About me
Joddie Walker, MSc, RP, CTRP-Clinical, D.A.A.E.T.S
Clinical Director for CTRI
Joddie is the Clinical Director for the Crisis & Trauma Resource Institute (CTRI) and owner/Clinical Director of Hummingbird Therapy Clinic. Joddie holds a Masters of Science in Forensic Psychology and is a Registered Psychotherapist with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario. She holds Diplomate status with the American Academy of Traumatic Stress and is a National (USA) Credentialed Advanced Advocate. Joddie has 30 years of experience working with victims of domestic violence, child sexual abuse, sexual assault, adult survivors of child abuse and families of homicide.
Joddie’s philosophy of treatment is the use of evidence-based and trauma-informed practices in a strength-based, multi-disciplinary approach. Helping clients become empowered in their own healing, Joddie is trained in TF-CBT, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR), and Structured Intervention Trauma-Child and Adolescent (SIT-CAP). She specializes in trauma treatment, grief and loss, stress and anxiety issues for children, adolescents, and their parents. A specialized area of expertise is providing treatment to first responders and their families. Her clinic offers 1:1 treatment, groups and Preventative Wellness Program for first responders.
In addition to Joddie’s clinical practice, she conducts training throughout the USA and Canada through CTRI. She has also taught on topics such as line of duty death, victimology issues, sexual offenders, secondary traumatic stress and multi-disciplinary team approach to child abuse response and treatment. Joddie has conducted critical incident group debriefings for hundreds of front-line public health nurses and staff during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Joddie was the Executive Director of non-profit, Children’s Advocacy Centre in the USA where she developed procedures and programs from the inception through to National Accreditation bring services and a multi-disciplinary team response to an underserved area. She has developed other programs and resources to improve children’s mental health such as curriculum for preparing children to testify in court, If I’m The Party, Where’s the Cake? Also, Joddie was co-lead on York Region’s first child friendly courtroom. During the pandemic, Joddie wrote and offered pro-bono access to her book: Poppy and The Pandemic, A child’s journey through loss and loneliness and back again in the pandemic.
