Whether you
want to achieve greater self-awareness and/or needing to make any difficult
decisions/changes in your life, Christine works collaboratively with you to
set-up goals, establish counselling plans while providing guidance within a
supportive and non-judgmental environment.
Christine Gatzke is a bilingual (English/French) clinical
psychotherapist providing individual, family/couple, group, career
counselling/coaching, life coaching, and EAP/EFAP services in-person,
telephonically, and online-e-counselling. Obtained her M.Ed. in
Counselling, she received post-graduate training in Gestalt Psychotherapy via
the Gestalt Institute of Ottawa.
She is also trained in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing),
and CISM/D (Critical Incident Stress Management/Debriefing). In
addition, Christine is certified in working with Children and Families via the Hincks-Dellcrest
Institute in Toronto.
As a Canadian Certified Counsellor, Christine specializes and is trained in
Adoption, Adoption Reunion and Foster Care Counselling, via The Carlini
Institute and Algonquin
College.
Christine is currently working towards her Dyadic Development Psychotherapy
Certification (for attachment issues [RAD], behavioral difficulties, trauma)
with Dr. Daniel Hughes. She is certified in Infertility Counselling via Tape Educational Services and is a Certified Life and Career Coach via the Certified Coaches Federation.
Given Christine's mind-body-spirit approach, she is also trained in various
complementary therapies, such as Emotional Freedom Techniques (formerly
EFT-CC/ADV) and Reiki (Level I, II, and III [Master-Instructor]), Therapeutic
Touch (Level I & II), and Integrated Energy Therapy (Level I, II, III)
Practitioner. Christine holds a diploma in Holistic Nutritional Therapy
through the Natural Health Institutes. An international/national
speaker, Christine has and continues to provide seminars and workshops at
conferences, for federal and provincial governments, etc.
In providing optimal services to clients, Christine believes in continuing
education whether through workshops or courses to provide tools and information
suitable for each client, in order for him/her to obtained his/her goals.