Our Team
Allyson Coleman, MC, CCC
Allyson has worked with individuals in therapeutic settings and practice since 1999. She holds a Masters of Counselling Psychology and she regularly upgrades her training through professional development.
Allyson has worked in a variety of settings in the areas of domestic violence, trauma, mental health. education and program development. She has been in private practice since 2013.
Allyson approaches her work from a developmental and attachment-based framework, as well as utilizing neurobiological information about the brain and body to work with health problems, trauma, attachment injuries, sensory dysregulation, mental health, and social challenges. In addition to EMDR, Brainspotting™, and Bilateral Stimulation, Allyson uses play, narrative work, and art. She works best when there is a collaborative approach and she enjoys working with individuals and families.
Allyson’s main focus is on being client-centered in everything she does. She believes that that relationship is key to any therapeutic work and works hard to be mindful of individual needs and preferences, working with an individual’s personal strengths to helps them accomplish their goals.
Allyson is a Certified Canadian Counsellor with the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association and a certified Brainspotting™ therapist, consultant, and trainer. Allyson also offers professional consultation and training.
Allyson has openings for Brainspotting Consultation.
Dell Ducharme, PhD., Clinical Psychologist
Dell is a registered clinical psychologist with practices in areas of clinical, rehabilitation, and behavioral psychology. His practice crosses all ages and stages, along with most clinical disorders.
Dell’s specialty areas of treatment and assesment include developmental and physical disabilities, behavioral challenges, adolescent inpatient services, deaf and hard of hearing, and cross-cultural work. At present, his practice has strong emphasis on First Nation Peoples and Northern communities, along with the impact of trauma across the life span.
It is his understanding of development, attachment, resiliency, and the impact that life events experienced across the life span has on us that informs his approach to assessment and intervention. While trained in various treatment modalities, it is the understanding of relationship and of the role both affect and the midbrain has on the human condition that mostly guides his work with persons who access my services.
At present, Dell is in full-time private practice. He is currently certified as a therapist and as a consultant in both EMDR and Brainspotting™. He is also a Brainspotting™ trainer and serves on both local and National boards.
As a part of his clinical practice, Dell offers consultations to various organizations in his area, that provide semi-secured and community-based services to at risk youth and adults.
Unfortunately, Dell is unable to take
new referrals at this time.
