Hello my name is Stephanie I am a Registered Therapeutic Counsellor and a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner student.
I am here to offer a safe space for feelings, sensations and emotions that are ready to be seen and felt. While we often think we are coming to therapy to feel better, we actually need to get better at feeling.
I see the therapist role as a guide (not the all-knowing expert) who is there to help you be curious about your own inner knowing, allowing you to reflect, expand, and explore in order to reconnect and regulate your nervous system. I work from a holistic approach that supports change and growth through attending to the mind, body, emotions. I believe that by coming into relationship with the language and wisdom of your body, you can reconnect and have the power to heal. I believe in taking the time to nurture and soothe the nervous system before jumping into deeper wounds.
I draw from neuroscience, attachment theory, nervous system regulation, mindfulness, parts work, psychodrama, transpersonal and Somatic Experiencing all through a trauma-informed based lens.
