Melissa Hart
Counsellor (MEd, MC, CCC)
Practicing in Oak Lake & Minnedosa, Manitoba & Online
EMDR - All Locations & Online
Melissa completed her Master's at Brandon University and is a Canadian Certified Counsellor. She is currently working as a school counsellor in a rural school division. Melissa also holds a Master of Special Education and has worked in public schools with students who struggle with behavioural issues as well as with young offenders in the juvenile prison system.
Melissa feels that all her clients possess the resilience, flexibility and ability to choose the path toward a valued life. She believes in providing a safe, open and welcoming environment for her clients where personal growth is possible.
Melissa takes a holistic and integrative approach when working with her clients, using practices that best suit her client's needs. She specializes in evidence-based therapies including, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy, Reality Therapy and Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) trauma therapy.
Melissa has experience and training in the following areas:
- Suicide Intervention
- Anxiety
- Child and Youth Bereavement
- Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
- Behavioural Management
- Self Regulation
- Mood Disorders
- Domestic Violence
- Adolescent Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (DNA-V)
- Trauma-Informed Counselling
- Trauma Therapy (EMDR)
- EMDR Trained
- Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC)