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My Journey

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I am a latina immigrant and settler in these beautiful lands of the Pentlatch and K’ómoks peoples, knows today as the Comox Valley. 10 years ago I moved to Canada from my home country of Brazil. Back there I started my journey in the healing arts, nature-based practices, somatic psychology, and self-development. I received a Bachelors degree in Naturopathy where I was trained in a variety of healing methods including herbalism, floral essences, aromatherapy, somatic psychology, bodywork, mindfulness & meditation, Ayurveda, and others. I learned an integrative and truly wholistic approach to health and wellbeing. For many years I worked as a yoga teacher and integrative health therapist in my community. I immersed myself in the studies of mindfulness and meditation while living in India for a year, and I participated in several workshops, immersions, and retreats of self-development and nature-based practices. 

 

Throughout my work and studies I became fascinated with the connection between trauma, stress, emotional challenges and the body and health.  We really do experience the world through our bodies! I increasingly felt the need to deepen my studies in trauma and body-oriented psychology. I then went on to the University of British Columbia to pursue a BA degree in Psychology and further along a Masters of Counselling Psychology. 

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Today I continue to deepen my studies with ongoing trainings and professional and personal development. I believe it is my duty to do my own personal work, which not only includes a constant commitment to tending to my personal process, but also  being devoted to understanding the complex layers of intersectionality, privilege, colonization and its ongoing treads, and all the systemic structures that deeply affect our experienced reality. 

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Approach to Counselling

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As an integrative therapist I use a combination of approaches and tools to better suite the needs of each client individually. Independently of which approaches I might use, strong pillars and frameworks that guide my practice are trauma informed, systemic, attachment/relational based, person centred, experiential, somatic based, and land-based (ecopsychology). I also integrate a combination of therapeutic modalities in order to address each persons unique needs and goals in therapy. 

 

My therapeutic goals are to help clients build emotional and embodied resources, to nurture clarity, inspire authenticity, and encourage connectedness within oneself and each other. It is crucial that my clients feel empowered to make their own choices inside and out of the therapeutic setting. I want to see clients grow in their capacity and develop long-lasting tools. There is a beginning, middle, and end to the counselling process. And I work collaboratively with clients  to make sure that their goals and needs are met throughout the process.

 

    What you will experience will working with me (to learn more click here):