About us

My professional career as a clinical-forensic psychologist began in the early 1980s. I hold licensure as a psychologist in multiple jurisdictions, including Ontario and Quebec, and hold two doctorates. I also hold specialty diplomate status in psychotherapy and forensic evaluation, along with multiple certifications in addictions and concurrent disorders (psychological and addictions), criminal profiling, and forensic-clinical hypnosis.

I am or have been a member of the Ontario Psychological Association; International Association for Jungian Studies; Society for Consulting Psychologists; Society of Addiction Psychology; Society of Police and Criminal Psychology; Society of Military Psychology and the Forensic Psychology Group; Canadian Experiential Dynamic Therapy Association (I.S.T.D.P.); Harvard University–McLean Executive Coaching Association; and the International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations. In addition, I serve as an international advisory board member of the International Jungian Coaching and Consultation Association.

Over the course of my career, I have served as Regional Executive Director of two large provincial adult inpatient, residential, and outpatient programs encompassing clinical and forensic psychology, psychiatry, mental health, addictions, and concurrent addiction and psychiatric disorders. I have also served as Executive Director of a county-wide addictions evaluation and treatment program. Alongside private psychological practice and community- and hospital-based treatment programs, I have extensive experience providing clinical-forensic services within correctional and forensic psychological environments, including forensic psychological evaluations for parole and court systems. I have served extensively as an expert witness and litigation consultant across multiple areas of forensic psychology and psychopathology.

My experience in forensic, operational, and investigative psychology is grounded in several years of service in both frontline and executive/governance roles within the policing sector, as well as in conducting specialized investigations and intelligence and counter-intelligence activities in both public and private sectors. I have worked in various roles within Solicitor General and Justice Department settings and served as CEO of a private-sector intelligence and special investigations firm. This integration of advanced psychological training with frontline and executive policing and intelligence experience provides a distinctive perspective in forensic psychological consultation.

I have advanced training in multiple psychotherapeutic modalities, including Jungian and transpersonal psychology, cognitive-behavioral therapy, psychoanalytic and psychodynamic approaches, clinical and analytical hypnosis, ego state therapy, and EMDR, with a particular professional interest in intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy (I.S.T.D.P.).

My adult clinical practice focuses on the evaluation and psychotherapeutic treatment of addictions - both chemical and behavioral, including compulsive gambling and cyber/internet-mediated addictive behaviors - as well as anxiety disorders, social anxiety, panic disorder, depression and other mood disorders, post-traumatic stress, dissociative disorders, long-standing interpersonal and relational difficulties, family-of-origin issues, personality style difficulties, co-dependence, and adult children of dysfunctional families. I also maintain a clinical interest in medically unexplained symptoms.

My practice is open to all adult members of the community seeking private psychological services. Professionally, my work has focused on clinical and forensic evaluation, consultation, and intensive psychotherapy with leaders, executives, high-asset professionals, police, military, correctional service, and national security personnel across both ends of the performance continuum. This work has included high-performance consultation and coaching aimed at enhancing psychological resilience, mental toughness, and depth-oriented emotional intelligence to support individual, career, and organizational success.

I have also directed executive and professional distress evaluation and treatment programs and served as a consultant to employee help and corporate workplace health programs. I have extensive experience providing psychotherapy, evaluation, and emergency intervention for executives, professionals, and high-achieving police and military officers who have decompensated because of stress, career burnout, psychiatric conditions, substance-related disorders, or exposure to severe occupational trauma. Additionally, I have significant experience working with the “dark triad” of personality traits - narcissism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism - as well as other psychological health and personality factors that can derail executive and high-asset professional performance and careers.

•  Alcohol
• Street drugs
• Prescription drugs
• Tobacco
• Compulsive gambling
• Sexual addiction
• Compulsive spending / shopping
• Internet / Cyber issues / Video gaming / Social media / Online gambling / Online pornography
• Compulsive high risk behaviors
• Professionals with behavioral health issues
• Second stage recovery issues
• Emotional and spiritual sobriety
• Codependence and Adult children of alcoholic issues
• Relapse prevention: Bio, Psycho, Social, Spiritual dynamics
• Intervention training for families and significant others