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Above Ground Podcast: The Ketamine Diaries
Read More: Above Ground Podcast: The Ketamine DiariesI was invited back to the podcast to talk about my experience with Ketamine therapy and the insights I received that helped me live a rich and fufilling life after a journey with PTSD/Depression.
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Hummingbird Therapy Clinic
Read More: Hummingbird Therapy ClinicI was invited by the clinical director to speak to a group of therapists starting to provide clinical services to 1st responders. I talked about my own mental health journey, raised their cultural awareness of the fire service. I also provided some ideas about how to utilize aspects of the fire service culture to assist…
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Building A Safer and Healthier Public Safety Personnel Community Seminar
Read More: Building A Safer and Healthier Public Safety Personnel Community SeminarI was invited to be one of three keynote speakers discussing various topics relating the 1st responder mental health within the Township of South Stormont and neighboring municipalities. My presentation was:
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Peer Support Training Workshop – New Brunswick Office of the Fire Marshal
Read More: Peer Support Training Workshop – New Brunswick Office of the Fire MarshalThis workshop was conducted in person to teach the Office of the Fire Marshal provincial peer support team training in the Peer And Trauma Support Systems (PATSS) peer support program. The workshop was delivered to 17 participants. This workshop was delivered by myself and a fellow P.A.T.S.S. facilitator. This was a 2 day workshop.
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Clearview Fire and Emergency Services Presentation
Read More: Clearview Fire and Emergency Services PresentationProvided a presentation on my journey with PTSD and symptoms to be on the look out for and lead a post-presentation discussion on mental health in the fire service.
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Mental Health Secretariat Evaluation and Advisory Table (Ontario)
Read More: Mental Health Secretariat Evaluation and Advisory Table (Ontario)Was invited to sit on the Evaluation and Advisory Table of the Mental Health Secretariet under the solicitor General of Ontario to evaluate and advise the provincial government on entities/organizations seeking funding for the delivery of mental health programs targeting public Safety Personnel.
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Courage Wolf Podcast Guest
Read More: Courage Wolf Podcast GuestWas interviewed by Terry Oliver about my PTSD journey including the impacts of stigma on struggling first responders.
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Operation Trauma Recovery Interview
Read More: Operation Trauma Recovery InterviewI had the opportunity to have a great discussion with the host of the Operation Trauma Recovery podcast. We talked a little about my mental health journey and had an amazing conversation about military and 1st Responder mental health and suicide.
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The Messenger Documentary Interview
Read More: The Messenger Documentary InterviewI was interviewed by Pratice Beriault from Anthropos Productions for their documentary called The Messenger. This documentary involves traveling across Canada interviewing various PTSD sufferers learning about their stories, struggles and mental health journey in an effort to help education the public about exactly what PTSD is, how in manifests in people and how it…
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Fireside Chat Interview
Read More: Fireside Chat InterviewI had the opportunity to have a great fireside chat with the founder of the Invisible Wounds organization. This was televised on a local TV station. We talked about some aspects of my own journey, reducing stigma, dealing with triggers and how digital artwork has played a role in my own journey and how that…