Professional Trainings and Publications

Professional Trainings

Internal Family Systems Level 2; an 8 day virtual training; working with shame, anxiety, & depression (March/April 2023).

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Brainspotting; From Freeze to Thaw - Unlocking Trauma in the Body. 3 day virtual training (March 2023).

Certified in Brainspotting by Dr. David Grand, Brainspotting Trainings LLP - (Sept 2022)

IFSCA Advanced Course in IFS with Derek Scott - a two day virtual course (Sept 2022)

Somatic IFS - IFS Institute – led by Susan McConnell - a one day IFS online training (May 2022)

Internal Family Systems Level 1 Professional Training, 18 day training (2021 to 2022).

Brainspotting USA/Dr. David Grand - Brainspotting Phase 4, 3 day training (Dec 2021)

Brainspotting Canada Association - Brainspotting Phase 3, 3 day training (Nov 2020)

Brainspotting Canada Association – Brainspotting Phase 2, 3 day training (Oct 2020)

Brainspotting Canada Association – Brainspotting Phase 1, 3 day training (Sept 2020)

Oshawa Psychotherapy Training Institute –Best Practices Workshop, Trauma Informed CBT (Oct 2019)

Living Works – Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) (June 2019)

Joy Health & Research Centre – Dialectical Behavioral Therapy 35 Hour Training (May 2019)

Canadian Mental Health Association - Introduction to Motivation Interviewing (May 2019)

Research Publications

Black, J., Belicki, K., McCann, A., & Piro, R. (2021) Dreaming of the Deceased After Miscarriage: A Pilot Study. Dreaming, 31(3), 229-243.

Black, J., Belicki, K., Piro, R., & Hughes, H. (2020).Comforting Versus Distressing Dreams of the Deceased: Relations to Grief, Trauma, Attachment, Continuing Bonds and Post-Dream Reactions. OMEGA – Journal of Death and Dying.

Black, J., Belicki, K., Hughes, H., Piro, R., McCann, A., & Emberley-Ralph, J. (2019). Understanding dreams of the deceased. Paper presented to the annual meeting of the International Association of the Study of Dreams, Kerkrade, The Netherlands. “