Christian Counselling, Inner Healing, Art & Play Therapy

S	alem's Christian Counselling Directory of Ontario: Agency Profile
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Christian Counselling, Inner Healing, Art & Play Therapy

Region: Toronto, Niagara and Kitchener-Waterloo

Address:
Cambridge, Waterloo, Mississauga, Burlington & Grimsby offices

Phone: (519) 624-1001
Toll-free: 1-800-461-7173

Web: www.christiancounselling.on.ca

Type of Service: Counselling

List of Services: Individual, couple, child, adolescent and family counselling for abuse, anxiety, attention deficit disorders, PTSD/trauma (children), spiritual abuse, inner healing, conflict management, depression, emergencies/crises, grief/loss, homosexuality, parenting, pregnancy (not abortion); also art & play therapy, theraplay, cognitive counselling, prayer counselling and psychotherapy

Fee Structure: $50-$70 per hour

Title(s)	Work with...	Work setting
Counsellor	Family	Clinic/Agency
Psychiatrist	Group	Private Practice
Psychologist	Individual	Institution
Social Worker	Couples
Therapist

Names of Staff and their Qualifications:

Steve Cadman-Neu, MSW:
Education/Certification:

1987-03: multiple workshops, seminars & conferences on various counselling, Inner Healing & Spiritual Direction topics
1994: Extern Program - George Hull Centre - Etobicoke - 5 months theoretical training & live supervision - plus courses - AAMFT supervisor
1991-94: OAMFT/U of T School of Continuing Studies - 4 AAMFT approved courses
1987: Graduate Diploma in Social Administration - WLU
1987: MSW - WLU
1981: BA - UWO/U of W - Psychology
Member of OASW (Ontario Association of Social Workers)
Past President Canadian Chapter of NACSW (North American Assoc. of Christians in Social Work)

Supervised Training Experiences:

1989-96: 200 + hours of AAMFT approved supervision with 5 AAMFT supervisors; completed all required AAMFT approved courses

Professional Experiences:

1989 - present: Private Practice - individual, marriage & family counselling, Inner Healing
1995 - 1998: Administrator (1/2 time) & one of the Directors/Partners - Skarsten Family Living Centres
1993 - 1995: Administrator (1/2 time) & one of the Directors/Partners - The Institute of Family Living West
1993 - 1995: one of the Directors/Partners - The Institute of Family Living - Toronto
1992 - 1994: Counselling Co-ordinator (1/2 time) - Crossroads Heart To Heart Counselling Centre - Burlington
1989 - 1995: Private Practice - The Institute of Family Living - Toronto
1988 - 1990: Salvation Army/Toronto Police Force - Wife Assault/Domestic Violence “On Call” program - joint interventions with police plus follow-up
1987 - 1988: Salvation Army Anchorage - residential alcohol treatment program
1984 - 1987 : Childrens Aid Society

Heidi Cadman-Neu, M.Div.:
Education/Certification:

2000 - present: Toronto Art Therapy Inst. (TATI) - completed all courses - will be designated a “Professional Art Therapist” with the Ontario & Canadian Art Therapy Associations once thesis is completed
2000 - present: National Inst. for Trauma & Loss in Children (TLC) - PTSD Training - certified “Trauma & Loss School Specialist” & certified “Trauma & Loss Consultant” - 2 more days of training to complete certification as “Trauma & Loss Consultant Supervisor”
2000 - 2001: Theraplay Inst. of Chicago - completed all course requirements - will be a certified “Theraplay Therapist” once supervision requirements completed
2000 - 2001: Canadian Assoc. for Child & Play Therapy (CACPT) - completed all course requirements - will be a certified “Play Therapist” once supervision requirements completed
1997 - 2000: Master of Divinity (M.Div.) in Counselling - Tyndale Seminary
1990 - 1997: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Sociology - McMaster University
Member of CACPT (Canadian Assoc. for Child & Play Therapy)
Member of TLC (National Inst. for Trauma & Loss in Children)
Member of OACCPP (Ontario Assoc. of Consultants, Counsellors, Pschometrists & Psychotherapists)

Supervised Training Experiences:

