Lindy van der Burg
Lindy van der Burg (she/her) is a Registered Therapeutic Counsellor (RTC #2755) with the Association of Cooperative Counselling Therapists of Canada.
As a counsellor I will help you learn how to express your thoughts and feelings in a healthy way, cope with your emotions and adjust to life challenges or crisis. Replacing negative beliefs with positive ones can help you gain a sense of satisfaction and control in your life as you set realistic goals for yourself.
Areas of counselling expertise
- Mental and Physical Health (anxiety, depression, mental/emotional effects of chronic pain/illness and trauma held in the body)
- Personal Empowerment (assertiveness for women, healing chronic shame)
- Healthy Relationships (conflict resolution, codependence)
- Life transitions (mid-life, grief and loss, separation, career change)
Therapy modalities Lindy uses in her counselling practice
Psychodynamic – bringing unconscious material into the conscious
Humanistic – assumes that everyone has an innate capacity to grow emotionally and psychologically towards the goals of self-actualization and personal fulfilment
Client-Centered – the client (and not the counsellor) is the expert on their own thoughts, feelings, experiences and problems
Behavioral – behavior is learned and can therefore be unlearned. Problems which respond well to this type of therapy include phobias, anxiety attacks and eating disorders
- Transpersonal Therapeutic Counselling
- Trauma informed approach
- Bowen Family Systems
- Art therapy, Somatic and Mindfulness interventions
With support and guidance, you will find, build and expand on your inner strengths and resources to create a more balanced life and a healthier state of mind.
Personal qualities / strengths as a counsellor
I deeply appreciate the unique qualities and strengths that make you who you are, and I firmly believe in your natural ability to heal. My friends and loved ones describe me as calm, down-to-earth, and always available to lend a compassionate ear. I approach your concerns with an open mind and a caring heart. Together, we can navigate the challenges you face and incite positive growth in your life.
Education and professional development
- Transpersonal Therapeutic Counselling (Clearmind International Institute)
- Practitioners Training Teaching Assistant (Clearmind International Institute)
- Facilitator – Conscious Connected Breathwork (Robin Clements)
- Yoga Teacher Training 200-hour (Colleen Felgate)
- Therapeutic Massage (WSMSS)
- Holistic Medicine (South Pacific College of Natural Therapeutics)
- Voice Body Connection (Elissa Weinzimmer)
- Working Therapeutically with people with Eating Disorders (Harriet Parsons)
- Art Therapy Interventions for Anxiety, Eating Disorders and Addictions (Pamela Hayes)
- Healing Trauma (Peter Levine)
- Helping Clients Undo Patterns of Pleasing and Appeasing (NICABM)
- Working with Shame and Anger in Psychotherapy (Dr. Leslie Greenberg)
- Compassionate Inquiry with Dr. Gabor Maté
- Ongoing areas of study: Trauma Healing – A Somatic Approach, Polyvagal Theory in Therapy, Inherited Family Trauma
