Ottawa Assistant Team
We're so grateful to have a dedicated team of Assistants for the Ottawa training who come from a wide range of professional backgrounds, each with their own areas of specialty and expertise. Below you will find biographies for each team member, as well as information about how to connect with them and if they will be offering personal sessions or case consults over the course of the training. Please take a look over this page if you are a current student to familiarize yourself with our team.
As a trauma-informed training program, we strive to have 1 Assistant for every 4 students in the training so that you all feel supported both in your educational and emotional needs. Truly, we could not have this training without their help.
(Lead Assistant) Nouha Ali Ahmed
Location: Boucherville, Greater Montreal (Quebec) / Online
Phone: 438-491-9642
Languages: English, French
Nouha is a Certified Yoga Teacher and Somatic Experiencing™ Practitioner. Her body-oriented multidisciplinary approach integrates yoga asana, mindfulness, Somatic Experiencing™ and SE™ touch to support the self-regulation of the physiological and emotional responses and build greater Coherence.
Dana Wemyss
Offering personal sessions towards SEP requirements: No
Accepting new clients in private practice:
Dana’s journey has always been about connecting to spirit, aliveness, and to the magic of this world.
Her own healing path, combined with a commitment to support others in healing, led her to study a blend of healing and wellness modalities.
Kimberley Wideman
Offering personal sessions towards SEP requirements: No
Accepting new clients in private practice: Yes
Kim is a Certified Child Life Specialist, and has successfully completed the Trauma Certificate program at Wilfrid Laurier University. Kim has also completed her training in Somatic Experiencing® with Dea Parsanishi, MEd, SEP.
Christelle Thibault
Offering personal sessions towards SEP requirements: No
Accepting new clients in private practice: No
Hello! I'm Christelle (they/them) - a queer, non-binary Registered Psychotherapist and SEP. I integrate experiential, somatic/embodied, parts-based and relational approaches to support clients in a collaborative, curious and compassionate way.
Janis Dahl
Offering personal sessions towards SEP requirements: Yes
Accepting new clients in private practice: Yes
Healing transforms and liberates. We are born to heal - in our bodies, and in connection with ourselves, others and the land. I bring over 20 years of experience with communities and groups, as a facilitator, educator and collaborator.
Lindsay Reoch
Offering personal sessions towards SEP requirements: No
Accepting new clients in private practice: Yes
Lindsay Reoch, MA, SEP, has a private therapy practice in Montréal. She blends her background as a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, Creative Arts Therapist, and yoga instructor to work with clients’ unique needs and desires for therapy.
Claire Dagenais
Offering sessions towards SEP requirements: Yes, at Beginning and Intermediate Levels
Accepting new clients: Yes
I combine many years of experience in Somatic Experiencing, Family Constellations, and Trans generational trauma. I trained in Somatic Resilience and Regulation: Early Trauma and in Transforming Touch (peri/post natal trauma).
Gabrielle Nawratil
Offering personal sessions towards SEP requirements: Yes, at all levels
Offering individual case consults: Yes, Beginning and Intermediate Levels
Accepting new clients in private practice: No
I’m a registered social worker and equine-facilitated mental health practitioner with a small, part-time somatic psychotherapy practice in Ottawa.
Joyce Prieur
Offering personal sessions towards SEP requirements: No
Accepting new clients in private practice: Yes
I have been a SEP since 2018. I have a degree in psychology, I am a Family Constellation facilitator and teacher, I am tranined in developmental reflexes integration (RTMi), and I also offer relational coaching.
Line Mc Carthy
Offering personal sessions towards SEP requirements: Yes, at all levels
Offering case consults: Yes, at all levels
Accepting new clients in private practice: Yes
In my Somatic Practice, I use different modalities namely Somatic Experiencing®, Transforming Touch® (TEB), co-regulating touch, yoga, movement and mindfulness. I work with a wide range of people and have a special interest in early trauma, chronic pain, chronic stress, and grief.