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THE AMAZING DPS TEAM

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Owner, Registered Psychologist,
Ethics Expert. 

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Business Manager

Administrative Lead &
Training Coordinator

DPS Support Specialist

Zoom Training Cohost

Owner, Registered Psychologist

(clinical & counselling),

Advanced Supervisor, Educational Coach, Associate Professor (tenured; counsellor education) & National Ethics Expert (Counselling).

Dr. McBride has been in the helping profession for nearly 30 years and teaching in the counsellor education field for over 25 years. She has a long and extensive history of working in the family violence field–helping those who have been abusive, abused, and witnessed abuse–regain having loving, safe relationships. Her clinical areas of expertise range from the assessment and treatment of complex trauma and dissociation (e.g., family violence, motor vehicle accidents, work-related trauma), self-harm, personality disorder issues, work stress, anxiety, and OCD. She also enjoys helping those seeking personal growth such as therapists where she actively uses Transactional Analysis. She practices from a variety of theories which are described under the counselling tab (e.g., EMDR, Somatic Experiencing, Structural Dissociation, Creative Expressive Arts).

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She has won numerous teaching awards, has co-edited a book on teaching practices across cultures in higher education, is working on a book on documentation and consent issues in counselling, and has presented at many international conferences. She was very honoured to receive an award from the Calgary Women's Shelter for providing exceptional clinical and ethical education to their staff.  In her role as as a tenured associate professor, she has an active research agenda that includes the study of ethics (value-based, best practices with record keeping, consent practices), the advanced use of many therapeutic approaches (e.g., emotional regulation, play therapies, group therapy, somatic interventions, expressive therapies, transactional analysis), multiculturalism, and supervision/training. If you need more more information about Dawn perhaps view her university webpage: http://directory.uleth.ca/users/dawn.mcbride.

To contact Dawn, please use: admin@dawn-mcbride.com.

Jarvis Larson 

Business Manager

Mr. Jarvis Larson organizes, hosts, and manages the issues related to offering our in-person DPS workshops/presentations (for the public) at local, national, and international levels. In addition, he handles many of the behind-the-scenes tasks related to the successful operation of DPS. Jarvis is also learning additional roles in DPS so he can join us for some of our online trainings. 

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Jarvis is well known for his easy going style and providing delicious afternoon treats, including brining out the comfort food during the highly intense ethical trainings when offered face to face. If we are lucky, he also provides samples of the amazing gluten-free cakes he sells. Jarvis can be reached by contacting the DPS office at admin@dawn-mcbride.com. Jarvis will respond via phone or email. 

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BONUS: He is an amazing, deep registered massage therapist (Alberta). As a result, when we are delivering in-person workshops in Alberta, he will often bring his massage chair :) Neat, eh! Bookings are done on the day of the workshop. 

Makayla Arcand

Administrative Lead & Training Coordinator

Makayla will be likely your first contact with DPS and she will help run DPS (along with Jarvis & other contracted staff). 

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I have known Makayla for years, as she has served as my research assistant for DPS. She, like Alyson, has a background in Psychology. Makayla earned her BSc in Psychology and is still working out what she would like to do with her degree. She describes herself as an avid reader, particularly in psychology, philosophy, and self-help. 

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BONUS: Makayla has experience working as a Developmental Behavioral Aide. She has worked with various kiddos on supporting those with anxiety and autism. 

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To contact Makayla, please use this email: admin@dawn-mcbride.com.

Alyson Worrall

DPS Support Specialist

She has also been a valuable behind-the-scenes assistant since 2021. She provides professional editing of DPS documents and projects. 

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SPECIAL BONUS! She is also a skilled registered psychologist, who has a few open spots for clients. She is EMDR certified, and has an extensive background with helping people reduce symptoms of trauma, anxiety, and depression. 

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FYI: Alyson has taken extensive training to become Dawn's lead group co-facilitator when Dawn offers her process-based group therapy training (offered with a somatic & attachment focus along with a developmental group stage approach). 

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To contact Alyson, please use this email: alyson@dawn-mcbride.com.

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Julianna is a recent Master of Counselling graduate. She has worked with Dawn as a diligent research assistant for several years and is skilled at organizing and communicating complex information in a digestible fashion. 

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Outside of research tasks, Julianna is passionate about cultivating safe counselling spaces for clients, and she takes pride in her warm, compassionate, and validating approach that ensures choice at every point in the process. 

Julianna Facchinelli

Zoom Training Cohost - Level 2

Georgina came into counselling through a career in education. As an educator, she has learned to listen deeply and without judgement, to collaborate on finding solutions to the difficulties being experienced, and to respond with sensitivity and compassion to those whose life experience has included traumatic events, substance use, insecurity, and abusive relationships. 

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As a recently accepted CCC, she has found renewed passion and energy, to challenge herself and grow in new ways. 

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"I bring with me decades of interpersonal experience, professional learning, and a unique skill set that allow me to have a positive impact on the world around me, one person at a time". 

Georgina Davidson

Zoom Training Cohost - Level 2

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