Relational Psychodynamic Neurodynamic Reflective
"Knowledge is of no value unless you can put it into practice" Anton Chekov
Using experiential learning grounded in both your expertise and mine, we will leverage our collective knowledge—your direct familiarity with the client and my twenty years of experience—to enhance and refine your clinical skills.
We will broaden our attention to explore our supervisory relationship. By engaging with the dynamics between us, you will gain immediate experience for navigating similar dynamics with your own clients. The mutuality within our relationship facilitates experiential learning, enabling us to examine how cultural differences and power imbalances intersect within our shared intersubjective space.
ABOUT Susan
​Susan is a graduate of The Centre for Training in Psychotherapy (CTP), a training institute with a concentration in psychoanalytic and psychodynamic approaches. Graduates complete a rigorous program that requires them to participate in their own psychodynamic psychotherapy and group therapy throughout their studies. Designed for mature students, a minimum of 80 hours of personal therapy is required for admission to the program. The training requires a commitment of six and eight years for graduation.
Post-graduation Susan served as the Assistant Registrar for the CTP training community from 2012 to 2015. During that same period Susan was elected to serve on the Board for the Canadian Association for Psychodynamic Therapy (CAPT), where she participated in member education and registration when the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario was proclaimed.
Soon after, Susan was hired by Canada Curriculum Services to review psychotherapy training programs for the CRPO recognition process. This opportunity expanded Susan’s knowledge of psychotherapy curriculum enabling her to supervise beyond her own training experience.
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Susan broadened her scope of practice in 2016 to include couple therapy. She trained in Emotionally focused Therapy (EFCT) with Dr. Sue Johnson, and later completed Levels 1 and 2 of The Gottman Method. Susan integrates psychodynamic and the psychobiology of attachment (PACT) approaches in her work with couples/families.
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In 2019 Susan pursued Advanced Clinical Supervision-Level 3 training with the Adler Graduate Professional School (45+ hours).
Since then she has continued to research supervision models in practice, completed an additional 60+ hours of continuing education in supervision. Dedicated to deepening her supervisory skills, Susan attends a weekly relational supervision training group and is a member of the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association's Supervision Circle.
​​In 2021 the Toronto Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis (TICP) established a student community clinic for their 3 year clinical internship program. Susan developed the clinic's practice guidelines in addition to curating the CRPO's required 30-hour training curriculum for senior faculty supervisors and for the newly hired RP's beginning supervision.
Today, TICP's community clinic continues to welcome new clients for affordable psychodynamic therapy.
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​​Susan's training and experience surpasses the CRPO's professional standards established for qualifying clinical supervisors. (April 1, 2026)
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The CRPO Requirements
The CRPO requires that Psychotherapy students and Qualified Psychotherapists (RPQ) obtain a minimum of one hour of clinical supervision weekly, in individual, dyadic, or group format. Once members achieve RP status (450 DCC hours, 100 hours supervision), the CRPO suggests 1 hour of supervision biweekly. Once RPs have achieved 1000 hours of direct client contact and 150 hours of clinical supervision, they may apply to practice independently.​ (as of April 1, 2026)