Registry of CASC/ACSS Certified Professionals

​Registry of CASC/ACSS Certified Professionals in Private PracticeThis registry includes Certified PsychoSpiritual Therapists and Certified Spiritual Care Practitioners of the Canadian Association for Spiritual Care/Association canadienne de soins spirituels (CASC/ACSS) who offer their services to the public in private practice.
The use of this Referral Registry by the public is voluntary, at the user’s discretion, and the user accepts the risks related to the use of the Referral Registry and waives any and all claims against CASC/ACSS.

Newfoundland & Labrador

Peter Barnes, Rev. Dr.

• Grief and Bereavement, Trauma, Spiritual Direction, Palliative Care, Mental Health Support.
• Psycho-Spiritual Therapist, Spiritual Care Practitioner, Spiritual Care Educator
• Eastern Health, 18 Pleasantville Ave., St. John’s Newfoundland and Labrador, A1A1K8
• 709-747-1107 pbarnes555@gmail.com
• www.spiritualpathways.ca
• English, Accepting new clients.

Nova Scotia

Jody Clarke, Rev Doctor

• Grief, Trauma, character disorders, Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy
• Specialist, CASC/ACSS
• Atlantic School of Theology, 660 Francklyn Street, Halifax, NS  B3A 3B5
• 902-425-5315 | 902-492-4048  jclarke@astheology.ns.ca
• English. Accepting new clients.

Quebec

Kamelia Deleva MA Spiritual Care

• Certified Spiritual Care Practitioner, Spiritual Counsellor
• Accepting New Clients: Quebec
• Applied Behavioural Analysis; Art Therapy; Faith-based Counselling; Coaching; Cognitive Behavioural (CBT); Eclectic; Humanistic; Hypnotherapy; Mindfulness-Based (MBCT); Motivational Interviewing; Person-Centered; Positive Psychology;
• All faiths
• Clients Adults; Pre-Teen / Tween (11-13); Children (6-10);Toddlers / Preschoolers;
• Families, Couples, Peer, Social, Workplace; Elderly Persons Disorders;
• Anxiety; Behavioral Issues; Chronic Pain; Codependency; Coping Skills; Depression; Grief and Loss; Hoarding; Life Coaching; Obesity; Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder; Parenting; Relationship Issues; School Issues; Self-Harming;Self Esteem; Sleep or Insomnia; Stress; Suicidal Ideation; 
• English & French
• Spiritual Counsellor since 2015
• MA in spiritual Care, BA in Specialization Psychology and Certified Wellness Coach
• (514) 591-9217 Quebec provinc
• delevakamelia@gmail.com

​Erin Lebrun M.A., M.Th., 

• CASC/ACSS certified spiritual care practitioner / Intervenante en soins spirituels
• erin.lebrun@umontreal.ca 
  
•  1-438-794-3996
• Spirituaire Saint-Lazare,
• Quebec www.spirituaire.ca
• Erin practices a holistic approach that places the clients own innate wisdom at its core. She has 10 years of experience working as a spiritual care professional in various public hospitals in the Montreal area. Erin works with individuals and families in her private practice in the Monteregie.
• Chronic Illness; Chronic Pain; Coping Skills; Grief and Loss; Life Transitions; Stress; Women’s Issues; Thinking Disorders;  Clients Adults; Acceptance and Commitment (ACT); Person-Centered; Family systems theory;
• English and French
• Accepting New Clients: Quebec

Martin Vaillancourt, MA. (Theology and guidance counselling)
Accepting new clients

• Certified Spiritual Care Practitioner / Intervenant en Soins Spirituels Certifié (ISSC)
• Guidance Counselor / Conseiller d’orientation (c.o.) member of "l’Ordre des conseillers et conseillères d’orientation du Québec (OCCOQ)"
• mvaillancourt.projetdevie@outlook.com; 1-514-834-8563
• Telepractice only
• Works with: adolescents and adults
• Spiritual Guidance, Career Guidance, Life Transition, Life Project, Psychosocial Adaptation, Coping Skills, Stress, Anxiety & Emotional Management, Grief and Loss, Chronic Illness & Pain, Men’s Issues; Spiritual, psychosocial and career counseling.
• Modalities include: strategic Interactionist Psychosocial Intervention (IPIS), Development of Power to Act (DPA), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Humanistic / Existential and Faith-based counseling.
• Language: French/Français, Intermediate English
• Location: Montreal
• More than 23 years of experience in spiritual and psychosocial support; Spiritual Care Practitioner in a university hospital environment since 2007; guidance counselor since 2022; commissioned for two years in an ecclesial environment; more than five years as a psychosocial worker in a community setting working with marginalized clients.

Ontario

Gordon Alton

• Spiritual Direction, Psychospiritual Therapist (PST)
• PST Provisional Supervisor-Educator, student of the Diamond Approach (sacred psychology) for 13+ years. Training certificate in Spiritual Direction.
• Employer: Mannheim Mennonite Church, Private Practice 1494 Bleams Rd. Petersburg, Ontario, N0B 2H0
• Telephone: 226-791-2239 gordalton@rogers.com
• https://innerjourneyblog.weebly.com/
• English, Accepting new clients

Robert Bond, Rev.

