In addition to seeing clients through my online private practice, I provide in-person counselling services at Safe Haven Counselling in northwest Calgary. If you're interested to learn more, please visit http://safehavencounselling.org.

I provide one-on-one psychological counselling to adults based in Alberta (Canada), the United Kingdom, and internationally. Sessions are conducted either in-person or online, depending on the client's preferences. My approach to therapy is integrative: I draw upon a combination of cognitive-behavioural (CBT), existential, and psychodynamic theory to facilitate a bespoke experience for each client. I work with individuals who are experiencing a wide range of psychological difficulties, including problematic anger, anxiety, attention issues, depression, disordered eating, loneliness, post-traumatic stress (PTSD), low self-esteem, and more. Areas of speciality include armed forces and veterans' mental health, and the exploration of LGBTQ+ identity.

I served as an independently contracted associate researcher at the Canadian Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). I was the lead English-language interviewer in a project that sought to examine experiences of moral injury among military veterans who have encountered child combatants during deployment. The ensuing journal article, "The Nature and Impacts of Deployment-Related Encounters with Children Among Canadian Military Veterans: A Qualitative Analysis," was published in the European Journal of Psychotraumatology (Vol. 15, Iss. 1, 2024).

- Conducted province-wide market research and analysis for a not-for-profit that caters to the game development industry in Alberta;- Developed Walkthrough's business plan and training staff members to pitch said plan to prospective public and private investors and collaborators

- Created, developed and managed the Dallaire Initiative's child maritime piracy programme;- Organized and led a global conference to validate a set of rules of engagement (ROE) for child pirate encounters;- Trained security sector actors on standard operating procedures (SOP) pertaining to interactions with child soldiers;- Designed, drafted and edited the Dallaire Initiative's security sector handbook, training curriculum and e-learning platform;- Promoted from Researcher after successfully publishing an article titled "Child Trafficking, Child Soldiering: Exploring the Relationship Between Two 'Worst Forms' of Child Labour" in the peer-reviewed Third World Quarterly

- Managed all media and donor relations and drafted regular executive, operational and budgetary briefs for internal and external stakeholders;- Represented the WFP at all United Nations food and agriculture cluster meetings;- Drafted several successful multimillion-dollar funding proposals submitted to the European Commission and DFID

- Edited news articles for Yemen's largest English-language newspaper throughout the Arab Spring revolution;- Contributed occasional written articles and photographs under the pseudonym "Heath Gerhard"

- Organized internships and led a field excursion for ten MA students from King's College London;- Designed and published a conflict management handbook to promote interfaith dialogue between Lebanese youth

- Competed for and completed a one-year practicum/research fellowship with a Boston-based conflict management firm that is co-managed by a Harvard Programme on Negotiation (PON) instructor;- Co-facilitated effective communications workshops for insurance providers in Bermuda;- Organized and completed three international placements in Somalia, the Netherlands and the Democratic Republic of Congo (see below);- Completed the Harvard PON curriculum and received advanced training in the form of one-on-on lectures and simulations presented by faculty and other experts in the field of alternative dispute resolution;- Successfully solicited new paying clients for the benefit of Insight Collaborative;- Raised US $17,000 to be used by future Insight fellows

- Contributed freelance articles pertaining to international affairs, provincial issues and travel

- Researched communication strategies employed by local and international organizations to disseminate information on the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) process to active child soldiers;- Presented a 45-page paper based on said research findings, which informed subsequent advocacy activities;- The third of three self-initiated field projects associated with the Insight Collaborative fellowship (see above)

- Produced a needs assessment of peace education programmes being implemented by organizations in Northern Uganda, at the personal request of Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo;- Produced an efficacy assessment of internal analog and digital communication channels within the Office of the Prosecutor;- The second of three self-initiated field projects associated with the Insight Collaborative fellowship (see above)

- Designed and led a series of two-day negotiation and communication workshops based upon the Harvard Programme on Negotiation (PON) curriculum for youth groups in Somaliland's (i.e. Northern Somalia) four major cities;- Trained and mentored two Academy staff members in effective workshop co-facilitation skills;- The first of three self-initiated field projects associated with the Insight Collaborative fellowship (see above)