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.
Virginia Jahyu
MA, ExAT Trauma to Trust Clinic / Vita Community Living ServicesClinical DepartmentBiography
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. She values the intersectionalities and breadth of human identities, dis/abilities, experience, and creative expressions.
Virginia is one of the founding therapists of the Trauma to Trust Clinic (2018) offered by Vita Community Living Services in Toronto serving adults living with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and dual-diagnosis. She continues to offer virtual expressive arts therapy in private practice, primarily serving racialized and marginalized individuals. Additionally, Virginia is a faculty member of the WHEAT Institute and proudly serves as the Vice President of OEATA.
Her work is centred around relationships and using the arts and dialogue for positive change and transformation.
Virginia’s passion for the arts, accessibility, and equity continues to guide her work.
Languages
- English
Areas of Practice
- 2SLGBTQPIA+ Positivity