Marina is a Somatic Experiencing Professional having taken her training through Somatic Experiencing International (SEI). She also is a Registered Massage Therapist and will be finishing her training in Inner Relationship Focusing in March 2025.

Marina started her journey with Somatic Experiencing 4 years ago. A colleague recommended it to her as the next step in her career. After her first day of training, she knew this was what she was made for. Being a survivor of complex PTSD herself, she learned, first hand, the healing power SE can bring. Now, with the tools passed down to her from the faculty members at SEI, it is her goal to assist others in their own healing journey.

As a registered massage therapist for 14 years, Marina has taken on an intuitive nature with the inner workings of the body and the role trauma plays in it. Having extensive knowledge in the numerous holding patterns, injuries, and stress-induced effects of the body, building a body-mind connection is a natural step towards true healing.

Somatic Experiencing heals through facilitating body awareness and deepening the body-mind connection. Using titration, which guides people to take their time so as to not to be re-traumatized, one builds the capacity to eventually sit with the biggest of traumas and process them in a healthy and healing way.

Marina continues to see her own Somatic Experiencing Professional as it has been so pivotal in maintaining a strong connection to herself and to the loved ones around her. As well, she enjoys long walks in the river valley with her 2 dogs and her children. She also continues a weekly peer mentorship because she believes deeply in continuing to strive for more knowledge and growth.

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Stewart has returned to Welling Centre and is accepting new clients.

Stewart holds degrees in Counselling (Masters), and Psychology (BA). He has been counselling since 2023 in private practice settings and at a non-profit organization working with survivors of sexual violence. He is a thoughtful and compassionate therapist with a calming presence. He is dedicated to helping clients to live more freely and self-actualized in the face of life’s challenges.

Stewart approaches therapy with psychodynamic, social functionalist, and existential perspectives, and implements methods from compassion focused therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, and three-phase trauma therapy. His therapy has been influenced by the works of Judith Herman, Hannah Levenson, Irvin Yalom, Paul Gilbert, and Alfred Adler. He believes that psychotherapy is a process of deep discovery, where the therapist and client work together to uncover patterns which developed in the past, and repeat in the present within emotions, beliefs, drives, and relationships.

Stewart’s research efforts have lead him to focus on the problem of moral injury, and is he is engaged in spreading knowledge about it within the veteran community. Also, he has completed the Introduction to Trauma Exposed Professionals course through Wounded Warriors Canada.

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My approach to massage therapy is to work with your body, not just on it. Pain is the body’s way of indicating that something is not aligned. Bodies want to be aligned, and my approach is to help create space in the fascial matrix to allow your body to realign.

Graduating from Makami in April 2021, I learned how to listen to what the body is saying. By actively listening to your body I can assist in correcting postural issues, and help work on a customized approach to healing acute and chronic pains.

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I can be reached at scarletwy.rmt@gmail.com

Scarlet’s technique is slow, rhythmic, and gradual as she thoroughly treats areas of pain and discomfort. A central goal in Scarlet’s sessions is to decrease the pain experience by calming the nervous system. Therefore, though she uses deep tissue, active release, kinetic massage, PNF stretching, and trigger point release techniques when appropriate, the overall experience is intended to be deeply relaxing.

Scarlet is a forever learner with a deep interest in understanding pain intervention and body work from all perspectives. Scarlet received thorough training in anatomy, physiology, assessment, and treatment at MH Vicars School of Massage Therapy where she graduated with honours in 2017. Since then, she has received further training in yoga and body rolling as home-care, kinetic massage of the shoulder, orthopaedic assessment, pain science and the biopsychosocial model, and trauma-informed bodywork.

Scarlet’s treatment room is a safe, kind, judgement-free space. She works with people of all ages and stages, including pregnancy.

Direct Billing Available

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Deanna offers appointments to individual adults, children, adolescents, and teens, as well as couples and families.

Deanna Clarke (Dee) is driven by an authentic and non-judgemental curiosity. Her goal is to provide a safe and sacred space for clients to feel empowered to create change in their lives. She is an experienced therapist who specializes in counselling for individuals, couples, children and youth, addiction therapy, and transpersonal psychotherapy. She creates a nurturing environment for young individuals, offers empathy and evidence-based methods in addiction therapy, and focuses on spiritual aspects in transpersonal therapy. Deanna tailors therapy sessions to promote healing, empowerment, and overall well-being.

