Stop starting over. Build the capacity for sustainable growth & lasting change
Meet Jamie Dawdy
Jamie Dawdy, RN, BScN, MSc is a registered nurse, public health professional, RN psychotherapist and resilience practitioner focused on supporting meaningful, sustainable change and strengthening well-being across individual, organizational, and community settings.
She is a Certified Cognitive Behaviour Therapist through the Academy of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies, with additional training in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Enhanced Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT-E) for eating disorders. Her work spans clinical practice, research, policy, and community engagement, with a strong emphasis on early years, family health, holistic wellbeing, protective factors, and the conditions that strengthen long-term resilience.
She is a co-author of the Ontario Early Adversity and Resilience Framework, contributing to provincial, evidence-informed strategies that support coordinated, cross-sector approaches to building resilience.
Jamie is also the creator of the Resilience-Inspired Action Framework™ , a developmental model grounded in neuroscience, cognitive and behavioural therapies, and public health. The framework reframes change as a process built on capacity, meaning-making, agency, and supportive environments — rather than motivation alone — providing a clear pathway for sustainable wellbeing.
Her work is informed by both professional expertise and lived understanding of recovery, bringing depth, clarity, and a deeply human perspective to how change unfolds over time. She is known for translating complex psychological and systems-level knowledge into practical, evidence-based approaches that are compassionate, rigorous, and usable in real-world settings.
Jamie provides consulting to organizations and communities, delivers speaking engagements across healthcare, education, leadership, and community sectors, and offers individual counselling grounded in the Resilience-Inspired Action Framework — helping people move from insight to aligned, sustainable action.
Jamie Dawdy
Jamie Dawdy offers psychotherapy, consulting, speaking, and professional training focused on building resilience and capacity for lasting change at the individual, professional, organizational, and community level.
Grounded in cognitive behavioural approaches, nervous system science, and real-world practice, the work supports clients in moving beyond insight and intention into sustainable action — particularly during periods of complexity, transition, growth, or strain.
The practice offers four core service areas:
One-to-One Support (RN Psychotherapy)
Evidence-informed Registered Nurse psychotherapy for individuals, leaders, and professionals navigating burnout, transition, behavioural change, or capacity strain.
Services specialize in supporting people who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or uncertain about next steps, and who want structured, sustainable improvement in wellbeing, functioning, decision-making, and relationships.
Therapeutic work integrates cognitive behavioural approaches with practical behavioural and lifestyle-informed strategies to support meaningful and lasting change.
Organizational Consulting
Support for organizations, teams, and communities seeking guidance in leadership development, culture change, workforce sustainability, and resilience-building initiatives. Consulting work focuses on translating evidence into practical, achievable strategies tailored to real operational environments.
Speaking Engagements
Keynotes, presentations, and facilitated sessions designed for professional, organizational, and community audiences. Talks are practical, engaging, and grounded in applied experience, helping audiences understand resilience, change capacity, and sustainable performance in demanding environments.
Professional Training & Workshops
Structured training programs and workshops that build applied skills in resilience, behavioural change, leadership capacity, and psychologically informed practice. Sessions are designed to be interactive, actionable, and directly transferable to workplace or professional settings.
Framework-Driven Practice
All services are grounded in the Resilience-Inspired Action Framework™ , developed by Jamie Dawdy. This structured, capacity-first developmental model supports both individual and system-level change by helping people build the foundation required for sustainable progress rather than short-term fixes.
Education, Credentials & Certifications
Master of Science (MSc) in Nursing , McMaster University
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN), Honours, McMaster University
Leadership Essentials Certificate, University of Toronto
Certified Cognitive Behavior Therapist, Academy of Cognitive and Behavior Therapies (A-CBT)
CBT-E for Eating Disorders Webcentred Training, CREDO
Level1 DBT Training, Synthesis Psychological Consortium
Healthy Eating and Lifestyle Certificate, Canadian School of Natural Nutrition
Certified Fitness Instructor, CanFitPro
Yoga (RYT-200), Barre & Spin certified
