Jann has been in practice as a Registered Family Therapist since 1978.
She is passionate about children and their return to the center of their families and
communities. Jann is of Irish, English and Haudensaunee ancestry and specializes in working
with families, parents and communities in order that children can once again be safe, know
their identity and where they belong. She is skilled in working with Indigenous Historical
Trauma, Residential School trauma, and its intergenerational effects in families and
communities.
Jann devotes her time to mentoring and teaching frontline workers and professionals,
supporting service delivery to Indigenous communities, and writing and publishing.
Her PhD research focused on Indigenous families and is freely available on the WorldShare
academic network ~ KAHWÀ:TSIRE: INDIGENOUS FAMILIES IN A FAMILY THERAPY PRACTICE
WITH THE INDIGENOUS WORLDVIEW AS THE FOUNDATION.
Jann did pioneering therapy work with residential school survivors in Lytton, B.C. in the 1980′s.
She has worked at Round Lake Treatment Centre as a clinical supervisor, a trainer of Drug and
Alcohol counselors, and as therapist in the Centre’s innovative Trauma Recovery Program for
Native Trauma. She facilitated a National Aboriginal Focus Group that created a Code of Ethics
for the Aboriginal Healing Foundation. Jann has worked with the Missing and Murdered
Indigenous Women’s and Girls Commission as well as the Truth and Reconciliation
Commission. She provides consultation to governments and clinical supervision for Indigenous
agencies.
As a Registered Family Therapist, Jann is a Clinical Member and Supervisor Mentor in the
Canadian Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. She is a member of the Canadian
Psychological Association.
She has presented workshops and trainings throughout Canada and internationally in the USA,
Australia and New Zealand.
Jann is the mother of three children and the Dotah (grandmother) of nine. Her grandchildren
are multigenerational survivors of the Residential School experience and Sixties Scoop, and her
family knows the trauma personally.
