Michelle Hazlett

Michelle Hazlett, MSW RSW

Registered Social Worker
www.thestairwellmentalhealth.com
admin@thestairwellmentalhealth.com

Michelle believes in the importance of the therapeutic relationship. She is well known in the community for her relaxed, upfront, and warm approach with her clients. Through her work experience, Michelle has been humbled to bear witness to clients’ bravery and transformation. She works with clients’ natural pull towards healing and connection in session to make strong and lasting therapeutic gains.

Michelle completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Guelph in the applied science of Child, Youth, and Family Studies. She later went on to pursue her Masters of Social Work through the University of Windsor. Michelle has worked clinically in residential treatment facilities, shelters, community mental health, and the school board. She is well versed in the treatment of a variety of mental health concerns including anxiety, OCD, depression, and PTSD. Michelle has a keen interest in trauma therapy. She has experience working with individuals who have developmental and acute trauma, sexual and physical abuse, and human trafficking. She is mindful of the dissociative experience of trauma survivors and the importance of increasing capacity to stay in the present. Michelle specializes in working with adolescent and adult populations.

Michelle is a life-long learner and continues to enroll in advanced trainings to further her learning and ensure quality client care. She recognizes that above all however, the client is the expert in their own life, requiring a respectful and collaborative approach.

Credentials

Trainings Attended

Therapy Approaches

Intake Process and Policies

Master of Social Work Degree
University of Windsor

Registered Social Worker (#831312)
Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers

Member
Ontario Association of Social Workers

Member
EMDRIA- EMDR International Association

Member
EMDR Canada

EMDR Certified Therapist & Consultant-In-Training
EMDRIA- EMDR International Association

Circle of Security Parent Facilitator
Circle of Security International

DeTUR: Urge Reduction Protocol for Addictions and Dysfunctional Behaviours- The Accelerated Adaptive Information Processing Model
Trainer: A.J Popky, Ph D. (Online 2023, 8hrs)

Understanding Youth and Addictions
Trainer: Wilfred Laurier- Julia Read, MSW Ph D(c) (Online 2023, 12hrs)

EMDRIA Virtual Conference 2021
Sessions Attended and Certificates Earned (Online 2021, 51hrs)
– Getting Ventral with Polyvagal Theory in EMDR
– Parents in the Process of Playful EMDR with Children
– Secondary Trauma & EMDR Therapy: Implications for Clinicians
– Treatment of Complex PTSD: Lessons Learned Over Three Decades
– Healing Sexual Issues, Rape, and Abuse Survivors
– What to do when “Go With That” does not work: Clinical Choice Points
– Primary Prevention: Utilizing EMDR in the Perinatal Period
– Treatment of Traumatic Attachment to the Perpetrator
– The Distancing Technique: OCD and Anxiety Disorders, How to Treat with EMDR
– Legacy of Love: EMDR Therapy for Wounded Parents of Wounded Kids
– Integrating the Attachment System and AIP Model for Chronic Health Syndromes
– Connecting and Belonging: A Core Human Need and Distinct Categories of NC/PC’s
– EMDR Therapy for Complex PTSD: An Integrative Approach to Treating Clients
– A Multimodal Approach to EMDR Therapy with Children During Times of Change
– Not Just Preparation: Resourcing for Dissociation as a Focus of Treatment
– EMDR & Polyvagal Theory: An Integrated Approach
– EMDR & Dissociation: Past, Present, and Future
– Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy and EMDR
– Sex Therapy and EMDR: Bringing the Bedroom to the Therapy Room
– Healing Racialized Trauma with Somatic EMDR Therapy
– Integrating MI & EMDR: Working with Complex Presentations and Ambivalence
– EMDR Therapy for Domestic Violence
– EMDR Early Intervention & Rapid Response: Benefits of Integrating ASSYST

EMDR 2.0- An Enhanced Version of EMDR Therapy?
Trainer: Ad de Jongh, Ph.D & Suzy Matthijssen, Ph.D (Online 2021, 3hrs)

Working with Hostile Voices & Parts of the Personality in Dissociative Disorders
Trainer: Dolores Mosquera (Online 2021, 4hrs)

Maternal Mental Health Certificate Training for Mental Health and Clinical Professionals
Postpartum Support International and 2020 MOM (Online, 2021, 16hrs)

Courageous Conversations about Anti-Black Racism
Host: Ontario Association of Social Workers Virtual Symposium (2020, 7hrs)

Memory Reconsolidation, the Flash Technique and EMDR (EMDRIA Approved)
Trainer: Dr. Philip Manfield
Live Virtual Training (2020, 6hrs)

Working with Dissociation in an Online Environment
Trainer: Jamie Marich, Ph.D.
Virtual Training (2020, 2hrs)

Recent Traumatic Events Protocol and Group Traumatic Events Protocol EMDR (EMDRIA Approved)
Trainer: Bill Brislin, MA, LMHC, NCC and Reg Morrow Robinson, Ed.S.,LMHC, LMFT
Live Virtual Training (2020, 12hrs)

Treating Complex Trauma with EMDR Therapy and Structural Dissociation Theory (EMDRIA Approved)
Trainer: Kathleen Martin
Live Virtual Training (2020, 12hrs)

CBT for Psychosis: Basic and Advanced Workshop
Trainer: Professor Douglas Turkington and Helen Spencer
Hamilton, ON (2019. 24hrs)

EMDR Therapy Basic Training, Part 1 and Part 2 (EMDRIA Approved)
Trainer: Dr. Amanda Bell
London, ON (2019, 50hrs)

Human Trafficking – Educating Youth Stakeholders Workshop
Trainers: Karly Church and Kaitlin Bick
Guelph, ON (2018, 8hrs)

DBT Skills Training; DBT Validation Principles and Strategies; DBT Chain Analysis
Behavioral Tech/The Linehan Institute (2018, 32hrs)

CBT Certificate Level 1 and Level 2
Wilfrid Laurier University/Qualia Counselling
Kitchener, ON (2018, 72hrs)

Suicide and Violence Risk Assessment and Management
Trainer: Dr. Craig Beach
Guelph, ON (2016, 8hrs)

Certified Circle of Security Parent Facilitator
Trainer: Deidre Quinlan
London, ON (2016, 32hrs)

Violent Threat Risk Assessment Level 1 and Level 2
Trainer: Kevin Cameron, M.Sc., R.S.W., B.C.E.T.S., B.C.S.C.R.
Orangeville, ON (2015, 32hrs)