Janice TULING
MSW, RSW
EMDR Therapist 

Meet Janice Tuling
she/her/hers

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It can take a lot of courage to look into counselling, and I'm honoured you've considered inviting me to be part of your journey.

 

I deeply believe that no matter what we've navigated in life, we each have incredible resiliency, innate wisdom, and capacity to heal. To live a life that's more peaceful and meaningful. Trauma and life stressors can get stuck in our nervous system, blocking this healing and preventing us from living our lives fully. I approach counselling by starting wherever you are, at this moment, and together we find a way through. With a heart-centred, gentle, emotionally safe, trauma-sensitive and non-judgemental approach, together we'll lift what's holding you back and shift to access your wisdom and build growth.

 

I'm a Registered Social Worker practicing EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) and Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapies as my primary method. I completed a Master of Social Work from Wilfrid Laurier University (Ontario), EMDR Basic Training with Sue Genest (Life Journeys Counseling), EMDR Child Specialist Intensive training with Ana Gomez (Agate Institute), and Internal Family Systems Level 1 Training with the IFS Institute.  I'm also currently training in EMDR for Grief and Loss, complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (c-PTSD), attachment wounding and the Integration of EMDR with IFS Therapies.  

 

As a social worker of 20+ years in not-for-profit and government funded settings, I've witnessed and supported many people navigating significant life changes and transitions. Individuals with emotional pain, and lack of self-compassion and purpose. 

 

When I'm not counseling clients, I work in the field of adoptions with birth parents and adoptive parents. This work connects me to people who have navigated grief & loss, infertility, attachment wounds, shame, trauma and multiple losses/gaps of identity. 

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As a mom of two (a tween and a teen) I'm also learning every day. Parenting and watching them grow and become their own people is a humbling and great privilege. It's also the hardest training I've had to date! When I'm not driving my kids to their activities, I'm often listening to and making music with my husband, hanging out with friends & family, camping & being in nature, listening to podcasts and reading, or walking our crazy but loveable dog Asher.

 

It's an honour to support you on your healing path, to witness and help you to see your innate beauty and wisdom as you reclaim your authentic self and find more peace and meaning in your life. 

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My main modality is IFS informed EMDR therapy.

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Training

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• EMDR Basic Training Tier 3, Sue Genest, Life Journeys Counselling & Training Inc, B.C.

• EMDR Child Specialist Intensive program, Ana Gomez 

• Internal Family Systems Level 1 Training, IFS Institute

• Suicide Risk Assessment training

• Somatic Experiencing - Level 1, Somatic Experiencing Professional Training-Kelowna

• EMDR Treatment of Complex Trauma: The Cross Training Model, Carol Forgash and Jim Knipe

• Honouring Clients Where They Are: Innovative Integration of IFS and EMDR, Dr. Daphne Fatter