Tina Bells
She/HerMA
Registered Psychotherapist
EnglishIt's hard to explain what this loss has done to you. Some days you're flooded with images and what-ifs, other days you feel nothing at all. Emotions crash into each other, guilt, anger, relief, love, disbelief, and you wonder if this even counts as grief. The world expects you to move on but you feel frozen in the moment that everything changed and no one seems to understand how disorienting this type of grief is. Grief like this doesn’t just live in your mind, it lives in your body, too.
Background
My work is shaped by years of supporting clients through sudden loss, traumatic grief, and the impact of spiritual abuse on one’s sense of self. I’m drawn to the places where grief, identity, and meaning intersect.
Your therapeutic experience with me
In our work, you’ll find a calm, steady space where your experiences are taken seriously and explored with care. I use EMDR and Narrative Therapy as guidance to help you make sense of sudden loss and/or the impact of spiritual abuse. Sessions focus on clarity, choice, and helping you reconnect with parts of yourself that have felt silenced or overwhelmed.
Areas of expertise
These are the areas I commonly work with, and they form a big part of the support I offer in my practice:
Therapeutic approaches
These are the approaches at the heart of my work, and I use them often because they help create meaningful change:
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR)
Narrative Therapy
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
Trauma-informed Therapy
I also draw on other evidence based approaches that can gently support you when they align with what you need:
Mindfulness
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Decolonial
Solution-focused Therapy
Motivational Interviewing
Strength-based Approach
Parts Work (ifs)
Focused populations and cultural backgrounds
These are the communities and cultural backgrounds I focus on, and I bring a sincere commitment to supporting you in a way that feels respectful and genuine:
Populations
Adults
Youth And Young Adults
Neurodivergent Clients
Frontline Health Care Workers
2SLGBTQIA Community
Cultural communities
First Responders
Canadian Armed Forces And Veterans
Lgbtqia2s+
Multi-faith
Professional credentials
Registered Psychotherapist
- No.17657
College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario
Educational background
Masters of Art: Spiritual Care and Psychotherapy
Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada
Specialized training
EMDR Level 1 (Basic Training)
EMDR Education Centre
Supervised Psychospiritual Education
McMaster University
Practice locations & services
Immediate crisis support available
If you're experiencing a mental health crisis, help is available right now:
- 🚨 Call 911 for immediate emergency assistance
- 💬 Call or text 988 for mental health crisis support and suicide prevention