During years of being an Educational Assistant, an office manager for her personal business, and a mother to 5 sons, Cyndi volunteered with community services such as Victim Services and Alberta Health Services, Equine Events, youth events and summer camps, parachurch events, and others. When her youngest child started school, she felt the call to return to her own education and finish her Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in psychology, and then her Master of Counselling degree, through City University of Seattle. 

Cyndi is trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing [EMDR] Basic level, Trauma Regulation and Integration Processing [TRIP] Level 1, Pragmatic Experiential Therapy for Couples [PET-C] Levels 1and 2, and Hakomi Introduction Level, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy [CTRI], Acceptance and Commitment Therapy [PESI], and Birth and Reproductive Trauma [CC-BRT]. She has also completed the Alberta Health Services grief support training and the Grief Recovery Method® [GRM], as well multiple certificate courses on trauma and grief processing.

Cyndi has facilitated grief recovery groups with Alberta Health Services and The Grief Recovery Method, a trauma recovery group, and one-to-one grief and trauma processing for death, break-up, divorce, infidelity, Covid-19, abuse, self-esteem parentification, birth and reproduction, work stress, pet loss, spiritual losses and traumas, and loss of purpose, hopes dreams. Finally, she has presented at a Mental Health Support workshop and presented a Mental Health Talk. She has a published work in an anthology and writes on a variety of topics.

Cyndi is a member in good standing of the College of Alberta Psychologists, Psychologists Association of Alberta, and The Grief Recovery Institute.

My approach to supporting your healing journey includes a trauma informed, holistic approach with integrity, empathy and compassionate presence in an atmosphere of shared knowledge and hope. I see healing as a sacred process, deserving honour and witness, with growth as partner of healing. 

Loss. It’s never too early or late to begin healing from loss of any kind. It’s my honour to help you move through uncertainty, shock, confusion, and grief that loss has or is ushering into your experience. I am passionate about walking with people through the pain, losses, trauma and adjustments- what we might call the "dark night of the soul,"- into illumination that brings transformation. 

When my brother-in-love died from lung and brain cancer in 2018, previous training I had did not seem enough. I enrolled in Grief Recovery Method® training in 2021 to learn and process my brother-in-love’s death. The second day into training, my lovely dad died, alone, in a designated covid ward. The small action steps the program led me through, helped me process what was held in my heart, and brought relief. Come process your pain with me through structured or unstructured ways, as an individual, couple, family or periodically planned groups.

Trauma and Stress. Complex interactions of our mind, emotions, our nervous system and environments, can cause us to get stuck in states of flight, fight, freeze, or collapse. I can help you understand the automatic and subconscious reactions [triggers] that affect your capacity to function well and help you begin to heal and thrive, not just survive. We may choose from a variety of tools and create supportive strategies for your body/ nervous system, mind, and emotions. This can be truly life changing work! I have specialized training in Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing [EMDR] therapy and Birth and Reproductive Trauma. I’ve worked with individuals, couples, Frontline workers, First responders, Veterans and other professional lines of work.

Relationships. I love to see relationships thrive! Come explore your relational patterns and processes as an individual, a couple or family. Communication, boundaries, patterns and cycles, attachment styles, family of origins work, or infidelity, are just a few of the areas we may explore to strengthen relating with others, or even your relationship with yourself. I use a variety of modalities such as Pragmatic Experiential Therapy for Couples [PET-C], Gottman, systems theory, attachment theory and others.

Spirituality. For those who wish to incorporate faith/spiritual practices for strengthening wellbeing, or to work through spiritual crisis, religious hurts or trauma, or leadership concerns, I am honoured to help explore these nuanced areas. I am happy to support individuals, leadership, clergy and organizations. I have formal training and experience in this area.

I look forward to meeting with you to share your story of life, loss and love.

Outside of this beautiful work, I enjoy family, flavoured coffee, adventuring outdoors, creative arts and seeking awe and wonder. I stay centered through my spiritual practices and enjoy song leading with the team of my church.