EMDR Basic Training Membership
Mukwa Counselling
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS• M.A.C.P. graduate, honours standing• Managed a full-caseload of individuals aged 25 – 80+ within the Valley CommunityServices Community Counselling program• Extensive experience managing people, coordinating projects, establishing long-rangeimprovement plans, as well as extensive experience working in mental health• Proficient with MS Office (Word, Excel, Access), Adobe Acrobat, Sketch Up, and others.• 20+ years assisting individuals contenting with trauma, Mild Intellectual Delay, SevereLearning Disabilities, FASD, and multiple exceptionalities• Therapeutic Crisis Intervention Training, Teen suicide prevention certificate, FASD training• Empathetic, resourceful, dedicated, and adaptableEMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCEManagement & Administrative• Development and implementation of participant Service Plans• Collaboration as a treatment team through weekly triage and practice supervision meetings• Developed and implemented school improvement planning• Recruited, trained and retained employees• Performed substantive historical research for First Nations• Development and revisions of consultation protocols and various policies• Legal filing and assistance, including researching Residential School C.E.P. claims andI.A.P. submissions• Research and consultation correspondence with the Ministry of Natural Resources, Ministryof Education, and various stakeholders within mining and forestry sectors.• Delivery of Professional Development seminars to diverse audiences• Development of funding proposalsFacilitation & Curriculum Development• Facilitation of individual in-person and remote counselling sessions based on theparticipants needs profile• Developed and implemented curriculum for students in K – G . E . D . i n c l u d i n g self-contained MID/SLD classrooms• Planned and assessed the growth of counselling participants and students using diverseassessment techniques• Development and revision of Individual Education Plans, facilitation of I.P.R.C. meetings, aswell as completion of provincial reporting measures• Undertook one-on-one home-study with at-risk and ESL students• Supported classroom teachers, Special Education department and school administrationCommunication, Interpersonal and people skills• Establishment and maintenance of therapeutic relationships with at-risk individuals• Development of diverse communications to wide audiences• Vast experience working collaboratively with people of various professions,socioeconomic states, cultures, and abilities.• Community driven and empathetic; deep experience addressing client/participant needs, student,staff, and parental issues, in addition to liaising with a wide spectrum of communityorganizations and professions• Traditional Ecological Gathering (TEK) and analysis with First Nations land users • Preliminary mapping of cultural values, proponent sites, cumulative impacts and travel routesEDUCATION/TRAININGM.A.C.P. – HONOURS Yorkville University 2023-2025B.A. /B.ED. – FIRST CLASS STANDING Lakehead University 1998–2002Special Education Pt. I Lakehead University 2004Special Education Pt. II Nipissing University 2008PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT• E.M.D.R. Advanced Techniques – 2-day training – October 2025• E.M.D.R. Certification course – 6-day training – June & July 2025• “Beyond Legal Eligibility: Professional Discretion for the Provision of MAiD” – October 2025• Hypnosis & Guided Imagery in Therapy: Practical Methods, 2-day training – June 2025• Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (A.C.T.), 2-day training – January 2025• TF-CBT certificate of completion – May 2024• BCACC Student Member – 2024 – present• Association of Contextual Behavioural Science (ACBS) member• Mental Health First Aid certificate- November 2021• Ongoing Professional Development / Inservice – K.T.T.A. – 2017-2022• “Trying Differently Rather Than Harder”- FASD in-service 14 credit hours- January 2016• FNESC Inservice 2016: Dibels, Six Minute Solution, Reading Mastery• “Strategic Goal Setting- S.M.A.R.T. goals and your Nation” – Facilitator & presenter –P.M.F.N. Chief & Council Development Seminar – October 2011• Dr. David Suzuki- Scheduled and conferred with Dr. Suzuki regarding environmentaleducation and First Nation environmental initiatives – June 2011• U.O.I. Capacity Building Series –Implementation of Anishinabek Education System reforms• WJ-III pts. 1 & 2, February 2005• Therapeutic Crisis Intervention Training (T.C.I.T.), November 2003• Anishinabe Mushkiki, Teen suicide prevention conference, 2001
1091 Bear Brook Road , Creston, British Columbia, Canada, V0B1G8
Phone: 519 7555234
Email: mukwacounselling@gmail.com
Population Served:
Adult
Languages:
English
How EMDR is Offered:
In-person
Areas of Expertise:
Addictions
Anxiety
Attachment Focussed
Depression
PTSD
Sexual Abuse
Social Anxiety