About Me:

I’m Amber - a Professional, Trauma-Informed, Certified Somatic Therapeutic Counselor. I am a Facilitator of Transformational Healing Retreats, Courses, Circles & Ecstatic Dance Journeys, as a well as a certified Yoga Teacher. I have been holding space for people across the globe for the past decade.

I have been devoted daily to my evolutionary journey since age 18 and continue to learn, heal and grow.

I offer Individual Therapy, Couples Counseling & Trauma Therapy from a Client-Centered, Somatic (body & nervous system processing) and Attachment System approach in collaboration with Parts Work.

My clients describe me as grounded, calm, kind, attuned, empathetic, strong, inspiring, motivating, wise, playful, open-hearted and authentic.

My presence is like a warm blanket of safety and deep compassion for wherever my clients are at. I have held many people’s big traumas and have experienced how what feels heavy to carry on your own can feel lighter when processed and resolved with a professional.

I am passionate about working with the triad system designed by renowned Therapist, Virginia Satyr. As a child - what was the attachment system with mom and dad? What was their attachment system? Did both make you feel safe, validated, empowered and welcoming of your emotions and experiences? How our parents related to us and each other is what can play out as relational patterns in our adult life.

I help my clients understand how their childhood experience and the learned/normal behaviours they received growing up play out in their lives today. This opens a door to heal and rewire new/healthy ways of relating as an adult.

My specialties are:

  • Trauma/PTSD

  • Anxiety & Overwhelm

  • Sexual Abuse

  • Body Image & Self-Esteem

  • Loss & Grief

  • Addiction

  • Life Transitions

  • Pregnancy, Prenatal, Post-Partum

  • Couple’s Counseling & Relational Issues

  • Stress & Dissociation

  • Women’s Issues

My Personal Journey:

My first seven years of life had a range of extreme traumas from my mother passing from suicide, to my step mother passing shortly after and a court-ordered separation within my family from sexual abuse. This brought on a lot of confusion and disruption in my attachment system and nervous system for my younger child self.

As a child and teenager, I was severely bullied and physically and verbally harassed for the way I looked. By age 17, I was suffering from severe depression, fatigue and emotional overwhelm. I felt alone and my earlier traumas were unconsciously coming up to be processed and tended to.

Throughout my childhood years, I saw many counsellors that supported me, but it wasn’t until then that I was truly ready to heal and make change. This resulted in opening to major change in my life through having the support to look at these vulnerable, unbearable pieces. I could not have done this on my own or with a loved one.

Self-Help books, Yoga and Spirituality, along with sincerely looking forward to seeing my therapist brought on healthy lifestyle choices and new outlooks I didn’t know were possible.

When I was 18, I travelled to South Africa on my own to volunteer at a Pre-School teaching and supporting locals. Most of my 20’s was spent travelling the world to heal my traumas and find inspiration to become who I truly am. This opened me to an array of spiritual/conscious communities around the world where I deepened my knowledge of Facilitating, Mentoring & Guiding others in various intentional, healing spaces.

By my late 20’s, I discovered Somatic Therapy & Somatic Trauma Release through participating in different trainings. I discovered that offering this in my group work was beyond effective. I then started working with my own Somatic Therapist, which blasted me open to a whole new world of understanding and relating to myself, my body, my nervous system and relating to others.

This then inspired me to go through with my Therapeutic Counseling Training and take numerous other Somatic Therapy courses.

Now, more than ever, I feel clear that I am living my life’s purpose by supporting clients from all walks of life. It brings me great pleasure to relate deeply, build trust and safety, cultivate secure attachment and empower my clients to feel, heal and thrive.

Trainings & Certifications:

  • Therapeutic Counseling - Orca Institute : Vancouver, BC

  • Relational Somatic Therapy - Opening to Grace : Nelson, BC

  • Somatic Attachment Therapy - The Embody Lab : Online

  • Biodynamic Somatic Trauma Release - Breath of Medicine : Koh Phangan, Thailand

  • Yoga Teacher Training - Feeling Soul Good : Bali, Indonesia

  • Film & Television Production - Niagara College : Niagara, Ontario