Hi! I am Kristen Lawrance-Brown
Have been counselling in school-based and community mental health settings since 2015
15+ years working with youth, children, neurodiverse individuals and their families
Lived experience with chronic illness/pain and neurodiversity
Bachelor of Kinesiology, Minor in Community Rehabilitation/Disability Studies, University of Calgary
Master of Social Work, University of British Columbia Okanagan
Registered Social Worker, #15002
First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) Mental Health Benefit Provider
Trainings
- San'Yas and multiple other Indigenous Cultural Safety Trainings
- Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: Training in Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment
- Internal Family Systems (IFS) Model: Theory & Skills Practice
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (Beginner and Advanced)
- Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy for Chronic Pain
- Addiction Care and Treatment Diploma, as well as CMHA Youth Substance Use Training
- Jack Hirose and Associates, 3 day CBT and DBT Conference
- Various Social Thinking with Michelle Garcia Winner trainings
- Cutting Edge Strategies for Executive Functioning with Sarah Ward
- FASD: Supportive Ages and Stages
- Integrating Art Therapy into your Play Therapy Practice
- Helping Children with Grief and Loss
- Worries and Woes with Dr. Lynn Miller
- Multiple trainings related to parenting support (Collaborative Problem Solving with Ross Greene, Decoding Preschoolers: A Positive Approach to Chaos, Childhood Anger Working Through Tempers, Therapeutic Play)
.... And several other brief trainings and workshop