With over 20 years of experience in agency and hospital settings, Fatina understands the significant step each client takes when seeking a therapist. Evidence suggests that the relationship with your therapist is key to the success of your treatment. Known for her warm and practical style, Fatina creates safety in the therapeutic relationship, integrating proven methods for healing and lasting change.

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Fatina participates in several trauma-specific and mindfulness-based consultation and training groups. She works with members of the Canadian Armed Forces, veterans, police services, first responders, and others exposed to traumatic events. For many years, she was one of the clinical leads within an interdisciplinary team, working to stabilize those who were acutely ill in an inpatient setting.

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She completed a Bachelor of Science (1999), a Bachelor of Social Work (2001), and a Master of Social Work (2006) at Dalhousie University. Her work in emergency departments and on crisis teams honed her skills in assessing psychiatric emergencies, deepening her understanding of the many paths that lead people to despair.

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Following her graduate studies, Fatina trained with leading experts in various therapies, including CBT, DBT, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Ego State Therapy, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR Therapy). She completed the Certificate Program at the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy in 2020, studying under renowned researchers and practitioners in North America on the application of mindfulness and meditation in psychotherapy. She trained in practice settings with teachers Ron Siegel, Psy.D., Bill Morgan, Psy.D., and Susan Morgan MSN, RN, CS, on retreats for mental health clinicians in Vallecitos, NM, USA, for three years in a row.

For more information on some of these trainings and teachers, see below:

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• Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy

• Dr. Ron Siegel

• Bill and Susan Morgan

• Beck Institute

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Fatina completed her EMDR Therapy training with the Niagara Stress and Trauma Clinic in Toronto, ON (2014) and is a Certified EMDR Therapist. She is also an EMDR Therapy Consultant in Training and provides regular individual and group consultation to EMDR Therapy clinicians.

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For more information on what EMDR Therapy can offer you, visit the official EMDRIA YouTube channel:

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• EMDRIA YouTube Channel

 

And the official EMDR Canada and EMDRIA sites:

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• EMDR Canada

• EMDRIA

 

Fatina's waitlist is currently closed. Please inquire through the MindLight contact form about EMDR Therapy individual and group consultation.