Registered Social Worker – Bilingual Services
Hi, I’m Valerie (she/her/elle)
I enjoy helping to empower clients to recognize their inner strength and resiliency. I work with adults and adolescents experiencing: anxiety, depression, anger, or trauma, as well as support clients with self-development, strengthening self-esteem, and fostering a healthy relationship with yourself and others, including learning about boundary-setting, communication, conflict resolution, or fostering healthy attachment.
As a trained trauma therapist, I am passionate about helping clients process through trauma, while incorporating tools to help calm the nervous system, and create new mind-body connections. I also help clients with regulating intense emotions and tolerating distress. I specialize in supporting individuals who have experienced domestic violence, abuse, assault, neglect, as well as relational or intergenerational trauma.
I utilize client-centered, evidenced-based therapies and always tailor services to meet your individual needs. In therapy, I may draw from various therapeutic techniques, including: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy, Attachment Therapy and Inner Child Work. I also have training in working with male survivors of sexual assault, anger management, and the Integrated Trauma and Attachment Treatment Model (ITATM).
I enjoy providing guidance and empathetic support to clients along their healing journey through life’s challenges, and aim to provide a safe, comfortable experience for all clients.
I can help bring clarity to the challenges you’re facing by helping you gain a deeper understanding of the thoughts, emotions and behaviours you may be struggling with.
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Val, why are you passionate about working with clients experiencing trauma?
Val, why do you LOVE being a therapist?