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Diane Holmlund | Registered Psychotherapist (Ontario)

About Diane

Consciously eldering, social justice and arts activist, mother, grandmother, friend, therapist, grower, writer, film lover, contemplative and theologian. Advocate for healing, reconciliation, and humour.

Education

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  • Master of Arts in Ministry and Spirituality (MAinMS), Toronto School of Theology/Regis College, University of Toronto

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  • Bachelor of Independent Studies, Honours, University of Waterloo

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  • Fine Arts, Sheridan College of Applied Arts and Technology​

Professional Credentials

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  • Registered Psychotherapist, RP, College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO) 

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  • Associate Member, Canadian Association for Spiritual Care (CASC), since 2008

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  • Clinical Pastoral Education, certification, Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, U.S.

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  • Brief and Narrative Therapy, Level 1 certificate, Hincks-Dellcrest Centre and University of Toronto School of Social Work, Toronto

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Communities of Practice (CoP)

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  • Spiritual Directors International

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  • Touching the Earth Toronto, Emotion-Focused Mindfulness Practitioners â€‹

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  • Telechaplaincy International

Additional Certifications

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  • Studies in Moral Injury, International Centre for Moral Injury, non-certificate, ongoing, Durham University, UK

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  • Socio-political Grief and Resilience certificate training, Portland Institute for Loss and Transition, U.S.

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  • Listening to Indigenous Voices, non-certificate facilitator training, Jesuit Forum for Social Faith and Justice, Toronto

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  • Religious Trauma and Cult Recovery, certificate and ongoing, Conference on Religious Trauma, and the Religious Trauma Institute, U.S.

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  • To See, to Be, to Do, experiential training in world religions education, ongoing, Encounter World Religions, Toronto

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  • Fundamentals of Hospice Palliative Care, certification, North Simcoe Muskoka Palliative Care Network, ON​​​

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  • Contemplative Cinema, international conference, Imago Arts and Bell Lightbox, Toronto

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  • Spirituality through Art, immersive workshops in contemplative art, Sisters of St. Joseph, Orillia, ON

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  • Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, training, Sunnybrook Health Sciences, Toronto

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  • Music in Medicine, conferences and trainings, Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty of Music; Room 217 Foundation; International Association for Music and Medicine, Toronto and Waterloo, ON

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  • Bereavement Services/Perinatal Loss, certification, Banner Desert Medical Centre/Cardon Children’s Hospital, Mesa, AZ

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  • Doula training, Level 1 certification, Stevenson Memorial Hospital, Alliston, ON

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  • Restorative Justice, training, Community Justice Initiatives, Owen Sound, ON

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  • Buried in Treasures: the nature and treatment of compulsive hoarding, certificate, Institute for Living, U.S, and Hincks-Dellcrest Centre/Gail Appel Institute, Toronto

"Contrary to what we may have been taught to think, unnecessary and unchosen suffering wounds us, but need not scar us for life. It does mark us. What we allow the mark of our suffering to become is in our own hands."

- bell hooks

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