Cecilia is a warm, open and skilled therapist who is committed to helping people create life long change. Cecilia provides client-centered counselling to youth, adults, families and couples of all sexual orientations from a strength-based perspective to promote healing and positive change. Counselling services are offered in the areas of depression, anxiety, grief and loss, anger, adoption, addictions, relationships/family conflict, LGBT issues, life transitions, and trauma such as childhood sexual abuse, sexual assaults and domestic violence. Cecilia is a certified EMDR therapist and has extensive experience in working with women who have survived trauma.
Cecilia also provides group counselling services in the area of increasing self-awareness, stress reduction, anger management, women's empowerment, and trauma such as sexual abuse. Groups are offered to youth, women and men (separate groups).
Cecilia also provides clinical consultations to other therapists and front line social services workers. She provides individual consultations as well as group consultations. She provides team building workshops designed to meet the needs of each individual team to facilitate open communication and overall wellness. Conflict mediation and conflict resolution sessions are also provided to teams.
Cecilia has previous work experiences are in the areas of Victim Services, Residential Drug and Alcohol Treatment, Legal Advocacy, Health Care Social Work, Non-Profit Organizations, Program and Clinical Supervision, Individual and Group Counselling, and Teaching.