Lindsay Gulanes

In addition to the academic training I have had so far, I am also deeply influenced by my own ongoing healing experience as a trauma survivor. This has shaped the way that I approach my work because I understand on a personal level just how important it is to have the right amount of support throughout the healing process. I draw on each discipline for every individual and group session. I get excited about supporting people in arriving in their bodies, and cultivating a friendlier relationship with their body and experiences. I am a licensed class 1 funeral director and funeral celebrant in Ontario, and have a certificate in death, dying and bereavement from Wilfrid Laurier University as well. I have studied fascia and the nervous system with Tom Myers, founder of Kinesis Myofascial Integration. I have had the privilege of attending the kinesiology anatomy lab at University of Waterloo to study the donor bodies, and studied Integral Anatomy with Dr Gil Hedley. Through the Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute, I completed the three-year program to receive the SEP trauma therapy designation. I had the privilege of studying with Berns Galloway, Linda Stelte and Dea Parsanishi. With additional support and consultations from Patricia Berendsen and Ariel Giaretto, amongst others. During my SETI studies I also participated an online seminar with Dr. Laurence Heller outlining the Neuro Affective Relational Model for working with shame. In 2017 I completed the master course on Sexual Trauma with Dr. Peter Levine, developer of Somatic Experiencing.