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Helena Bryn-McLeod

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Q&A - Please describe your training and years of experience as a counsellor/therapist.

In my third year of practice, I have worked and trained predominantly in the narrative, hypnotherapeutic, and trauma-informed modalities that help me show up with clients navigating relationships, complex trauma, post traumatic stress, identity, and self-discovery. I have a Masters in Counselling Psychology and have continued to add to my areas of understanding through training with Gabor Mate, courses on trauma and the brain, clinical hypnotherapy, and narrative non-pathologizing approaches.

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Q&A - Please describe your training and years of experience as a counsellor/therapist.

In my third year of practice, I have worked and trained predominantly in the narrative, hypnotherapeutic, and trauma-informed modalities that help me show up with clients navigating relationships, complex trauma, post traumatic stress, identity, and self-discovery. I have a Masters in Counselling Psychology and have continued to add to my areas of understanding through training with Gabor Mate, courses on trauma and the brain, clinical hypnotherapy, and narrative non-pathologizing approaches.

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Question & Answer:

Q: Describe briefly your training and experience around trauma-focused care specifically.

  • Certificate, "Healing Trauma with Self-Compassion" with Gabor Mate

Q: Please describe "cultural safety" training that you have.

  • Ongoing participation in Indigenous-led Land Back-based movements

Q: Please describe any anti-violence or anti-oppression education or training you have.

  • Frontline training and workshops at Fairy Creek, Argenta Blockade, and on the Yintah

Q: Do you have experience with clients impacted by climate grief or state-related violence? If so, please elaborate.

  • Yes, I have worked directly with members of the Wet'suwet'en in their ongoing court battle having been violently arrested by RCMP. I am part of the wellness team that wraps around this group each time they have gone to court since September 2023.

Q: Do you have any other specific training that might be relevant to clients we are seeking to help with this community mental health program?

  • My non-pathologizing approach means I meet people where they are, with dignity. As a cis, white, able-bodied, settler, queer practitioner, there are limits to my knowledge and understandings of intersectional experiences. If I can support the humanizing of my client, however, I am here for it and in their corner. It is my honour to develop trusting relationships, and trust is earned.

Q: Please describe your style, focus, and what you offer clients.

  • I am to combine wisdom from my client's lived experience with deep listening and focus on relational safety. My conversational approach is aimed at humanizing, co-regulation, non-pathologizing (unlearning how we have learned to see ourselves as a problem), and retelling of stories with a preferred way of understanding. I help clients understand their window of tolerance and how to relate safely with themselves and the world while they are healing.

Q: What identities are you (or have you been) a part of?

  • 2SLGBTQ+

Q: Which groups have you worked with?

  • 2SLGBTQ+, First Nations/Indigenous, BPOC, Substance use/addiction

Q: What is your business name?

  • Fern Creek Counselling

Q: If you have a website please provide the link here: www.ferncreekcounselling.com

Q: Please indicate the forms of service you provide:

  • In-person, via Zoom (or other online method), Phone

Q: If you offer in-person services, please indicate where you are located on the island:

  • Ganges

Q: Please describe how a person can book with you or reach you to ask for more info:

  • You can use the "Make An Appointment" tab on my website.