Biography

I grew up and attended public school in Red Deer. I completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology at the University of Calgary in 1967. I completed a Master of Arts in Counselling from the University of Oregon. I returned to Calgary for two years to work for Alberta Mental Health Services, where I received excellent supervision in psychological assessment and treatment. I returned to Oregon and completed a Doctoral degree in Counselling in 1972.

During my studies at Oregon, I received extensive supervised training in individual and group counselling. After my successful studies at the University of Oregon and work with Alberta Mental Health Services, I decided to work  normal young people and their families in an educational setting. I accepted a position with the Red Deer Public School District as a counsellor at Lindsay Thurber High School.  This period gave me ample opportunity to counsel high school students and their parents. It was during this period that I began my private practice, offering services to adults and children in the Red Deer area.

In 1976 I accepted a teaching position at Red Deer College where I taught until 2000. I continued my private practice during that period and to the present. I provided employee and family counselling assistance to employees in a variety of companies operating in Alberta.