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Lynne Cox
Author and Childhood Educator
Lynne's professional career counsels clients regarding their personal issues, couple relationship challenges, and guides them to enhance their parenting skills.
As a relationship counselor, Lynne assists clients to see new ways of approaching life situations that face us all.
As clients recognize and understand the reasons why issues surface again and again they experience personal empowerment.
Using simple yet effective approaches, the cycle ends. Clients see that they can have what they want in their relationships, and in their life.
Parents can assist their children by balancing encouragement, structure, choice and consequence to improve their parent child relationship.
This encourages children to take responsibility for their actions with a sense of willingness rather than with anger or resistance.
Lynne’s clients have had this to say about her personal service:
“My life has changed for the better”
“In all honesty, those were the most valuable and worthy sessions ever! Where we met the greatest satisfaction was in seeing the positive results that emerged from within our family.”
Access her parenting tools www.shininglight.com
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| Barbara Desmarais
Parenting and Life Coach
Barbara Desmarais is a parenting and life coach and works with parents both in groups and privately.
As coaching is mostly done over the phone, her clients come from all over Canada and the United States.
Her typical client is a high functioning, educated parent who is struggling with the day to day challenges of raising children.
Barbara will offer a new perspective, an alternative approach to punishment, support for all the things a
parent is doing right and an opportunity to vent about things that may or may not have a solution.
She is not a psychologist or a counselor. She lends her background in Early Childhood Education,
parent education, life coaching and 24 years of being a parent herself.
Barbara is frequently quoted in “Today’s Parent” magazine and has written many parenting articles
that are widely distributed on the internet.
to visit her website Barb Desmarais
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| Linda Dom
MA, Registered Clinical Counsellor, and Speaker
Linda's professional career counsels clients regarding their personal issues, couple relationship challenges, and guides them to enhance their parenting skills.
Linda is a Registered Clinical Counsellor, with a Masters in Counselling Psychology and specialized training in Family Systems.
As a Therapist in private practice and Parent Education Worskshop Facilitator with local
community and corporate organizations, Linda has extensive experience working with individuals, couples and families. Linda is a former
President of Tom Thumb PPP and is the proud mom of her two energetic preschool boys.
Email: Linda Dom
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Colleen Drobot
B.Ed., Dip. Of Special Education,
Certified Family Therapist (PCFTI)
Colleen Drobot is an educator with the Coquitlam School District as well as a certified family therapist
and parent consultant with a private practice in West Vancouver. She is currently an intern of developmental psychologist
Dr. Gordon Neufeld who is a foremost authority of child development, leading interpreter of the
developmental paradigm, and best-selling author of Hold Onto Your Kids. She has worked with
Dr. Neufeld’s approach for six years and uses his developmental model in her private practice, in
school settings, and for community presentations. Firmly rooted in developmental psychology, this approach
is not technique or behavior based, but rather seeks to make sense of children from the inside out and to
provide insight for those who wish to understand and connect with children of all ages.
Colleen is a mother of two and draws from her personal as well as professional experience to support parents and professionals in gaining insight, opening their hearts and leading by their intuition.
Email: Colleen Drobot
For more information on Gordon Neufeld click here
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Patti Drobot
Certified Family Therapist (PCFTI)
Patti Drobot is a certified family therapist and parent consultant with a private practice in Vancouver.
She has a background in occupational therapy with 20 years of experience as both clinician and educator in the areas of
neurology, psychiatry and community mental health. Patti is currently an intern of developmental psychologist Dr. Gordon Neufeld, who is a foremost
authority on child development and leading interpreter of the developmental paradigm. She practices parenting consultation
and offers community presentations based on his approach.
Patti is also the mother of two school aged children putting her professional experience and knowledge into daily practice as a parent.
Contact her by email at Patti Drobot
Email: Patti Drobot
For more information on Gordon Neufeld click here
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Kristen Gilbert
OPT Educator
OPT Educator and Speaker
Kristen Gilbert is a certified sexual health educator with Options for Sexual Health. With a background in education and theatre, she interacts with youth and adults alike in an engaging and non-judgmental way to address all aspects of sexuality while providing current and factual information. Kristen has taught sexual health classes to students of all ages in schools from Courtenay to Langley. She particularly enjoys “parent nights”,
where she helps prepare parents for the inevitable questions, and empowers them with the
knowledge and resources they need to be successful “Askable Adults”.
For more information on OPTclick here
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Tania Fierro
BA,CPCD,CLCD,MA,
Olympic Athlete, Educator and Speaker
Tania was the youngest participant in Women’s Sailing at the Seoul Olympic Games in 1988 at the age of 16. She
focused,trained and developed important leadership and emotional skills to achieve this goal.
She has a B.A. degree in Philosophy, as well as a Masters degree in Philosophy and Ethics.
She is also a Certified Philosophy for Children Teacher, as well as a Certified Literature for Children Teacher and
is a certified facilitator for The Work of Byron Katie (as seen on Oprah this August). This combination of experience
(leadership, athletics, academics and self-exploration) has made her a uniquely balanced individual. Tania serves as Executive Director at Innerland.
visit her website at www.innerland.ca
See "The Work" at Byron Katie
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Kathy Flood
BA,CPCD,CLCD,MA,
Kathy Flood, B.Ed., M.Ed (Couns. Psych),
Virtues Project Master Facilitator
Kathy Flood is currently an elementary school counsellor with the Burnaby School District
and is a certified Virtues Project facilitator, trained by the founders of the project.
Holding a Masters degree in Counselling psychology, she has extensive training in communication and healing.
Her experience leading virtues workshops is enhanced by ten years of teaching
She has had experience leading groups for both children and adults.
As a mother of four, Kathy practices the virtues with her own family. She has found Virtues Project
concepts and strategies invaluable in family, personal and professional relationships.
