Supervision & Student Placements

*Please note that our student placements are currently full and we are not taking on any new students at this time (2024)

Our Clinical Supervision Team of RPs and MSWs include Rosalyn Kieft, Trent Simons, and Amanda Barron. They provide clinical supervision to students enrolled in MSW, MA, or M. Ed. programs in Clinical Psychology. As mentors, teachers, consultants, and advisors, our supervision team has years of collective clinical supervision experience, valuing the important relationship between clinician and student. They work dedicatedly to provide a bridge between the classroom and the clinic. The mark of excellence in clinical supervision is predicated on a positive supervisor–supervisee relationship that encompasses and enhances client welfare and the supervisee’s professional development. Straddling the combined roles of teacher, coach, consultant, mentor, evaluator, and administrator; we provide support, encouragement, compassion, and education to an unrivaled standard.

Meet Our Supervisors

Amanda Barron, MSW, RSW (she/her)

Registered Social Worker

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Amanda Barron, MSW, RSW (she/her)

Registered Social Worker

Amanda Barron is a Registered Social Worker with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers. Amanda has a Drug and Alcohol Counsellor Diploma from Canadore College, a Bachelor of Social Work Degree from Laurentian University, and a Master’s Degree in Social Work from Carleton University.

Amanda grew up knowing she wanted to be a helping and supporting presence for others and has spent the last 25 years dedicated to developing her skills and increasing her knowledge. Amanda is passionate about the treatment of trauma & PTSD, body image disturbance, eating disorders, mood and anxiety concerns and emotional dysregulation and has extensive training in these areas. Amanda knows that the healing journey is different for everyone and offers variety of treatment modalities to meet individual needs including Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Radically Open DBT (RO-DBT), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Prolonged Exposure (PE) and Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT).

Amanda provides a caring and compassionate space to reclaim your body and reconnect to your inner wisdom. Amanda can help you re-engage with your life, clarify your values, modify unhelpful thinking patterns, cope more effectively with intense emotions and improve communication skills. Amanda is passionate about helping you increase self-awareness, enhance self-compassion and achieve greater connection to mind and body.

Amanda prioritizes self-care and with her love of nature she can often be found lost on the Simcoe County Mountain Bike Trails.

Rosalyn Kieft, BA, BSW, MSW, RSW (she/her)

Registered Social Worker, Psychotherapist

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Rosalyn Kieft, BA, BSW, MSW, RSW (she/her)

Registered Social Worker, Psychotherapist

Rosalyn Kieft is a Registered Social Worker with the Ontario College of Social Workers & Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW). She completed her Masters of Social Work with the University of Toronto, a Bachelor of Social Work with McMaster University, and a Bachelor of Arts in English with McMaster University as well.

Rosalyn knew at a young age that she wanted to help others, and her lived experience & practical education have allowed her to do this for over ten years now. With a background in youth work, interpersonal trauma and addictions counselling, she now specializes in providing trauma treatment to specific populations including veterans, first responders, and members of First Nations communities.

To provide her clients with a variety of options for trauma treatment, Rosalyn is a certified provider of Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) and is an EMDR-trained clinician. She has extensive training in multiple therapeutic approaches including: Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Eye-Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR), Prolonged Exposure Therapy (PE), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy (TF-CBT), Internal Family Systems therapy for trauma (IFS), Attachment-Focused Therapy, and Narrative Therapy.

In addition to providing trauma treatment, Rosalyn provides emotion-focused and trauma-informed couples’ therapy, having been trained in Level 1 of the Gottman Method Couples Therapy. She is a registered provider with Medavie Blue Cross and the Non-Insured Health Benefits program. Rosalyn also enjoys providing consultation, training, and workshops to clinicians and organizations on a variety of topics including: facilitating trauma groups, providing individual trauma therapy, working with veterans and first responders, managing personal burnout levels, and more. Rosalyn provides consultation and supervision to masters-level social work students and qualifying psychotherapists as well.

Outside of work, Rosalyn prioritizes self-care and time with family. You can find her reading, playing roller derby, or taking her rambunctious dog Stevie out for adventures on the water.

Trent Simons, MDiv, RP (he/him)

Registered Psychotherapist

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Trent Simons, MDiv, RP (he/him)

Registered Psychotherapist

Trent is a Registered Psychotherapist with a Master’s Degree in Clinical Counselling (Indigenous Studies emphasis) from Tyndale University and Seminary. Trent brings diverse personal, educational and professional experiences to the room, having received his first Master’s Degree in 2002 in Community Economic Development, spent time in over 25 countries, and was born and raised in the Philippines. He also worked for five years as a Family Services Worker for the Children’s Aid Society, ten years as an Associate Pastor of a local church, where he became an ordained minister, and three years at Chigamik Community Health Centre as a therapist and team manager.

Trent has provider status for Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) and has been trained in DBT Prolonged Exposure and DBT for cPTSD. He has extensive training in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), with training also in Eating Disorder treatment, Radically Open DBT and Narrative Therapy. He specializes in working with PTSD, Eating Disorders, anxiety and mood disorders and is able to provide services to indigenous clients through NIHB.

While Trent brings some training and experience in the area of therapy and counselling, you are the expert on your life. Therapy is a collaborative process in which your experiences (both positive and negative) and strengths combine with the skills a therapist has learned to move you towards becoming the person you were meant to be.

Trent has lived in this community for over 20 years. When not in the office, you might find him enjoying time with his lovely wife of nearly 25 years or their 2 boys. Or you might see him on the soccer pitch trying to kick a ball in a net.