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.
Guiding individuals through life transitions and empowering them to build assertiveness and self-esteem. I specialize in working with clients who have experienced chronic shame, illness, and trauma, and understand how these experiences can be held in the body. My approach is compassionate, gentle, and trauma-informed, allowing you to process and heal at your own pace.
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: Healing Developmental Trauma using the NeuroAffective Relational Model to address adverse childhood experiences and resolve complex trauma
