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Training and workshops.

Ongoing learning keeps my work current, so your child gets care shaped by what the research and the clinical field currently support.

Education

Degrees.

2014
Master of Arts
University of British Columbia
1997
Bachelor of Fine Arts
University of British Columbia

Play therapy

Foundation training and specialized workshops.

2022
Canadian Association of Play Therapists: Play Therapy Foundation Training
180 hours across 25 courses, including family play therapy, filial therapy, Theraplay, sandtray, attachment, trauma and art-based therapy in a play therapy setting.
See the 180-hour curriculum+
Introduction to Play TherapyPlay Therapy History, Models and ProcessEthical Practice in a Play Therapy SettingAssessment and Treatment PlanningFamily Play TherapyNon-Directive Play Therapy and Introduction to Filial TherapyTheraplay as a Play Therapy ModelAttachment Theory and TherapySandtray TherapyBrain Research and Child DevelopmentUnderstanding Traumatized ChildrenApplying Play Therapy Tools in the Treatment of TraumaPlay Therapy with Abused ChildrenCreating an Inclusive and Culturally Competent PracticeStorytelling in a Play Therapy SessionUnderstanding and Treating Anxious ChildrenTreating Disruptive Behaviour ProblemsPuppetry in a Play Therapy SettingPlay Therapy with AdultsGroup TherapyPlay Therapy for Children and FamiliesCoping with LossCase ApplicationArt Therapy in a Play Therapy SettingVicarious Trauma and Self Care
2022
Beyond Cultural Competency: Helping Play Therapists Practice Cultural Humility
British Columbia Play Therapy Association
2022
Good Trouble: Moving from Ally to Accomplice in the Playroom
British Columbia Play Therapy Association
2022
Gathering Our Medicine: Cultural Rituals as Emotional Playgrounds
British Columbia Play Therapy Association
2022
Empowering Neurodiversity: Dismantling Ableism In and Out of the Playroom
British Columbia Play Therapy Association

DIR Floortime

Relationship-based developmental training.

2021
DIR 101: Introduction to DIR and DIR Floortime
2021
DIR 201: Floortime Basic Practitioner Certificate
2022
DIR 433: Using Music in Floortime

Early education and development

Early childhood education and infant development.

2022
Infant Development and Supported Child Development Practitioner Certificate
University of British Columbia, Faculty of Education
2007
Early Childhood Education and Infant Toddler Teaching Certificate
Pacific Rim Early Education Institute

Workshops and continuing education

Neurodiversity, couples, cultural safety and child welfare.

2021
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Athabasca University, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
2021
Learning
Athabasca University, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
2021
Adolescent Psychology
Athabasca University, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
2021
Theories of Counselling and Psychotherapy
Athabasca University, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
2021 to 2022
Ethical Standards for Mental Health Service Providers
Yorkville University, Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology
2021 to 2022
Group Counselling
Yorkville University, Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology
2021 to 2022
Couples and Family Systems
Yorkville University, Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology
2021 to 2022
A Biopsychosocial Approach to Counselling
Yorkville University, Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology
2026
Child and youth interview skills
Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia
2026
Collaborative decision making in child welfare
Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia
2023
Child protection advanced topics
Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia
2023
Collaborative and Proactive Solutions: 2-Day Virtual Training
Dr. Ross Greene, Lives in the Balance
2022
Gottman Method Couples Therapy, Levels 1 and 2
Gottman Institute
2022
Empowering Neurodiversity (END) Model, Introduction Course
FASD Institute
2022
San'yas: Indigenous Cultural Safety Training
Provincial Health Services Authority

Upcoming training

Registered through Riverdale Mediation Training.

Oct 2026
Screening for Power Imbalances Including Intimate Partner Violence
21 hours
Feb 2027
Basic Family Mediation
40 hours
Apr 2027
Basic Parenting Coordination
14 hours
Apr 2027
Advanced Family Mediation
21 hours
May 2027
Advanced Parenting Coordination
14 hours

Publications

2015
Understandings of Emotional Salience in a Preschool Classroom
Wallberg, P. University of British Columbia.
2012
Experiencing Active Citizenry: The right to an equal vote
Wallberg, P. In Fleet et al. (Eds.), Conversations (pp. 143-158). Pandemelon Press.
2011
The Rights Project: How Rights Education Transformed a Classroom
Wallberg, P., and Kahn, M. Canadian Children Journal of Childhood Studies, 36(1), 31-35.

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