Meet Michelle
As a faith-based, neurodivergent Psychologist, I love working creatively and innovatively with children, adolescents, families and groups, and I specialize in the use of trauma-informed expressive arts therapy and play. Through this process, I help clients articulate feelings, explore relationships and experience self-fulfillment.
- One of the reasons I went into counselling was because of the power I've personally experienced from supportive relationships, even as a child. Being of Jamaican heritage and growing up in a small town in Canada, I had been bullied and alienated from my schoolmates for looking different; but a student named Helen noticed my pain and befriended me. We found strength in our connection, which I now understand is the foundation of a therapeutic relationship. I am honoured to be in a role where I can offer this connection to others, empowering them to find strength and providing guidance to heal.
- I am a wife, a mother, a daughter, a sister, an aunt, a friend. I like candy, going to the theatre, reading a good suspense novel, and I really enjoy travelling. But most of all, I love helping people on their journey to transform their lives and heal their minds, bodies, hearts, and souls.
Qualifications
Doctorate of Education, University of Alberta 2018/25
Chartered Psychologist (Ontario) 2022
Drama Therapy Registration (RDT) North American Drama Therapy Association 2013
Registered CRHSP Psychologist (Canadian Register of Health Service Providers) 2010
Registered Psychologist (Alberta) 2004
Masters of Counselling, Gonzaga University, Spokane Washington 2001
Certified Canadian Counselling Certificate (Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association) 1999
Postgraduate Diploma in Dramatherapy, University of Hertfordshire, England 1994/5
Bachelor of Arts and Science in Psychology and Dramatic Arts, University of Lethbridge 1989/93
Doctorate of Education, University of Alberta 2018/25
Chartered Psychologist (Ontario) 2022
Drama Therapy Registration (RDT) North American Drama Therapy Association 2013
Registered CRHSP Psychologist (Canadian Register of Health Service Providers) 2010
Registered Psychologist (Alberta) 2004
Masters of Counselling, Gonzaga University, Spokane Washington 2001
Certified Canadian Counselling Certificate (Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association) 1999
Postgraduate Diploma in Dramatherapy, University of Hertfordshire, England 1994/5
Bachelor of Arts and Science in Psychology and Dramatic Arts, University of Lethbridge 1989/93
