Britt-Mari Sykes, PhD, is a career counsellor and founder of CANVAS Career Counselling. She is a member of Career Professionals of Canada and is a certified Career Strategist (CCS), Work-Life Strategist (CWS), Employment Strategist (CES), Interview Strategist (CIS) and Résumé Strategist (CRS). She is also an independent contractor with YourTherapist Psychotherapy and Counselling. Based in Ottawa, Britt-Mari works with clients online across Canada. She earned her PhD from the University of Ottawa and specializes in existential and experiential psychotherapies. Britt-Mari is the author of Questioning Psychological Health and Well-Being (2010), a historical and contemporary examination of the meaning of psychological health and development. She is currently working on her second book: a collection of essays on the meaning of career and our relationship with work from an existential career counselling perspective.
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