I am a registered social worker with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers, holding a Masters degree in philosophy and background in psychology. My concentration has been on existentialism and phenomenology, philosophies that take human experience as their point of departure. I have experience in community mental health agencies, child protection services, and working with at-risk populations in general. I have studied various therapeutic perspectives, including psychoanalytic and psychodynamic models, as well as intergenerational trauma and family dynamics approaches.