About Lisa Clendening

CYT, MSW, RSW

My Masters of Social Work degree is from Wilfrid Laurier University.  I also have a Bachelor of Education from Queen’s University and qualifications in Classical Yoga from Mumbai, India.  A Certified Kundalini Yoga Instructor, I am assisting with a Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training in Cambridge this year, with Nirmal Singh and Sat Dharam Kaur, N.D.

I have worked in diverse places, including Japan, the Guelph Correctional Centre, College Heights Secondary School, the Canadian Mental Health Association, the Community Care Access Centre, Therapy Partners, and for Homewood EAP.

In addition to accepting private clients, I am currently an EMDR Certification Associate at the Niagara Stress and Trauma Clinic.  I teach an introduction to Kundalini Yoga for Addiction Recovery at the Bridges to Health Women’s Addiction Recovery program in Kitchener/Waterloo.  I also teach hot and kundalini yoga at Guelph’s Athletic Club.

Additional Training

Some of the  trainings I have attended include:

2009 — EMDR for Clients who Experience Dissociation
2009 — Intermediate Clinical Hypnosis (rapid inductions, pain control)
2008 — Certified Kundalini Yoga Instructor
              (KRI, IKYTA, with Sat Dharam Kaur, N.D.)
2008 — EMDR level 2 (Fraser EMDR Training)
2008 — Kundalini Yoga for Addiction Recovery (4 weekend training)
2007 — Mindfulness for Clinicians (Michael Stone)
2007 — Intermediate Clinical Hypnosis
              (Ontario Society of Clinical Hypnosis)
2007 — Reiki level I and II (Barbara McKell)
2007 — Crystal Healing (Barbara McKell)
2007 — The Toronto Yoga Conference
              Kundalini Yoga, Anatomy and Asana, Anusara Yoga
2006 — Classical Yoga Teacher Certification
              The Yoga Institute, Mumbai, India
2006 — The Toronto Yoga Conference (various workshops)
2006 — Working with Male Adolescent Survivors (C.M.H.A.)
2005 — Non Violent Crisis Intervention Training
              (Cambridge Hospital)
2003 — Trauma Informed Helping Skills (C.M.H.A.)
2002 — Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (C.M.H.A.)

My involvement in the Guelph community has included volunteering at the Community Mental Health Clinic, the River Run Centre, and co-managing and playing on the Guelph Originals II women’s recreational soccer team.

Volunteering for two years at the Yoga in Toronto Conference and Show, has allowed me the opportunity participate in many inspiring yoga workshops given by leading teachers from around the world.

All of these experiences have given me a thorough understanding of the many challenges that people face and ways to overcome them.  I continue to study to enhance my professional qualifications and personal growth.

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