Angela Kazmierczak

Master of Science in Marital and Family Therapy, Somatic Experiencing Practioner, Registered Clinical Counsellor, Canadian Clinical Counsellor Member Angela Kazmierczak has been working in the mental health field since 2005. She completed her undergraduate with an emphasis on Applied Psychology at Concordia University and continued Graduate work at Loma Linda University. At Loma Linda she specialized in System’s Theory and its application to couples, families, and groups. Angela also gained academic and applied experience in her work in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Alberta Hospital where she participated in research of individuals with mild to moderate depression. Most recently, Angela completed her Somatic Experiencing Training, including trainings with Peter Levine himself, and is a Somatic Experiencing Practioner, including Touch Therapy. Angela has completed specialized training in Concussion Awareness and Brain Injury, regularly attends the Stopping the Violence Annual Training Forums, participates in monthly round table discussions and Learning Circles, and participates in the many available on-line Somatic Experiencing classes, webinars, and consults. Angela also is a dedicated Ashtanga Yoga student and teacher in the local and international yoga community. Throughout her career, Angela has been working with individuals, couples, families, and groups who have experienced historical, shock and/or relational trauma and her recent educational training reflect this. She and her clients move through client experiences together integrating such approaches as therapeutic alliance formation, touch work, somatic/body noticing, the cognitive process and felt sense of safety (developed through regulation, mindfulness and humour).