See "The Virtues Prjoect" at here
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Carolyn Hart
Elementary Teacher, Educator and Speaker
Carolyn is a mother of two boys, a B.C. Certified (elementary) teacher
and a children’s book reviewer. She is particularly interested in early literacy and most especially
the role parents can play in preparing their children to read. Hundreds of young children have
benefited from her programs; Getting Ready to Read and Beginning to Read which are offered
throughout the year at Richmond community centres. Carolyn’s professional development and
parent education presentations explore ways to raise children who love books, and enjoy reading.
Even with very young children, parents can create a solid foundation for future reading instruction.
For parents of older children, Carolyn’s workshops address ways to counter the impact of television and
computers on our children by bolstering creativity.
visit her website at www.storytimestandouts.com
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Dr. Erika Horwitz
Ph.D. in Counselling Psychology, Educator and Speaker
Dr. Horwitz holds a Ph.D. in Counselling Psychology from the University of British Columbia.
As a psychologist, she offers counselling in private practice to individuals, couples and families. She is also
the Associate Director of Counselling Services at Simon Fraser University. Dr. Horwitz has engaged in academic research that
has explored the experience of mothers. She has been a public speaker and parent educator for the past 17 years.
One of her passions to advocate for mothers and parents’ well being so that they can find healthier ways to navigate their parenting role.
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Jennifer McKenzie
Certified Life Coach and Speaker
Jennifer McKenzie is a certified life and leadership coach with 5 years
experience coaching one-on-one clients, leading workshops and speaking to community groups and organizations.
Her passion is connecting people to issues that matter and inspire them to make a difference.
Clients and workshop participants have called their experiences with Jennifer "provocative, life changing and inspiring".
Jennifer has two young children and was a PPP parent. Jennifer is certified through the Coaches Training Institute
and a member of the International Coaches Federation.
connect with her www.evolutioncoaching.ca
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Kelly Monjazeb
Bachelor of Social Work from the University of Victoria, Virtues Project Facilitator
Kelly holds a Bachelor of Social Work from the University of Victoria and is a certified Virtues Project Facilitator, a United Nations-endorsed program.
She has worked with families for over 20 years and has taught and presented to educators, parents, youth and community organizations since 1995.
Kelly offers speaking engagements and workshops throughout the Lower Mainland, as well as one-on-one consultations. Kelly was born and raised in BC,
and currently lives on the West Coast with her husband of 14 years and their three beautiful children.
Email: Kelly Monjazeb
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Tracie Moser
Certified Coach | Learning and Development Consultant
Tracie Moser became a Certified Trainer of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP)
and then went on to complete the Coaches Training Institutes Co-Active Coaching program and
graduated their certification program making her a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC).
Tracie recently became an Associate Executive Coach with Integra-Leadership, the North American
division of the global coaching firm Inner Call Coaching. Currently, she is pursuing her
Professional Certified Coach (PCC) status with the International Coaching Federation, the governing body for the coaching industry.
visit her website at www.traciemoser.com
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Saleema Noon
B.A., M.A.R
OPT Educator and Speaker
Saleema Noon earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Family Sciences at UBC.
An interest in unplanned pregnancies and the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases
among teens led her to research the quality of sexual health education in B.C. high schools,
earning her a Masters degree in sexual health education, also from UBC. Since 1996, Saleema
has been working with teens, teachers, parents and health care professionals not only on
matters of sexual health, but also in the areas of peer victimization and violence in schools,
assertiveness training, healthy relationships, body image and self-esteem.
She is the co-creator and facilitator of the popular Go Girl! empowerment workshops for girls aged 10-13.
Viewed by the media as a sexual health expert, Saleema is a bi-weekly guest on BCTV Global Noon News Hour,
appears regularly on The Beat 94.5’s Kid Carson Show, and recently appeared in CBC’s Passionate Eye documentary Secrets.
Saleema has also been featured in Canadian Living, Chatelaine along with several other national publications, and is the recipient of
Options For Sexual Health’s 2003 Educator of the Year Award.
See her website at Saleema Noon
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Dana Obleman
Creator of Sleepsense Program
Dana Obleman has been working with children and parents since her student days at King's University, where she completed a B.A. in Psychology (1998), where she concentrated her research on the areas of infant development and family dynamics.
n addition to her degree in Psychology, Dana also holds a degree in Elementary Education from King's University (1999), and is a professional member of the National Sleep Foundation. She currently lives on the West Coast with her husband and three young children.
She launched her successful private practice in 2003, and since then has helped thousands of parents solve their children's sleep problems. Dana's approach focusses on helping parents identify their children's "sleep signals" and establishing routines and schedules based on those signals.
Learn more about the importance of sleep www.sleepsense.net
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Jody Renee Sillence
Author and Inspirational Speaker
Jody Renee Sillence is an author and speaker in the field of personal and spiritual development.
She is a keen advocate for the empowerment of youth,
and is committed to assisting people to awaken to who they are and to achieve their dreams.
Share her journey Jody Renee Sillence
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Cress Spicer
* N.N.E.B.- Diploma-Nursery Nursing, E.C.E, C.B.P. - Certified Bodytalk Practitioner, Certified Reiki Master/Teacher
Childhood Educator and Speaker
Cress has over 18 years experience working in childcare. She has worked in special needs schools, various childcare settings and in the school board. Cress continues to expand her knowledge through studying the areas of Autism, A.D.D,Learning Delays.
Cress currently is working with the Vancouver School Board and manages her own business Infinite Wellness Services of Vancouver.
The company primarily deals with stress management and children’s developmental delays, through incorporating alternative health care.
She has spoken on her knowledge and experiences with both parents, businesses and the general public..
Understand her passion Cress Spicer
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