Hi there,
Let me share a bit about me . . .
- Left nursing to focus on helping others to deal with their emotional/psychological pain
- Earned a BA in Psychology and Social DevelopmentĀ Studies (U. of Waterloo)
- Earned a 2 year Masters in Social Work Clinical Concentration (WLU)
- Lecturer in 5 Universities/ Colleges
- Coordinator of the Chemical Dependency Counselling Program (Algonquin College)
- Held many positions including being a Clinician at Wood's Home (for Troubled Youth) as well as Clinical Supervisor and Manager of a Family School Liaison Counselling Service for an entire school board, responsible for its development, resulting in supervising 12 counsellors in 13 school sites (K -12)
- Been in private practice in Ontario and Alberta
Here's stuff that is even more important to me:
- Married, mother of three
- See my clients as people of courage who are willing to be open to change
- Continuous learner earning certificates in Crisis Intervention; Family Mediation; Brief Solution Focussed Therapy; Acceptance & Commitment Therapy; becoming an ACT/Prosocial Matrix Trainer/ Facilitator and a variety of Whole Plant-based Nutritional Studies
- Apply the Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Matrix in my own lifeĀ - so pain and suffering no longer overwhelms me and instead, I take it with me as I move toward who and what is important to me - it has changed my life for the better

Kate McGoey-Smith
DipNrsg, MSW, RSW, FM, Certified ACT/Prosocial Matrix Trainer and Facilitator