Specialization & Clinical Focus:

• Relationship concerns including consensual non-monogamy (CNM), open relationship, polyamory or non-dyadic

• Sex therapy (i.e. male sexual functions, out-of-control behavior, and health issues in individual therapy & sexual intimacy issues in couples and relationship therapy)

• 2SLGBTQIA+ issues and gender affirming care

• Adoption, foster, and kinship *** ONLY working with parents and caregivers at this time. If your child requires treatment services, please refer to the bio of Veronica Valladares, MSW, RSW. ***

• Attachment-focused and trauma-responsive parenting

• Childhood (developmental) trauma

• BIPOC mental health, racial minority stress & trauma

Professional Experience:

Bruno is a founder of Intersections Therapy Collective and dedicates his time providing the best clinical care to clients and operating the clinic without any other professional commitments in the public sector.

His most recent professional experience in the public sector was working as a therapist at a university medical clinic supporting youth and young adults struggling with mental health and academic challenges, and collaborating with physicians, psychiatrists and registered nurses on various cases. Bruno has also conducted 2SLGBTQIA+ focused group therapy programs and delivered mental health workshops at the university.

Previous experiences include adult mental health counselling, crisis intervention, private adoption practice, child protection (i.e. Children’s Aid Society), addictions & harm reduction, Indigenous social services (family violence and well-being programs), child welfare policy research, and children’s mental health practice & parent advocacy work (PCMH).

Bruno also provides workshops and psycho-educational presentations to groups and organizations. Most recently, he presented a professional seminar titled “Loss and Identity for Intercountry Adoptees: Exploring Narrative Therapy” at 2023 North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC) conference in Kansas City, MO.

Education & Training:

Bruno earned his Master of Social Work (MSW) degree from Carleton University concentrating on direct intervention and clinical social work practice which included independent studies on attachment-focused therapy and developmental trauma. He has participated in graduate studies as an Ontario Visiting Graduate Student at the Faculty of Social Work at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, ON. Bruno also holds an Honors B.Soc.Sc. degree from University of Ottawa with distinction.

Additionally, Bruno has successfully completed the following post-graduate training programs:

• Intensive sex therapy training program (University of Guelph)

• Clinical supervision (Wilfrid Laurier University)

• Cognitive behavioral therapy (Wilfrid Laurier University)

Bruno is trained in the following clinical modalities and/or practice models. The list below is not exhaustive, but serves to highlight some of his ongoing professional development (updated as of December 2023):

• Attachment focused family therapy

• Acceptance and commitment therapy

• Attachment, Self-Regulation, and Competency (ARC) Framework: Treating Traumatic Stress in Children and Adolescents

• ACT: An Adoption and Permanency Curriculum for Child Welfare and Mental Health Professionals © (Adoption Council of Ontario)

• Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)

• Circle of Security® Parenting™ & COS intensive assessment protocol (Circle of Security International)

• Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) and unified protocol

• Collaborative Problem Solving Approach Level 1 (Think:Kids)

• Dr. Neufeld’s attachment based developmental approach (Neufeld Institute)

• Emotionally focused therapy

• Interpersonal psychotherapy (Royal Hospital)

• Narrative therapy and community practice (Dulwich Centre)

• Solution-focused brief therapy & counselling (OSIE - University of Toronto)

• The 3-5-7 Model: Supporting the Work of Children, Youth and Families Toward Permanency

Professional or Clinical Memberships:

Bruno has an active professional membership with the following associations:

• American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT)

• North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC)

• Canadian Association of Cognitive Behavioural Therapies (CACBT)

• Association for Contextual Behavioral Science (ACBS)

• Ontario Association of Social Workers (OASW)

• Canadian Association of Social Workers (CASW)

He is currently serving as an advising member of the 2SLGBTQ+ Provincial Roundtable at the Ontario Association of Children's Aid Societies (OACAS).

Clinical Supervision:

Bruno engages in ongoing clinical supervision with a number of other seasoned clinicians for professional development. He also provides group and individual clinical consultations to associates in our team.