EMDR Basic Training Membership
Tree of Life Psychology
I enjoy working with individual adults to address a wide range of issues including: stress, life transitions, anxiety, depression, loss, grief, systemic racism, and trauma. I believe in creating a compassionate and safe(r) space for my clients. My hope is to help them shift towards clarity – about how environments, beliefs, or behaviours have helped them flourish, or held them back; helping clients shift towards self-compassion, effective action, and truly fulfilled living. I am passionate about working with individuals who have experienced marginalization and I have worked and volunteered in a wide variety of community agencies that help those who have experienced trauma. I am an approved mental health provider for: Indigenous Services Canada (NIHB); Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP, mental health support for refugees); RCMP, Veterans Affairs, Canadian Armed Forces. I center my therapy work around mindful, somatic therapies. My approach is integrative, incorporating the following theories/ therapies: Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR) Hakomi Mindful-Somatic Psychotherapy Somatic Experiencing (S.E.) Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Mindfulness and Mindful Self-Compassion Feminist Therapy Family Systems Therapy Decolonizing and anti-oppressive practice Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (Prolonged Exposure Therapy, Exposure and Response Prevention, CBT for ADHD) I hold the following values close to my heart and my hope is to not only embody them in the therapy room, but also in my personal life: joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, mindfulness, faith, hope, and non-violence.
100 B, 8230-105 Street NW , Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6E 1H9
Phone: 587 589-8159
Email: sophia@treeoflifepsychology.com
Population Served:
Adult
Languages:
English
How EMDR is Offered:
Both online and in-person
Areas of Expertise:
Anxiety
Attachment Focussed
Birth Trauma
C-PTSD
Depression
Dissociation
Grief & Bereavement
OCD
PTSD
Panic Attacks
Phobias
Physical Abuse
Sexual Abuse
Social Anxiety