Brad Martin

• Facilitated support groups dealing with traumatic loss by suicide and homicide
• Assisted clients in exploring feelings and understanding behaviors.
• Created safe and supportive environment for clients to discuss issues.
• Guided participants in effective therapeutic exercises, group support, and educational materials designed to help the grieving back to a life of connection, sameness, and awareness.

• Contributed to values, goals and strategic vision of organization.
• Provided recommendations on board of directors on group's effectiveness, actions, and future plans.
• Recruited, developed and retained excellent faculty to meet organizational goals.
• Established and maintained strong relationships with customers and strategic partners.
• Represented organization at industry conferences and events.

• Serving clients online and in person as they deal with grief, anxiety, fear, anger, and depression.
• Maintained confidentiality of records relating to clients' treatment.
• Use transpersonal experiential therapy that incorporates many well known modalities, depending on the needs of the client. Currently pursuing AEDP certification.
• Clients come from all walks of life, all ages and all genders. Special focus on first responders and men.

• Conducted investigations into theft of stolen computers on behalf of customers around the world.
• Used my computer crimes skills to participate in the recovery of over fifty-five thousand computers in one hundred twenty-six countries.
• Trained team members in cyber crimes investigative techniques and policies.
• Supervised four different investigative Teams before taking on an international role as Regional Director

My police career saw me working with the broken and hurting much differently from that of a therapist, but the skills I learned there serve me well in every session with a client. I connect, validate, and empathize in ways that many cannot. I worked in many different areas but those that serve me best today involved a lot of trauma, anger, and fear.

I was trained as a crime scene examiner (CSI) and have attended and documented many homicide, suicide and traumatic death situations in that capacity.

As a fatal traffic accident investigator, it was my duty to attend and investigate sudden death car accidents and deal with properly identifying the cause of the death and also liaise with the family of the deceased.

I worked in Major Crimes and was assigned to the Child Abuse team. It was a regular part of my assignment to assist with robberies, sexual assaults, and homicides, but my Child Abuse investigations were the most righteous work I ever did as a police officer. My ability to win trust and connect with abused children and their families clearly demonstrated a deep connection and commitment to those living in fear, anger, confusion, or aloneness. I have been a Child Exploitation Subject Matter Expert for over 20 years, as that work continued when I retired from the CPS and became a Private Investigator.

I continued on this path of serving the hurting people in our world when I became the detective in charge of the Technological Crimes Unit for the Calgary Police Service. Computers are an amazing boon to our world, but they can be used to cause harm, and instill fear in young and old alike in ways that are hard to put into words.