EMDR Basic Training Membership
Anchor and Oak Counselling and Consulting
I am a Registered Social Worker with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW) since 2017. I hold a Master of Social Work degree from Carleton University. I have an undergraduate degree in criminology from Nipissing University and have worked for over 15 years in community mental health, employment and training, education, community justice services, and in healthcare institutions. I work alongside you to offer non-judgmental compassionate support in these transitions, to build skills and strategies to manage mood and anxiety symptoms and the experience of overwhelm and work to build confidence in new pieces of your identity. I work in a strength-based approach to highlight your resiliency and build therapeutic goals for growth, learning, and new opportunities.I have specialized training in:Perinatal Mental Health: Fertility, Pregnancy, PostpartumGrief and Perinatal Loss: Miscarriage, Termination for Medical Reasons, Neonatal Loss, Stillbirth, Loss of a child. Including Traumatic grief, complex grief, and anticipatory grief.Birth and Reproductive Trauma: Fertility trauma, loss, termination, birth trauma, NICU trauma, feeding trauma, and birth story processing.Life transitions: Transition to parenthood, Perimenopause, Menopause, grief, return to work, retirement.Anxiety: Generalized Anxiety, Social Anxiety, Health Anxiety, Panic Disorder, Post-traumatic StressObsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD): Treating Youth 12-17, and Adults 18+First Responders: Compassion fatigue, workplace stress, vicarious trauma, and burnoutInsomnia and Sleep DisturbancesInterpersonal and relational challengesEmotional Regulation ChallengesDepression and Low moodMy practice in psychotherapy uses evidence-based approaches to support building skills, distress tolerance, managing triggers, navigating relationships, identity building, and emotional regulation. I also offer trauma processing and integration support.Motivational Interviewing (MI),Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for anxiety, depression, perinatal anxiety and depression, insomnia, and OCDDialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) for distress tolerance, emotional regulation, interpersonal challenges, and mindfulness.Mindfulness, CBT for mindfulness of thoughts, and emotions, managing worry and rumination, and self-compassion.Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)
222 Main Street East , North Bay, Ontario, , P1B1B1
Phone: 705 4992810
Email: anchorandoakcounselling@gmail.com
Population Served:
Both Adults and Children & Adolescents
Languages:
English
How EMDR is Offered:
Both online and in-person
Areas of Expertise:
Anxiety
Birth Trauma
C-PTSD
Depression
Grief & Bereavement
Medical Trauma
OCD
PTSD
Panic Attacks
Road Traffic Accidents
Social Anxiety