Colleen Kamps
Colleen Kamps is a clinician, teacher, lifelong learner and parent. In her 44 years of professional experience, she has mostly specialized in trauma, abuse, suicide prevention and intervention, mental health and wellness, and crisis intervention. Her greatest passion is helping others recover from trauma, find stability and return to their inner strength.
Colleen holds an MA in child and youth studies and is a licensed psychotherapist. She is trained in Trauma Assessment and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) and serves as a trainer in SafeTALK (suicide prevention) and as a master trainer in Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST), primarily working with first responders and First Nations communities.
Colleen is a professor at Centennial College, SFU and Toronto Metropolitan University. She is also the education and curriculum development manager at the Tema Foundation.