Meet Linda J. Floyd Sadler, MA, RPC, MPCC

I have spent my entire adult life and career in service to others as a Professional Helper in some capacity or another. My journey began as a Counsellor working with adults with complex developmental delays, and I made the transition from providing services and support to an institutionalized population, to serving the same individuals living in inclusive, community-based environments. From that first role, I then transitioned toworking with vulnerable families within their homes and communities, and in 1994, I took on a position as Program Co-coordinator, and then Executive Director, of a Family Resource Centre, where I served for approximately sixteen years, as Parent and Family Educator, Program Developer, and Organizational Leaderand Advocator for at risk families and their children. I have also had the opportunity to work in Adult Educator roles in two different Provincial Community Colleges, where I was privileged to be able to share some of my knowledge and expertise to help train others, both adults with unique learning needs, and students seeking to enter the professional Counsellor Field in some capacity. Over the course of my professional lifetime, I havepursued various educational pathways to develop my skill set and expertise as a Practitioner and I have been in private practice, as a Registered Professional Counsellor since 2005. Both my personal and professional life experiences have taught me that to offer ourselves to others when they may be at their most vulnerable and in need of a catalyst for change, is among the most rewarding and fulfilling of human service. My professional philosophy is a simple one. I believe personal and positive growth and change can happen when we have the good fortune and opportunity to intersect with the right person at the right time in our lives that can help us make the change we need and want to make. I regard it to be a pleasure and a privilege when I can be that person who intersects with another and contributes to that change when it is needed. That is why I do this work.