Paul James Registered Psychologist Credentials and Experience Vancouver

I have been a registered psychologist (#00975) in private practice since 1990. I bring experience in the fields of Alcohol and Drug counselling, Mental Health, and Employee Assistance to my practice. My educational background includes a B.A. (McMaster), M.Div. (Vancouver School of Theology), M.A. and Ed.D. (Counselling Psychology, UBC). Because I believe that it is important for counsellors to do their own personal work, I continue to see a counsellor.

In addition to training in Person-Centered and Marital/Family Therapy approaches during my Masters and Doctorate, I completed one year of supervision while working in an Alcohol and Drug Clinic that met the College of Psychologists requirements for registration.

My other training experiences include:

• •American Association of Marital and Family Therapy (1000 hours of supervised clinical work with couples and families accredited by AAMFT)
• •Gestalt Experiential Training Institute ( three year training in Gestalt/Experiential theory and techniques)
• •Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)(completed an outcome study of EFT for my doctoral dissertation, with two published articles about EFT)
• •Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Level 1 and 2
• •Voice Therapy (VT), Level 1 and 2