family members of the abuser