Catia Carrier is not only an author but a survivor, educator, researcher, healer, registered psychotherapist, and spiritual practitioner. She has a master's degree in clinical counselling psychology from Yorkville University, New Brunswick, and owns a successful psychotherapy incorporated private practice in Northern Ontario. Specializing in trauma recovery and crisis intervention, Catia has twenty-four years' experience in psychotherapy, mental health, emotional well-being, crisis intervention, trauma response, First Nations health, and human rights. She currently lives in Northern Ontario, amongst the wildlife and in nature, and has one adult son.