Welcome To Dawn Psychological Services!
The hub for counselling ethics:
professional development trainings,
assistance support services, & supervision.
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OUR HISTORY
DPS is owned by Professor Dawn Lorraine McBride, a clinical psychologist since 2001, dedicated to inspiring counsellors to maintain high ethical standards and creativity in their practices. She supports clients and therapists with ethical and clinical challenges, advising agencies on improving care standards. Passionate about helping therapists manage ethical complaints, she guides them in legal interactions. Dawn is also writing "The Big Cs in Canadian Ethics: Care, Consent, & Charting." She specializes in complex psychological cases, including violence. DPS is now staffed by a team of skilled, ethical professionals offering diverse services.
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PD Assistance
We offer 3 types of educational services staffed by those trained and vetted by Dawn McBride, a Canadian expert in ethics:
(1) Rapid Response
(we aim to offer you a slot within 72 hours; e.g., support to deal with a complaint or respond to a court order);
(2) Short-Term Professional Assistance
(e.g., consent form refinement, business coaching, staffing issues);
(3) Educational Circle of Professional Care
(currently waitlisting).
Counselling
We have qualified psychologists available to help individuals aged 15 and older navigate life's challenges. We prioritize offering highly confidential, ethical, skilled, and trauma-informed care, respecting diversity and focusing on your unique needs and perspectives.
Additionally, we offer a RAPID BOOKING SERVICE FOR THERAPISTS to receive the EMDR critical incident stress protocol to emotionally "digest" some of the complexities of being a healer.
YES - we have immediate openings to see a registered psychologist trained in
EMDR & somatic experiencing.
Trainings & Events
DPS has a growing and diverse team to offer training focused on:
(1) Relational Ethics
(e.g., charting, consent, boundary issues)
(2) Counselling-Clinical Interventions
(e.g., trauma; expressive arts; ego/part state work via Transactional Analysis; reducing self-harm, "counsellor PD toolbox day"; & our highly sought-after group therapy process-based training- 1 day or 3 days).
Additionally, DPS delivers keynote addresses
and presents at various conferences.
CAP Supervision
We offer CAP-approved supervision, on a sliding fee scale, in these competency areas:
(1) Clinical/Counselling - all age groups
(includes informal assessment);
(2) Systems Therapies
(e.g., group therapy, family & couple therapy) & helping organizations using social psychology & TA principles;
(3) Teaching Competency;
(4) Research Competency; &
(5) Supervision of Supervision Competency.
YES - we have openings to provide
external primary or secondary supervision.
