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Susan Gamache, PhD
(Mental Health Professional)
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I started studying marital transitions when I was 5. Now as a therapist and educator as well as a Mom who has experienced her own separation, Collaborative Practice allows me the opportunity to contribute to the betterment of the separation and divorce process for children and families.....without ever going to court!
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Private Practice |
| Address(es): |
217 - 3195 Granville St.
Vancouver BC V6H 3K2 Canada
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217 - 3195 Granville St.
Vancouver BC V6H 3K2 Canada
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604-736-8840 |
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604-228-1770 |
| Email: |
gamache@interchange.ubc.ca |
| Website: |
http://www.susangamache.com |
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| Professional Licenses |
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Registered Psychologist, College of Psychologists of BC
Clinical member of American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists
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| General Comments |
Dr Susan Gamache is a Registered Psychologist, Marriage & Family Therapist (AAMFT) and mediator in private practice in Vancouver. She is also a presenter, writer, media consultant and Collaborative Practice divorce coach, child specialist and trainer.
Susan has worked with individuals, couples, families and children in various settings for over 20 years. Her area of most specific focus has been separation, divorce and remarriage. She draws from a wide range of therapeutic approaches, both individual and systemic, utilizing physical, emotional, cognitive, social and spiritual aspects of client’s experience. In addition, she has conducted award-winning research on divorce and remarriage, provided workshops for professionals and for the public and has also appeared on television and radio programs as a consultant in these areas.
Dr. Susan Gamache was the original mental health co-chair of The Vancouver Collaborative Separation and Divorce Group. She has worked in collaborative practice since 1999, conducting training in Collaborative Practice since 2001. She has acted as adjunct professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of British Columbia, co-teaching a full term course (2003, 2004, 2005) on Inter-disciplinary Collaborative Practice with Nancy Cameron, L.L.B. Dr. Gamache is a passionate advocate for the strengths that an inter-disciplinary collaborative practice group can offer separating couples, has written articles and has presented extensively to groups and conferences on the collaborative model. This includes several articles for the Collaborative Review (IACP publication) as well as chapters on divorce coaching, the role of the child specialist, and lawyers and therapists working together in two books on interdisciplinary collaborative practice (Cameron, 2004, published by CLE British Columbia; Gutterman, 2004, Bradford Publishing). Together with Nancy Cameron, she was course co-ordinator for the award winning Collaborative divorce training offered through British Columbia Continuing Legal Education, which won the international ACLEA award for Professional Excellence (top award) in the Best Program category. Susan is a board member with the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals and currently acts as IACP board liason with her local practice group.
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Child Specialist
Divorce Coach
Mediation
Trainer
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| Education |
| Undergraduate Education |
| BA French/Psychology, University of Alberta, Edomonton, AB |
| Post-graduate Education |
MA Counselling Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC
PhD Counselling Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
Awarded Randy Gerson Memorial Grant, American Psychological Foundation for dissertation research on marital transitions (1999)
Awared Presidents' Award for Research, Teaching and Advocacy, B.C. Assn. of Registered Clinical Counsellors (2000) |
| Professional Education |
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| Collaborative Practice Training |
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Training Type |
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Hours |
| 2000 |
Basic Interdisciplinary Training |
Stu, Pauline, Peggy, Nancy |
12 |
| 2003 |
Advanced Interdisciplinary Training |
I was instructor |
12 |
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** I have reviewed the IACP Minimum Standards for Collaborative Practitioners and the IACP Ethical Standards for Collaborative Professionals. I verify that I meet the IACP Minimum Standards for Collaborative Practitioners and that I apply the IACP Ethical Standards for Collaborative Professionals in my collaborative practice.
See IACP Standards >
** I have reviewed the IACP Minimum Standards for Collaborative Trainers I verify that I am a Collaborative Practice trainer who meets those Minimum Standards.
** I have reviewed the IACP Minimum Standards for a Collaborative Basic Training. I verify that the basic training that I offer as a Collaborative Practice trainer meets those Minimum Standards.
IACP does not verify the information provided by the professionals listed in this directory.
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