• Grief, trauma.
• Specialist in Pastoral Counselling, CASC/ACSS.
• Niagara Health System – Welland Site 65 Third Street, Welland, ON  L3B 4W6
• 905-378-4647 ext. 32385  Robert.Bond@niagarahealth.on.ca
• English.

Desmond Buhagar, S.J., Rev.

• Grief, trauma.
• Specialist in Pastoral Counselling, CASC/ACSS.
• Niagara Health System – Welland Site 65 Third Street, Welland, ON  L3B 4W6
• 905-378-4647 ext. 32385  Robert.Bond@niagarahealth.on.ca
• English.
• General counselling for individuals, couples and families. Specializing in work with distressed couples, poor communication, substance and behavioral addictions, complex grief and trauma, mental health and spirituality.
• Full Teaching Supervisor, Canadian Association for Spiritual Care (CASC/ACSS). Full Clinical Member and Approved Supervisor, American Association for Marriage & Family Therapy (AAMFT).
• University Instructor: Regis College, University of Toronto; Training Supervisor: Toronto Centre for Pastoral Counselling Education (TCPCE); Private Practice in Pastoral Counselling & Family Therapy. Regis College, University of Toronto.
• 100 Wellesley St. West., Toronto, ON  M5S 2Z5
• (647) 366-9052  desmond.buhagar@utoronto.ca
• English. Accepting new clients.

Dr.Vicki Cousins, Rev.

• M.Div & MRE in United Church of Canada
• Spiritual Director, Labyrinth Facilitator, Soul Midwife.
• Certifications: CASC/ACSS Specialist, CRPO Registered Psychotherapist.
• Self Employed.
• 3 Glenview Drive, Aurora, ON  L4G 2G7
• v.cousins3@gmail.com | 905-727-7211 | www.spiritualknapsack
• English. Accepting new clients.

Cindy A. Elkerton, Registered Psychotherapist

• Individual, couple and family psychotherapy, Psycho-Education’ Retreat facilitation, spiritual direction.
• Specialist, CASC/ACSS Certified, Associate Teaching Supervisor, CASC/ACSS.
• Private Practice, Yonge St., Toronto, ON
• GTA Toronto, ON
• cindy@papillonpsychotherapy.ca | 416-806-1800 | papillonpsychotherapy.ca
• English. Accepting new clients.

Tracey Hand-Breckenridge, R.P.

• Certified Psycho-Spiritual Therapist and Provisional Supervisor-Educator
• EMDR Therapist, Neurofeedback Trainer, Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy (Level ll Clinician)
• Trauma and attachment focused therapy, depression, anxiety, grief and loss, spiritual concerns, first responders, relationship therapy, chronic and palliative illness
• Lord Dufferin Centre, 32 First St, Suite M3, Orangeville, ON L9W 2E1
• Cedar Creek Counselling:  individual, couple and family therapy.
• 519-940-4357  www.cedarcreekcounselling.ca  tracey@cedarcreekcounselling.ca
• Carley Rawes Centre: flexible fees for young adults living with depression and anxiety   tracey@carleyrawescentre.ca
  226-641-6805   www.carleyrawescentre.ca
• English. Accepting new patients

Mary Jackson

• Specializations: Trauma, Crisis, Deep Loss
• Certification: College for Registered Psychotherapists #004642, Certified Psycho-Spiritual Therapist, CASC/ACSS
• Employer: The Healing Oasis Program, 320 Paling Ave., Hamilton, ON,  L8H5J8
• Telephone: 905 966-0468  thehealingoasis@gmail.com
• www.thehealingoasis.org
• English, Accepting new clients

Sharon Konyen

• Life transitions, grief, loss, despair, emotional wounds, relationship and vocational struggles
• Registered Psychotherapist CRPO; Certified Supervisor Educator CPE and PCE
• Private Practice, TS Medical Centre 692 Euclid Ave. Toronto M6G 2T9 / Church of the Holy Spirit of Peace 1170 Tynegrove Rd. Mississauga, ON, L4W 3B2
• 647-897-6984 | sharonkonyen@gmail.com
• English, Accepting new clients

Kristine Lund, Rev. Dr.

• Individual and couple therapy, supervision
• CASC/ACSS Psycho-spiritual therapist and Supervisor Educator, RP
• Martin Luther University College, 75 University Ave. W., Waterloo, ON  N2L 3C5
• 519-884-0710 x2246     Fax:519-725-2434   klund@luther.wlu.ca
• English, Accepting new clients

Kelvin F. Mutter, Rev. Dr.

