I am an Educational Psychologist and a Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist. I divide my time between teaching, research and private practice. My private practice has a focus on children’s anxiety, attachment and developmental issues that may make it difficult for children to learn. I am particularly interested in working with mother/baby dyads and children who have had a member of their family experience a sudden death or progressive illness. I am a instructor in the Department of Child and… Show more I am an Educational Psychologist and a Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist. I divide my time between teaching, research and private practice. My private practice has a focus on children’s anxiety, attachment and developmental issues that may make it difficult for children to learn. I am particularly interested in working with mother/baby dyads and children who have had a member of their family experience a sudden death or progressive illness. I am a instructor in the Department of Child and Youth Care Counselling, in the Faculty of Child, Family and Community Studies at Douglas College. I have extensive knowledge in the areas of child development, attachment, mental health in young children, and early life trauma. I am a member of the Canadian Psychological Association, the Canadian Association of Psychoanalytic Child Therapists, BC Play Therapy Association and the Western Canada Infant Mental Health Network. I am the organising Chair for the Pacific Northwest Schore Institute, which is an international group of psychoanalytic psychotherapists that meet quarterly with Dr. Allan Schore to discuss the neurological foundations of attachment. Show less