Education:

University of Lethbridge: Undergraduate Degree in Addiction Counselling

*Courses completed relevant to Coaching and Counselling

• HLSC 1000: Introduction to Addiction Studies
• HLSC 1020: Introduction to Counselling Interview
• HLSC 1220: Introduction to Counselling
• HLSC 1225: Physiology and Process of Addiction
• HLSC 2120: Individual and Group Counselling
• HLSC 2245: Assessment of Addictions
• HLSC 2700: Health and Society
• HLSC 3002: Health Education and Promotion
• HLSC 3120: Family Counselling
• HLSC 3150: Adult Psychopathology
• HLSC 3130: Cultural Context of Addictions
• HLSC 3240: Issues in Addiction and Mental Health
• HLSC 3260: Research Methodology
• HLSC 3420: Ethics in Counselling
• HLSC 3759: Counselling Particular Populations
• HLSC 3749: Studies in Specific Mental Disorders
• HLSC 4200: Community Counselling and Development
• HLSC 4990: Transpersonal Psychotherapy
• PSYC 1000: Basic Concepts of Psychology
• PSYC 2800: Social Psychology
• SOCI 1000: Basic Concepts of Sociology
• SOCI 2500: Deviance, Conformity and Social Control
• SOCI 3310: Sociology of Families
• PHIL 2000: Personal Identity
• RELS 1000: World Religions

 

Experience:

Matt Landsiedel Coaching/Counselling Calgary, AB

Intuitive Life & Spiritual Coach/Counsellor

• Operating a private coaching and counselling practice
• Life and Spiritual Coaching
• Psycho-spiritual Counselling
• Facilitating therapeutic group workshops
• Couples communication/intimacy coaching

Nu Energy Laser & Addiction Services Inc. Calgary, AB

Owner/Operator, Addiction Counsellor, Certified Laser Therapist

• Provide assessment and treatment to clients with Addiction
• Manage business operations

Alberta Health Services Calgary, AB

Mental Health & Addiction Counsellor/Case Manager (Calgary Young Offender Centre – Forensic Adolescent Treatment and Education Program)

• Program Development
• Provide individual, group and family counselling to at-risk youth and their families
• Completion of client assessments
• Developed and executed treatment plans for clients
• Community presentations to educate the public about the program
• Completion of risk assessments using the Violence Risk Scale (VRS)
• Completion of client reports upon intake and discharge

Hull Child and Family Services Calgary, AB

Child and Youth Counsellor – Team Lead (Protection of Children Abusing Drugs (PChAD) Program)

• Provide front line support to high risk youth with mental health concerns, addictions, sexual exploitation concerns, family difficulties and behavioral issues
• Facilitation of counselling education workshops on parenting
• Develop and execute treatment plans
• Motivational Interviewing and Solution Focused Therapies through a strength-based approach
• Collaborate with various community service providers and professionals
• Tobacco Reduction Counsellor for the Safe Directions programs
• Individual/group counselling and family support

Family Ties Lethbridge, AB

Family Preservation Worker

• Therapeutic interventions and informal counselling with families
• Assessing youth/families and identifying strengths and areas of challenge
• Providing resources and supports
• Assisting families with skill development
• Supervised visits
• Parenting skills development workshops

 

Certifications/Credentials:

Canadian Professional Counsellors Association

• Registered Professional Counsellor

Personal Development School – Integrative Attachment Theory Certification

• Certified Integrative Attachment Theory Relationship Coach – completion: 12 weeks

ART International – Authentic Relating Training

• The ART of Being Human – Level 1 – completion: 18 hours
• The ART of Being Human – Level 2 – completion: 18 hours
• The ART of Leadership – Level 3 – completion: 6 days

Santa Tierras Earth Medicine Traditions (Peruvian Shamanism Training)

• Cosmology for Empowerment Series Foundational Program – completion: 2 years

Treatment Implementation Collaborative

• 3-Day Intensive Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) Training – completion: 24 hours

The Change Companies

• Courage to Change 2-day workshop – completion: 16 hours

Forensic Psychiatry Services – Alberta Hospital Edmonton

• Current Practice In-service – completion: 8 hours

Hull Child and Family Services

• Self-harm Workshop – completion: 8 hours

• Comprehensive Crisis Intervention – completion: 24 hours

• Indigenous Awareness – completion: 16 hours

• Introduction to Diversity – completion: 5 hours

• ASIST- Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training – completion: 14 Hours

University of Calgary – Faculty of Social Work

• National Addictions Awareness Week Conference – completion: 8 Hours

University of Lethbridge

• Congruence Workshop and Training: Living from the Center – completion: 21 Hours

• Congruence Workshop and Training: Congruence Couples Therapy – completion: 21 Hours

Alberta Health Services

• Prevention Basics Training – completion: 16 hours

• Forensic Adolescent Program – Structured Assessment of Violence Risk in Youth (SAVRY) – completion: 8 hours

Calgary Family Services

• Effective Co-parenting: Putting Kids First – completion: 8 hours