OUR TEAM
Who are we?
We are a conscious company dedicated to practicing and teaching the relationship skills required to have REAL Impact on the world. Now in it’s third decade, our organization has grown to include an amazing team of connected people who have chosen to aspire to lives of authenticity and emotional responsibility. REAL Connection. REAL You. REAL Impact.
Our Founders
Our founders, Duane O’Kane and Catherine O’Kane, are professional Clincal Counsellors and a husband and wife team whose mission is to accelerate personal evolution through the power of authentic connection. Together they created Clearmind, where they offer the world a range of innovative experiential, educational, psycho-therapeutic programs that harness the power of human connection.
Catherine O'Kane, Clearmind Co-Founder
Registered Clinical Counsellor with the British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors,
Registered Counselling Supervisor with the Association of Cooperative Counselling Therapists
Duane O'Kane, Clearmind Co-Founder
Registered Clinical Counsellor with the British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors,
Registered Counselling Supervisor with the Association of Cooperative Counselling Therapists
Today, our organization has grown well beyond the founders, to include an amazing team of consciously connecting people who have chosen to aspire to lives of authenticity and emotional responsibility.
Talk to us
We are happy to engage with you, and answer any questions you have to help you decide if our work is right for you. We believe in real conversation as opposed to selling, so we will never push you into something that isn’t a fit for you. The friendly faces below are the people you can connect with to help you get clear on your next step.
Our Vancouver Client Services team will help you with 3-day Vancouver Workshops, Intensive Workshops, and our Online and Campus Counsellor Training Program.
Craig Wanless
MTC, RCS
Clearmind PRAC Program, Clearmind Workshops
clientservices@clearmind.com
Local Area Sponsors
Our Sponsors bring the Awakening and other workshops to their communities, and can answer questions about those scheduled in their area.
Jacquie Johnston-Lynch
Sponsor, Liverpool UK Workshops
Fiona Stephenson
Sponsor, Surrey UK Workshops
Steve Dixon
Sponsor, Birmingham UK Workshops
Neil Renton
MICP, Sponsor, Cork Ireland Workshops
Melody Hazelton
Sponsor, Calgary Alberta WorkshopsOur Frontline Team
Our Instructors and Facilitators are the people dedicated to meeting you where you are, and exercising their skill to help you accelerate your personal evolution in whatever direction you choose, personal growth, counsellor training or both. Our people are heart-centred, professional and dedicated supervisory and/or practicing registered counsellors that abide by all the standards and ethics required of the profession through their governing bodies.
Counsellor Training Instructors and Workshop Facilitators
Angela Baff
BSc, OT, MTC, RCS
Workshop Facilitator
Catherine O'Kane
M.A., RCC, RCS
Senior Educational Administrator, Workshop Facilitator
Craig Wanless
MTC, RCS
PRAC Instructor, Workshop Facilitator, Director of Client Services
Duane O'Kane
RCC, RCS
President, Workshop Facilitator
Fiona Stephenson
ISGD, SGD, MNCP (Accred)
Workshop Facilitator, Instructor
Lana Gowler
BA, MTC, RCS
Workshop Facilitator
Leanna Madill
PhD, RPC, MTC, RCS
Instructor
Nasrreen Gulamhussein
BA, BJourn, MTC,
Workshop Facilitator
Melody Hazelton
BA, RTC
Instructor
Deedre Statz
BA, RTC
Instructor
Steve Pritchard
MTC, RCS
Instructor, Workshop Facilitator
Unnati Jhaveri
MCOM, RTC, RHN
Instructor
Michael Brooke
RTC
Instructor
Our Operations Team
Our dedicated, behind-the-scenes team members are vital to our organization. Unlike many other companies, even our operations team is committed to practicing the relationship skills we teach. We thank these people for their integrity and skill.
Patrick McGill
RTC
Director of Workshops, Producer: PRAC, Workshops
Sari Stikans
OBM
Registrar of PRAC Program, Operational Coordinator
Sofia Dias Coroa
RTC
Communications Manager
Linda Makaza
BSc
Marketing Manager
Tiffany Taylor
Technical Support
Our Leadership Team
These are the people responsible for our Clearmind vision, and making that vision a reality.
Duane O'Kane
RCC, RCS
President, Workshop Facilitator
Catherine O'Kane
M.A., RCC, RCS
Senior Educational Administrator, Workshop Facilitator
Cindi Williams
MA, CCP
Co-General Manager
Steve Pritchard
MTC, RCS
Co-General Manager: Technology