I have been working with individuals, couples and family members as a Registered Social Worker, Psychotherapist in a variety of professional settings. At The Jean Tweed Centre, I counselled women coping with addiction to substances, gambling and video gaming and related mental health challenges. I provided therapy to health care providers experiencing trauma, anxiety and other emotional challenges resulting from COVID-19 through the Ontario COVID-19 Mental Health Network.
As a consultant with RCM Health Consultancy, I collaborated with a team of health care providers consisting of doctors, nurses and psychiatrists to customize holistic outpatient treatment plans to help individuals, couples and families struggling with complex mental health and substance use issues. I also developed and facilitated customized workshops for companies with topics ranging from the mental health impacts of COVID-19 to how to become a trauma informed workplace.
Currently, in my private practice, I provide therapy to individuals, couples and families struggling with a variety of mental health issues, with a focus on three areas:
- Coping with Chronic Illness
- Relationship Therapy
- Sex Therapy
In addition to these specialty areas, I also work with clients who are struggling with various mental health and daily life challenges such as anxiety and depression.
Education
- Master of Social Work: York University
- Master of Health Science in Health Promotion: University of Toronto
- Honours Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Health & Society: York University
Training
- Emotionally Focused Therapy – Attachment Science in Practice, Psychwire (2020)
- Learning Motivational Interviewing through Deliberate Practice, York University (2019)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Adler Graduate Professional School (2019)
- Intensive Sex Therapy Training Program: Sexual Issues and Clinical Interventions, University of Guelph (2018)
- Emotion Focused Therapy, The Jean Tweed Centre (2017)
- Attachment: Making Meaning of Relationships, The Jean Tweed Centre (2017)
- Introduction to Problem Gambling Phase 2, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (2017)
- G.R.A.C.E Training: Cultivating Compassion in the Human Encounter with Suffering, Hospital for Sick Children (2017)
- Narrative Therapy Training, The Jean Tweed Centre (2017)
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy: Fundamental Skills, OISE, University of Toronto (2016)
- Introduction and Intermediate Skill-Building Workshop in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Institut de Psychologie Contextuelle Inc. (2016)
- Arts-Based Therapy, Women’s College Hospital (2015)
- CBT for Hallucinations and Delusions, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (2015)
- Mental Status Exam Training, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (2015)
- Working Together to Provide Trauma Informed Care, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (2015)
- Recovery from Complex Mental Illness, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (2015)
- Problem Gambling and Concurrent Disorders: Developing Skills for Complex Cases, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (2013)
- Anger and Mindfulness, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (2013)
- Awake for Living: How Mindfulness Can Enhance Addiction Treatment, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (2011)
- Mindfulness and Problem Gambling, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (2011)
- Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (2009)
Publications
Littman-Sharp, N., Weiser, K., Pont, L., Wolfe, J. & Ballon, B. (2013). What if it’s not about a drug? Addiction as a problematic behaviour. In M. Herie & W.J.W. Skinner (Eds.), Fundamentals of Addiction: A Practical Guide for Counsellors (pp. 481–520). Toronto: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.
Neitzert, C.S., Ritvo, P., Dancey, J., Weiser, K., Murray, C. & Avery J. (Sept 1998). The psychosocial impact of bone marrow transplantation: a review of the literature, Bone Marrow Transplantation, 22(5), 409-22.
Weiser, K. (2014). Soul Crush Story: A Resource to Help Raise Awareness of Healthy and Harmful Video Gaming. Problem Gambling Institute of Ontario, Toronto: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.
