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Diane is Clinical Director of the Institute of Family Living in
Toronto, a centre established in 1971.(www.ifl.on.ca) She has been
in clinical practice since 1977, and has supervised and trained therapists
and counsellors for over 25 years. She is a Registered Marriage and
Family Therapist (#7003) and a Clinical Member and Approved Supervisor
of the American and Ontario Associations of Marriage and Family Therapy
(AAMFT & OAMFT). She is a consultant to L’Arche Toronto,
the Lighthouse, Korean Telecare, and Yonge Street Mission, and for
many years was a member of the Aboriginal Council of World Vision
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Her work includes many areas of expertise in the
field of individual, marriage and family therapy:
- Couple therapy, including conflict and communication.
- The complexities of separation, divorce, remarriage, and
the parenting issues which result.
- Adolescent issues in family therapy.
- Family of origin issues
- Inter-faith couples
- Life transitions, and the various challenges involved in
meeting personal change and growth.
- Vocational stress and change.
- Issues of aging.
- Grief and bereavement.
- Spirituality and faith concerns.
Diane works collaboratively with a multi-cultural team, and is
skilled in cross-cultural counselling. With colleague Lindsay Watson, she runs an Advanced Training Program
(A.T.P.) for therapists pursuing clinical membership in AAMFT, as
well as for other therapists wanting professional supervision for
their work.
She is the author of the book Healing Families: Faith
and Courage in Challenging Times (2005), and co-author
of Who
Can Heal Us? (2004), and of several articles on family life,
including:
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