Michelle is currently a master’s student of Couples & Family Therapy at Trinity Western University. Having personally benefited from counselling, Michelle sincerely believes that life is not meant to be journeyed alone, especially in challenging seasons. Michelle strives to create a safe, non-judgmental, and compassionate connection with clients as they explore and encounter meaningful change. Michelle trusts that every individual has the inner resources to experience healing, wholeness, and restored relationships.

Michelle particularly enjoys learning how to apply a systemic framework that incorporates attachment theory, Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) and Internal Family Systems (IFS) models in her clinical training. She is drawn to working with individuals, children, and families. With over ten years of teaching experience, Michelle’s warm and gentle ability to connect with children and families enhances the collaborative partnership with them. She feels honoured to come alongside people to witness their unique and emerging stories.

Education

• Master’s degree in Couples and Family Therapy (MCS-CFT) – actively pursuing
• Bachelor of Arts in Communications and Elementary Education

Professional Registrations

• Registered Elementary Education Teacher of British Columbia, #L188006

Memberships:

• British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors – student member
• Canadian Association of Couples and Family Therapists (CACFT) – student member
• British Columbia Teachers’ Federation

Additional Training

• Neufeld Intensive 1: Making Sense of Kids – Neufeld Institute
• Neuroscience in the Sand Tray – Madeleine De Little
• Prepare/Enrich Facilitator, #1279209

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Mikaela has worked with a wide variety of clients over her years as a Registered Massage Therapist. As a lifelong athlete, she entered her career with a focus and passion for working with athletes from many sports including runners, cyclists (MTB, road, gravel), swimmers, boxers, MMA, gymnasts, rowers, as well as those part of team sports such as soccer, baseball, football, and more. She has worked with athletes of a variety of levels from professionals to those learning a new sport, which led her to learning more about orthopedic rehabilitation (joint replacements, ligament injuries and tears, chronic dislocations), including a period as a faculty member at West Coast College of Massage Therapy teaching prospective Massage Therapists about Regional and Spinal Orthopedics.

Mikaela’s interest in athletics and orthopedic rehab, combined with a lifelong love of sport and movement, has led her to an overarching passion for active aging. Whether it’s playing with their kids or grandkids, participation in sport, enjoyment of the outdoors, cooking, playing video games, or fiber arts (knitting, crochet, needle work), Mikaela is passionate about enabling clients to participate in meaningful activities for as many years as possible. This passion has shifted her perspective on managing chronic pain conditions (migraines/headaches, fibromyalgia, osteo or rheumatoid arthritis). Her goal with each patient is to find a way to assist them in their ability to participate in life to their fullest, whatever that may look like for each individual.

A passion for active aging has naturally led Mikaela to receive her certification as a Structural Integrator from Anatomy Trains. Mikaela has found the twelve and three session series to be a useful framework for her clients to find freedom of movement and management of current or historic injuries or chronic conditions. The approach of Structural Integrations has dovetailed with her passion to provide the best evidence-based care. This care includes information and education about her clients’ conditions and possible causes, and how they can support their recovery.

Mikaela firmly believes in the importance of collaborative care both with her clients as well as with the other clinicians her clients work with. The foundation for Structural Integration is to enable the whole person to work as a cohesive unit. Mikaela believes this includes components that move beyond the physiological. She strives to work alongside professionals that can provide support in the areas that enhance the scope of a Massage Therapist, including (but not limited to) physiotherapists, chiropractors, nutritionists or dietitians, clinical counsellors, psychologists, occupational therapists, and many more.

Education

• Graduate of Westcoast College of Massage Therapy (2014)

Professional Registrations

• Member of the College of Massage Therapists of British Columbia

• Member of the Registered Massage Therapists Association of British Columbia

Additional Training

• Shoulder Assessment and Treatment by Scott Larke Certificate of Training

• Ligamentous Articular Strain Technique: Postural Correction Techniques

• Health Care Records: Standard for Patient Records and Privacy Legislation

• Anatomy Trains Structural Integration

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Stefanie is a Canadian Certified Counsellor and has over 15 years of experience working with children and families in non-profit, public health, and private practice sectors.

Using a mind-body approach, Stefanie joins clients to explore the experiential qualities of emotion to support change in their lives. Her work with children, individuals, and families is guided by Attachment Theory, Polyvagal Theory, and Emotionally Focused Therapy. Stefanie’s developmental play background and her experience as a dance educator offer clients of all ages creative approaches to transforming relational and behavioral patterns. Rooted in Family Systems therapies, Stefanie believes emotional shifts experienced in the body create healing for generations.

Stefanie holds a master’s degree in marriage and family therapy (MCS-MFT) with additional training in play therapy and dance/movement therapy. In her Bachelor of Arts program, she majored in both early childhood education and organizational leadership. Stefanie is a certified member of the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (C.C.C.).

Additional Training:

Transforming Trauma in the Sand Tray - Madeleine De Little

Neuroscience in the Sand Tray - Madeleine De Little

Emotion Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT) Level 1 - VCEFT

Introduction to Dance/Movement Therapy Levels 1 and 2 - The Movement Arc

The Moving Child: Developmental Movement and Dance Therapy for Ages 0-7 - The Movement Arc

Neufeld Intensive 1: Making Sense of Kids - Neufeld Institute

Trauma-Informed Practice: Developing Awareness to Support Others and Self - Vancouver Coastal Health

Growing Up in Play Therapy: Assessing Emotional and Chronological Age - Lisa Dion

EMDR and Play Therapy: A Playful Journey Towards Healing - Ana Gomez

The Embodied Trauma Conference - Rooted Global Village

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Clinical Interests

Sports and orthopaedic injury rehab

Functional Dry Needling

TMJ (Jaw) dysfunction

Chronic headaches

Vestibular Rehab

Biography

Robertson graduated from the University of St. Augustine in 2003 with a Doctorate of Physical Therapy. Prior to that he earned a Bachelors in Kinesiology from Simon Fraser University in 1999. His Doctorate coursework focused on orthopaedic manual therapy techniques for the spine and extremities, including the temporomandibular joint (TMJ). Postgraduate training in vestibular rehabilitation followed in 2006.

Seeing the need to complement his manual therapy skills, Robertson completed his Functional Dry Needling Level 1 certification in 2014, followed by Level 2 certification in 2019.

Robertson has primarily worked in private practice sports and orthopaedic physiotherapy clinics during his career. He has also worked at VGH, LGH and Richmond Hospital in various inpatient settings.

Robertson’s clinical approach is based on taking a detailed history followed by a thorough assessment and diagnosis. He then uses a combination of manual therapy, functional dry needling, therapeutic modalities, and exercises to restore pain free movement and function. Clients will be educated about their diagnosis and treatment plan along the way, and a home exercise program will be given if needed.

The ultimate goal is to correct the underlying problem rather than treating just the symptoms.

Education

Doctorate of Physical Therapy (DPT), University of St. Augustine (2003)

Bachelors in Kinesiology (BSc Kin), Simon Fraser University (1999)

Professional Registrations

Member of College of Health and Care Professionals of BC (CHCPBC)

Additional Training

Evidence in Motion (formerly Kinetacore)

• Functional Dry Needling Level 1
• Functional Dry Needling Level 2
• Dry Needling: Clinical Integration

Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) dysfunction and treatment

Vestibular Rehabilitation

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