Adjunct Faculty

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, 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.

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, 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.

Stephen Ticktin, BA, MA (Phil), MD. I am originally from Toronto and did my BA and MA in philosophy here, and then went to medical school initially with an eye to becoming a psychoanalyst. En route, I encountered the writings of R.D.Laing and David Cooper, who properly introduced me to existentialism and phenomenology, which led to a critical perspective as regards psychiatry and psychonanalysis. As a result I went to London England in 1978 to study with the Philadelphia Association (Laing’s outfit).

Crystal Hawk, A.B., M.Ed., is a Gestalt psychotherapist/educator and Therapeutic Touch practitioner in private practice. She has been teaching Therapeutic Touch since 1980, studying continuously with its developers, Dr. Dolores Krieger and the late Dora Kunz, at their Advanced Invitational Healers workshops. She co-founded "The Therapeutic Touch Network (Ontario)", presently serving on its Practitioner Committee; she is a Recognized Teacher of the Network and a Member of its Teacher’s Collective.

Dennis O’Hara graduated from the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College in 1979 and the Ontario College of Naturopathic Medicine in 1986, subsequently teaching at both of these colleges while practising as a chiropractor and naturopathic doctor. He attained a Master of Divinity degree in 1992, awarded conjointly by the University of Toronto and the University of St. Michael's College. In 1998, he completed a PhD in systematic theology (ethics) from the University of St. Michael ’s College.

Dan Merkur earned his doctorate in comparative religion at Stockholm University and has since taught at five universities in the United States and Canada. When his research interests shifted from religious experiences to their long-term impact on personality, he trained as a psychoanalyst at the Toronto Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis. He is currently in private practice in Toronto, Canada. He is also a research reader in the study of religion at the University of Toronto.

Leslie S. Greenberg, PhD, is professor of psychology at York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is the director of the York University Psychotherapy Research Clinic, a founding member of the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration and a past president of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, by which he was awarded their 2004 Distinguished Research Career Award. He was also recently awarded the Canadian Psychological Association Professional Award for distinguished contribution to psychology. Dr.

David Lukoff, PhD, has been involved in transpersonal psychology for over 35 years, serving on the editorial boards of Journal of Humanistic Psychology, Humanistic Psychologist, and Journal of Transpersonal Psychology. He has been co-president of the Association for Transpersonal Psychology since 2002, is a long-time member of Division 32 (Humanistic Psychology) of the American Psychological Association, and was elected a fellow of APA in 2005.