VITA

Susan Dafoe-Abbey , BIS, MEd
Registered Marriage and Family Therapist

Dafoe-Abbey Consultants,Inc. Office: (519) 829-2232
19-254 Summerfield Dr. Fax: (519) 829-2291

Guelph, On N1L 1R4 Website: dafoe-abbey.com

email: susan@dafoe-abbey.com

Office:
Dafoe-Abbey Consultants Inc.
@Gordon Street Chiropractic Centre
1453 Gordon Street South
N1L 1C9

Present Employment

Parent Consultant
            Neufeld Faculty (December, 2009)
            Authorized Neufeld Presenter
            Authorized Neufeld Practitioner and Parent Consultant

Registered Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice with Dr. David Abbey,
Psychologist, Guelph, Ontario.

Education

Working with Challenging Children; Understanding Alarm; Marriage, Neufeld in Stratford,

Ontario, 2008

Challenging Childhood Problems Level 2 Week Intensive, Montreal, Quebec, 2007

Challenging Childhood Problems Level 1 Week Intensive, Vancouver, B.C. 2007

Troubled Children & Youth Conference, Neufeld in Stratford, Ontario, 2007

Empathy and PTSD, Hincks Dellcrest, Toronto, Ontario, 2006

EMDR to Treat Challenging Clients: Intervening with Core Attachment Problems in

Adults and Families, St. Pete Beach, Florida, 2003

Creative Vision, Educational Kinesthetics, London, Ontario, 2002

Prevention, Management and Treatment of Eating Disorders, Guelph, Ontario, 2002

Affect Tolerance, Attachment and Resource Development: EMDR Trauma Processing,
Toronto, Ontario, 2001

Psychobiology of Trauma, Hamilton, Ontario, 2001

Advanced Educational Kinesthetics: in Depth Training, London, Ontario, 2001.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Monthly Supervision and Study Group,
Guelph, Ontario, 1999-01.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing and Sex Therapy Training,
Toronto, Ontario, 1999.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Training, Level 11, Toronto, Ontario, 1997.

Completed all academic and clinical requirements for the Board of Examiners in
Sex Therapy and Counselling, 1996.

Intensive Sex Therapy Training Institute, University of Guelph, 1995.

Completed research doctoral program in family therapy, Pacific Western University,
Dissertation topic: Predictive validity of the Relational Ethics Scale: a clinical study,1994.

Certificate in Contextual Family Therapy, Institute for Contextual Growth,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1994.

Masters of Education in Applied Psychology (Counselling), University of Toronto, 1991.

Bachelor of Independent Studies (Gerontology and Health Education),
University of Waterloo, 1987.

Certificate in Gerontology, Ryerson University, Toronto, 1985.

Professional Associations

Clinical Member EMDR Association of Canada

Clinical Member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.

Clinical Member of the Ontario Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.

Publications

2008 "Applying the Neufeld Paradigm and Pupil Attendance in an Elementary
School", with David Abbey. Available from the authors.

2008        "Pilot Project Evaluation: Sherwood Public school, Oshawa, Ontario:
                  Neufeld Home Study Intensive - Making Sense of Kids" 42 pp
                  with David Abbey. Available from the authors.

2000 "Sound Possibilities": A series of self-help audio tapes. Available through

www.lulu.com/help1 .

2000 "The role of empathy in teaching and learning" Exploring Human Potential,

Editor: Dr. Peter Gamlin; University of Toronto.

2000 Monthly column: "Ask the Abbey's": Sovereign Lifestyle, Guelph, Ontario.

2000 Occasional contributions, Clinical Reflections: EMDRAC newsletter.

1991 Simcoe County Health and Social Services Evaluation. Ontario Ministry of

Community and Social Services.

1990 Simcoe County Senior Citizens' Health and Service Directory: a Resource

for Long Term Care Planning.

1988 Healthy Living Resource Kit developed from undergraduate thesis: Impact of

Health Planning on the Wellness of The Older Adult. Ontario Ministry of

Community and Social Services.

1986 The Metamorphosis of Fitness for the Older Adult. Ministry of Tourism

Specialty Areas with Relevant Training

Parent Consultation: Helping parents to take back and hang on to their children.

Grief Counselling: Helping clients - in particular children and young adults -
to overcome the pain of loss, grief and trauma.

Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing: a desensitization method which quickly
reprocesses disturbing images and memories - in particular with PTSD.

Child, Couple and Family Therapy as well as Sex Therapy

Employment History

2008-present Parent Consultant

1991 - 07 Child, Couple and Family Therapist, in private practice with Dr. David

Abbey, Psychologist, Orillia, and Guelph, Ontario.

1989 - 91 Senior Citizens' Planner, Simcoe County Administration Centre,

Midhurst, Ontario.

1989 Senior Support Services Coordinator, Family Service Association,

Metro Toronto.

1987 -88 Seniors' Outreach Coordinator, St. Joseph�s Health Centre, London,

Ontario.

1987 Project Coordinator for the Healthy Living Centre, located

at the Woodstock General Hospital.

1982 -87 Trainer for Fitness Ontario (specialty areas, Music, Dance, Stress

Management and Fitness for the Older Adult). Ministry of Tourism

and Recreation, Toronto, Ontario.

1977 -87 Trainer, Adult Educator. Woodstock, Ontario.

Professional Papers and Presentations

2009

Dafoe-Abbey, S. and D. Abbey, (2009) 'Research Primer' Neufeld Conference, Vancouver, BC.

Dafoe-Abbey, S. "When Your Child Says: NO!", for the Guelph-Wellington Early Childhood Educators

                 2009.

Dafoe-Abbey, S. "Understanding the Teenage Brain: Reconciling with our Teenagers" for the 2009
                              Annual General Meeting of the Ontario Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.

