Welcome To DPS!
A hub for counselling ethics,
professional development,
business support, & supervision.
Still time to join our South Africa Retreat
Counsellor's Retreat
In South Africa:
Discover, Reflect, & Renew
The most important lesson I took home from the CPA conference did not come from the conference itself.
It happened when I finally unplugged.
After the conference, I spent a week travelling on Québec’s Highway 138 to Tadoussac, watching whales, exploring small villages, and reconnecting with nature. It reminded me that helping professionals spend their lives caring for others.
You are invited to unplug.
You deserve spaces that restore you, too.
How? We have organized a customized retreat for counsellors in April 2027. No logistics. Just show up. We have taken care of the rest.
Where? South Africa, a place that renewed us two years ago. It is a once-in-a-lifetime retreat.
Two years ago, Jarvis and I travelled there and returned deeply renewed. We knew then that we wanted to share this experience with other helping professionals.
What? Intentional small-group travel for renewal, learning, and adventure. As an educational experience, it may qualify as a PD expense.
Only 10 spaces remain.
For more information,
please click on the "Information Booklet"
Recognizing our connection to the University of Lethbridge and to avoid any perceived conflict of interest, our trainings are reserved for those who are not current U of L students. Thank you for your understanding.
Training Schedule
My forthcoming book is now with the publisher. Drawing on decades of teaching, clinical practice, and ethical consultation, I introduce my original frameworks, Relational Consent™ and Relational Charting™, developed through a relational ethics lens to advance ethical care, consent, and documentation practices in counselling. My work emphasizes decolonizing, trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and client-centred approaches to ethics in everyday practice. Stay tuned for its release ~ by November 2026!
Our Range of Services
PD Support
We offer 3 business coaching and educational services, delivered by Dawn McBride & professionals trained and vetted by her:
(1) Rapid Response
Urgent consultation, typically within 5 days.
(e.g., dilemmas, complaints, court orders, subpoenas, and time-sensitive ethics issues).
(2) Short-Term Professional Assistance
Targeted support for specific needs
(e.g., consent forms, session notes, business coaching, policies, and staffing issues).
(3) Educational Circle of Professional Care
Offered on a sliding scale, 1:1 time to explore what you need to grow and enhance your practice. Waitlist approximately 2 years. While waiting, optional networking circles are offered to those on the waiting list.
Trainings
Our training is delivered by a growing, vetted team, customized to your needs. For example:
(1) Ethics & Professional Practice Issues
(e.g., charting issues, making consent meaningful, addressing ethical dilemmas & managing dual-roles and boundaries, supervision challenges)
(2) Counselling-Clinical Interventions
We offer many PD mini & full-day services - e.g.
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expanding the counsellor's toolbox
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pendulation to deal with burnout
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dealing with "red" clients
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making CBT meaningful & engaging
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group therapy process-based training
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domestic violence interventions
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Transactional Analysis (a theory that focuses on self-awareness, change, & uses part work; culturally sensitive)
(3) Presentations
(e.g., lunch seminars, Q & A staff meeting sessions, keynote addresses, & conference presentations).
Counselling
(1). IMMEDIATE OPENINGS: Counselling for individuals aged 14 and older, provided by a mature psychologist (Alyson Worrall; former math teacher), offering highly competent, confidential, ethical, trauma-informed care. She is trained in EMDR, CBT, transactional analysis, and somatic approaches. We offer a Meet & Greet service at no charge to help you decide to start therapy.
(2). FOR THERAPISTS - RAPID SUPPORT: For therapists to receive EMDR (critical incident protocol) to help process the impact of clinical work promptly and safely, with appointments within 3-5 days, if not sooner, whenever possible. Highly confidential. Provided by vetted DPS psychologist, Alyson Worrall.
CAP Supervision
IMMEDIATE OPENINGS: CAP-approved supervision, on a sliding fee scale, in these 5 competency areas (some have waiting lists):
(1) Clinical & Counselling Services - for all age groups, including couples, groups, and individuals.(includes informal assessment competency);
(2) When there is more than one person in the counselling room (e.g., group therapy, family & couple therapy) & helping organizations drawing upon social psychology & TA principles;
(3) Teaching Skills Competency;
(4) Research Skills Competency;
(5) Supervision of Supervision Competency.
