Heidi Greenfield

Overview:

I have been a therapist for over 30 years and have worked in a wide variety of settings ranging from psychiatric, children’s mental health, family services to private practice. I bring both a wide breadth of therapeutic expertise and a vast depth of therapeutic experience to my work.

 

I presently work primarily with adults in individual, couple and group therapy. I have worked with young children, adolescents, adults and seniors.

I have specialized in working with women who have been victims of sexual abuse, spousal abuse and rape.  I have worked with women individually and in groups to improve their self-esteem, enhance their assertive abilities and improve the critical choices they make to improve the quality of their lives.

I have also specialized in working with men who have been abusive to their partners, helping them with concrete skills such as anger management, conflict resolution and improved communication.  I have worked to help men struggle with their own sense of inadequacy and isolation, to enhance their self-esteem, redirect aggressive behaviours to assertive ones and improve the critical choices they make to improve the quality of their lives.

I have extensive experience in facilitating groups and believe group therapy to be the best kept secret in a therapist’s toolbox.

Intensive Sex therapy Training	University of Guelph, Guelph ON 2014
EMDR	EMDR Basic Training, Long Island NY 2000
CISM	CISM Training, Keflavik Iceland 2000
Divorce Mediation	Mediation Matters, Stamford CT, 1998
Family Advocacy Staff Training	Academy of Health Sciences, U.S. Army, San Antonio, TX, 1996
Solution Focused Brief Therapy	Jewish Family and Child Services, Toronto, Canada 1990-1993
Family Therapy Extern Program	The George Hull Centre for Children and Families 1988-1989
Supervisory Course	Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada 1985
M.S.W.	Wurzweiler School of Social Work Yeshiva University, NY 1983
B.A., Literature	York University, Toronto, Canada 1977

• Director of Sexual Assault Victim Intervention (SAVI) Program developing support programs for victims of sexual assault
• Member of Family Advocacy Committee responsible for developing policy and guidelines for Family Advocacy Program
• Developed and operated Family Advocacy Education Programs for family advocacy prevention
• Developed Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) materials for both Counseling Division of Family Service Center and Family Advocacy Program to meet Accreditation Standards
• Developed new service delivery model focusing on community education, outreach and prevention.
• Developed promotional materials to educate community in respect to a variety of concerns including parenting, conflict resolution, communication, separation and divorce
• Developed philosophy statement and procedural guidelines for reorganization and implementation of Intake service
• Developed self-harm outpatient clinic to assess individuals for suicide risk

• Trainer on a variety of topics including: Family Advocacy, Domestic Violence, Coping with Depression, Conflict Resolution, Anger Management and Assertiveness Training
• Workshop facilitator on Couples Communication, Conflict Resolution, Anger Management, Assertiveness
• Training and courses on Abusive and Healthy Relationships for Adolescents
• Trainer for Inter Agency Committee on Collaboration of Services for Families Where Wife Assault Occurs which sensitizes and educates professional social workers on assessment and treatment issues Consultant and trainer to organizations and public agencies regarding domestic violence
• Presenter on Wife Assault issues and Batterer Treatment Groups at medical conferences, hospitals, social service agencies and community groups
• Presenter at international conferences, universities, equal rights conferences
• Workshop facilitator on treatment and management of difficult patients

RSW  Ontario 808710

Ontario College of Certified Social Service and Social Workers
Ontario Association of Social Workers
Canadian Group Psychotherapy Association
American Group Psychotherapy Association