SPIRIT'S WHISPER RANCH
Horse-Guided Wellness Facility
Certification is never the entire story, but it provides a solid foundation.
Kristi integrates her varied trainings and teachings into all she does and who she is.
Horse/Animal Specialist Certifications
2025 - Eagala Equine Specialist Practitioner & Professional Specialist Certifications
2022 - TA Method Eqine Specialist Practitioner
2020 - Pet Partners Therapy Animal Handler Certification
2013 - Natural Lifemanship Trauma Focused Equine Assisted Psychotherapy Certification
2011 - Elgin County Grow Your Farm Course
2011 - Elgin County Environmental Farm Plan Course
2010 - Facilitated Equine Experiential Learning Certification
2009 - Integrated Energy Therapy Animal Certification
2009 - Human Be Herd Horse Workshop
2009 - National Coaching Certification Program Equestrian Theory Certification
2009 - Barbara Janelle Interspecies Communication Level 2 Course
2009 - Tellington TTouch For You & Your Horse Certification
2008 - Sue Becker Animal Communication Course
2008 - Tellington TTouch TTEAM for Horses Certification
2008 - Barbara Janelle Interspecies Communication Level 1 Course
2008 - Picture Perfect Obedience Dog Trainer Certification & Animal Communication Course
2008 - Tellington TTouch Level 1 Certification
Mental Health & Healing Modality Certifications
2024 - Holland College Respite Care Professional Certification
2024 - Rayonex Bioresonance According to Paul Schmidt® Practitioner Certification
2022 - NeurOptimal® - Zengar® Practitioner Certification
2020 - Working with First Responders & Military Members/Veterans with PTSD & Moral Injury
2020 - Dr Peter Levine Trauma First Aid Certification
2020 - Johns Hopkins University Psychological First Aid Certification
2020 - Yale University The Science of Well-being Certification
2020 - First Responder Self-Compassion Workshop
2019 - Transformative Mediation Certification
2019 - Be Well Serve Well PTSD Conference
2017 - Canadian Critical Incident Stress Congress Presenter
2016 - Surviving Trauma & Building Resilience in the Workplace Seminar
2016 - LivingWorks ASIST Suicide First Aid Certification
2016 - Maners Psychological First Aid Certification
2013 - Natural Lifemanship Trauma Focused Equine Assisted Psychotherapy Certification
2011 - Crystal Energy Therapy Certification
2009 - Integrated Energy Therapy Master Instructor Certification
2009 - Integrated Energy Therapy Animal Certification
2009 - Being in the Present Moment Workshop
2009 - Integrated Energy Therapy Advanced Certification
2009 - Reiki Master Instructor Certification
2009 - Integrated Energy Therapy Intermediate Certification
2009 - Integrated Energy Therapy Basic Certification
2008 - Krieger-Kunz Therapeutic Touch Level 2 Certification
2008 - Krieger-Kunz Therapeutic Touch Level 1 Certification
2008 - Introduction to the Sacred Silent Meditation Course
2008 - Tellington TTouch Level 1 Certification
2008 - Emotional Freedom Technique Level 2 Certification
2008 - Emotional Freedom Technique Level 1 Certification
2007 - Reiki Level 2 Certification
2007 - Peak Potentials Intensive
2007 - Reiki Level 1 Certification
2004 - Keys to Safer Schools Bullying Intervention Tran-the-Trainer Certification
2004 - Peel School Board Psychology Conference
2004 - Red Cross Beyond the Hurt Bullying Workshop
2004 - Safe School Conference
2004 - Keys to Safer Schools Potentially Dangerous Student Assessment Train-the-Trainer
Certification
2002 - Guelph Police School Violence Workshop
Police Specialist Certifications
2008 - Ontario Safety League Driving School Classroom Instructor Certification
2008 - Canada Safety Council Driver Improvement/Defensive Driving Course Instructor Certification
2008 - Ontario Safety League Basic Driving Instructor Certification
2008 - Natural Resources Canada Auto-Smart Train-the-Trainer Certification
2008 - Ontario Association of Police Educators Conference
2007 - Ontario Provincial Police Native Awareness Course
2007 - Ontario Police College Issues & Themes Conference: Aboriginal & First Nations Peoples - A Look Inside
