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Registered Psychotherapist
Carolyn RP, RMFT
Growing up in Thunder Bay, my earliest experiences of healing and wellness came through connection with the land and time spent in the Boreal Forest surrounding my childhood home. These origins serve as the foundation of my work as a therapist collaborating with individuals, couples, families, and communities seeking to heal historic and ongoing relational, emotional, psychological, and spiritual wounds.
Throughout my life, the majestic, unruly white pine has offered a place of safety, strength, and courage on my journey and I am so thankful to live in a place surrounded by these timeless guardians of peace and reconciliation.
personal and professional background
Along with my personal journey of healing and recovery from loss and trauma, my education, training, and research foundations provide a depth of expertise and skill to draw from as a registered marriage and family therapist with several specializations and diverse professional experiences. Parallel to my graduate education as a therapist, I also obtained a graduate degree in social justice and certification in spiritual formation.
Over Twenty Years Experience
For over twenty years I have worked with people who are struggling with:
- Grief and loss
- Trauma symptoms
- Broken relationships
- Depression and anxiety
- Recovery from abuse, oppression, and discrimination
Therapy Modalities
I also have extensive experience and training with individuals and families struggling with the impacts of substance misuse and behavioural addiction. I draw from these professional and personal resources when collaborating with clients to develop a treatment plan which centres them in their healing story and builds on existing resilience and strengths. This approach is based on the belief that you have everything needed to heal within – I support you to access this and bring it out.
- EMDR - Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
- IFS - Internal Family Systems
- EFIT, EFCT, EFFT - Emotionally Focused Therapy (Individual, Couple, and Family)
- MI - Motivational Interviewing
- CBT - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Grief and Loss recovery
- Trauma recovery
- Spiritual Formation and Direction
