Welcome .... 

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Whether you're experiencing depression, anxiety, grief, abuse, addiction, domestic violence, injustice, a difficult relationship, employment issues, physical illness, parental conflict, or just going through a challenging life period, here you will find a range of counselling services to assist your needs. 

 

Trauma can happen at any time in life, and can impact us all in unique and diverse ways.  Traumatic grief experiences and/or trauma memories can alter neural pathways (brain cell patterns ) creating internal processes that spark fear for the individual and which destabilize cognition (thinking), affect (emotions), and somatic (physical) aspects of self.

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Common trauma symptoms include; Intrusive thoughts, irrational thinking, memory relapse, inability to trust or make decisions, sleep disturbance, dietary disturbance, sexual disturbance, addiction, isolation, self-harm, anger, depression, anxiety, and difficulty sustaining relationships.

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In order to understand and process trauma we must explore our physical, emotional, and cognitive experience of the trauma.

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Trauma therapy then, involves recognizing signs and symptoms of trauma, understanding how trauma responses impact us, our families, and significant others, and engaging with strategies that aim to reduce or eliminate trauma symptoms and restore daily functioning.

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Grief can also happen at any time in life to any person young or old, and is one of the most painful life experiences to endure.  Losing a loved one, relative, pet, friend, community, country, job, involves a re-adjustment process - and that process is called grief.  It is an "undoing of attachment to someone or something, in the physical world."​

 

I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor helping to heal trauma and grief among society.  I have a genuine and caring approach, and an in-depth understanding of grief and traumatic life experiences.  My lifelong compassion, professional insight, and approaches to trauma and grief have helped many individuals, children, adolescents, and families overcome trauma-based and grief-related challenges and difficulties.  I offer warmth, wisdom, patience, and understanding, together with an eclectic approach that incorporates evidence-based modalities such as Complicated Grief Therapy (CGT), Traumatic Incident Reduction (TIR), Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness, Non-Directed Play Therapy, and Expressive Art Therapy.  In addition to a flexible approach to treating trauma and grief, I strongly believe that the collaborative relationship as well as creativity play vital roles in mental health recovery.  As such, I work closely with my clients to develop best-fit empowering relationships, and a sense of enjoyment in the counselling process. 

 

If you would like to book a session, please see the full list of services below, or simply click on BOOK A SESSION.

 

I look forward to serving you. 

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Warmly,

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~ Dawn ~