Ray Ali

Ray Ali is a Marriage and Family Therapist and has been working in this capacity for the past 25 years at The Family Centre of Winnipeg, located in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada. He has an extensive caseload involving a wide range of areas and concerns.

Some of these areas include:

• Working with families impacted by M.S.
• Separation/Divorce issues
• Parent- Child conflicts
• Fathering issues
• Learning disabilities issues
• Multicultural issues
• Anger Issues

More recently, he has been counseling individuals with anger issues. During this time he has written a number of books/manuals on this topic. These include:

• Chillout: Anger Management Strategies For Adolescent (1999)
• Chillout! Taming Anger: A Guide For Parents and Their Teens(2002)
• ABC’s Of Anger (2006)

He has also written a multicultural booklet for the city of Winnipeg titled Knowing Your Multicultural Neighbors. (2006)

He has developed an eight-session anger group for children and their parents which has been used in a variety of settings. In addition, he has also developed a six-hour anger management program for adults. Ray can be found as a speaker for conferences, conducting workshops, consulting with schools and various social organizations or giving media interviews on a wide range of family related issues. His community involvement is extensive and includes such organizations as:

• The Anger Centre
• Vanier Institute of The Family (National)
• Learning Disability Association of Canada (National)
• Learning Disability Association of Manitoba
• Citizen Equity Committee
• Cross Cultural Resource Team
• Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Centered Communities
• Provincial Council For Youth Justice and Crime Prevention
• Boys and Girls Club
• A variety of sporting organizations

Ray has an M.A. (Sociology) from the University of Manitoba as well as a diploma in Non-Profit Management. He has taken numerous courses/workshops in Social Work and in Family Therapy. In addition to his practice, he teaches courses for Continuing Education.