EMDR Basic Training Membership
EMDR Certified Therapist Membership
A Life’s Journey Counselling & Art Therapy
Helen (she/her) has a Master’s degree in Social Work, a post-graduate level/advanced diploma in art therapy, and a Bachelor of Arts and Science degree. She has been an EMDR Certified Therapist since 2023.Since 1994, Helen has worked with children, youth/adolescents and adults of various ethnicities, cultures and socioeconomic status who have often been in crisis/have suffered trauma. Helen is a registered Social Worker with the Saskatchewan Association of Social Workers (SASW), courtesy registrated Social Worker in the province of Alberta, a Registered Canadian Art Therapist, and a Professional Member with the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA). Helen has been in private practice since 2009 and after 21.5 years of employment with Correction Services Canada at the Regional Psychiatric Centre, retired in 2020 from her Clinical Social Work position. She was employed in a federal adult forensic/psychiatric facility during these years.Helen specializes in anger and emotions management, healthy communication, healthy relationships, anxiety and other mood disorders, intergenerational trauma, PTSD/C-PTSD, and more. Helen has been a Mental Health Therapist for Indigenous clients through NIHB and ISC since 2009, and is also a therapist on the ‘Q’ list with OUT Saskatoon. In addition to EMDR therapy, Helen utilizes CBT, Narrative Therapy, Choice Theory/Reality Therapy, Trauma-Informed Art/Expressive Arts Therapy, DBT, Brief Solution-Focused, and Systems Theory with clients.Helen typically works Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays during the day as well as the occasional Sunday, Monday and Wednesday morning. Helen offers services in person as well as virtually.
115 2nd Ave N, Suite 316 , Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, S7K 2B1
Phone: 306 2220563
Email: alifesjourneycounselling@sasktel.net
Population Served:
Both Adults and Children & Adolescents
Languages:
English
How EMDR is Offered:
Both online and in-person
Areas of Expertise:
Anxiety
Attachment Focussed
C-PTSD
Depression
Grief & Bereavement
Medical Trauma
Military
PTSD
Panic Attacks
Physical Abuse
Sexual Abuse
Social Anxiety