Please contact Linda Crocket at psychologicalsafetyfirst@gmail.com for a discussion, to arrange a consultation, and/or proposal.

Linda Crockett has a master’s degree in clinical social work (34 years), somatic experiencing trauma therapist, prolonged exposure to PTSD practitioner, who specializes with cases of workplace harassment. She has offers services to leaders, HR, complainants, witnesses, and respondents throughout all stages. Linda is the founder of The Canadian Institute of Workplace Bullying Resources(CIWBR ) as well as the Canadian Institute of Workplace Harassment & Violence (CIWHV), a non-profit organization. She offers assessments including risk, work culture, psychological injury assessments, respondent assessments, treatment plans, referrals, coaching, strategizing next steps, a complaints triage model, and she advocates on the prevention of work-related psychological injuries.

Linda’s work included education, interventions, preventions, and restorative / recovery options for employers, employees (groups or individuals), including complainants, witnesses, and respondents. She offers a holistic perspective to the diverse, multi-layered, complex cases of workplace harassment and violence. Linda has created an award-winning full-service resource for leaders and staff, groups or individuals, HR, OHS, Investigators, Unions, Insurance, and more.

Linda uses a coach/therapist combination model in her practice to address cases ranging from; information calls, crisis interventions, coaching individuals or teams, counseling, trauma therapy, return to work and/or duty to accommodation, and she is an external contracted counselor with WCB. Employers and individuals can contact Linda for appointments directly.

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Francine Wilson-Symbaluk is a psychologist residing in Hinton, Alberta. She has been working in the mental health field for 25 years, and currently operates a private counselling practice offering in person and telehealth options. Francine is guided by a Humanist approach to counselling and identifies as integrative, applying a variety of therapeutic modalities. Specific to trauma therapy, she is certified to provide Somatic Experiencing and is currently studying Accelerated Resolution Therapy on this subject. Francine is a spouse, a mother of three and has two young grandchildren. She enjoys her personal time with family and friends, attending yoga, photography, gardening, and volunteering in the community.

Francine completed her undergraduate degree in Psychology and Sociology in 1990, focusing her research on stress in the workplace relating to shift work. Her interest in this developed during her summer student experiences working for a large oilsands project in Fort McMurray. After she graduated from university, it was during her first employment opportunity that she experienced bullying by her superior over a period of a few months. With her support system, she was able to overcome the emotional and mental pain she endured and integrated this experience into her work as a therapist.

Francine has worked in the employment and post secondary education fields leading to the development of her own practice offering employment preparation and job placement services as a Life Skills Coach. While in these counselling environments Francine maintained her interest in and supported healthy workplaces. She has worked in operating a not-for-profit, grassroots Employee and Family Assistance Program.

Francine felt she had come full circle in her career supporting employees and their families, often facing stress related illnesses. After meeting Linda Crocket of the Canadian Institute of Workplace Bullying Resource (CIWBR), Francine was thrilled to see her work in Alberta in educating the public, workplaces, and employees, and offering support to those experiencing symptoms of bullying and harassment. Francine gravitated to this and has applied many of the skills taught by Linda. Since then, Francine has accessed workshops with the CIWBR to maintain and fine tune her skills in working with this population of individuals. Her interest in this work and care for those targeted continues.

Katie Wicik has completed training with the Canadian Institute of Workplace Bullying Resources (CIWBR). She has a specialization in supporting those who are injured due to workplace psychological harassment and psychological violence. Katie is also a certified trainer with the Canadian Institute of Workplace Bullying Resources. She has over 25 years of mental health and addictions experience working in hospital, educational, community, and private practice settings. For the past 10 years Katie has worked exclusively with parents, couples, and families. Katie offers specialized support and coaching for parent, couple, and family relationships where one member has a diagnosed pre-existing mental health condition.  Katie has teaching and research experience in University, College, and hospital settings. She has been a media health specialist presenter and highlighted in various media outlets. Throughout her career she has served on several Board of Directors in addition to executive and philanthropic committees that have a focus on women and children, healthcare, and community.  Katie completed the Couple and Family Therapy Studies Advanced Certificate with distinction at the University of Guelph and Canadian Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (CAMFT). She completed an M.Ed with distinction in Special Education and Counselling from Brock University and a B.A. (Hons) from the University of Toronto in Psychoanalytic Thought.  Katie has a passion for ecotherapy, in addition to walk and talk therapy, and values the therapeutic benefits of being outdoors and with nature.

Nancy Hurst is a registered psychologist dedicated to assisting people in creating happier and more fulfilling lives. She has over 30 years of experience helping people through difficult times and has now completed the Canadian Institute of Workplace Bullying Resources training for therapist. Nancy helps employees harmed by the painful and demoralising effects of workplace bullying. People also see Nancy with symptoms of burnout, depression, and anxiety after trying to manage in a toxic work environment. They may have lost faith in themselves, and their strengths after being subject to abuse, and require time to heal. Nancy offers a soft place to land that is warm, safe, and accepting to help navigate the next steps and facilitate healing. She integrates several therapeutic modalities adapted for the unique personality and circumstances of each individual and includes Somatic experiencing, EMDR, Hakomi, and CBT.