Bruno Jung-Millen, MSW, RSW

Bruno (he/him) is the founder of Intersections Therapy Collective and serves as the Clinical Director, overseeing operations and the quality of clinical services. He is a registered social worker and psychotherapist in good standing with the OCSWSSW (837354). Bruno also holds a position as an Adjunct Instructor at Renison University College (University of Waterloo). Aside from his supervisory and teaching roles, Bruno is first and foremost a couples and sex therapist. He is also an approved external clinician for the Canadian Armed Forces, where he does the majority of his work with military couples and individual trauma treatment.

Bruno is a professional member of several associations, including the International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy (ICEEFT) and the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT). Bruno is also actively involved in research at the Kinsey Institute’s Traumatic Stress Research Consortium (KI-TSRC) at Indiana University and the Narrative Practice Research Network, a joint initiative of Dulwich Centre and the University of Melbourne.

Outside of the clinic, Bruno enjoys spending quality time with his children and family, both in Canada and abroad. He is passionate about learning, traveling, and embarking on new adventures!

Fee Information:

$200 per hour for individual therapy and $250 per hour for couples therapy. At any given time, there may be space for a sliding‑scale fee option. HST does not apply to clinical services provided by an RSW.

Specialization & Clinical Focus:

These are some of the areas where Bruno can provide treatment and clinical support for individuals and couples, but are not limited to:

• PTSD, Trauma, and Moral Injury: Treatment for PTSD and trauma‑related symptoms in active military service members and veterans, including support for moral injuries.
• Sexual Trauma and Abuse (Men): Specialized treatment for men who have experienced sexual trauma or sexual abuse.
• Communication, Attachment, and Intimacy Challenges: Support for communication difficulties, attachment ruptures, and intimacy or desire discrepancies across diverse relationship structures, including traditional marriage.
• Erotic Identity and Sexual Behaviour Concerns: Guidance for exploring erotic and sexual identities, and addressing sexual behaviour patterns that negatively impact relationships or interfere with emotional connection and healthy sexual experiences.
• Infidelity and Relationship Repair: Support for navigating infidelity, processing associated emotions, and working through post‑infidelity reconciliation challenges in various relationship structures.
• Men’s Sexual Health and Sexual Dysfunctions: Treatment for men’s sexuality concerns, including erectile difficulties, premature ejaculation, performance anxiety, and problematic or out‑of‑control sexual behaviours such as compulsive pornography use, excessive masturbation, and risky sexual urges.
• Consensual Non‑Monogamy (CNM): Support for navigating the complexities of consensual non‑monogamy, open relationships, polyamory, and other non‑traditional relationship agreements.
• Same‑Sex Relationships and LGBTQ2S+ Concerns: Therapeutic support for same‑sex couples and individuals, including navigating relationship dynamics, parenting challenges, and sexual connection within queer relationships.

Professional Experience:

Bruno brings a wealth of experience from his extensive career in the public sector prior to founding Intersections Therapy Collective. His most recent public‑sector position was as a therapist in a university medical clinic, where he supported youth and young adults navigating mental health and academic challenges. In this role, Bruno worked closely with a multidisciplinary team (including physicians, psychiatrists, and RNs) to provide holistic, integrated care. He also facilitated several group therapy programs and delivered mental health workshops across the university.

Bruno’s diverse background includes adult mental health counselling, crisis intervention, private adoption practice, child protection (Children’s Aid Society), addictions and harm reduction, Indigenous social services (with a focus on family violence and community well‑being), child welfare policy research, and children’s mental health practice. He is also passionate about parent advocacy and has worked extensively in this area. In 2023, Bruno served as an advisory member of the 2SLGBTQ+ Provincial Roundtable at the Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies (OACAS).

In addition to his clinical work, Bruno provides workshops and psycho‑educational presentations to organizations and community groups. Below is a list of recent workshops or presentations that Bruno has provided to various organizations:

• Professional seminar titled “Loss and Identity for Intercountry Adoptees: Exploring Narrative Therapy” presented at the North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC) Conference in Kansas City, Missouri, in 2023.
• Community‑based workshop titled “Out‑of‑Control Sexual Behavior (OCSB): Reimagining Sex Addiction and Compulsive Sexual Behavior” presented at MAX Ottawa and Capital Rainbow Refuge in 2024.
• Military workshop titled “Establishing Healthy Relationships: Building Healthy Behaviors in the Early Stages of Dating and New Relationships” presented as part of the Healthy Relationships Campaign funded by Military Family Services (MFS) in Ottawa, ON, in 2025.
• Military couples educational program titled “Heart to Heart” presented at Strathmere Country Retreat funded by Military Family Services (MFS) in North Gower, ON, in 2026.

Education & Training:

Bruno earned his Master of Social Work (MSW) degree from Carleton University, concentrating on direct intervention and clinical social work practice, which included independent studies on attachment‑focused therapy and developmental trauma. He also completed graduate coursework as an Ontario Visiting Graduate Student at the Faculty of Social Work at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, ON.

In addition, Bruno holds a certificate in Intensive Sex Therapy Training from the University of Guelph. He has also completed a two‑year comprehensive training and supervision program in sex therapy through the Modern Sex Therapy Institute in West Palm Beach, FL. Bruno engages in ongoing military‑specific training courses and programs at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, MD.

Additionally, Bruno has successfully completed the following post-graduate training programs:

• Prolonged Exposure (PE) Therapy Training (Atlas Institute for Veterans and Families)
• EMDRIA-Approved Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy Training
• Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFCT) Externship & Core Skills Training (International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy)
• Gottman Method – Level 1 & 2 (Gottman Institute)
• Cognitive Behavior Therapy (Wilfrid Laurier University)
• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (Wilfrid Laurier University)
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (Wilfrid Laurier University)
• Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (OSIE - University of Toronto)
• Narrative Therapy and Community Practice (Dulwich Centre)
• Interpersonal Psychotherapy (Royal Hospital)
• Attachment, Self-Regulation, and Competency (ARC) Framework: Treating Traumatic Stress in Children and Adolescents (Dr. Margaret E. Blaustein)
• ACT: An Adoption and Permanency Curriculum for Child Welfare and Mental Health Professionals © (Adoption Council of Ontario)
• Circle of Security® Parenting™ & COS intensive assessment protocol (Circle of Security International)
• Collaborative Problem Solving - Level 1 (Think:Kids)
• Dr. Neufeld’s attachment based developmental approach (Neufeld Institute)
• Clinical Supervision (Wilfrid Laurier University)

Professional or Clinical Memberships:

Bruno holds active professional or clinical memberships with the following associations:

• Ontario Association of Social Workers (OASW)
• Canadian Association of Social Workers (CASW)
• International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy (ICEEFT)
• American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT)
• Canadian Association of Cognitive Behavioural Therapies (CACBT)
• Association for Contextual Behavioral Science (ACBS)

Clinical Supervision:

Bruno engages in ongoing clinical supervision with Dr. Richard M. Siegel (Florida) and Dr. Matthew Keller (California) for professional development in couples and sex therapy. He also provides group and individual clinical consultations and supervision to associates within our team.