Associate Faculty, Masters in Counselling Psychology Program, Victoria Campus
Catherine Patterson-Sterling is an associate faculty member of the Master of Counselling program at City U, Victoria Campus. With 24 years of counselling experience and a background in addictions, trauma, and mental health training she has worked for a number of inpatient treatment facilities, Employee Assistance Programs, and now focuses on mentoring counselling professionals. Over the years she has also operated a private practice for individual, family, and couples counselling. Recently, she has completed a Ph.D., in Forensic Psychology with a focus on understanding as well as providing interventions for online populations connected to ideologies, radicalization, and domestic terrorism.
Research
Exploring interventions for online groups such as Incels with risk assessment interventions
Teaching
own growth, interests, and skill development while working within scopes of practice