Clinical Supervision

Our Supervision Team

• Susan Winter Fledderus, M.Ed, RP, RSW, RMFT

  Susan has more than 20 years of experience in the field of marriage and family therapy, and worked for 13 years as a family counsellor at Family Services Durham prior to joining Shalem in 2011. Susan has extensive experience in working with individuals, couples and families. She offers support to those who are dealing with a variety of presenting issues, including abuse, anxiety, depression, domestic violence, grief, family transitions and conflict, and trauma.

  She completed her undergraduate degree at Redeemer University College and a Master’s Degree in counselling psychology at McGill University. She has additional training in couple and family therapy, and is a registered marriage and family therapist (RMFT) as well as an approved supervisor with the Canadian Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (CAMFT). She is a certified Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) couple therapist. Susan is also a Registered Psychotherapist with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO) and a Registered Social Worker with the Ontario College of Social Worker and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW). She offers clinical supervision for therapists working toward their CRPO or CAMFT certification or other professional designations.

   

• Betty J.B. Brouwer, MSc, RCAT, RP

  Betty has been practicing in the field since 1990. She has worked with adults, children, teens and their parents for over 20 years at Shalem. Betty has completed the advanced-level training with Dr. Daniel Hughes, the founder and leading North American practitioner in Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP), and is a certified practitioner, consultant and trainer in DDP. Betty is a registered art therapist with the Canadian Art Therapy Association and the Ontario Art Therapy Association and is a certified play therapist with the Canadian Association for Child and Play Therapy. Betty holds a Master’s degree in Child and Adolescent Studies from the University of Guelph and has also completed the Masters-level program at the Toronto Art Therapy Institute. Currently Betty is the Board Chair of the Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy International, and is Director of Attachment services at Shalem Mental Health Network.

• Jennifer Bowen, MDiv, RMFT, RP

  Jennifer has been practicing in the field since 1999 and loves her work. She graduated from Tyndale Seminary with a MDiv in Marriage and Family Counselling, and is a registered Marriage and Family Therapist and Approved Supervisor with the Canadian Association of Marriage and Family Therapy, as well as a Registered Psychotherapist with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario. Jennifer started her work in a group practice in Oakville,  and worked at two Family Service of Ontario agencies in Southern Ontario for 10 years. In 2009, she moved to the Shalem Mental Health Network as Clinical Director and therapist. She has practiced from a generalist perspective throughout her career, and some settlings did focused work in abuse recovery, family violence, and in recent years, couple counselling. Her preferred models include Narrative Therapy and Emotionally Focused Therapy, and she strives to hold hope, build good therapeutic relationships and co-author strategies with her clients.