Brian holds two Masters’ degrees (University of Toronto; University of Western Ontario). He has done extensive additional academic and internship work in a variety of settings, including coursework in the Grief and Bereavement Program of the Adler School of Psychology, the Toronto Institute for Pastoral Training and Canadian Association for Spiritual Care and other additional coursework in both trauma and sexuality at the Adler School of Psychology. He also completed clinical internship and practicum training at the Toronto Western Hospital and at Homewood Health Centre, a mental health and addiction care facility in Guelph, Ontario.