A Greeting from Carolyn (she/her)
Registered Provisional Psychologist. Trauma-Informed Yoga Psychology School Faculty.
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My interest lies in the innate potential we possess to transform, develop, and heal. I believe through connection and support we can tap into our inner wisdom, discover our most authentic selves and alchemize our challenges to build own path forward.
My approach to therapy is trauma-informed, integrative, and is rooted in an attachment-based lens. I consider the role that the body plays in our healing as pivotal, and work to find harmony between the mind-body relationship using various approaches. I am orientated towards somatic, body-based modalities. I consider human beings to be multifaceted and seek to try and find integration and meaning within our different parts in order to move towards a feeling of wholeness. As a yoga teacher and practitioner of over 17 years, I am orientated towards the yogic system and have a particular interest in the space where spirituality and science collide. I work with clients to reconnect to the wisdom of themselves physically, emotionally, cognitively and energetically and use different ideologies such as EMDR, body dialoguing, emotionally focused therapy, somatics, archetypal embodiment, breath practices, movement, meditation etc., as parts of a pathway forward. I utilize a feminist lens to consider the different cultural and societal systems that deeply impact our experience and orientation to world, self and others. I believe deep healing is not only individual, but must be relational and collective. I honour and acknowledge how deeply sacred and personal each person's story is. Understanding that the counselling process can be extremely vulnerable, I strive to make each session a safer space, judgment free, and full of acceptance. Together I hope we can unpack your story and explore what it is to be human. I look forward to connecting with you. |
Dr. Melissa Jay is an Indigenous, nehiyaw-Métis member of the Métis Nation of Alberta. The primary location of Canmore Counselling and Trauma-Informed Yoga Psychology School is located in Chuwapchipchiyan Kudi Bi (translated from Îyârhe Nakoda as “shooting at the willows”), colonially known as Canmore. We are grateful to be located on Treaty 7 territory and the current and ancestral lands of the Îyârhe Nakoda (Stoney Nakoda), which includes of the Bearspaw First Nation, Chiniki First Nation, and Goodstoney First Nation, as well as the Tsuut’ina First Nation and the Blackfoot Confederacy, including the Siksika First Nation, Piikani First Nation, and Kainai First Nation. This is also the home to the Rocky View Métis District 4 within the Battle River Territory. We recognize all Nations who continue to nurture these lands, and we are dedicated to uplifting Truth, language, and culture as essential to right relations. As an act of reconciliation and commitment to decolonization, we are committed to the TRC's Calls to Action.
At Canmore Counselling, we are also privileged to be yoga students, practitioners, and guides. Our offerings centre on the root of yoga as Indigenous to South Asia, and we are grateful to learn from and amplify the South Asian practitioners and teachers whenever possible. We are grateful for the eight limbs of yoga, as taught by Patanjali. It is a joy to walk alongside our incredible alumni of the Trauma-Informed Yoga Psychology School as they create opportunities for care, connection & curiosity within their communities.
We believe wholeheartedly that trauma-informed care requires commitment to community, social justice, decolonization, anti-oppression, and anti-racism. Thank you for being here :)
At Canmore Counselling, we are also privileged to be yoga students, practitioners, and guides. Our offerings centre on the root of yoga as Indigenous to South Asia, and we are grateful to learn from and amplify the South Asian practitioners and teachers whenever possible. We are grateful for the eight limbs of yoga, as taught by Patanjali. It is a joy to walk alongside our incredible alumni of the Trauma-Informed Yoga Psychology School as they create opportunities for care, connection & curiosity within their communities.
We believe wholeheartedly that trauma-informed care requires commitment to community, social justice, decolonization, anti-oppression, and anti-racism. Thank you for being here :)