Professional Development and Community Involvement

Mason Flatla (he/him)

Registered Psychotherapist, Clinic Founder

Professional Development:

  • Professional Member WPATH – World Professional Association of Transgender Health
  • Professional Member CPATH – Canadian Professional Association of Transgender Health
  • Professional Member OSRP – Ontario Society of Registered Psychotherapists
  • WPATH GEI Advanced Mental Health Course (2023)
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Intensive Training Course (2023)
  • CCPA (NCR Chapter) Schema Therapy (2023)
  • Essentials of Trauma Treatment: Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP) Training Course (2023)
  • Queering Mental Health Conference (2022)
  • Cognitive Processing Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (2022)
  • WPATH GEI Foundations Course (2021)
  • Vancouver School of Narrative Therapy (VSNT) Foundations: 5 Day Narrative Therapy Practice Training (2021)
  • Ethics – Writing Ethical, Useful, & Efficient Session Counselling Notes (2021)
  • On the Global Coronavirus Crisis: Steering Ourselves and Our Clients Through New & Developing Traumas (2020)

Community Involvement:

  • Panelist – Healthy Conversations re: Gender Affirming Care (The Ottawa Hospital – 2023)
  • Integrative Healthcare Professionals: Identifying 2SLGBTQIA+ Needs & Fostering Ongoing Discussion (Fullscript – workshop in 2022)
  • Anxiety in Children & Youth (Westboro Academy – workshop in 2022)
  • Class Discussions on Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation (Westboro Academy, grades 5-8 – workshop in 2022)
  • Educational Staff Professional Development – Various Topics in Mental Health (Westboro Academy – workshops in 2020 and 2021)
  • Caring for Yourself workshop at Capital Heritage Connexion

 

Kurtis Herrington (he/they)

Associate Therapist, Registered Social Worker

Professional Development:

  • “Cognitive Processing Therapy” certificate from the Medical University of South Carolina
  • “ACT Essentials – Level 2” certificate from the Association for Psychological Therapies
  • “DBT Essentials – Level 2”  certificate from the Association for Psychological Therapies
  • “CBT – Tools for Thinking Differently” certificate from the Crisis & Trauma Resource Institute
  • “Basic Training in Feedback-informed Treatment” certificate from the International Center for Clinical Excellence
  • “Anxiety – Practical Intervention Strategies” certificate from the Crisis & Trauma Resource Institute
  • Certified in Motivational Interviewing (Level 1 & 2)
  • Certified in Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)
  • Certified in Mental Health First Aid
  • Certified in Collaborative Problem Solving (Tier 1)
  • Certified in the Adolescent Community Reinforcement Approach of addiction counselling

 

Willow Hutchinson (she/they), Associate Therapist

Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)

Professional Development:

  • CCPA member
  • Narrative Therapy through Crisis and Trauma Resource Institute (CTRI)
  • “Decolonizing Practice for BIPOC clients” through Crisis and Trauma Resource Institute (CTRI)
  • “Walking with Grief” through Crisis and Trauma Resource Institute (CTRI)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Taylor Bourassa (She/Her), Associate Therapist

Registered Psychotherapist

Professional Development:

  • Introduction to CBT through the Beck Institute
  • Royal School of Needlework for developing embroidery skills
  • Member of Canadian Art Therapy Association
  • Member of CCPA
  • Member of Mental health professionals of Ottawa

Community Involvement:

  • Led creative wellness workshops on boundaries, emotion regulation  and eco-art therapy through Full Circle Art Therapy
  • Led workshops on stress relief and regulation, and anxiety and creative approaches to anxiety in therapy for Mental Health professionals of Ottawa
  • ‘Body Image and Wearable Art Group’ through Full Circle Art Therapy
  • Columnist for CATA’s online magazine Envisage speaking to mature based practices