SUPERVISOR DIRECTORY
In alignment with the new CRPO Supervision Guidelines (April 2026), OEATA is in the process of designing a 30 hour supervision training course.
Anyone with 5 years clinical experience and in independent practice status (1,000DCC, 150+ Clinical Supervision hours, 30 hours of mentorship, training or reading/self learning, has reviewed the CRPO Supervision video, read the new CRPO Supervision Tool and who is a registrant of the CRPO, or who wants to be an EXAT Consultant, or Supervisor may contact info@oeata.ca to be added to our waitlist for our upcoming Spring 2026 course.
OEATA recognizes non-registered Specialty Consultant/Supervisors who have expertise in a specific area or population; as well as Peer Specialists.
As a self-regulating profession, it is up to the Expressive Arts Therapist to evaluate credentials they require in Supervision in relation to registering with their regulatory college.
Daphne Browne
Expressive Arts Therapist
I offer an integrated approach to therapy incorporating the expressive arts, compassion- focused therapy, mindfulness and trauma informed care. My focus is to support clients to feel heard, to de-stress, and to connect to their inner resources and strengthen life skills. Areas of practice are with adults in the areas of life transitions, stress/anxiety and bereavement.…
Michele Dickson
Peer Specialist Consultant
Bio
Michele Anne-Marie Dickson (she/her) is a disabled self-taught multi-disciplinary artist. She works in a variety of
media, including pen & ink, acrylic, water colour, pastels, photography, graphite, and mixed-media. Michele
identifies as someone who has lived experience of mental illness, chronic illness, and a history of trauma. Michele’s
art has dignity, and explores themes of abandonment, risk, and failure.…
Susanne Dorder
RP, PhD Candidate, EXAT
I am a healer who applies expressive arts and psychotherapy in education, research and therapeutic practice. With nearly 20 years of experience empowering individuals and groups, I am passionate about sharing my gift of healing as a member of the Amerindian-Chinese Surinamese and Caribbean diaspora. It is important for me to impart my knowledge in communities where people seek to learn and grow, including schools, community organizations, and healthcare facilities.…
Rowesa Gordon, RP, EXAT
Arts-Based Psychotherapist
Rowesa Gordon, MA, CAGS, Registered Psychotherapist, Former; Director and Core Teaching Faculty at The Create Institute, is an arts-based psychotherapist in private practice who clinically supervises and consults in this field. A graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design, with a Masters Degree in Expressive Therapies from Lesley University, she has a certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies from the European Graduate School.…
Sheri Gundry, RP
RP, EXAT
Sheri Gundry trained as an Expressive Arts Therapist through The CREATE Institute in their Creative Integrative Arts Therapies Training Program. Sheri is a Registered Psychotherapist with The College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO). Deepening skills, Sheri has trained in Trauma, DBT, Dreamwork and Trauma, and Substance Abuse. Sheri has completed some training in the Satir Method, and as a graphic designer, as well as a Bachelor of Theology in Child and Family Ministries.…
Janine Madelyn Hancock
Expressive art therapist/Artist
Janine has been working in the field, professionally, as an expressive art therapist for more than 30 years. She meets clients online and in her studio in Rockwood Ontario at JMH studios.
Virginia Jahyu
MA, ExAT
Virginia Jahyu (she/her/她) is an artist, intersectional hood-feminist, transformative justice facilitator, and expressive arts therapist with a strong interest in rhythmic poetry, arts empowerment, community building, and social justice tuning in from Tkaronto, Treaty 13. She is inspired by liberation healing and is invested in deeper understanding(s) of colonial impacts on mental health and identity.…
Heidi McCurdy
Expressive Arts Therapist, Sound Healer & Voice Coach
Free Your Voice & Healing Self-Expression
Alāna McLeod
I am an expressive arts therapist and trauma therapist currently residing and practicing in Sudbury, Ontario. I have a diploma in expressive arts therapy from The CREATE Institute in Toronto, Ontario and a Master’s degree in expressive arts therapy, with a minor in psychology from The European Graduate School in Sass- Fee, Switzerland. I have also completed Level 1 & 2 in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy from the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute.…
Melanie Nesbitt, RP, EXAT, REAT
Registered Psychotherapist,
Melanie Nesbitt is a Registered Psychotherapist and Board Certified Dance Movement Therapist. She graduated from York University and the European Graduate School. Melanie has over 30 years’ experience working with the arts as a psychotherapist, teacher, and supervisor. In her private practice she sees people of all ages, individually and in small groups. She helps clients deal with trauma, relationship issues, grief and loss; that may lead to stress, anxiety, depression, and panic. …
Elizabeth Norris
Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Dance/Movement Therapist, Dance Movement Therapist Supervisor
Elizabeth, MA, is a Registered Dance/Movement Therapist, Dance Movement Therapist Supervisor and Registered Psychotherapist who holds an eclectic theoretical stance with a focus on Person-Centred and Solution-Focused therapies combined with Chacian dance/movement therapy approach. She has experience working with families of the military community, grief, children on the spectrum, families of children on the spectrum, young adults with special needs, and older adults with varying ability.…
Terri Roberton, RP, BFA, MLIS, ExAT
RP, ExAT, BFA, MLIS
Terri Roberton, (RP, ExAT, BFA, MLIS) is immersed in the arts from various angles having practiced painting, illustration and animation for many years.
Framework
The ExAT framework includes relational, person-centred, experiential, arts-based, somatic, transpersonal, existential, and phenomenological. Using an Intersectional Anti-Oppression Feminist (IAOF) framework, Terri, an Abolitionist Feminist, has worked with clients on the following issues: Confidence, sexuality, stigma, addictions, relationships, trauma, depression, anxiety, isolation; identity, equity, intersecting, or compartmentalized worlds, age, class, image, physical/developmental/emotional ability.…
Elke Rielah Scholz, RP, REAT, MA
Therapist/Author
Third Edition Loving Your Life book , by award winning author, Elke Scholz has everything to do with using art as a drug-free therapy to help youth and adults live life to the fullest as they navigate through life’s trials and tribulations, and maintain a clear and healthy mind, body and spirit. …
Shambhvi Sharma, RP, RSSW
RP, RSSW
I am a Registered Psychotherapist (CRPO) and Registered Social Service Worker (OCSWSSW) with over nine years of experience providing therapy to individuals and couples. I use an integrative approach, drawing from CBT, DBT, Narrative Therapy, mindfulness-based practices, psychodynamic therapy, Gottman Method, and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT). I also incorporate expressive arts and creative movement therapy to support holistic and embodied healing.…
Ayana Spivak, RP, EXAT
Registered Psychotherapist, MA Psychology, Expressive Arts Therapist, Dance/Movement Psychotherapist
Ayana is an EXAT with a solid background in Dance and Movement. She has her private practice in Richmond Hill, ON, providing individual psychotherapy for children and adults. Ayana is a group facilitator with over 15 years of experience in working in different settings with a variety of populations such as refugees, seniors, children and adults with Mental Health challenges and complex disabilities, and individuals with ambulatory disabilities.…
Ms Ellen Eun Young Yang, PhD(c), CAGS, RCC, RCC-ACS, RCS, REAT
The Founder of TTA
Ellen is a Registered Clinical Counsellor, Expressive Arts Therapist, educator, and clinical supervisor with over 30 years of experience supporting neurodivergent individuals and people of all ages. She integrates trauma-informed, neurodiversity-affirming, and culturally responsive care, shaped by her lived experiences with intergenerational trauma, gender-based cultural challenges, and immigration from South Korea to Canada.…