Credentials and Education 

  • Bachelor of Social Work - UNBC

  • MA Counseling Psychology -Adler University

  • Certificate in Conflict Resolution and Third Party Mediation

  • Certificate in Family Mediation

  • Compassionate Bereavement Care Certificate

  • Integrative Approaches to Pelvic Pain in Women

  • Postgraduate Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Certificate (10 Months)

  • CBT for Psychosis

  • Indigenous Cultural Competency Training 

  • Crisis Intervention Training Community Partnership Response Training 

  • Concurrent Disorders Certificate

  • Mental Illness and First Aid

  • Verbal and Physical Management of Aggressive and Violent Behavior

  • Gottman Method Couples Therapy:  Level 1 and 2 

  • CyberCounselling Level 1 -University of Toronto  

  • Eye Movement and Desensitization and Reprocessing Level 1 and Level 2

  • Flash Technique 

  • Four Blinks

  • Ego State Intervention

  • Integrative Somatic Parts Work Certificate

  • Somatic Attachment Psychotherapy Training (currently studying)

  • Certificate of Completion Indigenous Cultural Competency (ICC) Training

  • Certificate of Completion Concurrent Disorders Capable Training

  • Introduction to Trauma Counselling, Adler School of Professional Psychology Dr. Maric

  • Couples Mediation: Conflict as a Healing Opportunity, BC Association of Clinical Counsellors

  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy – Padesky Worldwide Workshops

  • Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) Community Partnership Response Training

  • Mental Illness and First Aid (M.I.F.A)

  • Verbal & Physical Management of Aggressive and Violent Behaviour

Adlerian Trainings 

  • Dreams and Dream Interpretations in Counseling and Psychotherapy 

  • Style of Life Assessment Level 1 and 2

  • Lifespan Integration Level 1 Workshop, Adler Centre with Dr. Shelley

Perinatal Mental Health Certification

  • Advanced Perinatal Mental Health Trainings

  • Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorder: Components of Care

  • Maternal Mental Health: 2020 Mom Certificate

  • Teletherapy and Maternal Mental Health

  • Birth and Reproductive Trauma Certificate

  • Perinatal Grief and Loss Certificate

  • NICU Parenting: A Practitioner's Guide to Working with Families in the NICU and Beyond

  • Interpersonal Psychotherapy 

Infertility Counselling and Evaluation Training

  • American Society for Reproductive Medicine Certificate of Completion 

  • Covington Fertility Counseling Postgraduate Certificate 

  • Personality Assessment Inventory

  • Nuts and Bolts of Donor Egg and Gestational Carrier Evaluations

“Learn your theories as well as you can, but put them aside when you touch the miracle of the living soul.”— C.G. Jung

Rita’s Memberships

  • BC College of Social Workers

  • Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA)

  • Pacific Postpartum Support International (PSI)

  • EMDRIA

  • American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM)

  • Miss Foundation 

  • Canadian Perinatal Mental Health Trainings

  • International Pelvic Pain Society (IPPS)

  • Mental Health Professionals Group (MHPG) of the ASRM 

  • Women’s Health Research Institute (WHRI)