Practice information:

Tatjana Jansen has been an art therapist and counsellor for over 30 years; she integrates a trauma-informed, intersectional, collaborative and arts-based perspective. She works collaboratively with children (ages 8 and up), adolescents, and adults around issues such as loss, transitions, abuse (physical, sexual, emotional), separation, identity exploration, anxiety, and stress. Tatjana is a registered art therapist and has a masters in counselling, as well as a PhD in expressive art therapies. Her training includes EMDR, grief counselling, transformational systemic therapy, and she is currently enrolled in sensorimotor psychotherapy (level 1). Through various processes including art making, clients are invited to address whatever may be inhibiting or preventing access to creative possibilities in the face of the myriad of challenges that life may bring. She has a strong belief in individuals' own healing abilities as well as the importance of acknowledging and supporting their self direction - that they possess the courage and wisdom to become more fully who they are meant to be.