I am the current president of the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association – Counsellor Educators and Supervisors Chapter. I have served on the executive board of this chapter for over 4 years. I work as a counsellor educator and practicum coordinator at Simon Fraser University, and I also work as a counsellor educator at Adler University in British Columbia. I have been working in counsellor development and supervision for over 25 years. My previous professional work was as a school counsellor in both elementary and secondary schools.

I am President Emerita of Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA) having served on the Board and Executive for 10+ years. In 2009 to 2011, I co-chaired the National Symposium on Counsellor Mobility and worked on the BC Task Group (now FACTBC) responsible for the creation and revision of entry to practice competencies for counsellors. In 2018, I co-chaired the CCPA Clinical Supervision Competency Framework project. I am co-editor of the CCPA published books, Clinical Supervision of the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Profession and co-editor of Clinical Supervision Vignettes, and author of Clinical Supervision of the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Profession Handbook. And my favourite supervision related focus is being Director of Supervision for the CES Chapter and running the Circle of Practice of Clinical Supervision. 

I received my MA in Counselling Psychology from UVic and am currently a PhD candidate in Educational Psychology at UVic. My research explores associations between stress regulation, self-regulated learning, and social emotional and academic outcomes. Integrating clinical and research experience, I recently delivered a project titled Stress Stories to support students to effectively manage stress at school as part of my PhD research. I have worked in postsecondary settings as an instructor, practicum coordinator, clinical supervisor, and counsellor prior to my current adventures as a PhD candidate. Currently in private practice, I support children, youth, and adults across a range of ages and presenting challenges and developed the “Creating Calm” series of workbooks for managing stress and anxiety (2021 recipient of the CCPA Counselling Resources & Training Materials Award). I am passionate about communicating mental health research and practice and have have delivered over 25 public presentations to students, teachers, counsellors and published an article for counsellors outlining the integration of mental health, stress regulation and learning for supporting clients with ADHD. My community engagement has included volunteer counselling for non-profit counselling organizations and engaging in reducing barriers to mental health support by developing and facilitating family anxiety and ADHD support groups, anxiety support groups for at risk youth, and stress management workshops for postsecondary students. 

I am the current secretary and treasurer of the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association—Counsellor Educators and Supervisors Chapter. I work as the program coordinator and a counsellor educator for Acadia’s M.Ed. in Counselling program in Mi’kma’ki (Nova Scotia), as well as a counsellor supervisor and psychologist. I have a research interest in counsellor resilience as well as feminist approaches to counselling and supervision that centre social justice and culturally responsive practices.

I am currently the president-elect of the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association – Counsellor Educators and Supervisors Chapter. I work as a counsellor educator and clinical coordinator for Acadia University’s M.Ed. Counselling Program, which is located in Mi’kma’ki (Nova Scotia), the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaw nation. I am also a registered counselling therapist – candidate and work in private practice. Previously, I have worked as a school counsellor in both elementary and secondary schools. My research interests are in counsellor wellness and resilience, as well as professional counsellor identity development.

Amora Sun is a gender-fluid clinical supervisor and director of Re-Creation Healing Psychotherapy. They specialize in healthy relationships and providing prevention, intervention and postvention therapy for those impacted by intergenerational abuse as a result of colonialism and have 13 years of experience treating the complications of institutionalized betrayal, domestic violence, addictions and recidivism in the criminal justice system.

They are passionate in providing psychological treatment and advocacy for any gendered survivor of sexual, physical and psychological abuse as well as providing psychological treatment and safety planning for perpetrators of domestic violence. It is a privilege to be able to offer support and new ways of thinking in solving problems for those willing to stop and/or exit out of the cycle of violence.

Amora is passionate about serving residential school survivors and their descendants, RCMP, military families and the government workers who interact in larger bureaucratic systems. They are an academic working toward registering as a teaching psychologist as well as a practical Buddhist who is always happy to speak about the bardos with anyone who will listen.

Amora is a settler living on Indigenous lands belonging to the Dene, Tlicho, Gwich’in and Coast Salish peoples. They are continuously listening, researching and paying attention to elders recommendations of modern-day practical acts of reconciliation after years of government injustice against Indigenous Canadians. They speak about what they have witnessed and what research has proven to be effective ways of healing through a lens of objective rationalism (and a healthy dose of compassion).

I am currently one of the Directors Elect – Counsellor Education with the Counsellor Educators and Supervisors Chapter. I work as the Director of Faculty in the Masters of Counselling Psychology Program at Yorkville University where I was previously the Course Lead for Assessment. I have worked as a counsellor educator and adjunct professor at other educational institutions. I am also a Registered Psychotherapist and Canadian Certified Counsellor and have experience in community health, academic, and private practice settings. My research and publications include equity and access to mental health care, stress management, addressing stigma, values-informed leadership in higher education, problem-solving and decision-making, and technology in education.