ACADEMIC
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION & TRAINING
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION
Canadian Psychological Association. Member.
Canadian Counselling Association.
Ontario Association for Family Mediation (OAFM). Accredited Family Mediator.
Family Mediation Canada (FMC). Accredited Family Mediator.
ADR Institute of Ontario (Canada). Mediator.
Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC).
Workplace Mediation Association. EAP Accredited Mediator.
Conflict Auditors Association of North America. Accredited Conflict Auditor.
PRIVATE PRACTITIONER
My areas of special interests include mediation, men's
issues, adolescence, parenting, sexuality, sexual offence, trauma, pain management, and
family violence. Treatment modalities include Individual, Couple, Family, and
Group Therapy. Other services include Assessment, Mediation, Family Law Arbitration, Family Life Education,
Critical Incident Stress Debriefing, Consultation and Clinical Supervision. Location: Guelph and Wellington, Peel,
London, St. Catherine, and Waterloo Regions. September 1985 to Present.
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) therapist & mediator through Pace Consulting
Group, Inc. Waterloo Region. April 1995 to Present.
Family Life Educator. Out Into The World: Parenting the 6 - 11 Year Old,
Teenager Wannabe: Parenting the 9 - 12 Year Old, Those Challenging Teen Years:
Parenting the 13 - 18 Year Old, Parenting Children with ADHD, and Raising Children
in Canada. September 1990 - Present.
Clinical practitioner with The
Associated Clinical Professionals. Concentration areas included family
therapy, mediation, men who battered and sexual offenders. 1995 to 1997.
Group Therapy Associates (GTA), London, Ontario. Founding member and practitioner
for the delivery of risk assessment, treatment and family mediation of adult
sexual offenders for the London Parole Board (Western District), Correctional
Services of Canada. Co-led two treatment groups weekly. January 1993 to June
1996.
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) therapist through Guelph Wellington Counselling
Centre, Waterloo Region. July 1991 to 1993.
THERAPIST/FAMILY MEDIATOR
Lutherwood Assessment & Clinical Resource Centre. Kitchener, Ontario. September 1994 to February 1996. Family mediation and outpatient treatment in individual, couple, family and group therapy. Developed and co-led the Lutherwood Male Adolescent Sexual Offender Group, September 1990 to February 1996. Clinical consultation to other professionals in Waterloo Region, including Waterloo County Public School Board, Family and Children's Services of Waterloo Region, & Waterloo Region Probation Services.
TREATMENT TEAM LEADER/THERAPIST
FAMILY THERAPIST
Rapport Youth & Counselling Inc., Brampton, Ontario. January 1988 to September 1990. Clinical tasks include intake, crisis intervention, individual, marriage and family therapy, and group therapy. Experience working in the following areas: sexuality, sexual offenses, family violence, men's issues, depression, relationship issues, pain and stress management, suicide ideation, parenting, grief, and other personal adjustment issues.COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
A member of Queen Elizabeth Public School Council. Kitchener, Ontario. 1996 to 1998. To provide an advisory role to the school principal and school board trustees in their decision-making on educational matters.PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
Recognizing and Preventing Burnout. Sybase. Waterloo. September 19, 2007.
Child Protection Mediation: An Advanced Certificate Course. Co-/Helper of Joan Sinclair & Kathleen Chapman. 3 Full-Days Certificate Course. Waterloo. December 4 – 6, 2006.
Facilitate the development of Team Vision, Mission Statements & Values of the “Two Rivers Family Health Team”. Cambridge, Ontario. September 21st, 2006.
Opening the Door to Working with Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse: Working Successfully with Adult Survivors. AMVOSA Full-Day Training Workshop, Guelph. May 17, 2006.
Opening the Door to Working with Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse: Therapeutic Best Practices with Adolescent Male Survivors. AMVOSA Half Day Training Workshop, Fergus. April 19, 2006.
Work Place Violence. Regional Municipality of Waterloo, EMS Management Group. Kitchener. May 16, 2005.
Panel: Management of Male Adolescent Sexual Offenders in Family & Children’s Services Care. Family & Children’s Services of Waterloo Region. Kitchener. May 9, 2005.
Conflict Management in the Work Place. World Access. Waterloo. November 5th & 12th 2004.
Crisis Prevention: Managing Potentially Dangerous Situations. Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Provincial Offences Court Administration, August 17, 2004.
Using Family Therapy in Child Protection Cases. WLU Part-Time Master of Social Work Studies. Advanced Clinical Social Work. March 16, 2004.
Successful Supervision: Role of the Supervisor. Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Employment & Income Support, & Social Services, November 12, 2003.
Work Place Violence. Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Joint Health & Safety Committee, October 30, 2003.
Violence in the Work Place. Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Grand River Transit, October 20 - 22, 2003.
Working with Young Male Sexual Offenders. Huron County CAS & Police, Goderich. February 6, 2003.
Conflict Management & Resolution Workshop. D.A.C. Trucking Company. Paris & Walkerton. September 19, 2002.
De-escalating Potentially Violent Situations. Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Community Mental Health Division. September 18 & 20, 2002.
Opening the Door to Successful Therapy with Sexually Abused Males. 24 th Annual Guelph Sexuality Conference. University of Guelph, Ontario. June 19, 2002.
Therapeutic Best Practices with Adolescent Male Survivors. AMVOSA Half Day Training Workshop, Kitchener. May 8, 2002.
Crisis De-escalation Training. Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Social Services Department. April 18, 2002.
Working with Developmentally Handicapped Sexual Offenders. Walkerton Community Support, Walkerton. October 17, 2001.
Understanding & Responding to Potentially Violent Employees in the Workplace
- An Overview. Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Human Resources Department.
June 29, 1999.
Child Pornography, Pedophiliac & the Internet - An Overview. Presentation
to the Waterloo Region Sexual Offenders Treatment Network (Kitchener), Waterloo
Region F&CS. April 15, 1999.
Clinical Work with Asian Clients. A Seminar for Therapists and Occupational
Nurses of Wellington Industrial Medical & Homewood Health Services. Guelph,
Ontario. November 27, 1996.
Sexual Offender Specific Treatment - An Overview. Presentation to the
Master of Social Work graduating class, 1996. Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo,
Ontario. February 29, 1996.
Adolescent Sexual Offender Group Treatment. Presentation to the Social
Services graduating class, 1996. Mohawk College, Brantford, Ontario. November
27, 1995.
Systemic Social Learning Approach to Treatment of Adolescents & Families
in the Milieu. Lutherwood Children's Mental Health Centre, Waterloo, Ontario.
September 5, 1995.
Adolescent Sexual Offender - Engagement & Treatment Issues. A Training
Course for mental health practitioners. Lutherwood Children's Mental Health
Centre, Waterloo, Ontario. November - February, 1995.
Clinical Profiles of Male Adult Sexual Perpetrators. Presentation to
the Waterloo Region Office of the Ministry of Community & Social Services. November
22, 1994.
A Cognitive Behavioral Approach for Group Treatment of Male Adolescent Perpetrators. Presentation to The Sexual Abuse Treatment Program of Family & Children's Services
of Waterloo Region. November 25, 1994.
Assessment & Treatment of Adolescent Sexual Offender. A Training Workshop
for Probation Officers of the Waterloo Region. October 5, 1994.
Gender Issues: Co-Therapy of Male Sexual Offender Group. Presentation
to Child & Adolescent Perpetrators Treatment System (London), CPRI. February,
1993.
LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
English, Mandarin, Hainanese, Cantonese, Hokkien, and Teochew.REFERENCES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST
E-mail me at: jimloh@therapy-corner.com