ABOUT JEANNE

Professional Credentials

Registered Psychologist (Registration #3168)

Professional Memberships

Psychologists’ Association of Alberta

College of Alberta Psychologists

Association for Play Therapy

Jeanne is an approved provider for

Alberta Child and Family Services Authority,

Region 6 (Edmonton and Area)

Degrees

Master of Arts in Counselling
Bachelor of Science in Psychology

Experience

Jeanne's desk, and a place for kids to do art Jeanne began working professionally with children in Denver, Colorado, where she worked primarily with inner-city low income children who had experienced early childhood trauma. She also worked closely with her clients’ parents, supporting them in providing for their children’s emotional needs.

Jeanne moved to Edmonton, Alberta in 2004, where she became an associate with Psymetry Psychological and Counselling, Inc. She is now in private practice in Edmonton, and continues to work with traumatised children and their caregivers.

She also works with families who have kids with challenging behaviour.

Jeanne has taught psychology and counselling at undergraduate and graduate schools in Edmonton and Denver as an adjunct instructor. Her courses include Theories of Personality, Integration of Counselling and Theology, Psychology and Christian Thought, and Social Psychology. She is now on the training team of the Alberta Children's Trauma Centre, presenting workshops on childhood trauma. These workshops are tailored to meet the needs of educators, foster care workers, social workers, and others who are in contact with traumatised children.

Before receiving her Master’s degree, Jeanne worked as a First Aid and CPR instructor and instructor-trainer for the American Red Cross. She has also spent many years in professional child care, both as a nanny and as a day care provider.

Community Presentations

Jeanne is available for community presentations on the subjects of parenting, child care, and special needs of children. Following are some of the talks that Jeanne has presented in the past to parents, day care workers, and church staff:

Parenting Workshops

Understanding and Calming Children’s Fears

Insights from Social Science on Child Behaviour and Motivation

Love and Logic Parenting

The Language of Play: Understanding the messages in your child’s play

Child Parent Relationship Therapy (teaching parents to play therapeutically with their children)

Recognizing and Preventing Sexual and Physical Abuse in Children

Working with traumatised children

Personal

Jeanne has an international background, having grown up in Hong Kong, and spent her teen years living in Gaza and attending school in Israel. She is married and has two sons. When she’s not working, Jeanne has a lot of other interests, including reading, playing musical instruments (guitar, piano, and flute), composing and arranging music, biking in the river valley, enjoying Edmonton cultural events, and taekwon-do. She is currently a black-stripe in ITF taekwon-do.