Professional Development

Walking together to improve our relations with ourselves and each other

My work is grounded in the belief that meaningful learning happens through relationship, reflection, curiosity, and practice. Through facilitation, consulting, professional training, and online learning, I create engaging spaces where people can deepen their understanding, strengthen their skills, and bring new learning into the realities of their everyday work.

Drawing on my background in Indigenous health and wellness, social work, community health, trauma and mental health, I bring together Indigenous knowledge, trauma-informed practice, cultural safety, anti-racism, decolonization, and practical approaches to individual and organizational change. I am particularly interested in helping people understand not only what needs to change, but also the relational, emotional, historical, and systemic dynamics that can make change difficult.

My teaching and facilitation style is often interactive, reflective, and applied. Rather than relying solely on lectures or information-sharing, I use discussion, storytelling, case examples, experiential activities, reflection, and practical tools that invite participants to connect new ideas with their own experiences and professional roles. Often we lean into land-based learning and creativity to have an embodied learning experience. Learning is designed to engage the mind while also recognizing the importance of relationship, emotion, the body, culture, and lived experience.

Whether a course is completed independently or offered as part of a facilitated learning process, the goal is to support people in translating knowledge into practice. Participants are invited to examine assumptions, build confidence in navigating complex conversations, strengthen trauma- and culturally safer approaches, and identify concrete actions they can carry into their relationships, teams, programs, and organizations.

This work recognizes that changes focused on reconciliation, cultural safety, anti-racism, and decolonizing practice are achieved through ongoing relationship building , accountability , engaging at individual and systems levels and continued openness to learning . My role is to walk alongside individuals, teams, and organizations in that process—offering education, facilitation, consultation, and practical support that can contribute to healthier relationships, more responsive services, and meaningful systemic transformation.

Before You Sit Down Course (Self-paced with Hybrid Options)

This hybrid professional development course combines flexible, self-paced online learning with the option to participate in an in-person or live virtual session. Designed for therapists, helpers, and other service providers, the course supports participants in strengthening cultural safety, humility, and their capacity to work respectfully and responsibly with Indigenous clients and communities.

Consultation and Practice Support

Individual and small-group consultation is available for those who want to explore the course content more deeply or apply it to their professional practice. These sessions offer a supportive space to discuss questions, reflect on challenging situations, and strengthen culturally safer, more accountable, and less oppressive approaches when working with Indigenous, Black, and other racialized clients.