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Doctorate of Education in Counselling Psychology, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto

Masters of Science in Social Work, Columbia University of New York

Specialized Honours in Psychology, Bachelor of Arts, York University. Graduated Summa Cum Laude

Advanced training in Ericksonian/strategic therapy, hypnosis, Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) & Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).

Affiliations:

Co-Director of the Milton H. Erickson Institute of Toronto which was established to advance the use of Ericksonian methods to promote personal, professional and community development. The Institute offers training in hypnosis to qualified health-care professionals and adult education programs in the general community in order to teach neo-Ericksonian models of effective communication.

To be informed about upcoming lectures or seminars, please submit your e-mail address to ap@annettepoizner.com or leave other contact details at (647) 339-4873.

Chair of the Jewish Health Alliance, established to explore the intersection between Jewish thought and the healing arts.

Member of the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers.

Publications

Professional Publications:

• Symbolism in Handwriting,
  Semiotica: The Journal of the International Association of Semiotic Studies, 185-1/4 (2011), pp. 113-122.
• Loosening the Not of Perfection,
  "Psychologica" Vol. 25-2.
• Think Small,
  "Milton H. Erickson Foundation Newsletter" Vol. 24-3.
• Nutritional Means to Therapeutic Ends,
  "Psychologica" Vol. 24-2.
• Graphology in Clinical Practice,
  "Psychologica" Vol. 24-1.

Other Publications:

• Farenheit 451
  "The Jewish Magazine", Aug. 2005
• The Foolproof Cure
  "The Jewish Magazine", May 2005
• Growing the Young Mind
  "The Jewish Magazine", formerly "The Israeli Magazine",
  March 2005
• Who Are You?
  "The Israeli Magazine", Sept. 2004
• Not All in Your Head
  "The Israeli Magazine", Aug. 2004

Contact Information:
37 Spadina Road, Lower Level Toronto, Ontario M5R 2S9 Tel: (647) 339-4873 E-Mail: ap@annettepoizner.com

* Please note I also work out of other offices downtown and in North York.  Mail can be sent to the above address.

"I think that true psychotherapy is knowing that each patient is an individual, unique and different."

Milton H. Erickson, M.D.

"The cure is to let the individuality come out and flower in all its particular genius."

Ernest Rossi,
Ph. D.

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"Being under sentence of termination doth most marvelously concentrate the material."

 David Malan after Samuel Johnson