OUR APPROACH:
TRAUMA FOCUSED THERAPY FOR ADULTS: EMDR AND DBT

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At Emotion Wise Counselling our team has both a commitment and passion in providing therapy for CPTSD (Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder).  We are warm, empathetic, validating and attuned while also bringing up our real life selves into the therapy room at times with directness and humour.

 

We keep clients at the centre of all we do, and are continually learning and self-reflecting on our own prejudices, blind spots, and privilege and are hoping to see the problems our clients face in the broader context of the systems and society we all live in together.  Our therapists have diverse on the ground experiences that inform their work and enable them to understand the complexity of our clients lives.

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We ensure that all of our counsellors are specially trained in evidence based therapies for PTSD,  Complex PTSD and emotion regulation issues.  This commitment stems from our experiences in seeing the overwhelming need for high quality evidence-based therapy and the lack of options for those who are most highly impacted by adverse events in life and may experience multiple concurrent mental health struggles.  

 

At Emotion Wise Counselling we specialize in providing EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy) and DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) for those with CPTSD .  Both EMDR and DBT have had decades of research behind them to treat Complex PTSD (CPTSD) and Emotion Regulation Issues.  We believe specializing in these EMDR and DBT can provide confidence to clients and referrers that our clinic is highly trained and equipped to provide excellent Complex PTSD therapy in Vancouver and for those across British Columbia.

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In addition to EMDR and DBT we are also trained in multiple approaches including:

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Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP)

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy  (CBT)

Inference-based CBT  (I-CBT)

Parts Work (Ego State therapy, Internal Family Systems)

Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT) 

Indigenous Land-Based Approaches (ITFL)

Narrative Therapy

Trauma-Informed Practice (TIP)

Cognitive Processing Therapy(CPT) for PTSD

Motivational Interviewing (MI)

Mindfulness Practices

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Reach out today to find a counsellor with an approach that works for you!