Carrie is a Registered Clinical Social Worker and experienced Family Law Dispute Resolution Professional, working as a mental health professional for the last 40 years, Family Mediator and private Therapist for the last 20 years, and Parenting Coordinator since 2013. She is the owner/operator of Dragonfly Counselling, Mediation, and Court Assessments.

Carrie, after working for a number of years in the public health care system, completed her initial training as a mediator, opened her private practice, and taught social work in the private sector. Following her mediation training, Carrie became more involved in the field of family law; assisting families to develop parenting plans and providing assessments for the courts.

Carrie and her husband raised a blended “yours, mine, and ours” family of 7 children who currently reside throughout BC and have contributed 2 grandchildren to the growing flock. Carrie and her husband live in Kamloops, but travel to Northern BC a couple of times a year to visit family, and provide Parenting Coordination and Court Assessments to families living in northern communities.

“There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children.
One of these is roots, the other wings.”

A separation or divorce does not mean you cannot still offer your children these gifts.