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Karl
Tomm, MD, FRCP
(C)
Professor of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine;
Director, Family Therapy Program. Karl is deeply
interested in the application of systems theory,
narrative theory, social constructionism,
bringforthism, and second order cybernetics to
therapy. He is currently focused on clarifying the
effects of social injustice on families, the
influence on therapists of the distinctions they
make regarding their clients, and on explicating
the possible therapeutic and counter therapeutic
effects of the interviewing process
itself.
Joanne
Schultz Hall, MA in Education:
Counseling,
RMFT
Adjunct Lecturer, Dept. of Psychiatry, Faculty of
Medicine, U. of C. Joanne has over 26 years of
experience working with families, 21 of these at
the Family Therapy Program where she does family
therapy, supervision and training. Joanne is an
AAMFT Clinical Member and Approved Supervisor.
Joanne has been a consultant for the Family Therapy
Education and Training Program, Children's Mental
Health (AB) for the Leduc area regions.
Joanne has provided workshops on a variety of
topics, including assessing pathologizing and
healing patterns in family relationships,
stepfamily issues and collaborative team
development. Joanne's special interests include a
curiosity about the impact of spiritual beliefs and
family/individual values on individuals and their
relationships and the impact of ideas about gender
on the family. As well, Joanne is interested in the
special challenges that families who own/manage
their own business face. In terms of personal
interests, she looks forward to the first signs of
winter as the ski season approaches and enjoys a
love of music and playing the
piano.
Chee-Ping
Tsai, BA. MEd, PhD,
R.Psychologist
Chee-Ping has a Doctoral degree in Counseling
Psychology. She is a Registered Psychologist and an
Adjunct Lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry,
University of Calgary. Chee-Ping is experienced in
applying systemic therapeutic principles in working
with children, adolescents, and families. She is
particularly interested in integrating family
therapy together with play therapy in her work.
Other areas of focus include ethnic minority
/cultural identity issues, managing anger within a
family context, enhancing the parent-child
relationship, single parent family dynamics as well
as parenting/co-parenting issues. In addition to
her clinical work, Chee-Ping provides supervision
and seminars to interns at the Family Therapy
Program. She has also offered consultation to
mental health therapists in Fort McMurray through
the Family Therapy Education Program, Children's
Mental Health (Alberta). Her personal interests
range from traveling, music, yoga, swimming,
hiking, public speaking, to studying her cat,
Tamay's personality and
behavior.
 Sally
St. George,
PhD,
Sally St. George, PhD, is an Associate Professor in
the Faculty of Social Work at the University of
Calgary. Sally teaches marriage and family therapy
and social work courses and supervises students who
are in a field practicum. She is also a therapist
and supervisor with the Calgary Family Therapy
Centre at the University of Calgary. Sally is
extremely dedicated to studying and improving
teaching methods in higher education. In addition
to teaching, she is interested in examining
people's difficulties through the lenses of grand
social narratives. She is also a Co-Editor of The
Qualitative Report,
http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/index.html, a free
online journal dedicated to publishing creative and
well-done qualitative research from all disciplines
across the world. In this position, Sally reviews
and edits manuscript submissions by joining with
reviewers and authors in creating a positive and
generative learning community. Sally is interested
in researching alternative ways to fund "family
work as community work," that is, accountable
practices without the constraints of an external
funder. This dovetails with her service on the
Advisory Board for the Global Partnership for
Transformative Social Work in which Sally joins
other colleagues in educating, researching, and
practicing for greater social justice locally and
globally. Sally is a Board Member of the Taos
Institute, a community of scholars and
practitioners dedicated to exploring and developing
practices that promote appreciative and
collaborative processes in families, communities,
and organizations.
Dan
Wulff, PhD
Dan Wulff, PhD, is an Associate Professor in
the Faculty of Social Work and family
therapist/supervisor in the Calgary Family Therapy
Centre at the University of Calgary. He works to
integrate the professions the family therapy and
social work in his classes, in
publications/presentations, in program development,
and in practice. Dan is a Board Member of the Taos
Institute, a community of scholars and
practitioners dedicated to exploring and developing
practices that promote appreciative and
collaborative processes in families, communities,
and organizations. Dan also serves on the Advisory
Board for the Global Partnership for Transformative
Social Work, an international organization focused
on education, research, and practices that support
social justice locally and globally. Dan has a
passion for qualitative inquiry, particularly the
more participatory forms. He is Co-Editor of The
Qualitative Report
(http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/index.html), an
open-access online journal dedicated to publishing
creative and well-done qualitative research in all
disciplines worldwide. In practice, research, and
teaching endeavors, Dan enjoys the improvisational,
the artistic, and the relational.
IN MEMORIUM
Gary
Sanders, BSc, MD, FRCP (C)
Gary passed away in late 2002 after a 3 year battle
with cancer. He is sorely missed by everyone at the
program. Associate Clinical Professor of
Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, The University of
Calgary. Gary was the Associate Director and
Clinical Coordinator, Family Therapy Program. He
was also the Director of the Human Sexuality
Program, and psychiatric consultant to the Phoenix
Sexual Offenders Program of Woods Homes, and the
Family Adolescent and Children's Services of the
Provincial Mental Health Board.
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