Lien Dilewijns

I created healing waves counselling because I hope to provide people with a different type of healing experience. We live in such a fast-paced society where we are constantly striving to compete, do better, and make more money that we forget to be present. I want people to be able to work through their trauma and have them feel comfortable in their own skin. I want to reconnect people with themselves, reconnect with nature and the earth. Reconnecting to the environment and our surroundings can be so healing and grounding.

I am here to walk with the client side by side on their journey. They are the experts of their own lives. I am here to hold space for them and walk with them. I am not there to push or pull them but simply to be there with them.

I want the client to feel safe. Having a space where one feels safe will allow our body to open up.

Education & Training

Masters of Counselling Psychology

​Registered Clinical Counsellor with the BCACC

​Bachelor of Arts with a major in sociology and a minor in business management

​Bringing the Body into Practice, Somatic Attachment Psychotherapy 2 Year Training

​EMDR basic training: Alivia Maric, Eve Wilensky 

​IFS skills and competencies intensive: Derek Scott

​IFS: Brining Neurodiversity into you practice

​Trauma and Somatic Connection by Peter Levine

​Broken Connections: Healing Strategies for Trauma and Attachment, Dianne Poole Heller and Gabore Mate

​Relationships as Mirrors of our Trauma, Esther Perel

​Examining the Root Cause of Addiction from an Indigenous Lens, Gina Perez-Baron, Pat McCabe, Daniel RYNO Herrera, & Dr. Gabor Maté

​Decolonizing Trans Health

​Mindfulness

Solution Building Couples Therapy: The Solution Focused Approach with Couples

​How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime by Nadine Burke Harris

​​ Relational Attunement: Gabor Mate

​Climate Anxiety: Britt Wray

​Racial and Gender Justice: Yolo Akili Robinson

​Reclaiming Indigenous Narratives: Julian Brave Noisecat

​Freedom From Gender Norms: Alok Vaid-Menon

​Relational Living: Terrance Real

​EMDR: Dissociation Made Simple by Dr. Jamie Marich

​EFT (Emotionally Focused Therapy) Fundamentals: Grey Cheney

​Psychedelic Integration: Numinus

​Understanding Bipolar: Mindspring Mental Health Allience

​Couples Training: Getting Started with Relational Life Therapy: Terry Real

​Transforming Trauma with Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy: Leanna Campbell

​Intimate Partner Violence: Trauma-Informed Interventions for Survivors by Katelyn Baxter-Musser

​​EMDR & Parts Work for Treating Complex Trauma: Somatic Techniques to Decrease Defensiveness and Facilitate Trauma Processing: Arielle Schwarts

​Written Exposure Therapy (WET) for PTSD by Denise Sloan and Brian Marx

​Working with Childhood Anxiety: Lynn Lyons

​Trauma-Sensitive Movement: Somatic Techniques to Support the Nervous System: Manuela Mischke-Reeds​

​Rapid Recovery from Depression: New Treatment Strategies for Feeling Great: David Burns​

Unwinding Anxiety: How Mindful Habits Offer a Bigger, Better Alternative to Rumination, Worry, and Panic : Dr. Judson Brewer

​Anxiety Certification Course: Integrate CBT and Exposure & Response Prevention for Treatment of GAD, Panic Disorder, OCD, Social Anxiety, & Phobias: Kimberly Morrow​

Brainspotting 2-Day Workshop with David Grand: Integrating the Neuroexperiential Model for Rapid Trauma Healing

​Changing the ADHD Brain: Moving Beyond Medication by David Noowell

​Dialectical Behavior Therapy Certification Training: Katelyn Baxter-Musser, LCSW

I am a certified EMDR therapist.

Who Is EMDR For?

This evidence-based therapy is particularly helpful for individuals experiencing:

Trauma (PTSD or CPTSD): Whether from a single traumatic event or long-term, repeated experiences.

Chronic Distress: Including anxiety, sleep issues, financial stress, or work-related burnout.

​Feeling Stuck: When past events keep you from moving forward in life.

​Addiction: Addressing the emotional roots that drive unhealthy coping strategies.

​Grief: Processing loss without becoming overwhelmed by it.

​Phobias: Reframing the traumatic memories that fuel specific fears.

Why Does It Work?

EMDR uses bilateral stimulation—most commonly eye movements—to engage both hemispheres of the brain. This helps the brain reprocess painful or emotionally charged memories with greater clarity and emotional regulation.

Imagine this: You logically know your ex wasn't good for you, but your emotional brain still misses them. EMDR helps bridge that gap—helping your emotional understanding catch up to your logical insights.

​It’s similar to learning to play the guitar. You may know where to place your fingers for a chord, but it takes time and practice for your muscles to follow suit. EMDR supports your emotional processing in much the same way.

These eye movements also resemble REM sleep—the stage in which our brains naturally process emotions and consolidate memories—making EMDR a kind of waking reorganization of what’s emotionally unresolved.

I am a somatic attachment psychotherapist.

A somatic approach to mental health allows for the exploration of the relationship between mind, body, brain and behaviour. Many people do not realize that lifelong trauma and unresolved feelings or emotions can actually be stored in the physical body.

This can present as chronic aches and pains, muscle tension, frequent headaches or even a general sense of fatigue. In some cases, it can even contribute to issues with gut health, feelings of burnout or pain with no underlying physical cause.

Somatic therapy helps you feel that deep connection between mind and body, combining physical and psychotherapy techniques during a session to bring your awareness to those sensations.

These types of therapies can include breathing exercise, restorative yoga and other mindfulness techniques, which can be exceptionally helpful for those in need of anxiety counselling.

With somatic attachment therapy, I can help you explore the intimate bonds created with yourself, other people and the environment you live in. These bonds are what forms the foundation of your sense of self, allowing you to flourish in different areas of your life and giving you a safe space to adapt, grow and glean lessons from positive and negative life experiences.

Creating a robust, safe and secure attachment to your true self as well as the people you care about is an essential step for dealing with anxiety and stress because it gives you a comforting sense of acceptance and belonging. This is an important baseline for beginning your healing journey

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