Credentials and Professional Affiliations:
Triena graduated in 1999 from Ryerson University with a Bachelor's Degree in Social Worker (BSW) with a minor in Public Administration. She worked for Children's Aid Societies (2000-2012), Toronto Police Victims Services (1998-2000), and a variety of community based services that supported persons with a dual diagnosis (1997-2001). Triena earned her Masters Degree in Social Work (MSW) at York University in 2004 and was awarded the Gerry Erickson Book Prize for Best Research, for her research on "The Role of the Protection Worker in Recidivism in Child Welfare." In 2006 (2006-2023) Triena was called to the Clinical Panel of the Office of the Children's Lawyer (OCL), conducting Section 112 Assessments, Voice of the Child reports, and providing Clinical Assists to OCL Counsel. Parallel to Triena's empanelment with the OCL she simultaneously began a career in education assuming the role of Attendance Counsellor for the Separate Board (2006-2007) and School Social Worker for the Public Board (2007-2023).
In 2015 (2015-2023) Triena became trained as a Family Neutral/ Family Professional within Collaborative Law and began service as a Child Consultant and Mental Health Professional assisting children and families, within Family Law, navigating separation and divorce within collaborative, litigation, and mediation/arbitration dispute resolution processes. Triena has testified in criminal and family law proceedings related to her service in child welfare and family law. She has spoken at parent literacy conferences, clinical practice groups, public health trainings, academic institutions, law firm professional development, collaborative law practice groups, and legal conferences, including and not limited to the Family Dispute Resolution Institute of Ontario (FDRIO) Conferences, Ontario Association of Family Mediators & Ontario Association of Collaborative Professionals (OAFM-OACP) joint conference, and the Law Society of Ontario training. Triena has also been featured as a guest on the Mediation Station, Fenten Mediation and The 'Ask Andrew' Show with Feldstein Law. Triena often spoke of emotional harm to children in separation and divorce, connection, how to navigate separation and divorce, and the neuroscience of trauma & implications for therapeutic jurisprudence.
In 2023, upon her departure from education and the law, Triena transitioned her career to solely be of service to children, youth and families through counselling, harnessing her wealth of systemic (child welfare, family law and education), & experiential knowledge and clinical trainings to benefit those she serves. During this transition Triena additionally became trained in Exposure Response Prevention (ERP) therapy and to support people of all ages navigate Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and expanded her practice to include walk and talk therapy to harness the calm of nature during her sessions.
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Triena is a member of the Ontario Association of Social Workers and the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers.
In 2015 (2015-2023) Triena became trained as a Family Neutral/ Family Professional within Collaborative Law and began service as a Child Consultant and Mental Health Professional assisting children and families, within Family Law, navigating separation and divorce within collaborative, litigation, and mediation/arbitration dispute resolution processes. Triena has testified in criminal and family law proceedings related to her service in child welfare and family law. She has spoken at parent literacy conferences, clinical practice groups, public health trainings, academic institutions, law firm professional development, collaborative law practice groups, and legal conferences, including and not limited to the Family Dispute Resolution Institute of Ontario (FDRIO) Conferences, Ontario Association of Family Mediators & Ontario Association of Collaborative Professionals (OAFM-OACP) joint conference, and the Law Society of Ontario training. Triena has also been featured as a guest on the Mediation Station, Fenten Mediation and The 'Ask Andrew' Show with Feldstein Law. Triena often spoke of emotional harm to children in separation and divorce, connection, how to navigate separation and divorce, and the neuroscience of trauma & implications for therapeutic jurisprudence.
In 2023, upon her departure from education and the law, Triena transitioned her career to solely be of service to children, youth and families through counselling, harnessing her wealth of systemic (child welfare, family law and education), & experiential knowledge and clinical trainings to benefit those she serves. During this transition Triena additionally became trained in Exposure Response Prevention (ERP) therapy and to support people of all ages navigate Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and expanded her practice to include walk and talk therapy to harness the calm of nature during her sessions.
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Triena is a member of the Ontario Association of Social Workers and the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers.
