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Hi, I'm Heather

My approach is a blend of the following:

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Person-centered - listening to YOUR inner compass

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Somatic - learning how the body holds trauma and how it can become home again

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Trauma-informed - understanding how the nervous system gets stuck in fight/flight/freeze and how to self-soothe

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Post-modern - deconstructing and reconstructing identity, listening to the voices from the margins of self and society

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Mindfulness - compassionately noticing without judgment

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Gestalt - seeing what's coming up in the moment as a fractal of what's happening in the psyche

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Depth psychology - honouring the protective impulses of the psyche and tapping into the collective unconscious

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Transpersonal - connecting with the Great Big Nice Good (however you define that)

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Existential - accessing meaning-making

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Feminist - layering in contexts of historically contructed privilege

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Acceptance & Commitment (ACT) - embracing unconditional self-love AND meaningful action, guided by your core values

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Narrative - reframing and retelling the story of you, locating yourself within your hero's journey

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"It is my joy to do this work.  I am honoured to witness you activate your aliveness through creativity."

Publications

A New Ecology of Transitioning:  Cycling through Disintegration, Emptiness and Re-Emergence of Identity (Master's Thesis Abstract)

https://www.expressivearts.egs.edu/all-theses-dissertations-2016

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Front Porch Counselling:  Mental Health Outreach to Youth at Risk, p. 26-27

https://issuu.com/acsw/docs/the_advocate_-_winter_2021 

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Poetry Circle:  Time Lapse

​https://www.canadianarttherapy.org/envisage/envisage-spring-2022-poetry-circle

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Life Surprising Itself:  Creativity as Conduit for Response, p. 23-24

https://www.sage-ing.com/Sage-ing49.pdf

 

Grief Marked: Collaboration with Corps Bara Dance Company, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Klro7Of0a0s​

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Credentials

Diploma in Social Work from Mount Royal College

BSW Bachelors degree in Social Work from the University of Calgary

Certificate in Expressive Arts Therapy from Langara College

MA in Expressive Arts Therapy from the European Graduate School

 

Therapeutic Play Practitioner - Green Stream and Red Stream from Rocky Mountain Play Therapy Institute

 

Licensed by ACSW to perform restricted psycho-social interventions​

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RSW #6189 Registered with the Alberta College of Social Workers, ACSW

RTC #2285 Registered with the Association of Cooperative Counselling Therapists, ACCT

ACTA #1053 Registered with the Association of Counselling Therapy of Alberta, ACTA

CATA #51935802 Associate Member of the Canadian Art Therapy Association, CATA/ACAT

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Contact Me

Questions?  Want to learn more?  Let's connect!

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Heather Frayne, BSW, RSW, RTC

MA in Expressive Arts Therapy

Pronouns:  she/her/they

 

In a spirit of learning and reconciliation, I am grateful to make my home in Treaty 6 Territory, Metis Region 4, traditional meeting ground and home of many Indigenous peoples who have tended this land for generations.  

 

autumnleafexpressivearts@gmail.com

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Located at:

Laterna Creative Arts Therapy

8003 102 Street NW Unit 203

Edmonton, Alberta T6E 4A2

 

Accessibility Information

2 flights of stairs, no elevator at this time

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Thanks for connecting!

Heather Frayne, BSW, RSW, RTC, MA in Expressive Arts Therapy

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