2006 - Northwestern University Hostage Negotiations Instructor Certification
2006 - Dalhousie University Certified Police Coach Certification
2006 - Taser International X26 Instructor Certification
2005 - Dalhousie University Policing the Modern Community Certification
2005 - Michigan State University School of Criminal Justice Unified Command Certification
2005 - Michigan State University School of Criminal Justice Evacuation Coordinator Certification
2005 - Michigan State University School of Criminal Justice Emergency Response Planning Certification
2005 - Michigan State University School of Criminal Justice Incident Management Certification
2005 - Bloomington Police Department USA Special Weapons & Tactics Certification
2005 - National Tactical Officers Association Beslan Response Course
2005 - Ontario Police College Leading a Learning Police Organization Certification
2005 - Institute for Law Enforcement Administration Ethics Train-the-Trainer Certification
2005 - Dalhousie University Certified Police Coach Certification
2004 - Ontario Police College Domestic Violence Investigation Train-the-Trainer Certification
2004 - Ontario Police College Front Line Supervisor Certification
2004 - National Tactical Officers Association Tactical Operations Conference
2004 - Ontario Police College Team Building Certification
2004 - Ontario Police College Leadership Training Certification
2004 - Ontario Association of Police Educators Conference
2004 - National Tactical Officers Association Patrol Response to Active Shooter Instructor Certification
2004 - Conestoga College Criminal Profiling & Crime Analysis Course
2004 - Orangeville Police Gangs, Guns & Graffiti Seminar
2004 - Keys to Safer Schools Bullying Intervention Train-the-Trainer Certification
2004 - Peel District School Board Psychology Conference
2004 - Keys to Safer Schools Assessment of the Potentially Dangerous Student Train-the-Trainer Certification
2003 - Ontario Association of Police Educators Conference
2003 - Canadian Association of Police Educators Conference
2003 - C.P.A.F.L.A. Recertification Training
2003 - Ontario Police College Defensive Tactics Recruit Curriculum Review
2003 - Canadian Firearms Safety Course York Regional Police
2003 - Glock Pistol Armorers Certification
2003 - Pressure Point Control Tactics Spontaneous Knife Defence Instructor Certification
2003 - CANWAR Training Seminar
2002 - Toronto Police Uniform Coach Officer Certification
2002 - Peel Regional Police Center Axis Relock Firearms System Seminar
2002 - Niagara Regional Police Wound Ballistics Seminar
2002 - Ontario Association of Police Educators Conference
2002 - York Regional Police Search & Rescue Certification
2002 - Guelph Police School Violence Workshop
2002 - Dalhousie University Problem-Oriented Policing Certification
2001 - Pressure Point Control Tactics Defensive Tactics Instructor Certification
2001 - Ontario Association of Police Educators Conference
2001 - Dalhousie University Communication Skills for Police Personnel Certification
2001 - Dalhouse University Community Based Policing Course
2001 - Heckler & Koch Master Pistol Instructor Certification
2001 - Heckler & Koch Pistol Instructor Certification
2001 - Waterloo Regional Police Mantracking Certification
2001 - Heckler & Koch Tactical Pistol Certification
2001 - Ontario Police College Facilitating Adult Learning Instructor Certification
2001 - Caliber Press Street Survival Seminar
2000 - Ontario Police College Use of Force Instructor Certification
2000 - Ontario Police College Defensive Tactics Instructor Certification
2000 - Dalhousie University Police Leadership & Management Development Certification
2000 - Peel Regional Police Alternative Tactical Restraint Workshop
2000 - FIST Instructor Certification
2000 - Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology Certified Fitness Consultant Certification
2000 - Monadnock Expandable Baton Instructor Certification
2000 - Hamilton-Wentworth Regional Police Coach Officer Manual Design Seminar
