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ABOUT ME

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I am a social worker who is registered and in good standing with the College of Social Workers and Social Services Workers (Registration #829095). I completed my Master of Social Work from the University of Toronto, and before moving into private practice full-time have worked at CAMH, a family health team in Toronto, and received training at York University.

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Ongoing learning and growth is important to me. Since completing my Masters’ I have received advanced training in the following therapeutic modalities, which I will draw from in our work together:

  • Eye Movement and Desensitization Therapy (EMDR) – 60+ hrs

  • Internal Family Systems (IFS) – 50+ hrs

  • Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) – 40 hrs

  • Dialectic Behavior Therapy (DBT) – 40+ hrs

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), including Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) – 50+ hrs

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBTi)

  • Motivational Interviewing

  • Mindfulness, somatic, attachment and compassion-focused practices.

 

On a personal level, I have explored many forms of meditation, including Vipassana, and am passionate about using mindfulness as a tool for deeper emotional exploration within oneself. When not supporting my clients, I am a partner, parent, friend and daughter. I enjoy biking around town and a good book.  

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I acknowledge with humility that I am a settler of white, colonial privilege who lives, works and finds joy on the ancestral lands of the Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabeg and the treaty lands and territory of the Mississauga of the Credit. This is a place that holds beauty, history, and responsibility. I commit to tending it with care, avoiding harm, and deepening my understanding of its stories—both past and present. This work is guided by a deep respect for the land and those forcefully displaced from it.  

 

©2020 by Kelsey White, MSW, RSW. 

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