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Blog - Exercises To Calm Your Anxious Thoughts Happy smiling woman with curly hair lounging on couch. https://www.heartfullcounselling.ca/approach daily 0.75 2021-01-02 https://www.heartfullcounselling.ca/rates-old daily 0.75 2021-01-02 https://www.heartfullcounselling.ca/home daily 1.0 2022-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff01c5f66132f51ded94884/b6f5f267-9abc-4337-b25e-a4ae6de27f3c/Rita+Portrait+-+Low+Res.jpg Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff01c5f66132f51ded94884/1640893484402-MBXS1YI7V3HB7BX99VVN/unsplash-image-K8XYGbw4Ahg.jpg Home hand-drawn empty pill bottle icon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff01c5f66132f51ded94884/1d4cebe7-efba-4c14-aefb-985ab08ab5e3/Child+figurines.jpg Home hand-drawn aim target icon https://www.heartfullcounselling.ca/scheduling-old daily 0.75 2021-01-02 https://www.heartfullcounselling.ca/about daily 0.75 2022-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff01c5f66132f51ded94884/8bf092dc-dd15-416c-b740-92d2927bef02/Rita+Portrait+-+Low+Res.jpg About Rita - About Rita My name is Rita. I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) with the British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors and hold a Masters of Counselling from Trinity Western University. I’ve always been interested in learning about the human mind and in love with music and this led me in a journey to complete a Bachelor of Arts with Psychology Major and Music Minor at University of British Columbia. In my graduate studies, I further pursued this passion with psychology and music as I received training in counselling as well as expressive modalities of therapy, including the use of art and music techniques, sandtray therapy, and play therapy. I also received various training in working with anxiety, depression, emotional regulation, and trauma: EMDR Basic Certification, Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy (Level II), Complicated and Traumatic Grief, Trauma Treatment, Somatic/Body-based Psychotherapy, and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff01c5f66132f51ded94884/12baddd7-7ecb-45b5-adc7-116f2fd0d7f3/Child+Drawing.jpg About Rita - My approach My primarily approach is an integration of Person-Centred approach, Polyvagal Theory, and Daniel Siegel’s Mindsight approach. My focus is creating a warm and safe environment for the exploration of the issues that clients bring into counselling. 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In my graduate studies, I further pursued this passion with psychology and music as I received training in counselling as well as expressive modalities of therapy, including the use of art and music techniques, sandtray therapy, and play therapy. I also received various training in working with anxiety, depression, emotional regulation, and trauma: EMDR Basic Certification, Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy (Level II), Complicated and Traumatic Grief, Trauma Treatment, Somatic/Body-based Psychotherapy, and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy.