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Kevin Stafford | Adam Terpstra | Pauline O'Brien | Christina Crowe | Sarah Fraser | Raechel Pefanis | Kayleen Edwards | Jennifer Lane | Karen Sewell
Kevin Stafford, Keynote speaker
Kevin is a teacher, trainer, consultant, and clinical supervisor, and has been a practicing clinician for over 30 years. He is currently the Director of Clinical Training for the Couple and Family Therapy program and Co-Director of the Maplewoods Centre for Family Therapy and Child Psychology at the University of Guelph.
He has served as external consultant to the Homewood Health Centre, was the Executive Director of the Ontario Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and advocacy chair and steering committee member of the Ontario Coalition of Mental Health Professionals.
In 2009 he was appointed by the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC) to the Transitional Council for the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario, during which time he served on the Executive Committee, chaired the Quality Assurance, ICRC and the Professional Practice Committees, where he oversaw the development of the Professional Misconduct Regulation; Quality Assurance Regulation; Professional Practice Standards and the Code of Ethics. In 2015 Kevin was elected to the first Council for the new College where he served as Chair of the ICRC until 2019.
He is also a recognized subject matter expert on Psychotherapy and is regularly called upon as a consultant. Most recently he served on a collaborative working group that developed in real-time accreditation standards for the Canadian Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.
An avid outdoorsperson and cook, Kevin is married to his husband of 20 years and they raise four special needs children ages 11-23.
Adam Terpstra
Adam completed a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Psychology from University of Victoria in 2009, a Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) in Social Sciences from University of Victoria in 2013, and a Master of Education (M.Ed) in Adult Counselling and Psychotherapy in 2016 from University of Toronto, OISE campus.
He is a Registered Social Worker (RSW), a Registered Psychotherapist (RP), a Certified Member and Validated Supervisor with the Ontario Association of Mental Health Professionals ([cert-S]OAMHP), a Certified Canadian Counsellor (CCC), and a registered teacher in British Columbia, Ontario (OCT), and the Yukon Territory.
Having joined the Board in 2017 as a Director at Large, Adam has served as a member of the Governance and Risk Management Committee (2017 – 2019), Vice-Chair of Governance and Risk Management (2019 – 2022), Board Treasurer (2018 – 2022), Chair of Management and Personnel Subcommittee (2020 – 2022), Vice-Chair of Certification (2018 – 2021), Chair of Certification (2021 – Current), in addition to supporting other committees (Ethics and Professional Conduct Committee, Public Policy Committee, Equity and Inclusion Advisory Committee) as needed.
In his active role as Chair of Certification, Adam is passionate about strengthening clinical practices of mental health professionals through enhancements to certification and launching the Validated Supervisor program – a exclusive and unique program to OAMHP that supports access to quality clinical supervisors.
Aside from his volunteer work with OAMHP, Adam is the President and Clinic Director for Church Wellesley Counselling and Psychotherapy (https://cwcp.ca/) in Toronto, Prince Edward County Counselling and Psychotherapy in Picton, and Yukon Counselling and Psychotherapy in Whitehorse, Yukon, and maintains an active clientele base between both practices. In 2021, he also opened a federally registered charity, Bridging With Support, that aims to increase access to mental health services for LGBTQQ2S+ and BIPOC folx.
Pauline O’Brien
Pauline O’Brien, Ed.D, CCC-S, CCS-AC, RP (she/they) is founder of The Compassion Project and creator of The Empowered Supervisor: 36 hours of directed learning in clinical supervision.
Pauline is a Registered Psychotherapist as well as a Canadian Certified Counsellor-Supervisor and Canadian Clinical Supervisor, Addiction Counsellor with a Doctorate degree in Counselling Psychology from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto.
For the past 20 years she has been providing counselling and psychotherapy services to individuals, families and groups. Her area of practice includes psychotherapy leadership, clinical supervision, interprofessional collaborative mental healthcare, trauma, addiction and Indigenous mental health. Pauline also has extensive teaching and group facilitation experience in both college and university settings. She is currently an Adjunct Professor at Yorkville University in the Masters of Arts in Counselling Psychology (MACP) program.
Pauline has experience working cross culturally and in particular with Indigenous communities. She was the first instructor to facilitate and coordinate a mental health diploma program in Iqaluit, NU where she collaborated with Indigenous communities with the goal of providing culturally integrated counsellor training. She is interested in cultivating professional learning communities committed to providing safer spaces in psychotherapy.
Christina Crowe
Christina Crowe is a Registered Psychotherapist, Clinical Supervisor and the founder of Dig a Little Deeper, Psychotherapy & Counselling, a modern, self-managed, group practice. Since 2015, the practice has grown to over 20 associate psychotherapists, counsellors and therapy-interns, providing both in-person and virtual service, across Ontario and PEI.
