Madeleine Sullivan
Areas of practice
- Abuse - Emotional, Physical, Sexual
- Anger Management Issues
- Anxiety and/or Panic
- Covid-19 Life Balance
- Covid-19 Loneliness
- COVID-19 Stress, Anxiety and Depression
- Depression
- Marriage and/or Relationship Issues
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Personal Growth
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Self-Esteem Issues
- Stress Management
- Trauma Counselling
Approaches used
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Communication Skills Training
- EMDR
- ONLINE / VIRTUAL / TELEHEALTH COUNSELLING
- Shame Counselling & Therapy
- Solution Focused Therapy
- Telephone Counselling
- Video Counselling
Counselling practice website:
www.sullivancounselling.comPractice information:
I enjoy connecting with people and helping them achieve a happier state of mind, empower themselves to move forward with their lives, and to create kind and compassionate beliefs about themselves in order to appreciate their own unique sense of value and worth.
I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor with a Masters Degree in Counselling Psychology, and certification in EMDR 2.0. I will work with you to help you find a way through the barriers that are keeping you stuck. I offer a warm, caring and compassionate approach to counselling, as well as a safe, nurturing environment.
I believe that people can absolutely grow and make positive changes in their lives to reach their full potential and I help you see your strengths and beauty within. A few words spoken by my clients, “You have changed my life forever. I am so thankful I have found you...” “Because of you, I now give myself permission to be happy...” “I was so stuck, and I now I see a way forward…”
If you are facing challenges in:
- PTSD
- Trauma Recovery
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Low Self-Esteem
- Anger Management
- Toxic Shame
- Wounded Emotional Boundaries
- Achieving Goals
- Stress
- Life Transitions
- Relationships
- Grief and Loss
or other areas which you believe counselling could be helpful in resolving, Madeleine welcomes the opportunity to work with you, to bring about the change you want to see in your life.
I specialize in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), to help you move past trauma and pain. I work with CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) to help you discover your internalized negative beliefs and help you create more adaptive positive beliefs. I help you resolve any issues you may be facing, and I make sure you get the coping tools you need to move forward with your life. I work with a variety of other techniques and modalities, and customize my approach to each client's needs. I use practical hand’s on tools that are emailed to you after our session for your reference that provide you with the ability to review and practice new skills and ways of thinking. I have trained with the best of the industry leaders in my field because I believe it is my job to provide you with the most up to date, effective techniques available, so you get the help and results you deserve.
I truly love my work as a Registered Clinical Counsellor and I believe we work as team to enable you to get the help, healing, growth and change you want to see for yourself. Take a look at my website, and message me for a free consultation.
I have the following qualifications:
- Masters of Counselling Psychology, University of Victoria
- Bachelor of Social Work, University of Victoria
- Family Justice Counsellor, Justice Institute of British Columbia
- Relationship Issues and Couples Counselling, Citizen’s Counselling Centre
I am registered with:
- British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors, (BCACC) Registration# 14604
Some of the tools and psychoeducational handouts available to my client’s include:
Surviving to Thriving through PTSD: addressing re-experiencing; recognizing and understanding avoidance and numbing maladaptive coping behaviours; how to calm hyper-arousal; how to shift negative cognitions and mood; how to gain emotion regulation; and how to create positive core belief systems.
Understanding Anxiety: how to calm the alarm; how anxiety manifests itself in the body; the anxiety loop; root causes of anxiety; and tools for how to relax during anxiety.
Creating Healthy Self-Esteem: how to build, strengthen, and maintain self-esteem; how to have unconditional self-esteem; understanding ways we give power away; how to communicate feelings, needs and opinions; how to understand emotions; and how to enable ourselves to pursue dreams and goals.
Working Through Anger: how to recognize thoughts, feelings, physical sensations and behaviours associated with anger; what are areas of hidden anger; how to communicate through anger; and how to recognize triggers when our emotional boundaries are violated.
Overcoming Toxic Shame: understanding shame; how to build shame resilience; how to recognize shame triggers; what are unwanted identities; and what do shame screens look like?
Wounded Emotional Boundaries: understanding what emotional boundaries are; what are the differences between unclear, unhealthy, rigid, damaged and no boundaries; how do we learn boundaries; what are the consequences of damaged boundaries; what are the guidelines for setting boundaries; how to develop healthy boundaries; how to maintain boundaries; how to communicate boundaries; and what do healthy boundaries look like?
Workshops and Special Presentations:
Customized workshops and presentations are a great way to offer a time and budget-conscious alternative to counselling for your members or employees. This is helpful for groups and corporations wishing to provide:
- effective communicaton skills
- important emotion regulation skills
- awareness for building healthy boundaries
- build, strengthen, and maintain self-esteem
- build effective interpersonal connections
Please note:
If you are interested in booking a workshop or customized special presentation please contact me for more information.
Workshops and presentations are available for small or large groups and can be customized to meet your group or organization's needs, schedule and budget.
Specialized training:
- I have specialized training in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing), EMDR 2.0, and eliminating Toxic Shame with EMDR.
Client fee individuals:
$140.00 per 50 min sessionAvailability:
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