SPECIALTIES IN COUNSELLING
I specialize in those experiencing (but not limited to) trauma, grief and loss. Within my trauma-informed lens I also treat those that face relationship challenges, parenting issues at all stages of life, anxiety, panic and phobias, depression, living with mental illness, codependency, maladaptive relationship patterns, separation and divorce, stress, stress related to COVID, work/life balance, workplace challenges, spiritual exploration, change and life-stage challenges,
EMDR
Using EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing) I have successfully treated clients who are diagnosed with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), first responders, clients with war and military experience, those who have experienced traumatic grief, physical and sexual assault, victims of crime, survivors of natural disasters and accidents and clients who have experienced childhood; bullying, physical and sexual abuse, neglect and abandonment.
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EMDR is an approach to therapy that is particularly helpful for people who have experienced some sort of trauma, emotional wounds, blocks and limitations. These experiences can include the things that we normally think of as traumatic such as childhood abuse, earthquakes, sexual assaults and so on, and also the things that may be personally traumatizing like humiliations, major disappointments, betrayals, bereavement and such.
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EMDR allows for information processing takes place. By creating similar brain activity while thinking about the painful event, it appears that EMDR is able to help the brain finally process the *stuck* material, enabling the person to arrive at an adaptive resolution. The painful event or trauma becomes an unfortunate memory but no longer produces the emotional pain that it did before.
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CLINICAL CONSULTATION for PROFESSIONALS
I am passionate about supporting and mentoring other psychotherapists by providing clinical consults and ongoing clinical supervision. I bring warmth and compassion to the mentoring relationship along with 16 years of clinical supervision experience and management experience in social services. My goal is to help psychotherapists reach their professional goals, to support and challenge therapists to grow and to reach their full potential. I offer clinical supervision to psychotherapists in agencies, private sector and social service managers. I offer EMDR trauma treatment to treat Vicarious Trauma and Compassion Fatigue to enable psychotherapists and managers to heal and to move forward in their careers.
THERESA'S COUNSELLING APPROACH
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing) is a powerful, life-changing and efficient therapy method that I primarily provide in my practice, as a trained practitioner since 2013. It is deemed by the WHO (World Health Organization) as the recommended therapy for post traumatic stress. EMDR also addresses, but is not limited to: performance anxiety and or enhancement, self-defeating beliefs, behavioural inhibition, generalized anxiety, grief, depression and psychological recovery from injury. I also interweave EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques); Trauma-focused CBT, DBT, Structural Dissociation Parts Work, EMDR Flash, Attachment Regulation Competency (ARC), Vicarious Trauma Response and Mindfulness approaches for improved coping and life skills.
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PRICES
INTAKE
240.00 for 1 hour and 30 min
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ONGOING SESSION
165.00 for 1 hour