1999 - Region of Waterloo Structural Behavioural Interviewing Course
1999 - Ontario Police College Simunition Instructor Certification
1999 - ASP Tactical Baton Instructor Certification
1998 - Tactical Ground Control Systems Level 2 Instructor Certification
1999 - Ontario Police College Firearms Instructor Certification
1998 - Waterloo Regional Police Range Officer Instructor Certification
1998 - Tactical Ground Control Systems Level 1 Instructor Certification
1998 - Ontario Police College Certified Fitness Consultant Certification
1998 - Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police & Police Fitness Personnel of Ontario
Physical Readiness Evaluation for Police Certification
1998 - Waterloo Regional Police Guns & Weapons on the Street Seminar
1998 - Ontario Police College (OPC) Shotgun Instructor Certification
1998 - Beretta USA Armorer Certification
1998 - Waterloo Regional Police Public Order Unit Certification
1998 - Toronto Police Elder Abuse Seminar
1997 - Waterloo Regional Police Range Officer Certification
1997 - Peel Regional Police Canadian Use of Force Trainers Conference
1997 - Peel Regional Police Canadian Use of Force Conference
1997 - Waterloo Regional Police Organized Crime Seminar
1997 - Quikkuf Instructor Certification
1997 - Guelph Police Department Effective Presentations Certification
1997 - Fred Pryor Exceptional Customer Service Seminar
1997 - Toronto Police Tactical Handcuff Instructor Certification
1996 - Centenial Olympic Games Security Team Program Officer - Atlanta, Georgia
1996 - Atlanta Committee for Olympic Games Team Leader Certification
1996 - Atlanta Committee for Olympic Games Security Supervisor Certification
1996 - Atlanta Committee for Olympic Games Intermediate Security Officer Certification
1996 - Atlanta Committee for Olympic Games Air Taser Marksman Certification
1996 - Waterloo Regional Police Oleoresin Capsicum Pepper Spray Certification
1995 - Waterloo Regional Police Beretta Pistol Certification
1995 - Waterloo Regional Police Moving/Stationary Doppler Radar Certification
1994 - Waterloo Regional Police Edged Weapon Defence Course
1994 - Waterloo Regional Police Use of Force Course
1993 - Waterloo Regional Police Police Vehicle Operations Course
1993 - Ontario Police College Advanced Training Certification
1992 - Waterloo Regional Police Stationary Radar Certificiation
1992 - Waterloo Regional Police Scepter Baton Certification
1991 - Ontario Police College Constable Training Certification
1991 - Conestoga College Law & Security Administration Course Year 1
1989 - Ontario Secondary School Diploma, Tillsonburg Ontario
Sport Accomplishments & Certifications
2015 - First Female Puller Inducted into the Canadian Tug-Of-War Hall of Fame
2000 - Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology Certified Fitness Consultant Certification
1999 - National Association of Underwater Instructors Scuba Diver Certification
1998 - Ontario Police College Certified Fitness Consultant Certification
1998 - Ontario Police College Police Readiness & Evaluation for Police Instructor Certification
1998 - Presented the Tillsonburg (hometown) Special Award Committee Medal of Honour for
competing and medaling at the 1997 World Police & Fire Games in Calgary Alberta
1997 - Canadian Henley Regatta Master Women's Double Gold
1997 - World Police & Fire Games Indoor & On-Water Rowing: 3 gold, 2 silver & 2 bronze medals -
in Calgary, Alberta
1997 - National Coaching & Certification Level 2 Theory Certification
1996 - Tug-of-War World Championships Competitor in Slaharan, Netherlands
1996 - Centennial Olympic Games Security Team Program Officer in Atlanta, Georgia
1995 - National Coaching Certification Program Level 2 Rowing Theory Certification
1995 - City of Waterloo Award of Merit for 1995 World Police & Fire Games Competition
1995 - World Police & Fire Games Indoor & On-Water Rowing: 3 gold medals Melbourne, Australia
1988 - National Coaching Certification Program Level 1 Rowing Technical Certification
1987 - National Coaching Certification Program Level 1 Rowing Theory Certification
