Our Team
All our therapist interns are dedicated students from the Master of Psychospiritual Studies program, a CRPO recognized education program training in psychotherapy at Knox College. Each intern performs their clinical work under the careful guidance of designated supervisors who ensure adherence to the highest professional standards. Our supervision model is robust and compliant with the Canadian Association for Spiritual Care/Association canadienne de soins spirituels (CASC/ACSS) Code of Ethics and CRPO supervisory standards, guaranteeing that our interns not only receive exemplary training but also uphold strict ethical practices in their counseling.
Through this structured and closely monitored environment, our interns are able to develop their skills effectively while providing compassionate, competent care to our clients.
Joseph Park
Joseph Park chose to become a mental health professional because he believes that everyone faces emotional challenges that, if unaddressed, can lead to mental health issues. Through pastoral care, counselling, and soul care, he is passionate about helping individuals redefine their life's meaning and future goals. Joseph derives immense satisfaction from witnessing the positive impact of proper support on their lives.
In his previous hospital placement, he gained extensive experience in psychological and spiritual domains, working with patients facing diverse challenges including addictions, psychosis, borderline personality disorder, major depressive disorder, anxiety, grief, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, and bipolar disorder. He also engaged with individuals from varied religious backgrounds, fostering multicultural dialogue among Christians, Atheists, Agnostics, and Muslims.
His approach to psychospiritual therapy emphasizes unconditional acceptance and open conversation without judgment, fostering a natural opening of people’s hearts. He is drawn towards modalities such as Logotherapy, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Bowen Family Systems Theory (BFST), and Narrative Therapy (NT).
Joseph can provide counselling both in English and Korean.
“I've learned that, fundamentally, we are all interconnected as human beings. Building deep relationships through shared experiences, honesty, respect, and recognizing the spiritual richness in others often leads to profound sharing of life stories. I deeply value seeking guidance from the Holy Spirit in my practice.” - Joseph Park
Cari Ferguson
Cari Ferguson became a mental health professional after a previous career in an unrelated field. She saw a need for more qualified practitioners who are willing and able to provide holistic, spiritually integrated therapeutic care that incorporates matters of faith and speaks to the needs of one’s spirit and soul as part of promoting emotional and mental wellbeing. What she loves most about being a mental health professional is that she gets to hear and help people understand their own unique, incredibly rich stories and witness the moments when individuals gain new insights, skills, and perspectives that build on their unique gifts and abilities, bring about growth, encourage positive change, and enhance the quality of one’s life.
In her previous placement, Cari met with patients living with mental illness, chronic conditions, and new diagnoses as well as patients who had experienced birth (medical) trauma, perinatal losses, and those who were caring for babies in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). She worked with a variety of issues including abandonment, isolation and loneliness, traumatic experiences, grief and loss, death anxiety, existential distress, powerlessness, difficult transitions, and anxiety, among others.
Her approach to therapy is client-centred, strengths based, and is founded on Common Factors Theory, which suggests that there are common therapeutic principles that are shared across multiple modalities. She is influenced by Family Systems and Attachment Theory, as she believes many of our early life experiences and relationships have shaped our values and beliefs about ourselves as well as our current supports, emotional responses, and preferred coping strategies. Cari uses Narrative Therapy to help individuals deconstruct and interpret the narratives that they tell and have been told about themselves. Together, you unpack the meaning, values, strengths, and spirituality within these stories. She uses techniques from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to help alter and adjust maladaptive thought, emotional, and behavioural patterns.
“There is a profound freedom and comfort that can come from feeling as if you have been truly seen, heard, and understood by another person. It is important for me to create the space and therapeutic relationship in which it feels safe for patients and clients to share openly in a way that experiencing of being fully heard and understood to happen.” - Cari Ferguson
Mi-Weon Yang Ph.D, RP
With over two decades of clinical experience, I am honoured to lead the Knox Counselling Centre. My journey in counselling encompasses a broad range of services, including individual, couple, family, and group therapies, with a special focus on serving diverse communities. As an immigrant myself, I have a deep passion for assisting people from varied ethnic, cultural, and religious backgrounds.
At Knox, I also dedicate myself to mentoring the next generation of counsellors. I leverage my supervisory skills to equip students with the clinical competencies and insights to address unique situations effectively. This commitment extends into my academic role as an Assistant Professor of Pastoral Theology and Intercultural Counselling at Knox College.
I hold professional designations as a Registered Psychotherapist and supervisor with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO). I am also a Marriage and Family Therapist, an approved supervisor with the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT), and a Certified Supervisor Educator in Psychospiritual Therapy Education with the Canadian Association for Spiritual Care/Association canadienne de soins spirituels (CASC/ACSS).
Knox Counselling Centre strives to provide compassionate, culturally sensitive, and effective counselling services, and I am proud to contribute to this mission.
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