Congratulations to Jana for recently obtaining her credentials as a Certified Child Psychotherapist and Play Therapist (CPT)

Biography
Jana Hyer Davies, M.Sc., C.P.T., R.Psch.

Jana received her Bachelor of Science degree in psychology from Brigham Young University, and her Master of Science degree in Marital and Family Therapy from Loma Linda University. Jana is a Registered Psychologist with College of Alberta Psychologists. She received certification training for play therapy from Rocky Mountain Play Therapy Institute. Jana is a Certified Child Psychotherapist and Play Therapist with the Canadian Association for Child and Play Therapy.

Jana is currently employed at Heritage Family Services of Red Deer, Alberta where she is a program therapist in their foster care program. She provides services to the foster children, their foster families, and their biological families. Jana also supervises Registered Provisional Psychologists.

Jana is a sessional instructor with Loma Linda University in Child Abuse and Family Violence. She volunteers with the College of Alberta Psychologists on the Practice Advisory Committee. She is also chair of the Continuing Competence Committee for the College.

The very best part of Jana’s training and preparation for her professional work is practicing on her 6 children, their spouses, and 6 grand children (with more being announced as we speak). Jana is very active in her church, teaching religion classes to children, volunteering with Red Deer College Art Centre, performing in choir and drama groups, gardening, walking, perfecting her bread making, and staying off fast approaching signs of aging. Jana is quoted as saying, “I’ve wanted to be a mother and therapist ever since I was 14 yrs. old. It’s just taken me 35 yrs. to do it!” She loves her life and can’t imagine any other career or specialty than working with children and families. It’s what gets her up in the morning, encourages her to take a shower, and puts a smile on her face.

Testimonial – Jana Hyer Davies

I became familiar with Rocky Mountain Play Therapy Institute in 2004 when I received a colourful brochure advertising Foundations in Play Therapy training at Canmore, Alberta. I realized that my current skill level was greatly lacking and considered this just might be the thing to improve that. I attended their subsequent conference on Attachment Across The Life Span, a week-long training at their Calgary facilities, and the 10 day Advanced Theory and Techniques in Play Therapy. I was hooked! This was just the training and skill-set I was looking for to better serve my large practice of children in foster care coming from homes of violence, abuse, neglect, and abandonment. At the encouragement of Ken and Lorri (my adopted play therapy parents), I went on to complete requirements of supervised practice, literature reviews, and testing to become a Certified Child Psychotherapist and Play Therapist with Canadian Association for Child and Play Therapy. It has been a wonderful journey later on in life to find a type of therapy that uses all of my skills, my quirks, and my love of people. I cannot imagine a better way to discover self, heal the soul, and cement resilience. I am play therapy, and play therapy is me. We cannot be separated. I have found my place and it feels wonderful! Here’s hoping you find your place in the extraordinary world of helping and healing others. All the best to you, Jana

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