Services
A description of the psychological services that I offer is available on other sections of my website.
The following list of services is not meant to be comprehensive but rather it is a list of the services that I specialize in at this time.
Please contact me if there is an area where you may need help that is not listed below. I would be happy to discuss with you whether I can help and, if I can't, I will be happy to help you find another psychologist who may help.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a powerful therapeutic method developed in 1987 by Dr. Francine Shapiro, a psychologist. Other therapists have developed and extended the method over the past twenty years. EMDR has empirical validity as a treatment for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. EMDR-trained therapists believe it offers a more complete resolution of trauma symptoms often in less time than other approaches. Anecdotal evidence has shown Read More...
Cogmed Working Memory Training
Working memory: is the ability to keep information in your awareness long enough so that you can use it effectively, allows you to focus on one task and ignore other things, helps you to remember what to do next. Cogmed Working Memory Training was developed to help children and adults to improve their working memory. It was founded by Swedish brain researcher, Torkel Klingberg. One of the strengths of the company is that they did not begin marketing the p Read More...
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or Attention Deployment Hectic Differences? Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is usually understood as a disorder where something is missing in a person. However, it is less stigmatizing to think of it as a difference. In explaining the nature of this disorder to children and their parents, I sometimes change the wording of the ADHD label to Attention Deployment Hectic Differences. The most current theory about ADHD is that Read More...
Custody and Access Evaluations
Section 15 Custody and Access Evaluations These are specialized assessments designed to answer specific questions about the management of parenting responsibility following the separation and divorce of parents. In these evaluations, I assess parents and children and write a report about their psychological functioning and psychological needs. In British Columbia, these evaluations are known as Section 15 reports. This is because Expert Witnesses in child custody Read More...
Psychoeducational Assessment
A psychoeducational assessment can help to determine someone's learning style. For children, an assessment can demonstrate strengths and weaknesses in academic areas. They can identify problems that may interfere with academic progress. Similarly, for adults, assessments can determine if there are issues that might interfere with progress in an educational setting or might interfere with performance in the work place. A psychoeducational assessment will look at a person's ability and t Read More...