Deanna started her career working with children and youth and persons with disabilities in 2009 while completing her Child and Youth Counselling Diploma. Upon completion of her undergrad in Addiction Counselling, she began working with people struggling with addiction and mental health and working with children and youth in care until completing her diploma in Transpersonal Therapeutic Counselling in 2023. She is a Registered Therapeutic Counsellor with the Association of Cooperative Counselling Therapists and continues to work with adults and youth in the addiction and mental health capacities while working with clients in her private practice.

As a result of Deanna’s own healing journey, she has been able to change the story of her life. She strives to live her life experiencing all that comes, without judgement or expectations. Deanna is deeply committed to the idea that spirituality serves as a cornerstone of recovery and mental wellness. Embracing spirituality provides us with a profound sense of purpose, belonging, and inner resilience that guides us through life’s challenges. She believes that when we challenge ourselves, we create an opportunity for healing and growth. Her intention is to create a safe, supportive, and inclusive space where clients can explore and nurture their spiritual journey as an essential component of their healing process. Deanna’s holistic approach to therapy is centered around discovering who people are and what they need. She is committed to supporting those she works with in making connections between their spiritual, mental, physical, social, emotional, creative, and intellectual needs to create the change they are seeking.

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Brian is a registered psychologist and former instructor at MacEwan University, where he taught psychology to undergraduates, and St. Stephen’s College, where he trained practicum students enrolled in graduate programs in the Department of Psychotherapy and Spirituality.

He has worked in community clinics, specialized multi-disciplinary teams in the inner city, and as a mental health consultant and trainer for front-line staff in programs funded by Children’s Services.

Brian received his MA in Counselling Psychology at the Adler School of Professional Psychology in Vancouver. He also has training in psychodrama, Brain Spotting, hypnotherapy, psychedelic integration, and EMDR. He is certified as an instructor in Mental Health First Aid, and as a peer-coach in Motivational Interviewing.

Brian specializes in trauma treatment and addictions counselling, but also treats a variety of concerns.

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Wendy’s new client rate will increase to $130 per 50 minute session as of May 15th, 2024. Existing client rates will be unaffected.

Wendy is a heart centered, intuitive, counsellor who takes an integrative approach to therapy in the areas of addiction and recovery, stress, depression, spiritual emergency, and generational trauma. Wendy is trained in Transpersonal Counselling Psychology, and is a Registered Therapeutic Counsellor with integrated and lived experiences that support deep healing.

Her work in the counselling field began with a focus on supporting individuals with substance use disorders and recovery, as well deep work with groups. She has 5 years of clinical experience in individual and group therapy. Wendy has been influenced by the work of Chuck Spezzano, Carl Jung, Stanislav Grof, and Rupert Spira. Her holistically integrated therapy approach is based on Transpersonal theories, and helping individuals wake up to who they really are. Wendy’s goal is to help people understand their issues and uncover positive ways to move past them and integrate this new awareness into their lives. She is skilled at creating a psychologically safe space to do this deep work and to wake up from the illusions of the ego mind of form and fear.

She supports people to come into flow with life and the divine using a psychotherapeutic approach that is informed by non-dual understanding, which bridges the gap between spirit and psychotherapy. As well, Wendy is trained in relational therapies such as, Experiential, Family Systems Theory, Yalom and Gestalt, Breath-Work, Individual, Group, and Somatic Therapies, as well as Eastern Mindfulness and Meditation practices. She is skilled in various forms of consciousness raising methods including, Buddhist Meditation, Holotropic Breathwork ™, Jungian Dream work, and uses Archetypal-based Tarot cards as a supplemental tool. She has an interest in, and experience with, the healing potential of non-ordinary and non-dual states of consciousness. Through Wendy’s experience with these deep healing states, she can hold space for deep-rooted change; and meet people in their deepest shadows with presence, embodiment, compassion, and grounding.

In her off time, Wendy practices mindfulness, Tarot, travel, exploring with like-minded friends the true nature of who we are. She has spent time in Buddhist retreats, non-dual contemplation retreats, assisting Holotropic Breathwork ™ retreats, and increasingly sitting quietly, enjoying the beauty of life.

Treatment Approaches: Trauma informed approaches Depth therapy Inner work – dreams/imagery/visualizations Psychedelic integration therapy

Treatment Specialties: Trauma (sexual, physical, emotional, cultural stress, intergenerational) Addiction and recovery Inner work Life transitior Depression Anxiety Grief and loss Spiritual emergency Psychedelic integration

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