Some of the trainings I have include:
Mental Health First Aid
Applied Suicide & Intervention Skills
Vicarious Trauma + Compassion Fatigue
Harm Reduction
Supporting Adult Survivors of Sexual Assault
Making Sense of Trauma
& Trauma Informed Treatment, Intervention, and Prevention.

I’ve worked full-time as a Counsellor at a crisis facility, and part-time in a private practice.
I’ve counselled men, women, and children.
I’ve engaged community agencies and leaders, law enforcement officers and judiciaries.

I’ve sat on the floor of my office and wept with women. I’ve stood in between them and police. I’ve had to have children apprehended.
I’ve had to write submit more missing person reports for children than should be considered normal.

I’ve heard more painful stories than I can ever try to recount.
This is my work and for the most part, I hate talking about it on social media. There were days our Shelter numbers would rise from 2-24 in less than 4 hours.
Some shelters across the province are FULL for months.

There are women who run from province to province just to flee their abuser.
Being so immersed in this makes a hurting heart a normal thing. So when I come on here and I see that women are angry, I understand. Across the globe, we have been screaming for years.

Again and again, we are simply told how to help ourselves.
This thread is to say, my heart hurts with you. Your anger is necessary. We will continue to fight.

And I am here for anyone who needs to talk.