With a career spanning over 45 years, Eileen has had clinical experience in hospital, community and private practice settings. She has also served on a number of boards and developed community services to support family health and wellness, both nationally and internationally.  She has had the privilege of meeting and working with incredible colleagues, volunteers and  clients and has had extensive training and clinical experience in the treatment of a number of different areas, some of which are: family therapy, trauma, empathy fatigue, postpartum mood challenges, anxiety, OCD, and low mood. For the past few years she has been a  Faculty  Member at the Centre for Mindfulness Studies in Toronto, Canada, teaching the Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) training program developed by Kristin Neff Ph.D. and Christopher Germer Ph.D. She is a volunteer for the Center for Mindful Self-Compassion holding space for their MSC Peer Support Group that meets monthly online and is attended by trained MSC teachers from all over the globe. She is an author and a published researcher. Her most recent book for parents and children (7-!2 years of age), is How to Tame the Tumbles the Mindful Self-Compassionate Way (2019). Through a delightful story, Eileen introduces parents and children to child-sized MSC concepts and practices. The public’s response to her book has made all the effort devoted to writing it and getting it published extremely worthwhile. Eileen is a member in good standing with the Ontario Association of Professional Social Workers (OASW) and the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers.