Since 1998 Fisher and Associates has been dedicated to providing comprehensive services to support employee wellness and organizational health in sectors where the risk for stress, burnout and exposure to direct and vicarious trauma is high (e.g. Health, Social and Human Services, Enforcement, Corrections, Emergency Response, Armed Forces, Education, etc).

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Dr. Patricia Fisher, R.Psych., L.Psych.

Dr. Patricia Fisher is a clinical psychologist and the president and founder of Fisher & Associates Solutions. As a long time trauma specialist, over the past 15 years she has focused her attention on the impact and mechanisms of workplace stress in trauma-informed workplaces. She has been active as a clinician, researcher, and consultant, with applications in program design, curriculum development, organizational planning, and policy development. She has authored 6 texts and numbers of research papers on the subject of trauma-informed occupations, and is a frequent presenter at international conferences and professional meetings. Dr. Fisher’s work has focused on the needs of organizations and personnel in high risk areas such as health care, human and social services, law enforcement, corrections, emergency services, and the military. Her assessment protocols, training programs, and consultation services are all firmly grounded in contemporary research and best practices. Dr. Fisher is one of the leaders in Organizational Health and Workplace Wellness in trauma-informed environments in Canada, and has provided assessment and consultation to many organizations from the high stress and trauma sectors across Canada and internationally. Since 2000, she and her associates have given many hundreds of training workshops to staff and managers in high stress and trauma sectors in Canada and abroad.

Associates

Depending upon the scope of the individual client’s needs, Dr. Fisher is privileged to draw upon the talents and commitment of collaborative professional providers. These include:

• Françoise Mathieu, M.Ed., CCC, founder of Compassion Fatigue Solutions, Kingston, ON.
• Lynda Monk, M.S.W., R.S.W., CPCC, founder Creative Wellness, Saltspring Island, BC.
• Anne Zahradnick, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Health Care Administration, Marist College, NY.

We also have a network of skilled and capable mental health professionals available to deliver our training programs to client organizations across Canada.