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my healing space
my healing space
THERAPY with Vanessa
my healing space
THERAPY WITH VANESSA
Experience the power of transformative therapy
with Vanessa
“Like a lotus flower, we too rise from the mud, bloom out of the darkness and radiate into the world”
Offering Counselling and Therapy Services to Individuals and Couples Across Canada.
Our
philosophy
holistic Approach
Our approach draws from the rich wellsprings of somatic and humanistic counseling, combining evidence based techniques and compassionate support to foster deep healing and growth.
Tailored Services
Our services are lovingly designed to embrace the uniqueness of every individual, ensuring that your therapeutic journey is nurturing, empowering, and authentically yours.
accessible & affirming care
We honour and celebrate neurodiversity, all genders, identities and backgrounds. Everyone is welcome as we are committed to fostering an environment of respect.
“We’re all just walking each other home.” - Ram Dass
Therapy
services
Discover a range of personalized services designed to support your unique journey towards healing and growth.
FIRST RESPONDERS
No judgment: we advocate for eliminating the stigma of seeking mental health support and we know how hard it can be to reach out. You are safe here.
Cultural Consideration: the nuances of your career and work culture are understood here.
Trauma Healing: specialized trauma training including EMDR helps to reduce the charge of painful memories and trauma injuries.
trauma
Specialized Training: we cannot talk ourselves to wholeness, trauma healing requires holistic modalities like EMDR and Somatic experiencing.
Return to Wholeness: trauma fragments our sense of self. Reprocessing trauma can move us away from just surviving to thriving.
Safety and Stability: your healing journey begins by allowing your nervous system to know it is safe now.
Grief and Loss
Compassion: your grief journey is uniquely yours, no timeline, no judgement.
Life After Loss: We acknowledge the profound impact of loss—whether it's the loss of life or significant life changes such as job loss or the end of relationships. Our approach allows for the safe and healthy honoring and processing of this deep pain.
Build Resilience: Find meaning and growth in loss.
Corporate Burnout
Establish Work-Life Balance: learn strategies for setting work boundaries that honour your home and family life.
Saying No: build skills and tolerance for being able to say ‘I simply can’t’ to protect your mental health.
Self- Care: allow you to make yourself and your needs a priority when you are guilted or shamed into higher achievement.
Family Estrangement
Self-Care and Self-Love: Matching love for ourselves with our love for others. We advocate for necessary relationship limits that safeguard emotional well-being.
Normalizing Boundaries: Let's collaborate to help you find your voice and develop healthy coping strategies such as creating and maintaining boundaries.
Re-Establish Sense of Self: Distance from family can challenge our identity. Processing shame, anxiety, or confusion helps reveal our true self and needs.
Survivors of Narcissistic Abuse
Reclaim Personal Power: Strategies for confidence and autonomy.
Set Boundaries: Establish healthy limits and self-care.
Heal Emotional Trauma: Navigate challenges to reclaim your sense of self. Processing emotions like shame and anxiety can reveal your true needs and identity.
Now Offering
seasonal walk-and-talk therapy
Walk and Talk Therapy is a unique approach to counseling that combines the benefits of traditional therapy with the healing power of nature. Sessions take place outdoors, allowing clients to walk and talk with their therapist in a relaxed and natural setting. This dynamic environment can promote feelings of openness, freedom, and connection, making it easier for clients to explore their thoughts and emotions. Walk and Talk Therapy can be particularly effective for individuals who feel stifled or confined in traditional office settings, offering a refreshing alternative that supports physical and mental well-being.
$160
Hello, I’m Vanessa!
your holistic guide to wellness
Welcome!
I'm Vanessa (she/her), and I'm thrilled you have chosen to follow your inner wisdom, allowing our paths to cross.
Central to my practice is the belief in the inherent strength and worthiness of each individual. Our human experience can be scary, confusing and overwhelming at times. Despite what brings you to therapy, know that with the right tools, these same experiences can become sources of profound growth and transformation.
Together, we'll explore the root causes of your concerns, uncovering connections between past experiences and current behaviour. We'll work to identify and address old patterns that may no longer serve you, paving the way for healing and wholeness.
Certified
expertise
- There is no one-size-fits-all in therapy. I believe in an holistic approach that takes the whole person, body, mind and spirit, into account.
- Training in EMDR equips me to effectively support individuals in navigating trauma.
- Specialized training in somatic work allows me to facilitate profound healing by integrating mind-body techniques.
- As a certified yoga instructor, I offer a sanctuary for rejuvenation and self-discovery, blending mindfulness with movement.
- I utilize mindfulness-based practices and emotion-focused techniques to help clients cultivate self-awareness and get in touch with their deepest emotions.
- I often integrate a spiritual approach to facilitate clients' exploration of purpose and inner fulfillment.
- Certification in Reiki (Level 1) provides me with the skills and knowledge to heal unbalanced energy.
Core
values
- I'm committed to creating a judgment-free space where you can feel safe to be your most authentic self
- I'm dedicated to normalizing the therapeutic experience and dismantling the stigma around mental health care.
- I value laughter, authenticity, and mutual learning in the therapy room.
- I believe in the power of unwavering support - whether this means celebrating with you in your triumphs, or sitting with you through the discomfort of tough times, it will be my honour to walk with you, you are not alone.
- I am committed to the continued learning/unlearning required to be an ally to BIPOC and 2SLGBTQIA communities.
The wound is the place where the light enters you. - Rumi
The therapeutic
process
In nature, the caterpillar does not yet know of it’s potential, and it is solely dedicated to one thing: survival.
The therapeutic process begins with acknowledging and exploring the current state of being. This stage can include introspection, identifying challenges, and getting curious about one's emotions, thoughts, and behaviours.
Maybe you feel stuck, fearful, angry, overwhelmed or you are lacking life purpose. Trauma, strains in relationships, and estrangement from loved ones are all sources that can all lead to overwhelming emotions and ways of being.
Therapy can be compared to the chrysalis or cocoon stage. We enter without knowing what to expect. We are curious. We know we are seeking some form of change.
We trust.
We allow the safety of the chrysalis to invite us to become introspective, reflective, and vulnerable. In this stage, profound growth and transformation occur at a pace that is right for you. We explore the root causes and unmet needs to develop insight and awareness.
Through this exploration and healing, new and more beneficial ways of being arise.
Finally, just as a butterfly emerges from the safety of the cocoon, therapy culminates in a newfound sense of self-awareness, acceptance, and growth.
We begin to integrate the insights and skills gained during therapy into our daily lives just as a butterfly spreads its wings and takes flight.
There is a lightness, increased resilience, and a greater sense of self.
The new outlook of flying and rising above our previous challenges gives us perspective to navigate our world with a renewed strength and self-awareness. There is freedom in post-traumatic wisdom.
Are you ready to start your journey to wellness?
Are you ready to start your journey to wellness?
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my healing space
my healing space
THERAPY WITH VANESSA
My Healing space | counselling & psychotherapy | across canada
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We acknowledge with gratitude the traditional territory of the Indigenous peoples who have stewarded this land for generations, including the Anishinaabe peoples, the Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation, the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation, and the Huron-Wendat peoples. We recognize the enduring connection that Indigenous peoples have to this land, and we honor their past, present, and future contributions to this territory. As we continue to inhabit and benefit from this land, we commit to cultivating relationships of respect, understanding, and reconciliation with Indigenous communities. We acknowledge that this journey requires ongoing learning and unlearning, challenging ingrained perspectives and biases to foster a more inclusive and equitable society for all.
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