Adjunct Faculty

Janet Crocker

Janet Crocker was a member of the core faculty and the administrative team of the Gestalt Institute from 1991 to 1996, with an active private practice as a therapist working with individuals and groups. In the mid-1990s she shifted her focus to organizations, building on her skills as a facilitator, coach and writer to create a successful career in the field of change management. Recent explorations in expressive arts therapy and the opportunity to teach Gestalt at the Living Institute have rekindled her passion for deep work with individuals and groups.

Alex Munroe

Alex Munroe MSW, RSW, CBT is in private practice in Waterloo, Ontario Canada. He is Coordinating trainer for the Southern Ontario Society for Bioenergetic Analysis, an accredited society of the International Institute for Bioenergetic Analysis (IIBA), is Chair of the IIBA Faculty Committee, and chaired the Scientific Committee for the IIBA 2011 Conference "Integrating Brain, Mind and Body: Clinical and Therapeutic Implications of Neuroscience" where he was also a presenter on the Bioenergetic Approach to Anger and a Keynote speaker.

Andrea Mathieson

Trained as a classical musician before moving into her current work with flower essences in 1995, Andrea is developing the Raven Essence project, a practical co-creative philosophy for healing humanity and working with the earth. Using a uniquely focused intuitive process, she created three hundred flower essences. This journey has taken her deep into Nature’s mysteries and now she is a passionate spokeswoman for the natural world. Her publications include the Raven Essence Manual - A Love Affair with Nature, and Gaia’s Invitation, Poems from the Sacred Earth.

Paul Davis

Paul Davis, BSc. ND, graduated from the U of Toronto in 1977, with an Hon. BSc, Major in Biology. Since graduating from the Ontario College of Naturopathic Medicine, now the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine (CCNM) in 1989, he has practiced Naturopathic Medicine in Toronto. In his practice he focuses on Diet and Lifestyle Counselling, and Clinical Nutrition. He has taught various courses at CCNM, since 1991, including Clinical Nutrition, Physical and Clinical Daignosis, and Emergency Medicine.

Paul Wong

Paul Wong, PhD, was born in northern China, grew up in the British colony of Hong Kong and educated in Canada. He did theology training at the Toronto Bible College (now Tyndale University College and Seminary), and a PhD in psychology from the University of Toronto. He taught at the University of Texas at Austin, York University, Trent University, the University of Toronto, and Trinity Western University. As an ordained pastor, a registered clinical psychologist, and university professor, has practiced integration of psychology and spirituality.

Christopher Sowton

Christopher Sowton, N.D., has been a practicing homeopath and naturopath since he graduated from the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine in 1988. His practice in Toronto is a blend of classical homeopathy and psychotherapy, with an emphasis on dreamwork and depth psychology. As a homeopath, Christopher uses dream material to focus his case analysis and inform the ultimate selection of a remedy. As a therapist he uses dreams to understand how a person’s psyche is trying to evolve, and also how it is blocked or held back from evolving.

Thomas R. Verny

Thomas R. Verny, MD, D. Psych., DHL, FRCPC, is a psychiatrist, writer, lecturer and academic, presently on the faculty of The Santa Barbara Graduate Institute. He has previously taught at Harvard University, University of Toronto, York University, Toronto and St. Mary’s University, Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was director of the Psychiatric In-Patient Service of the Toronto East General Hospital, of the EGO Programme at York University and founder of The Center for Psychotherapy and Education in Toronto.

Kanae Kinoshita

Kanae Kinoshita, MA, is a Spiritual Care Professional/Chaplain in General Internal Medicine/Emergency, TGH.  She joined UHN after working at Bridgepoint Health and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.  Kanae is deeply involved in initiatives which support spiritual care for the health care professional; that promote inter-professional education and person-centred care; that broaden understandings of death; and demonstrate the value of spirituality to positively impact health and well-being.  Kanae facilitates volunteer training in spirituality with several

Mary Ellen Young

Mary Ellen Young is a graduate of the Centre for Training in Psychotherapy (CTP) and has been in private practice since 1997. She has been an active member and an executive officer of the Canadian Association of Psychodynamic Therapy, the Ontario Coalition of Mental Health Professionals and the Psychotherapy Referral Service. She is also a member of the CTP Alumni Association.

Kristin Trotter

Kristin Trotter, PhD has taught in both graduate and undergraduate programs for more than a decade. She has taught in the Psychology Department at the University of Waterloo, as well as in the Master's of Social Work Program at Wilfrid Laurier University. Her primary area of research has been in the area of trauma and refugees. As well as teaching, Kristin is in private practice in the Cambridge/Kitchener-Waterloo area. She is certified with the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) and has worked for many years with families, couples, and individuals.
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