Arliss Kurtz MSW, RSW is a registered clinical social worker from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Ms. Kurtz has 30+ years of experience working within child welfare, community mental health/psychiatry, and forensic areas of practice within varied work settings, and is currently in private practice. She has presented on a variety of topics including, but not limited to, compassion fatigue/burn out, self-care, therapy with youth who have engaged in sexual harm, trauma-informed practice and caregiving, and mental health and wellness information. Ms. Kurtz regularly volunteers her time to the Manitoba

College of Social Workers, most recently as Chair of the Inquiry Committee, a judiciary process related to the Complaints Committee. She is on the international ATSA Child and Adolescent Committee, Chair of the In-Reach Subcommittee where she created, co-developed, and co-facilitates a monthly, International learning and on-line peer consultation forum. She is also on the Child and Adolescent Best Practice Subcommittee and was a member of the 2022 ATSA Conference Committee that was held in Los Angeles where she also co-presented two workshops. As part of her career development and self-care practice, Ms. Kurtz is currently working through a yearlong hybrid yoga teacher training that is held on-line for 11 months and will culminate with an immersion and certification experience in Costa Rica. Once certified, she will be melding aspects of Raja yoga practice, also known as the “Royal Path”, within her clinical practice.