Jacquie Compton RCAT,RP

Jacquie is a is a Registered Psychotherapist, a Registered Canadian Art Therapist, and a Certified Advanced Practitioner in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy. Jacquie identifies as a bi-racial black woman. She was born in Toronto but spent her formative years growing up on the island of St. Lucia. Jacquie is an educator and clinical supervisor at the Toronto Art Therapy Institute and facilitates a course on cultural humility and trauma-informed art therapy. Over the past 15 years, she has been developing a trauma-focused practice that uniquely incorporates art-based, body-based, and talk-based therapy. Jacquie has worked in the field of trauma and the Violence Against Women's Sector in Toronto for over 11 years at not-for-profit organizations as manager and director of clinical counselling services. She began her work in the Caribbean with women and children that had experienced violence. In her roles, she has led and supported frontline staff, provided supervision and consultation to agencies, provided innovative programming development in trauma work, and provided education on vicarious trauma and anti-racist and anti-oppressive practices. Her approach is deeply rooted in anti-oppressive, anti-racist, de-colonizing, feminist, and trauma-informed approaches. Jacquie believes in the embodiment of practices that extend beyond the therapeutic relationship and welcomes others to experience the beauty in