EMDR Basic Training Membership
Retreat Into Wellness
I started in the social work field immediately after my Social Service Worker Diploma was completed in 2014. Since then I have been continuously working towards becoming a private practice therapist. I have worker in residential homes with individuals diagnosed with Schizophrenia, Bi-Polar, Major Depressive Disorder and other complex mental health disorders. I enjoy challenging myself professionally and am always looking to learn more to help the variety of children and adult clients I serve. Originally I started at my local women’s shelter where I had completed one of my SSW practicums. It was during my 5 years there as a crisis support worker that I realized I had an affinity for working with voice hearers, addictions, and other complex cases and sought out my next role with the Canadian Mental Health Association where I had roles as a residential worker, Outreach, and eventually as my education progressed and I finished my BSW through Laurentian University where I moved into an Addiction Court Support Counselor role. Once I completed my MSW I finished with a placement at a private practice clinic and once graduated I continued in private practice with the addition of bridging to Play Therapy with children. Truly I completed my Masters in the timing I did SO that I could get EMDR trained because I was seeing so much complex trauma with the adult addiction clients at the time that simply could not get the results they deserved through traditional talk therapy modalities. I completed EMDR and would like to continue building my skills with this modality especially around supporting dissociation and panic attacks is currently where I would like to build my knowledge and skills.
249 10th Street West Unit #2, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada, N4K3R2
Phone: 519 3791777
Email: amanda@retreatintowellness.ca
Population Served:
Both Adults and Children & Adolescents
Languages:
English
How EMDR is Offered:
Both online and in-person
Areas of Expertise:
Addictions
Anxiety
C-PTSD
Depression
Dissociation
EMDR Intensives
Medical Trauma
PTSD
Panic Attacks
Phobias
Road Traffic Accidents
Sexual Abuse
Social Anxiety