• Couple & Family Counselling, Grief Counselling, Inter-cultural Counseling, Family Violence, Sexual Addiction.
• Specialist Pastoral Counselling (CASC/ACSS), AAMFT Clinical member and Approved Supervisor.
• Family Counselling and Support Services.
• 109 Surrey Street East, Guelph, ON  N1H 3P7
• www.familyserviceguelph.on.ca | 519-824-2431 | Fax 519-824-3598
• English, Spanish. Accepting new clients.

Jane Pekar, Rev.

• Marriage, family and individual therapy, mental health issues, spiritual support for individualized rituals of life celebration.
• Specialist PCE.
• Independent consultant associate with Christian Counselling Services.
• 17 Glenfield Cres. Brampton, ON L6S 1W1
• janepekar@rogers.com | 647-242-6352
• English, French. Accepting new clients.

Victoria Pollock MA RSW

• Psychotherapy, Psychoanalysis, Clinical Supervision, Consultation.
• CASC/AAPC Teaching Supervisor.
• AAMFT/OAMFT Clinical Member and Supervisor – Member of Toronto Society for Contemporary Psychoanalysis.
• Adjunct Faculty, Toronto School of Theology, University of Toronto.
• 204 St.George St., Toronto, ON  M5R 2N5
• pollockvt@gmail.com | 647-262-9740
• English. Accepting new clients.

Derek Strachan MDiv, RP

• CASC/ACSS Specialist
•  Registered Psychotherapist, College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario
•  15 years experience helping people improve their emotional and spiritual health
•  Anxiety and coping, Life transitions – relationship, job, death
•  Sexuality and sexual orientation, coming out
•  Health and illness
•  Grief, bereavement and loss
•  Trauma
•  Spirituality
•  Located at College and Jarvis in downtown Toronto · Please contact me directly to arrange an appointment derekstrachan.rp@gmail.com · www.derekstrachan.com
•  English. Accepting new clients

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Brian Walsh, B.A. M.Phil. RP

• CASC/ACSS Specialist and CRPO Registered Psychotherapist.
• Enhancing resilience and growth for care-givers and helping professionals.
• Improve awareness of your emotions, beliefs, and experiences; and how they shape you.
• Explore burnout, compassion fatigue, and secondary trauma.
• Life transitions and trauma recovery.
• Identity and how we story ourselves.
• Presentations, Retreat facilitation, and education on the link between Spirituality, Wellness, Sacred Stories, and our own Narratives.
• Office near Christie Station, Toronto, ON
• www.brianwalsh.ca | 416-657-2220
• English. Accepting new clients.

Mi-Weon Yang, Rev.

• Education of Pastoral Counselling, Individual and Family Therapy, Spiritual Integration.
• Specialist of CASC/ACSS, Clinical Member of AAMFT.
• East Faith Presbyterian Church, 1126 Invicta Drive, Oakville, ON  L6H 6G1
• mi_weon@hotmail.com   |  905-845-2336 | 416-550-7566 | Fax 905-338-0193
• English, Korean. Accepting new clients.

Alberta

Deborah Checkel MICM MDIV RCT

• Certified Psycho-Spiritual Therapist
• CASC/ACSS Certified Psycho-Spiritual Therapist; Professional Member Canadian Counselling & Psychotherapy Association
• Specializations: Individual, Couple, Family Counselling/Therapy; Inter-Cultural Issues; Educator/Supervisor Consultant; Internet Counselling, Certificate in Neuroplasticity and Brain Health, Prepare Enrich Marriage Assessment Facilitator
• Employer: LifeWorks by Morneau Shepell; True-North Counselling Therapy Services
• Street Address: Please inquire
• City: Red Deer, Alberta,
• Telephone: 587.877.9237
• Email: deborah_checkel@yahoo.ca
• Website: https://www.facebook.com/psychospiritualtherapy.ab.ca/?ref=bookmarks
• English; basic French

​Nicole Imgrund

• Specializations:depression, anxiety, grief, life transition, trauma, couples counselling, self-esteem, mindfulness, stress, spirituality.
• Certification: Certified Spiritual Care Practitioner and Certified Psycho-Spiritual Therapist.
• Employer: #204-14 Mission Ave. St. Albert, AB  T8N 1H1
• nicole@riversedgecounselling.com | 780-460-0022 | www.riversedgecounselling.com
• English. Accepting new clients.

British Columbia

Augustine Parattukudi BA, ThM, PhD (Cand) RP, RCC

• Complex trauma, PTSD, Relational issues, Couple Therapy, Anxiety-Depression, Grief, Personal discovery, Chronic Pain
• Registered Psychotherapist (RP) College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO) Registered Clinical Counselor (RCC) British Columbia Association of Clinical Counselors (BCACC) Certified Psychospiritual Therapist, Canadian Association of Spiritual Care (CASC)
• The Compassion Center: Counselling and Psychotherapy (self employed)
• #200-15387 104 Ave Surrey, BC  V3R 1N5
• augustine@compassioncentercounselling.com| 604-773-6319 | www.compassioncentrecounselling.com
• English, Hindi, Punjabi, Malayalam. Accepting new clients.