Region: Kitchener-Waterloo

Address:
Offices in Kitchener and Waterloo
30 Duke Street West
Suites 1002 & 1003
Waterloo, ON N2H 3W5

Rhonda Kane, R.N., B.Sc.N, MTS, P.C.C. (sole practitioner):

Education/Certification:

Master of Theological Studies in Pastoral Care and Counselling
Bachelor of Sciences Degree in Nursing
EMDR advanced training (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing): one of the most important methods for treating trauma.
Registered member of the College of Nurses of Ontario # 85 36229
Affiliate Member of the AAMFT # 111581

Supervised Training Experiences:

Counsellor Intern, in a Supervised Pastoral Education Practicum: Sept. 9, 2004-May 16, 2005, Acquired Brain Injury Unit, St. Joseph’s Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario

• Provided Spiritual Care as a member of a multidisciplinary team devoted to the assessment and rehabilitation of individuals presenting with the dual-diagnosis of ABI and psychiatric disorder. Worked collaboratively with social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists, psychometrists, rehabilitation therapists, nurses, and general physicians.
• Effectively utilized a variety of counselling models including Cognitive Behavioural, Narrative, Solution-Focused and Existential Therapy in caring for ABIP clients.
• Connected with varying religious heritages, while drawing on beliefs, values, and rituals to creatively facilitate healing in ABIP clients.
• Worked deeply, effectively, and meaningfully with violent and addictive personalities while garnering respect for her authority as a pastoral counsellor.
• Did a research project on a clinical assignment which won an award from the Society for Pastoral Counselling Research (SPCR). This work was presented at a professional conference in Windsor, Ontario, and picked up for publishing in the Australian Journal of Counselling, Psychotherapy and Health in 2006.

Professional Experiences:

Professional Counsellor in Private Practice Grace Counselling Services, Waterloo, Ontario: June 4, 2006 to present.

• Counselling provided to individuals and families with a focus on bereavement, traumatic loss, and sexual abuse.
• Extensive work with clients with pregnancy and pregnancy loss as a trigger to the re-experience of previous trauma and disruptions of attachments.
• Multiple clients suffering from the remorse and guilt after abortion.
• In-depth work with adolescent grief and the impact of parental grief.
• Developing skills for the treatment of mourning complicated by post-traumatic stress.
• Experience with survivors of suicide

Paraprofessional Pastoral Counsellor September, 4 2001- June 4 2006, Waterloo, Ontario

• Individual Prayer Counselling, Theophostic approach with clear CBT under-pinning.
• Has ethically negotiated multiple relationships at work within religious and community settings through consultation with colleagues, supervision and specific protocol.

Public Health Nurse: 1986-1999, Simcoe County District Health Unit, Barrie, Ontario.

• Partnered with many agencies such as the Canadian Mental Health Association to deliver a wide range of services including: crisis intervention, individual and group counselling, development of self-help groups, building coalitions, and providing in-service education to front-line workers and agency staff.

Awards:

Recipient of the Gold Medal for Academic Excellence awarded to the top master’s student at Waterloo Lutheran Seminary, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, 2006.

Recipient of the St. Joseph’s Grant for Clinical Research in Spiritual Care, Hamilton, Ontario, 2006.

Published Works:

Kane, R. (2006), Hope Beyond the Hurt: Spirituality and the Dual Diagnosis of Acquired Brain Injury and Psychiatric Disorder, Counselling, Psychotherapy, and Health, 2(1), 1-19, April 2006.

Kane, R. (2005), Professional Review of Rothschild, Babette, The Body Remembers Casebook: Unifying Methods and Models in the Treatment of Trauma and PTSD, New York, W.W. Norton. 2003, Sciences pastorals/Pastoral Sciences, 24(1), 178-181.

Kane, R. (2004), Professional Review of Thomas, Frank & Cockburg, Jack, Competency Based Counselling: Building on Client Strengths, Minneapolis, MN, 1998, Sciences pastorals/Pastoral Sciences, 23(2), 181-184.

Professional Development/Training:

Additional graduate level course inGrief Crisis and Pastoral Care (TH663A), winter, 2007, Waterloo Lutheran Seminary, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario.

Successful completion of Part 1 training in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), 26 hours, August 09, 2007 to August 12, 2007 (Part 2 Nov.1/07) Soon to be completed!.

Currently pursuing a graduate level Diploma of Spirituality in a Health Care Setting, at Waterloo Lutheran Seminary, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario.

 

My theoretical and philosophical orientation is based on the work of many teachers, trainers, and mentors over the years, enhanced by my own experience of relationships and life. I operate with knowledge and understanding of the diverse range of mainstream counselling approaches though primarily trained as a family systems therapist. Predominantly I draw my approaches from Family Systems Therapy of Virginia Satir, differentiation concepts of Murray Bowen, Structural Family Therapy of Salvador Minuchin, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy of pioneers Robert Ellis and Aaron Beck and more recently Arnold Lazarus., Solution Focused and Narrative therapy drawn from the work of Steve deShazer, Michael White and David Epston which are based strongly on a social constructivist philosophy, and of course Contextual Therapy of Boszormenyi-Nagy with its existential, systemic and intergenerational dimensions. I practice with feminist post-modernist values.

Integrating spiritual subtleties from years of studying the Bible, Maslow, Buber, Yalom, Frank, and Jung, I emphasize rites of passage, rituals, the exploration of values and ethics. I probably practice more from the Transcendental or Subjective Model of Contextual Theology. I am specially trained as a pastoral counsellor to address the unique spiritual needs of clients. I have a particular interest in specializing in Trauma therapy and have trained extensively in the theory and practice of EMDR.

I have the confidence and skill to reflect on my professional practice, seek supervision as necessary, and am committed to undertaking further education and training.