Tessa Sivak is a counsellor located in Langford, BC. Her counselling office is close to Sooke, Metchosin and View Royal, BC.
We are human and challenges arise for each of us. Counselling can be a means of support a way to heal from past experiences and to plan for the future. There are many reasons people access counselling. The most common reasons are: depression or anxiety, relationship issues, social isolation, body issues, motivation, parenting, substance use, a traumatic experience, academic challenges, an inability to identify feeling, and needing to talk to an impartial person. The list is quite diverse and these are only the most common reasons for seeking counselling. Tessa works alongside you and draws from her professional experiences and training to bring more balance, joy, and health into your life. She is trained to work with children, youth, adults, older adults, families, and couples.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: a newer form of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy that is backed by empirical research and is focused on mindfulness and acceptance, motivation, and behaviour.
Transpersonal Therapy: is focused on the healing nature of relationship. It draws on spirituality, transcendence, and modern psychology. Change and healing occurs when we have an experience with another that is contrary to the negative experience we originally had.
Body Focused Therapies: extensive research shows that experiences can get trapped within the human nervous system and cause physical, emotional, and psychological discomfort. I work with bodily sensations, the nervous systems, and knowledge. Tessa will be completing Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) training in Spring 2018. EMDR has proven effective for treating trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder, acute stress disorder, many different psychological conditions, and for those feeling “stuck” on a specific challenge or stage of therapy.