Bios and Resumes

Hayley Newell

EDUCATION & TRAINING
Registered Therapeutic Counsellor, Association of Cooperative Counselling Therapists, British Columbia, 2017 to Present.
Internal Family Systems Institute, Illinois:
○ Certified Internal Family Systems Therapist, 2024
○ Internal Family Systems Training, Level 1 & 2, 2020-2022
Presence Psychotherapy Institute, New Jersey:
Certified Presence Psychotherapist, 2023 ○ Presence Psychotherapy Training 2022
Certified Synergetic Play Therapist, Play Therapy Institute of Colorado, 2019
Certified Relational Somatic Therapist, Opening to Grace Institute, Vancouver, BC, March 2014 – June 2017
● Bachelor of Arts in Geography, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, January 2007 – August 2009
● Certificate in Environmental Studies, Langara College, Vancouver, BC, September 2004 – April 2006
TRAINING ASSISTANT
● Internal Family Systems Institute Level 1, 2023 & 2024
● Internal Family Systems Institute Level 2, 2023 ● Presence Psychotherapy Institute Level 1, July, 2023, August 2024, Sept 2025
● Presence Psychotherapy Institute, Introduction to IFS with Presence, 2021-2023

Melani Levine, LCSW

Education
Columbia University School of
Social Work – Master of Science
State University of New York at
Stony Brook – Bachelor of
Science in Social Work

Training
• Presence Psychotherapy Certified
• Presence Psychotherapy Training
• IFS Certified Therapist and Consultant
•• IIFS Levell 21 Deepening and Expanding
• IFS Level 2 IFIO
• IFS Level 3
• IFS PA for Level 1, Level 2 Addictions
and Eating Disorders, level 2
Deepening and Expanding, Level 2
Shame, Depression and Anxiety
• Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Level 1
and Trauma and Dissociation
• EMDR Level 1, 2, 3
• Psychodrama

Private Practice specializing in trauma and addictions

Individual therapy with adults utilizing Presence Psychotherapy,
Internal Family Systems and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy. Clinical
Consultation with IFS Therapists and Practitioners.

Cheng (Rebekah) Gong

Education & Training

University of California, Berkeley, CA, U.S. Master of Social Welfare (Clinical track) University of Michigan, MI, U.S. Certificate in Sex Therapy and Sexual Health Pink Therapy Institute, U.K. Post-Graduate Diploma in Gender, Sexuality, and Relationship Diversity (GSRD) Therapy

Presence Psychotherapy Institute
Level 1 Training 2024
Assisting Level 1 & Level 2 2024-2025

Internal Family System Institute
Level 1 Training 2022-2023
Level 2 Training 2024
Certified IFS Therapist 2025
Assisting training 2024-2025
Accelerated Trainer Training Program 2026

Queer and Trans Internal Family Systems
Assisting training 2023-2024

American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists Certified Sex Therapist Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing International Association Certified EMDR Therapist