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Gerry Dooley & Associates Inc. |
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Education Acceptance Respect Trust Health |
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About Us |
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Our Symbol and Motto Our symbol is the Oak. Not only is this an enduring symbol of strength and longevity, but in Celtic symbology the oak represents the struggles all people go through only to emerge as the person they are meant to be. Our motto is Luctor et emergo. This is Latin for “I struggle and emerge” and works in concert with our oak symbol. Our Core Values Our core values are Education, Acceptance, Respect, Trust and Health. They are the fundamental philosophies around which our organization is built. They are the things we strive to bring to every community in which we work.
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Gerry Dooley Gerry is a registered psychiatric nurse with more than 35 years in health care, 26 of which have been spent working in mental health.
Though he retired from the Health Care Corporation of St. John’s in 2004, he keeps busy facilitating 70-75 workshops per year and coordinating the training efforts of 58 LivingWorks suicide intervention trainers throughout the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Gerry is one of only 19 Team Leaders with LivingWorks in Calgary, Alberta certified to do Training For Trainers in Suicide First Aid Intervention around the world.
Along with the workshops, Gerry has done consultations and training for the following organizations; the RCMP, the Department of Justice, Correctional Services of Canada, Health and Community Services, hospitals, shelters, Victims Services, youth programs, church groups, Ground Search and Rescue, Canadian Forces, Department of National Defense, Public Service Commission, E.I. Counselors, Memorial University of NL-Social Work/Nursing/Counseling/Education/Medical students, Academy Canada, College of the North Atlantic, Pharmacy Association of NL, School Counselors Association of NL, Choices For Youth, Community Youth Network, St. Francis Foundation, Brother T.I. Murphy Center, Crisis Center (Calgary, AB), Youth Net (Ottawa, ON), Mental Health (Sussex and St. John., NB), and the Teen Crisis Center (Haywood County, North Carolina).
Gerry is frequently requested to present at National and International Conferences. In 1991, he won the Canadian Mental Health Award- NL for Individual Achievement .
Gerry was privileged to be part of a joint effort, with the RCMP, that responded to the Oklahoma City Bombing in 1998 to conduct Suicide Intervention Training and Mental Health Support to the Firefighters, Police, and Mental Health personnel who responded to that disaster.
On a daily basis Gerry does crisis interventions for suicide, self mutilation, abuse, depression, anxiety, and many other stress related issues.
In addition to delivering the workshops profiled on this site, Gerry is developing other workshops, like Letting Go - How to Get Unstuck. News on the development of these projects will be highlighted on the Homepage of this site in the News and Announcements section. |