Credentials and Training

Formal Cedentials

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    Master of Counselling Degree

    City University of Seattle 2020

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    Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology

    Thompson Rivers University 2016

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    Community Support Work Certificate

    Yukon College 2008

Post Graduate (2019-Current)

  • Indigenous Clinical Counsellor - Douglas College

  • Clinical Counsellor and Clinic Owner - Chantelle Sands Therapy (formerly Fireweed Healing)

  • Trauma and Diversity Course Instructor - Justice Institute of British Columbia

  • Clinical Counsellor - Lu’ma Medical Centre Society

  • Educator/Instructor - Family and Community Counselling Program - Native Education College

  • Intern Counsellor - Ciel Community Counselling

Work Experience

Pre Graduate (2009-2019)

  • Community Mental Health Worker - Robins Pharmacy

  • ESL Teacher - Give a Heart to Africa

  • Youth Treatment/Recovery Worker - Mental Wellness and Substance Use Services

  • Child and Youth Government Care Worker - Residential Youth Treatment Services

  • Adult Inpatient Treatment Attendant - Alcohol and Drug Services

  • Summer/Day Camp Counsellor - Child and Adolescent Therapeutic Services

  • Recreation Coordinator - Skookum Jim Friendship Centre

  • Youth Employment Assistant - Skookum Jim Friendship Centre

  • Administrative Assistant - Alcohol and Drug Services

  • Youth Shelter Attendant - Alcohol and Drug Services

  • Intern Teacher Assistant - Individual Learning Centre & Kwanlin Dunn House of Learning

Additional Trainings And Seminars

Continuing learning through formal trainings and informal education is a core value of my practice. I pride myself on being a lifelong student - driven by a deep passion for exploring the meaning of life, the nature of healing and the radical possibilities that emerge in the unknown.

In this section you can find the trainings and seminars I have participated in over the years. I have divided them into themed sections for clearer navigation.

  • Focus: Shifting the lens from individual "pathology" . Exploring the intersections of myth, coloniality, and the 'cracks' in our modern systems.

    • Navigating the Empire of Trauma: Where Do We Go When The Healing Becomes Ill — Báyò Akómaláfé (2026)

    • MBARI: Art Bodies and Care at the End of the World — Báyò Akómaláfé (2025)

    • Decolonizing Attachment Theory — Linda Thai (2025)

    • Decolonize Your Mind / Reclaiming the Sacred — Dra Rosales Meza (2025)

    • The Healing Power of Truth: Confronting Colonial Propaganda — Dra Rosales Meza (2025)

    • Leaning into Liberatory Practice Summit — Reflecting on Justice (2024)

  • Focus: The ethical and clinical application of expanded states of consciousness for healing.

    • Fundamentals of Psilocybin-Assisted Psychotherapy — TheraPsil (2024)

    • Ethical Right Relationship in Psychedelic Therapy (101, 102, 103) — Ethics & Community Support (2023)

    • Microdosing Psilocybin and LSD: Science and Practice — Psychedelic Support (2023)

    • Riding the Wave: Principles of Psychedelic Harm Reduction (2022)

    • Psychedelic Psychotherapy Forum — (2022)

  • Focus: Moving beyond talk therapy to work with the nervous system and the body’s stored wisdom.

    • EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing): Basic Training + Special Populations (2024)

    • Fundamentals of Trauma Recovery: Level 1 Integrative Somatic Therapy Practice (2025)

    • New Dimensions of Trauma Healing: Energy, Neuroscience and Spirituality — (2024)

    • trauma and Addiction — Dr. Gabor Maté (2008)

    • Response-Based Practice — Allen Wade (2016)

    • Risking Connection — Traumatic Stress Institute (2016)

    • What is Trauma-Informed Practice? — Mental Wellness and Substance Use Services (2015)

  • Focus: Collaborative, non-pathologizing approaches that center the client’s story and agency.

    • Justice-Doing in Private Practice — Vikki Reynolds (2021)

    • Aboriginal Narrative Practice — Dulwich Centre Foundation (2024)

    • Group Facilitation: Grief, Loss, and Support — Living Through Loss Counselling of BC (2021)

    • Introductory Motivational Interviewing — Change Talk Associates (2021)

    • What is Narrative Practice? — Dulwich Centre Foundation (2021)

  • ocus: Specialized advocacy and safe service delivery for marginalized and systemic-impacted communities.

    • Queering Mental Health — Our Landing Place (2022, 2023)

    • Trans Rights & Gender Diversity — TransCare BC (2022)

    • San’yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Training — Anti-Racism Program (2021)

    • Working with Sex Workers: Living in Community’s approach to safety and acceptance (2025)

    • Mental Health First Aid Facilitator — Mental Health Commission of Canada (2017)

    • ASIST & Non-Violent Crisis Intervention — Suicide Intervention and Safety (2014, 2015)

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