Trista, a seasoned social worker and counsellor with 20 years of international experience, welcomes you to embark on a journey of self-discovery with her. Her extensive knowledge in human development, psychology, interpersonal dynamics, mental health, trauma, and addiction forms the basis of her trauma-informed and person-centered approach. With a worldly perspective gained from travelling to 75 countries and volunteering in 10 countries, she fosters a better understanding of diverse races, religions and cultures. Trista’s dedication to mindfulness and meditation took her to over 10 countries for nearly two years, where she was inspired to develop a distinctive and holistic counselling style. She excels at integrating mindfulness with various psychotherapies such as Attachment-based Interventions, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Gestalt Therapy, Hypnotherapy, Person Centered Therapy, Psychodynamic, Satir Model and Somatic Experiencing through a trauma-informed lens to protect clients from being retraumatized during the counselling process.

Trista’s varied counselling experience encompasses employment in both private counseling centers, integrated family services centers, psychiatric clinics, and youth institutions. She has also provided support to individuals facing physical and mental health challenges in India and worked with teachers and orphans in Malawi. This rich experience further enriches her holistic counseling approach. Trista specializes in guiding individuals through the healing process for trauma, mental health issues, and grief, with the ultimate goal of helping them regain momentum and lead meaningful, thriving lives. She is equally adept at navigating challenges in family, marriage, and parenting by delving into individuals’ personal and family members’ growth journeys and considering the influences stemming from their respective family backgrounds. This process fosters self-reflection and leads to subtle enhancements in their family, marital, and parent-child relationships.

Trista’s unique blend of expertise and her global-local perspective ensures that your counseling experience will be profoundly personalized and culturally sensitive. With Trista as your guide, you will find a compassionate and skilled ally to help you overcome life’s hurdles and enhance your overall well-being. She conducts counselling sessions in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin.

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Life transitions and expectations can be overwhelming. Maybe you are wearing many hats and feel like you have lost yourself balancing everyone else’s needs. Or perhaps the losses you have faced are feeling so heavy that it feels almost impossible to take the next step. As a trauma focused and relational therapist, Marggie’s goal is to help you feel empowered and in control of your life, to reduce the impact of all the losses you have faced, and to help you lead a life that feels meaningful. Marggie strongly believes in the therapeutic relationship and considers it an honour to walk with you on your unique journey towards wellness.

Marggie has a Master’s in Clinical Social Work and over a decade of experience supporting people from all ages and diverse backgrounds that face challenges in physical health, mental health or behaviours. Her experience includes supporting immigrants and their families as well as mixed-raced individuals from a cross-cultural lens that addresses Identity, belonging, and intergenerational healing. Marggie specializes in the following areas: Anxiety, Depression, ADHD, abuse, navigating race and cultural identities, crisis and life transitions such as the death of a loved one, separation and divorce, loss and grief, self-esteem and body image, prenatal / postpartum Issues, infertility, pregnancy and infant loss. Marggie offers a holistic approach to mental well-being and draws from modalities such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), attachment theory, Narrative, mindfulness practices, Dialectical behavioural Therapy (DBT) and Gottman Method for couples. Marggie offers online sessions in English and Spanish for Alberta and Ontario residents. In-person sessions in Cochrane, Alberta

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