EMDR Basic Training
Koa Counselling
Birgit works as a counsellor/therapist in Kelowna, BC. She offers in-person and virtual appointments. Birgit enjoys working with adults–individuals and couples. She is experienced in working with depression, anxiety, trauma, grief and loss, goal setting, neurodiversity (ADHD/ASD), stress/burnout, finding meaning and purpose. Birgit works collaboratively with her clients, giving them options on how to proceed to achieve their goals. She has used EMDR with clients who have experienced accidents, relationship breakup, religious trauma, anxiety, perfectionism, people-pleasing, isolating themselves (boundaries that push people away), and limiting core beliefs (“I’m not good enough”, “I’m not lovable”, “I can’t trust anyone”). Birgit is also a certified hypnotherapist, Buteyko Breathing Educator, and has trained in Emotion Focussed Therapy and the Developmental Model of relationships.
Birgit comes with a wide range of experience, having travelled through Africa, Israel, Europe, and Cental Amercia. She loves learning about other cultures and has taken classes in the local nsyilxc?n language. Birgit worked as a tree-planter for 7 years, as a dental hygienist, in the school system as a counsellor/educator, and in private practice. She has experienced significant loss and trauma in her life, as well as having many good experiences and deep connections which have all contributed to her world-view. Birgit loves to get out in nature and finds it healing. She is curious and compassionate, knowing that all we have is the present, and all we can control is ourselves and our attitude and perspective. And sometimes a good laugh is therapeutic too!
1855 Kirschner Road Unit 210, KELOWNA, British Columbia, Canada, V1Y 4N7
Phone: (778) 2100639
Email: birgit@koacounselling.com
Population Served:
Adult
Languages:
How EMDR is Offered:
Both online and in-person
Areas of Expertise:
Anxiety
Attachment Focussed
Depression
Grief & Bereavement
Medical Trauma
PTSD
Road Traffic Accidents
Social Anxiety