Sarah Jamieson
Clinical Counsellor & Psychotherapist

Education & Training

To become a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) and psychotherapist, I completed a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology through Adler University. The focus of my research was chronic pain recovery, which you can read more about here: www.chronicpainrecovery.ca

My post-secondary education, prior to earning my master’s degree, included a Bachelor of Commerce, a Bachelor of Arts, a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Pain Management, and a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Counselling and Human Development.

I have also done many additional trainings relevant to my work as a therapist, and I have listed some of them below.

Pain care

  • Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT)
  • Emotional Awareness & Expression Therapy (EAET)
  • Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Pain Management, University of Alberta
  • Other trainings with recognized experts in the field, including Lorimer Moseley, Greg Lehman, and Neil Pearson

Trauma

  • Mastering the Treatment of Trauma (National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioural Medicine)
  • The Body Keeps the Score: Trauma Healing Through the Senses, with Bessel van der Kolk
  • Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT) for Attachment Trauma, with Sue Johnson & Leanne Campbell

Embodied (or somatic) approaches

  • Somatic Attachment Psychotherapy, through Bringing the Body into Practice (2yr program, in progress)
  • Therapeutic Yoga for Trauma and Resilience, Langara College
  • Yoga for Anxiety, Anger, and Depression, with Judith Lasater

Relationship therapy

  • Relational Life Therapy (RLT), Level 1
  • Gottman Method Couples Therapy, Level 1

Other

  • Mindful Self-Compassion, with Kristin Neff & Christopher Germer
  • Indigenous Canada, University of Alberta (via Coursera)
  • Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT): 2-Day Intensive, with Daniel Moran
  • IFS Immersion: Integrating Internal Family Systems (IFS) Across Clinical Applications, hosted by Frank Anderson