Lynn Hutchinson-Counselor, Parenting Expert, Parenting Coordinator and Social Worker

I hold a Master's Degree in Counseling (Psychology). I am a Registered Social Worker who has worked with parents and children for over 20 years. I have been involved in the Mediation field since 1995, in the Arbitration field since 2006 and in the Coaching field since 2010.

Training:

• Arbitration
• Additions
• Assessment
• Case Assessment
• Child and Adolescent Counselling
• Child Development 
• Child Support Guidelines
• Children Resisting Contact
• Circle of Security 
• Clinical Psychopharmacology
  
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  
• Collaborative Law 
  
• Complex Trauma 
• Conducting Reunification Therapy 
• Consensus Building
• Counseling Psychology
• Couples Therapy
• ​Danger Assessment
• Domestic/ Family Violence 
• Evaluative, Therapeutic and Mediation/ Arbitration Interventions with Separated/ Divorced Families - Practice Note 7 
• Family Law
• Family Restructuring Therapy Workshop
• Family Studies 
• Family Therapy
• Grief and Loss 
• High Conflict Personalities
• High Conflict Co Parenting: Interventions for Children’s Alignment and Resistance 
• Human and Sexual Development
• Mediation 
• Mourning and Trauma 
• Negotiation 
• New Ways for Families 
• Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP)
  
• Non-Violent Communication 
• Parenting Coordination 
• Parenting Capacity Assessments 
• Psychology of Trauma
• Restorative Justice
• Risk Assessment and Threat Management
• SAFER/B-SAFER Overview 
  
• Signs of Safety 
• Social Work 
• Solution Focused Coaching 
• Violence Against Women 
• Workshop Facilitation 

Qualifications:

• Arbitration Certification
• Bachelor of Arts (Psychology/ Sociology)
• Conflict Resolution Certification
• Domestic Violence Danger Assessment Certification
• NLP Certification
• Parenting After Separation Facilitator 
• Parent - Teen Mediator
• Parenting Capacity Assessor
• Practice Note 7 Interventions
• ​Qualified Arbitrator and Mediator
• Registered Parenting Coordinator and Arbitrator
• Registered Social Worker
• Sessional Lecturer - Department of Human Ecology - Family Law (U of A)

Committee Work:

• Child and Youth Interest Group (ACSW)
• Domestic Violence Task Force - International Academy of Collaborative Professionals
• Judicial Review of Practice Notes 7 and 8

Memberships:

• ADR Institute of Canada
• Alberta family Mediation Services 
• Family Mediation Canada
• Psychologists Association of Alberta

Regulatory Body:
Alberta College of Social Workers

The purpose of a regulatory body is to protect the public interest and to ensure the professional working in the field is trained and qualified in their field of expertise.