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​​Hi, I'm Misha. ​

 

I'm so glad you're here! Here are a few things about me and my work:​

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  • In addition to being a Wellness Counselor, I have certifications and training in somatic regulation, applied positive psychology, grief and anxiety, adolescence, parent-teen relationships, recovery from disordered eating, self-compassion, mindfulness, new parenthood, and other major life transitions. I work with all ages. I am trauma-informed and client-directed. I work from a strengths-based, positive psychology paradigm - meaning I look for the beauty and strengths in who you are, and help you build on that foundation.  

  • I take a harm reduction approach, meaning that our habits and addictions are often adaptive strategies that can be understood with compassion, and that we can develop practices that gently bring us into more freedom and choice. I work through a protective lens versus lack of will power. 

  • I worked for years mentoring teens and young adults, as well as in leadership development. One of the things I am most passionate about in my work now is meeting with parents and their teens and helping them connect and communicate with each other. 

  • I have been a lecturer at conferences and in classrooms and seminars around the world on The Gift of Pain, and I helped start a non-profit. 

  • I am a disordered eating survivor, I have survived a near-death experience, and I had a chronic illness for many years in my twenties related to trauma. Those and other experiences contributed to my desire for learning about healing in the day-to-day stresses of life.

  • I deeply appreciate open-minded diversity and am a safe space for LGBTQIA+ folx. All walks of life and perspectives are welcome to meet with me. ​Please don't hesitate to reach out if I can support you. 

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Some Qualifications & Training:
 

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  • Revolutionizing Trauma and Addiction Treatment with the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model, Jan Winhall, MSW, RSW, FOT & Stephen W. Porges, PhD

  • The Links Between Interoception, the Language of Emotion, & Human Connections, Kelly Mahler OTD, OTR/L , Rachael Thompson OT BSc

  • Autism and Eating Disorders, Kelly Mahler OTD, OTR/L & Kim Clairy, MS OTR/L

  • Level II-a, Clinical training in Embodied Eating Disorder Recovery, via Embodied Recovery Institute 

  • Rhythm of Regulation with Deb Dana, Certificate via Polyvagal Learning Labs

  • Somatic Eating Intensive, with Stephanie Mara Fox, MA, somatic nutrition expert and creator of Somatic Eating 

  • Intro to Somatic Eating, with Stephanie Mara Fox, MA: body-oriented, sensation-focused therapeutic approach to eating

  • Instructor at Functional Medicine Coaching Academy. Trained and supervised by Dr. Margarita Tarragona author and faculty at the University of Pennsylvania’s Applied Positive Psychology Program.

  • VIA Survey of Character Strengths Assessment and Applied Positive Psychology, training via FMCA

  • Nationally Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach, via NBHWC, a nonprofit affiliate of the National Board of Medical Examiners: 2018-2026

  • Crucial Conversations & Mastery of Dialogue, Certificate via TWU

  • Cornell University, Wellness Counselor Certification

  • Trinity Western University, BA in Psychology and Human Services, with Great Distinction. ​​

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