Sandra Wieland, PhD.
Registered Psychologist

Individual therapy for children, adolescents, &adults
Consultation for therapists

Clinical Practice

• What is EMDR?
• What is play therapy?
• Parents's role in their child's therapy
• Stopping the Cycle

Types of training and consultation provided:

• Therapy - The Brain's Second Chance (.pdf file)
• The Internalization Model
• Dissociation: Creative Coping
• An Important Form of Therapy for Children - EMDR (.pdf file)

The Centre for Counselling and Therapy

Professional Credentials

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Professional Credentials

After receiving my doctoral training at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, and clinical training at the University of Ottawa, I completed clinical internships at Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, and the Child Study Centre at the University of Ottawa.

Additional Experience 

• Associate Psychotherapist at the Tavistock Clinic in London, England
• Post-doctoral research at the Child & Adolescent Unit of the Maudsley Hospital (supervised by Michael Rutter) in London, England.
• Psychologist, Royal Ottawa Hospital (psychiatric facility)
• Clinical Assistant Professor with the University of Ottawa, Psychology Department
• Founder and first director of the Centre for Treatment of Sexual Abuse and Childhood Trauma in Ottawa (1992 - 1997)
• Consultant psychologist for Tillicum Haus Friendship Centre in Nanaimo (2000-2001)
• Lecturer for Tillicum Haus Training Program (credits for Malaspina College), Nanaimo
• Consultant for therapy programs at Pacific Centre for the Family, B.C. Male Trauma Centre
• Private practice in connection with the Centre for Counselling and Therapy.

I have received specialized training in working with children and adults who have experienced neglect, abuse, and dissociation.

I am trained in the use of EMDR (Level I and Level II)

In addition, I have attended workshops providing training in cognitive and behavioural therapies, play therapy, attachment, and brain functioning.  I meet regularly with colleagues in a play therapy consultation group  and in an adult therapy consultation group to consider particularly difficult cases.

Awards

In 1996 I received the Women of Distinction Award for contribution in the area of Health, Science & Technology in Ottawa.

In 1999, I received a grant from the Association of University & Colleges of Canada to travel to Estonia and Latvia and provide training for child therapist in those countries.

In 2001, I received a grant from the Queen Alexandra Foundation and the Victoria Foundation to establish the Stopping the Cycle Program for children with sexually intrusive behaviours and their parents.

Professional Affiliations:

• College of Psychologist of British Columbia ( registration #1341)
• Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology (registration # 3473)
• Canadian Psychological Association
• International Society for the Study of Dissociation                                                                    - International Committee on Child Dissociation
• EMDR Association of Canada (Board of Directors)
• BC Association of Play Therapy (Board of Directors)
• International Society for Child and Play Therapy (professor status)