2000 - present: ongoing supervision by 2 + certified Play Therapist Supervisors
2000 - present: ongoing supervision by 2 registered psychologists (PhD’s)
2000 - 2002: supervision by 2 + registered Art Therapists during placements
1999 - 2000: supervision by a registered psychologist (PhD) during MDiv placement

School Placements:

2001 - 2002: Halton Trauma Centre - Art Therapy placement - physical & sexual abuse
2002: Catholic Childrens Aid Society - Art Therapy placement
2001: Burlington Christian Academy - Art Therapy placement - grades 1-8
1999 - 2000: The Family Centre - M.Div. placement - Individual, Marriage & Family Counselling

Professional Experiences:

2000 - present: Private Practice - Art & Play Therapy, Theraplay, Trauma & Loss/PTSD work with children & adolescents, Womens’ Issues, Marriage & Family Counselling
2002 - present: Halton Trauma Centre - physical & sexual abuse - Art & Play Therapy, Theraplay, Trauma & Loss/PTSD work with children & adolescents
2000 - 2003: Bayridge Family Centre - Art & Play Therapy, Theraplay, Trauma & Loss/PTSD work with children & adolescents, Womens’ Issues, Marriage & Family Counselling
1995 - 2000: Christian Horizons residential counselor - 4 developmentally & behaviorally handicapped male adults - life skills, community integration, behavior/anger/aggression/sexual dysfunction management
June - Aug/97: Lutherwood Cradlelink Program - provided resources for 7 high risk families with infants - unwed mothers & rejected children - between B.A. & M.Div. programs
Sept - Dec/89: Anija Orphanage & Community Work - Dominican Republic - volunteer work with disadvantaged children while I lived at an orphanage
June - Aug/89: Ministry of Community & Social Services - provided welfare services

Mission Statement:
Our goal is to help guide individuals, couples, families & children through their healing processes. We see God as being invested in helping to heal past & present woundings & relationship difficulties, because He cares & these things stand in the way of His wholeness (progressive image of Christ) in us. We see counselling as one piece of how God helps us to get “unstuck” from unhealthy & restricting patterns.

We believe that all truth is God’s truth, & that those who sincerely seek truth will be helped by God to find it, whether they are Christian or not. As such, we are open to learning from & using all forms & elements of counselling, that do not seem to be heading in directions that are contra-indicated by scriptural truth & values. This would include drawing from psychodynamic, systemic, behavioral, cognitive, narrative, addiction/codependency, play & art therapy models, etc..

We also use & integrate elements from a number of Christian Inner Healing models, & try to move with God in a prayer counselling format, with those who are open to this. Ultimately, we believe that Spiritual Direction models are probably the culminating component in this growth & healing process.

We acknowledge the very real danger in Christian counselling of relying on professional models more than on God, & as such giving God mere lip-service as we do our own thing. This problem, however, is equally applicable to using prayer, scripture & Inner Healing models as familiar & comfortable formulas, rather than keeping Jesus as the focus & relying on His gentle movings in our thoughts, feelings & perceptions.

We counsel both Christians & non-Christians within the context of a biblical value base, although we do not push the integration of scripture or prayer where this would be offensive to others. We believe God has called us to be facilitators to the healing process that He is constantly doing in each person. This includes non-Christians, as they seek to sincerely respond to their consciences (Rom. 2:14-15).

We see salvation as meaning “wholeness”, not just in relation to heaven vs. hell, but also here & now in relation to every dimension of our being (emotionally, intellectually, relationally, socially & spiritually). In that we were created in God’s image, we see the process of wholeness as being, us co-operating with God, as He seeks to progressively draw His image & character out of us. We believe that sanctification is God’s ongoing process in all of us, whereby He draws us further & further into the wholeness of the image of Christ, part of which involves healing those things that stand in the way of this.

We are not New Age-ish & do not believe that we are all really God or little gods, merely that wholeness involves being transformed by God, back towards what He intended us to be (1 Cor. 15:45-47). This is a life-long, grace filled journey which we never finish (Phil. 3:12-14), & of which counselling is only a small part. It does not replace or negate our need of the cross of Christ, as we have all sinned & will never be able to perfectly or fully live “in sinc” with God’s image & character in us (Rom. 7:15-25). Jesus alone did this.