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Future Courses and Workshops
On May 6, 2010 Susan was
recognized with a Lifetime Achievement award at the 15th Woman of
Distinction ceremony of the YM-YWCA in Guelph,
Ontario.
(To see the
awards and an overview of Susan's career click here))
Susan is a Registered Marriage and Family Therapist
(RMFT) and a Clinical Member of the American Association for
Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT). She followed her first degree
in Health Education with a Certificate in Gerontology and then a
Master's in Counselling. Following these, she earned a Certificate
in Contextual Family Therapy and completed Level 2 training in
Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).
She continues to study the clinical applications of
attachment theory
to both couple counselling and parent consulting. She is a former
Faculty member and is now a Professional Associate of the Neufeld
Institute. Susan works with Dr. Gordon Neufeld in the
study of attachment and developmental psychology and their
application to parenting and to working with children. She is
authorized by Dr. Neufeld to be a presenter of his work and to
practice as a parent consultant.
As the former Director of
Research of the Neufeld Institute she has been involved in several
evaluation studies of the effectiveness of the Neufeld paradigm, as
well as theoretical papers and the development of questionnaires to
measure attachment. These are listed on the Projects page. Susan is also a thesis
supervisor for the Independent Studies program at the University of
Waterloo.
Susan brings her skills together in unique
ways to help parents to stay in charge of their relationships with
their children. She also works with relationships which are under
stress or breaking; post-traumatic stress and attachment
difficulties. Many of her clients are children and students who are
struggling with discipline or with the demands of school and
university; and she also works with parents to provide them with the
tools they need to reconnect with their children.
Susan is available for presentations,
classes or work with small groups.
For a list of
presentation topics click here.
You can read some
participants' reactions by clicking
here.
Many presentations from 2009 to the
present are listed
here:
 
 
Susan is available for consultation at her office or
by telephone or thru e-mail (susan@dafoe-abbey.com).
Susan's new office location, effective
January 1, 2011:
97 Vaughan Street Guelph, ON, N1G 0B3
(stairs
at side of house to back entrance.)
Directions
to new office.
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All Rights Reserved.
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