Dig a Little Deeper offers a wide scope of services, including a private Nurse Practitioner-led psychiatric clinic and Equine-Assisted Therapy, and endeavours to partner with community programs to help make therapy more accessible.
As a Clinical Supervisor, Christina's style is relational, mentoring, strengths-based and pragmatic. Sessions can flow readily between directive and non-directive, based on the learning needs of supervisees. Christina particularly focuses on creating an open and trusting relationship with supervisees, believing that consultation – and parallel process – work best when trust is strong.
Christina is neurodivergent, and aims to always offer an anti-oppressive, egalitarian and neurodivergent-affirming supervisor-supervisee relationship.
As a regulated health care professional, who is also a business owner, Christina has navigated the marketing and advertising space carefully and successfully.
Christina experienced the growth of her social media networks through the early stages of the pandemic, with over 43,000 TikTok followers and 7500 Instagram followers today, has been interviewed by The Walrus, and ADDitude magazine, and was selected to co-facilitate at a scientific conference on the phenomenon of #ADHDtiktok based on her presence in the area and on the Advocacy committee for CADDRA, the Canadian ADHD Resource Alliance.
Sarah Fraser
Sarah Fraser is the Director of Registration at the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO). Sarah has been employed by CRPO since 2014. She began her work at CRPO reviewing applications and has processed over 2,000 applications.
In her current role, Sarah oversees the Registration Team and all aspects of registration including initial applications, renewal, category transfers, registration examination, and program review and recognition.
Sarah also provides support to the Registration Committee and Examination Committee in their review of matters referred to a panel (e.g., applications that do not meet registration requirements, examination appeals) and policy development.
Raechel Pefanis
Raechel Pefanis is a Registered Social Worker based in Waterloo, Ontario, and is also a BA, MDIV, and MSW. She is a proud Indigenous woman from the Turtle clan. She is the author of "The Person Behind the Professional: Cognitive Behavioural Coaching for Everyday Workplaces." She is also a Clinical Supervisor and Instructor, as well as PCC Certified Coach (International Coaching Federation).
Over her 25 years in practice, Raechel has trained in and practiced almost every type of therapeutic modality there is, including MFT, CBT, DBT, IFS, SE, Psychedelic Assisted Therapy, and Professional Coaching, using these tools to supervise, mentor and develop other professionals for over 10 years.
Today, Raechel is the Principal and CEO of Red Maple Coaching & Consulting, which provides professional coaching and psychotherapy to individuals, families and workplaces. Raechel is an Instructor at ADLER Graduate Professional School in Toronto, Ontario, where she serves as the Director of Coach Education.
In her off time, Raechel spends her time outside paddle boarding or hiking with family or friends, reading next to her two dogs (Frankie and Lola), writing, finding the best cup of coffee there is, or heading out to see some standup comedy.
Jennifer Lane
Registered Psychotherapist
MACP, RP, CPT, (cert) OAMHP
https://rootsinwellness.ca/clinical-supervision/jennifer-thomson/
I am a Registered Psychotherapist and clinical supervisor practicing virtually and in Hamilton Ontario. While I specialize in working with the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, I have a wealth of experience in other areas and can provide supervision for a large range of demographics and difficulties.
I see my role as a supervisor as one that functions to lift up supervisees, provide guidance where required, and help them think outside the box. I pride myself on being a mentor and providing a source of confidence for new therapists.
My approach to supervision, like my approach to therapy, is person-centered and integrative. I aim to promote growth, confidence, and competence in my supervisees. I strive to create an open, inviting environment with my supervisees that allows for positive feedback and constructive criticism, promoting growth, confidence, and competence.
Kayleen Edwards
Registered Psychotherapist
MA, RP, (cert-S)OAMHP
https://rootsinwellness.ca/clinical-supervision/kayleen-edwards/
I obtained my Honours Bachelors and Masters Degree in Psychology from Wilfrid Laurier University, and have been in clinical practice for nearly a decade. I have extensive experience working with stress, anxiety, depression, parenting issues, first responders, relationship issues, and LGBTQ+ issues. I work with a variety of clients from different cultures, religions, gender identities, and sexual orientations. No matter how you identify, I provide a safe space for you to be yourself.
Supervisees have described me as warm, approachable, and passionate about the work I do. It is my intention to create an environment where supervisees feel respected, validated, safe, challenged, and productive in each supervision session.
Karen Sewell
Karen Sewell, PhD, MSW, BA/BSW, is a social worker with over twenty years of practice experience, and a research profile demonstrating a commitment to children’s and youth mental health, the social work profession, and transformative social work pedagogy including simulation-based learning.
Her program of research centers on the improvement of mental health services for children and youth from vulnerable and marginalized populations through the development, delivery, and evaluation of effective clinical programs, with the role of supervision a key component. This includes teaching and supporting the development and ongoing maintenance of holistic competence for practitioners and students.
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