Katrina Moore-Pettersson Counselling
MSW, RSW
Education, Training, and Experience
Before I became a therapist...
I worked in diverse mental health care settings, including
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Practicing massage therapy at a cat ski lodge
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Supporting youth on multi-day wilderness trips
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Working with adults in an addiction recovery centre
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Supporting young parents with mental health and life skills
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Collaborating with youth and adults with diverse-abilities
I stay accountable to you through...
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Monthly clinical supervision
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Ongoing professional trainings
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Regular peer supervision
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Doing my own work...I go to therapy regularly and sit in circles and ceremonies to nurture my own healing and growth
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Lots and lots of research and reading in my spare time!
I am a lifelong learner, and here is some of what I've studied along the way...
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Master of Social Work- Wilfrid Laurier University
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Bachelor of Social Work - University of Victoria
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Bachelor of Arts (Psychology Major) - Carleton University
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Roots of Ritual: Grief Tending Foundations Training - The Dark Woods of Grief (March-June 2026)
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Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner Training (a body-based modality for working with trauma) - Somatic Experiencing International
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Nature-Based Therapy in Practice - Human Nature Counselling
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Complex PTSD Consultation Group (ongoing) - Carly Goodfellow
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San'yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Online Training
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Grief and Nature - Center for Nature Informed Therapy
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Somatic Parts Work Therapy - LaDonna Silva
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Counselling Survivors of Sexual Violence - Cedar Moon Counselling
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Understanding Eating Disorders - BC Association of Clinical Counsellors
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Introduction to Internal Family Systems - Suzanne Luxemburger
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Grief Counselling - Wilfrid Laurier University
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Clearheart Trauma-Informed Bodywork Certification - Clearheart Bodywork
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Living Sustainably in Community Internship - O.U.R. Ecovillage
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Permaculture Design Certification
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Wilderness Leadership Training - Outward Bound Northwest