Dafoe-Abbey, S. "Cultivating a Safe School" to the Sacred Heart Catholic School community in Guelph,

January, 2009

Dafoe-Abbey, S. Workshops offered early in 2009 included, "Making Sense of Kids: Relationship

Matters" as part of the Children's Mental Health professional development day of the

Wellington County Catholic School Board (WCCSB). Three additional workshops for the

WCCSB were also presented to a group of Educational Assistants (�When Children Say

�No!� �, January 17, 2009; �Understanding Aggression�, February 21, 2009; and

�Attachment and Teachability�, March 7, 2009).

Other community workshops:

Dafoe-Abbey, S. "Facing the Dragon: Making Sense of Stressed Out Kids, Parents and Teachers" (April
4, 2009).

Dafoe-Abbey, S. "Cultivating a Multi-Generational Community of Attachment" (April 17, 2009).

Dafoe-Abbey, S. "Reclaiming Our Kids: Relationship Matters" (June 17, 2009).

Dafoe-Abbey, S. "Facing the Dragon: the high cost of stress on our kids", for the Summit Learning
Centre and Learning Disabilities Association (August 22, 2009).

Dafoe-Abbey, S. October 7, 2009. �Relationship Matters - the Key to Learning� Two presentations as

part of the Parent Learning Fair at Sir Isaac Brock P.S. ,Guelph.

September 16-November 14, 2009. 8-week "Parenting" course.

September 17-November 5, 2009. 8-week "Power to Parent: 3" course.

September 26, 2009. "Secure Parents - Secure Children: Cultivating Adaptability".

2008

Dafoe-Abbey, S .Understanding the Teenage Brain: Aggression and Attachment.

                         Workshop accepted for Ontario Association of Marriage and Family Therapy
                           Annual Meeting, November, 2008.

Dafoe-Abbey, S. When Your Child Says, "No!": Counterwill and Resistance. Guelph, October 18, 2008.

Dafoe-Abbey, S. The Heart of the Matter: Understanding Aggression in Children. Sacred Heart
                           Catholic School Teachers, Guelph, September 16, 2008.

Dafoe-Abbey, S. Heart Matters: Relationships, Key to Success in Cultivating a Safe School.
                           Sacred Heart Catholic School Teachers, Guelph, September 16, 2008.

Dafoe-Abbey, S. Understanding the Teenage Brain. Guelph, August 21, 2008 and June 21, 2008.

Dafoe-Abbey, S. Discipline that Does Not Divide. Guelph, May 29, 2008.

Dafoe-Abbey, S. Understanding the Traumatized Brain. Guelph, April 21, 2008.

Dafoe-Abbey, S. Case-study Presentation, "Understanding Aggression". Family and Child Services
                         of Guelph Wellington. 4 weeks in March, 2008.

Dafoe-Abbey, S. Understanding the Teenage Brain. Association of Parent Support Groups in Ontario,
                           Guelph, March 3, 2008.

Dafoe-Abbey, S. Understanding Kids: Confident Parenting, Confident Teaching. Guelph, March 29, 2008
                         (also Guelph YM/YWCA, October 24, 2007 and Upper Grand District School Board,
                         October 3, 2007).

Pre-2008

Dafoe-Abbey, S. and D. Abbey. (2001). The Role of Attachment, Affect Tolerance and the

use of the Measure of Love Questionnaire. Workshop presented at the Guelph Sexuality

Conference, University of Guelph, Ontario.

Dafoe-Abbey, S. and D. Abbey. (1999). The Role of Contextual Family Therapy

in Premarital Counselling. Orillia, Ontario.

Dafoe-Abbey, S. and D. Abbey .(1997). Contextual Family Therapy and Native Healing Circles.
Workshop presented at the International Contextual Family Therapy Conference.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Dafoe-Abbey, S. and D. Abbey. (1997). How sexual attitudes affect our relationships.
Workshop presented at a Mnjikaning First Nations Community. Rama, Ontario.

Dafoe-Abbey, S. and D. Abbey. (1997). Questioning techniques. Part 1 and 2.
Workshops presented at the Biidaaban Healing Circle. Rama, Ontario.

Dafoe-Abbey, S. and D. Abbey. (1997). Contextual Family Therapy and Native Healing Circles.
Presented at the Ontario Psychological Association meeting. Toronto, Ontario.

Dafoe-Abbey, S. (1996). Ritual and recovery: Designing interventions for children.
Paper prepared for presentation at Healing with Children. Orillia, Ontario.

Dafoe-Abbey, S. and D. Abbey. (1994). "If you didn�t get it.......You can�t give it".
Workshop presented at the Ontario Association for Marriage and Family therapy

Conference, London, Ontario.

Dafoe-Abbey, S. and D. Abbey. (1990). Simcoe County health and social services

evaluation model. Paper presented at the Canadian Association of Gerontology

Conference.Victoria, British Columbia.

Abbey, D. and S. Dafoe-Abbey. (1990). Awareness and use of informal and formal supports.
Paper presented at the Canadian Association of Gerontology Conference.

Victoria, British Columbia.

Abbey, D. and S. Dafoe-Abbey, (1989). Living arrangements and the likelihood of getting help

as one ages: A study of 1475 elderly Canadians. Paper presented at the Canadian

Association of Gerontology Conference. Ottawa, Ontario.

Dafoe-Abbey, S. and D. Abbey. (1989). Social determinants of well-being in older Canadian

adults. Paper presented at the Canadian Association of Gerontology Conference.

Ottawa, Ontario.

Abbey, D. and S. Dafoe. (1988). Empirical test of concepts of Goffman's theory of the total

institution. Paper presented at the Canadian Association of Gerontology

Conference. Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Date of Preparation: January 7, 2010