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Hello! I’m Debra, from Inner Harmony Counselling
Not Accepting New Clients Currently
Registered Social Worker (MSW & RSW), Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC)
Do you wish that you could feel free from stress, anxiety, hopelessness, addiction, and other life challenges getting in your way? Do you find yourself feeling checked out of life and numb, or feeling out of control with your feelings and reactions without understanding why? Are you concerned with relationship issues? Grief and loss? These are just some examples of things I can support you with.
Our thoughts, emotions, and bodies have a way of communicating to us when we feel overwhelmed and out of control. Life also can have a way of throwing us additional curve balls; perhaps a job loss, a toxic relationship, a car accident, a new health diagnosis, or unresolved childhood issues. Many people experience anxiety, depression, and some form of trauma at some point in life; which can lead to feelings of hopelessness, despair, isolation, and overwhelming fear. These feelings directly impact our ability to function in life, can hold us back from having meaningful relationships, affects our work life, and can prevent us from developing and reaching goals we hope to achieve. Seeking help is a sign of strength, and can be the first step to committing to the road to recovery, and will directly benefit one’s mental wellness/health.
My approach is to partner with the people I work with, to uncover your natural abilities to heal and gain perspective from all of life’s events, while holding a safe and supportive space. I am gentle, caring, non-judgmental, and use a collaborative approach to therapy. I will be validating in your concerns, yet able to challenge some of the unhelpful automatic thoughts and patterns that add to a lack of meaning and purpose. Together we will explore how to align values and yearnings with behaviors. I also use humor when suitable in sessions, as a way to connect and reduce tension.
Along side one another, I can support you to lessen the discomfort you are experiencing in life and enhance your ability to experience joy with yourself and others. Therapy will help to increase a sense of control in your life, and work to decrease unhelpful automatic and intrusive thoughts. In addition, you will notice a decrease in feelings of anxiety, depression, symptoms of trauma, shame, and grief.
Debra has experience in the area of trauma. This path has inspired Debra’s passion to walk beside the people she has worked with, and to be a part of their healing process.
I offer a free 20 -minute consultation to ensure a that I am a fit for you. Book your free consultation today either by email or my booking app link.
Specialized training:
I am trained in sensorimotor psychotherapy level 1 – trauma themes, and CBT.
Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: TIST Level 1 Training
ADHD Clinical Services Provider (ADHD-CCSP) Certification Course: Strength-based Interventions to Thrive with ADHD from Childhood to Adulthood (in progress)
I also have specialized training and experience in addictions, (recently completion of Addiction Care and Treatment course (UBC), Motivational Interviewing 1, Trans-theoretical stages of Change Training, Therapeutic Crisis Intervention Certificate (Ireland). I have further training in DBT, gender diversity, transgender issues, Indigenous studies (BSW) as well as San'yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Training and further Indigenous Cultural Training, palliative care, FASD training certificate (hey-way'-noqu'), Brief Action Planning, P.I.E.C.E.S. Training for neuro-cognitive disorders, and collaborative assessment and management of suicidality, DBT informed
Specialized Training
- Sensorimotor psychotherapy level 1 - Trauma Themes
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy is a talk/body based therapeutic modality. - Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: TIST Level 1