About Dawn…
Over the past 19 years, I have been working as a Registered Social Worker with children, youth, families and adults in a variety of clinical and community based settings. Whether in counselling and outreach, tertiary and acute care, crisis services or school counselling, I am always inspired by the resilience, strength and courage I witness as people explore life’s adversities and gifts. I am blessed to have been part of so many folk’s lives!
As a lifelong student, I am currently expanding my western clinical training and exploring plant medicine, holistic health and indigenous ways of knowing and healing. I hold great reverence and gratitude to these medicines, the people who carry them and to their ancestors. In a time where the world often feels upside down, this medicine grounds me and reminds me who we all are. I am grateful this medicine came into my life.
I am a Mother of 2 courageous children who teach me how to be in the moment, to keep an open heart and be playful. My husband and I are committed to teaching our kids to be kind and creative people who respect and understand nature while valuing personal autonomy, liberty and freedom.
Qualifications
Masters of Social Work, Specialization in Health - University of Waterloo 2014
Bachelors of Social Work - University of Calgary 2009
Social Work Diploma - Grant MacEwan University 2007
In good standing with BCCSW
My career has been spent walking alongside children, youth, adults and families. With a specialization in health, I have worked in various levels of health care from community based services, emergency departments, acute care units, inpatient psychiatry hospitals and crisis services. A life long student, I have completed various trainings with Mental Health Foundations in Emotion Focused Family Therapy, Dr. Gabor Mate’s Compassionate Inquiry, The Neufeld Institute, Byron Katie, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for anxiety/depression, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, ADHD skills management and clinical screening and assessment skills. My spiritual practices are supported through local and Amazonian Indigenous plant medicines.