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Susan's
new office location, effective April 24, 2010:
1453 Gordon Street S., (side door) at the corner of Heritage
Drive and Gordon.
Directions
to new office
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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 Faculty
member of the Neufeld Institute and works with Dr. Gordon Neufeld in the
study of attachment and developmental psychology and their
application to parenting and working with children. Susan is
authorized by Dr. Neufeld to be a presenter of his work and to
practice as a parent consultant.
Susan brings these 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.
A new series of Question and Answer
sessions as well as parenting classes begins June 8, 2010.
The complete list can be see by clicking here.
She 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.
Presentations during 2009 (to November) are
listed
here:
Presentations: November, 2009 - June,
2010
November 10, 2009 - February 2, 2010. 8-week
"Making Sense of Adolescence" course.
November 21,
2009: "Cultivating a Community of Attachment" at the annual
meeting of the Ontario Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
January 27, 2010: "Parenthood:Giving when the well feels
dry". A community presentation.
February 9,2010:
"Power to Parent - Part 2", an 8-week
course.
February 18, 2010 Susan was the keynote speaker at
the Canadian Safe Schools annual conference, speaking on the topic,
"YOU Matter - Looking Past the Textbook". At the same
conference she also presented a workshop, "YOU Matter -
Cultivating Resilience in Schools".
March 31, 2010:
"Cultivating a Community of Attachment". A
community presentation at the Unitarian Congregation in
Guelph.
April 13, 2010:"Bullies: their making and
unmaking". A 4-week, 8 hour course.
April 14, 2010:
"When your Child says 'No!' ". A community
presentation.
At the Vancouver Neufeld Conference (April
30-May 1, 2010) "Rest, Play, Growth", Susan presented,
"The Neuroscience of Rest",
"Counterwill", and "Cultivating a Community
of Attachment". She also was a co-presenter, with Lynda
Springer from Montana, of "Rest and Restoration for the
Child with Broken Attachments".
Call 519-829-2232 or
e-mail (susan@dafoe-abbey.com) for
information concerning any of these presentations.
 
 
Susan is available for consultation at her office or
by telephone or thru e-mail
(susan@dafoe-abbey.com).
Susan's office is at the corner of
Gordon St. S. and
Heritage Drive, Guelph, ON
1453 Gordon Street South, N1L 1C9
Side Entrance
(519) 829-2232
Directions
to 1453 Gordon Street Guelph, ON N1L 1C8
This site is Copyright Susan Dafoe-Abbey, 2010, All Rights
Reserved.
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Date of preparation of this page:
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