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Counselling and EMDR

My Approach – Talk Therapy My approach is down-to-earth, compassionate, and adaptable, with a strong trauma-informed emphasis on safety and nervous system regulation. I am deeply committed to creating a space where you feel heard, respected, and safe to be fully yourself. Healing is not linear. With the right support, enduring change is possible. I walk alongside you as you reconnect with yo... Read More

My Approach – Talk Therapy

My approach is down-to-earth, compassionate, and adaptable, with a strong trauma-informed emphasis on safety and nervous system regulation. I am deeply committed to creating a space where you feel heard, respected, and safe to be fully yourself. Healing is not linear. With the right support, enduring change is possible. I walk alongside you as you reconnect with your strengths, establish boundaries that honour your needs, and create new pathways forward. I work collaboratively and from the belief that you are the expert on your own inner experience. Our sessions are shaped by your goals, preferences, and capacity in each moment. While some clients find healing through open, reflective conversation, others benefit from more structured approaches. I tailor our work to you, integrating evidence-based therapies with warmth and practical strategies to support stability, clarity, and meaningful change.

My Approach - EMDR & Predictive Processing Flash

I am deeply passionate about trauma healing and am so inspired by those who enter counselling with the goal of breaking intergenerational cycles of pain. Supporting this bravery through EMDR and witnessing the release of long-held trauma is an honour. This work not only transforms inner experiences, but also strengthens relationships with partners, children, family members, and oneself. Knowing that this healing can extend to future generations makes it especially meaningful. My work with trauma is particularly grounded in nervous system–informed care. Stress, traumatic memories, and emotional and neurosomatic pain are held in the body and nervous system, not just in thoughts or memories. Moreover, many patterns that feel limiting today once helped you survive. Together, we gently explore these patterns, extending appreciation to the parts that helped you survive, and we support greater regulation, self-understanding, resilience, and self-trust. My role is not to fix you, but to support you as you reconnect with your innate capacity for healing, moving toward grounded empowerment, self-compassion, and a more integrated sense of well-being. With EMDR and Flash, in particular, resolving trauma requires much less talking about one's past, and results are often achieved more quickly than traditional talk therapy.

Cherisse Klassen CCC certification # 11254387

-Specialized in trauma healing (EMDR, Flash, IFS) -Non-judgmental -Neuro-affirming -2SLGBTQ+-affirming -Solution-oriented and collaborative -Culturally-responsive -Adults and Youth (15+)

My approach is down-to-earth, compassionate, and adaptable, with a strong trauma-informed emphasis on safety and nervous system regulation. I am deeply committed to creating a space where you feel heard, respected, and safe to be fully yourself. Healing is not linear. With the right support, enduring change is possible. I walk alongside you as you reconnect with your strengths, establish boundaries that honour your needs, and create new pathways forward. I work collaboratively and from the belief that you are the expert on your own inner experience. Our sessions are shaped by your goals, preferences, and capacity in each moment. While some clients find healing through open, reflective conversation, others benefit from more structured approaches. I tailor our work to you, integrating evidence-based therapies with warmth and practical strategies to support stability, clarity, and meaningful change.

I hold an undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences and Psychology, as well as a master’s degree in Counselling Psychology. I am a Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC) with the CCPA, the national registering body for counsellors, and am currently awaiting Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) certification with the BCACC. I am trained in EMDR (under strict EMDRIA standards) and have completed advanced clinical training in EMDR for Chronic Pain and Illness, as well as EMDR for Complex PTSD (C-PTSD) and dissociation. Alongside EMDR, my work integrates evidence-based approaches including Internal Family Systems (IFS)/Parts Work, Polyvagal Theory, DBT distress management, and CBT—always through a trauma-competent lens that honours relationships, lived experience, and the protective parts within us all. Another newer trauma modality I have been trained in is Predictive Processing Flash (commonly referred to as “Flash”) which can help resolve distress and trauma quite quickly and also involves very little verbalizing of one’s trauma. It’s a gentler approach and a great technique to use for complex PTSD to ease into EMDR.

-Specialized in trauma healing (EMDR, Flash, IFS) -Non-judgmental -Neuro-affirming -2SLGBTQ+-affi... Read More

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