Dr. Dawn McBride, owner of Dawn Psychological Services, Corp.
Registered Psychologist (clinical) since 2003 & Tenured Associate Professor (20+ years teaching)
Academic & Clinical Expertise: Counselling Ethics, Trauma, & Complex Cases
USA Trained In: EMDR, Somatic Experiencing, & Transactional Analysis
Consultation Services: Ethics, Clinical, Private Practice Issues, & Organizational Staff Dynamics
OVERVIEW OF SERVICES
Clinical Services: Clinical and counselling services (individual, group, and some couples counselling) to youth and adults. Specialization: Trauma (e.g. assault, car accidents, first responders, medical surgeries) and family violence, life stress and transitions, and severe mental health disorders (e.g., OCD, dissociation, borderline PD, self-harm, PTSD, bipolar). The range of treatment options is quite extensive, and they are detailed under the expertise tab, the counselling tab, or please click on the green heading at the start of this paragraph.
Consultation Services: On-call and regular consultation to staff and managers in counselling agencies from around the world (e.g. assist in resolving ethical issues, creating policies, consulting on difficult client cases, and advising on human resource management issues). For more information, please click on the green heading in this paragraph.
Supervision Services: Primary and secondary supervision–on a sliding scale–to those seeking registration. For more information, please click on the green heading in this paragraph.
Professional Development & Training: PD workshops and presentations–at local, provincial, national, and international levels–to school counsellors, non-profit and for-profit counselling agencies (with a particular interest in helping women’s shelters), and the general public. For more information, please click on the green heading in this paragraph.