Bio
Dr. Steven Lake
Bio
Snapshot
Education
Between 1991 and 2004 Steven attained three degrees: a PhD in Educational Administration, a Master’s degree in Counselling, and a BFA double major in Drama and Psychology.
Business
I’ve been self-employeed most of my adult life and have made money, lost money, and just made a living. I have had up to fourteen employees in a jewelry manaufacturing and design company, been in the construction industry doing everything from roofing, painting, framing and flooring; been a consultant for the banking and mining industry, run a franchise in the arts business, and had my private counselling practice for 25 years.
Teaching/Coaching
Steven has been teaching and coaching since he was seventeen. First, teaching and coaching swimming. He was the captain of his fencing team at college and assited the instructor. Upon greaduation, Steven taught acting, voice, creativity, and emotional expression both to professional actors and to the general public. In higher education, he taught psychology at the University of Saskatchewan, Adler University and the University of Phoenix.
Experience
1994 – Present: Lake & Associates Counselling Inc. CEO/Founder. Individual and group psychotherapy.
2001 – Present: Executive Support Net – CEO/Founder. Consulting, training, and policy creation.
2014 – Present: Clinical Supervisor for graduate counselling students and clinicians.
2017 – Present: Worksafe BC. Individual and group Critical Incident Stress Management.
2007 – 2021: Adler University – Graduate School of Professional Psychology. Adjunct Professor
2006 – 2021: BC Society of Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse. Individual and group psychotherapy.
2006 – 2009: University of Phoenix. Subject matter expert on Organizational Behaviour. Taught Team Dynamics for Managers, Personality, and Motivation & Emotion
2000-2005: PAR Consultants – Mental health counsellor for EAPs and EFAPs. Also provided training for corporations and non-profit organizations in stress management, harassment, and crisis management.
2002: College of Medicine – Clinical Faculty Member
1999-2001: Corrections Service Canada: Regional Psychiatric Centre (Prairie Region) – Within a maximum-security prison hospital, Steven delivered psycho-educational programs and acted as a primary therapist for individuals on the Sexual Offender unit and on the Aggressive Behavioural Control (ABC) unit as well as acted as the unit psychologist for the ABC program.
Publications
Steven’s publications cover a range of topics from sexual compatability to crisis management. They include:
- talk2ME: How to Communicate with Women. Wize Up Publishing.
- The Sex Formula: How to Calculate Sexual Compatibility. Wize Up Publishing.
- The Emotional Experience of Leaders Managing Critical Incidents. Dissertation Abstracts International.
- Emotion and Leadership. Paper presented at the Seventh National Conference on Rural Education.
- School as Community: Managing Critical Incidents and Disasters. Paper presented at the Sixth National Conference on Rural Education.
- The Experience of University Students Learning to Express Emotion in an Acting Class. Masters Abstracts International.
Workshops
Steven has led workshops for educational institutions, banks, mining companies, IT, non-profits, government, and the public. A sample of topics include:
- The Neurobiology of Success – Vancouver Business Network
- How to Communicate with the Opposite Sex – Public lectures. Vancouver
- Critical Incident Stress Debriefing – WorkSafeBC
- Communication and Cultural Merging: Managing Fast Growth through Effective Communication Strategies – International Language Schools of Canada. Toronto
- Emotional Intelligence – Saskatchewan CGA Annual Conference.
- Harassment in the Workplace – Sifto Canada Inc.
- How to Balance the Books: The Work/Life Equation for Bankers. Royal Bank of Canada.
- Coping with Change @ the Speed of Light. HiTek IT Conference.
- How to use Emotional Intelligence with Difficult Clients. Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation.
- Crisis and Threat Management. Cogema Resources Inc.
- Group Processes. Corrections Services Canada, Regional Psychiatric Centre, Prairie Region.
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