Cassandra Valmestad
MACP
Canadian Certified Counsellor
EnglishYour therapeutic experience with me
If you are looking to discover the root cause or underlying feeling, you have come to the right place! You are the expert of your life; what I do is help you dissect and uncover experiences that may or may not root in your childhood that is affecting you in the present day. Together, we will explore your emotions attached to your experiences while unraveling the narrative behind the experience. Then, the goal is to reframe the narrative or story, so that you can best cope with your experiences and move past them to a place of healing. To every session, I bring empathy, compassion, and an open mind. As we work together, you can expect a safe and judgement-free zone.
Areas of expertise
These represent my core areas of expertise, backed by specialized training and extensive clinical experience.
Family Relationship
Emotional Distress
Interpersonal Relationships
Couple Relationship
Depression
Anxiety
Therapeutic approaches
These are my primary therapeutic approaches, backed by specialized training and extensive clinical experience.
Emotionally Focused Therapy
Often times we suppress our emotions. Being able to identify and sit with our feelings helps us process them. I help clients learn to identify what they are feeling and how this feeling may or may not be impacting them. Within EFT I use attachment theory to help identify attachment styles that have formed in childhood and see how they replay into your current relationships.
Narrative Therapy
What are the narratives you have attached to your feelings? How does this affect your current life? Let’s unravel the narratives and stories that you have carried and work towards reframing or changing the ‘story’. You are not the problem, ‘the problem’ is the problem.
Client communities & cultural expertise
These are the client communities and cultural backgrounds I have specialized experience supporting.
Client populations I serve
Teenagers
Adults
Racialized And Ethnic Minorities
Neurodiverse Clients
2SLGBTQIA Community
Professional credentials
Canadian Certified Counsellor
- No.11248070
Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association
Educational background
Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology
Yorkville University, Canada
