My Professional Experiences & Training

I'm a registered psychotherapist (RP) with over 15 years of professional practice.

I provided psychotherapy for several years in youth mental health agencies, including a provincial residential youth treatment program in BC and a youth day treatment program in Toronto. I now work in private practice. While I now offer mainly “talk” therapy, my background is in music therapy. I completed my Bachelor of Music Therapy at Capilano University and my Master of Music Therapy at Wilfrid Laurier Univeristy. I'm a clinical member of the Ontario Society of Registered Psychotherapists. While I don’t practice music therapy anymore, my background in it for sure influences my playful, arts-inclusive and out-of-the-box ways of working as a therapist.

Professional Trainings Completed

  • Certificate in DBT, 86 hours (with Shelley McMain, University of Toronto);

  • Advanced Case Conceptualization in DBT, 29.5 hours (with Shari Manning, Treatment Implementation Collaborative);

  • Antiracism in DBT, 12 hours (with Faria Kamal & Marcus Rodriguez)

  • Counselling Ethics: Informed Consent, 8 hours (with Dawn McBride)

  • Counselling Ethics: Session Notes, 8 hours (with Dawn McBride)

  • DBT with Adolescents and Their Families, 31 hours (Broadview Psychology);

  • Ego State Therapy Foundations, Level 1, 20 hours (with Wendy Lemke)

  • Intermediate (Level 2) Clinical Hypnosis, 20 hours (with Wendy Lemke)

  • Fundamentals (Level 1) of Clinical Hypnosis, 20 hours (with Wendy Lemke)

  • Conceptualization & Treatment of Dissociation, 12 hours (with Dolores Mosquera & Natalia Seijo)

  • EMDR Therapy Basic Training, 81 hours (with International Society for the Study of Trauma & Dissociation);

  • Somatic Embodiment & Regulation Strategies, 12 hours (Linda Thai, Collectively Rooted);

  • Level 1 Trauma Counselling Certificate, 40 hours (Hincks-Dellcrest Institute);

  • Parent Resources for Information, Development & Education: Adoption in Ontario, 25 hours (Adoption Ontario);

  • Foundations of Trans-Positive Counselling, 6 hours (Rainbow Health Ontario);

  • Narrative Therapy Certificate, 30 hours (Hincks-Dellcrest Institute);

  • Over 100 additional hours in workshops and supervision in narrative therapy (Narrative Therapy Centre).

In addition to the above, I regularly attend shorter trainings that range from 60min to single-day in length.

Regular Clinical Consulting

While I am licensed for independent practice of psychotherapy by the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO), I choose to engage in at least 4 hours per month of clinical consultation with other registered health professionals who practice psychotherapy, and also some consultations as-needed with front-line harm reduction / shelter workers. I think this is really important for maintaining responsible, ethical and skillful practice. I engage in the following regular clinical consultations:

  • I meet biweekly (i.e., every 2 weeks) for 90min with a peer team of fellow DBT psychotherapists in private practice;

  • I meet monthly with a senior consultant with expertise in DBT and BPD.

Alejandra Lindan, MMT, RP (they/them)

Registered Psychotherapist #001976

alejandra@lindan.ca