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About Erin Kuri

PhD, RP, CCC, CCS, OATR (She/Her)

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I am a Registered Psychotherapist (RP), Registered Art Therapist (OATR), and Certified Canadian Counsellor-Supervisor, practicing in Ontario, Canada. I have completed certificates in Perinatal Mental Health (CC-PMH), Relational Cultural Therapy for Perinatal Populations (CC-RCT), Infant Mental Health, and Trauma Counselling and Assessment.  

I am a Registered Member (Independent Practice) of the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (#001166)  

I have over 15 years of evidence-informed practice experience across community agency and private practice settings. My areas of specialization include attachment, trauma and loss, gender-based sexual violence, emotional support in connection with reproductive planning/ infertility/ reproductive loss/ reproductive healthcare, perinatal/maternal mental health (CC-PMH, CC-RCT), infant and early childhood (0-6) mental health, and adolescent mental health/life transitions. I also specialize in providing clinical supervision and consultation. 

Theoretical/ Practice Approaches

  • Art Therapy

  • Psychodynamic

  • Relational-Cultural Therapy

  • EMDR

  • Trauma and Attachment Informed

  • Anti-Oppressive and Decolonial

  • Integrates Interdisciplinary Feminist theories (Intersectionality, Matricentric, Critical Vulnerability, New Materialisms, Post-Human, Critical Disability, Affect Theory, Arts-Based and Sensory ways of knowing)

  • Social Justice

Training and Qualifications

  • PhD Social Work, PhD Diploma Gender and Social Justice
    McMaster University, Hamilton ON

  • MA Creative Arts Therapies - Art Therapy Option
    Concordia University, Montreal QC

  • BFA, Visual art/psychology
    York University, Toronto ON

  • Graduate Course in Clinical Supervision University of Ottawa, Ottawa ON

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

  • Registered Art Therapist (Supervisor Status) (OATR) Ontario Art Therapy Association

  • Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC) Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association

  • Canadian Clinical Supervisor (CCS) Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association

  • EMDR- EMDRIA approved basic training- EMDR Consulting, Roy Kiessling LISW, Toronto ON

  • Canadian Certified Perinatal Mental Health Certificate (CC-PMH)

  • Canadian Certified Relational Cultural Therapy for Perinatal Populations (CC-RCT)

  • Community Infant Mental Health Certificate Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON

  • Advanced Trauma Therapy Certificate - CBT, DBT, Assessment and crisis intervention- Sick Kids Centre for Community Mental Health (Formally the Hincks-Dellcrest Centre), Supervised by Natalie Zlodre Choy, MSW, Toronto ON

  • TREP- Trauma Recovery and Empowerment Profile TREM- Trauma Recovery Empowerment Model Lori Beyer, LICSW, Community Connections (Washington, DC), Toronto ON

  • Non-Traditional Parenting Interventions: The impact of early trauma on parenting roles; Parenting at a Distance
    Lori Beyer, LICSW, Community Connections (Washington DC), Toronto ON

  • Journey to Mental Health: Community Workers Servicing Immigrants and Refugees Hong Fook Mental Health Association, Toronto ON

  • Feminist Leadership Training Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres

  • Diversity in Action: Anti-Oppression Training Women’s Multicultural Centre, Ajax ON

  • Trauma Therapy with Young Mothers who Have Experienced Sexual Abuse- Geraldine Crisci, MSW/ Rosalie Hall, Toronto ON

  • Atypical Maternal Behaviour Instrument for Assessment and Classification (AMBIANCE), clinical application, Dr. Diane Benoit Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto ON

  • Watch Wait and Wonder, Mirek Lojkasek, Ph.D, C.Psych, Sick Kids Centre for Community Mental Health (Formally the Hincks-Dellcrest Centre), Toronto ON

  • Adult Attachment Interview (AAI), Dr. Diane Benoit Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto ON

  • Modified Interaction Guidance (MIG), Dr. Diane Benoit Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto ON

  • Administering the Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ-3)/ Ages and Stages Questionnaire Social-Emotional (ASQ-SE), Chaya Kulkarni, EdD Hospital for Sick Children

  • Brain Gym: Whole Brain Resiliency Brain Gym International

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