Somatic Therapy and Counselling in Maple Ridge and Greater Vancouver

Renee Reusz B.Sc., MPCC, C-IAYT

I come from a human biology background in my undergraduate work. Learning about the human body fascinated me and especially about how stress negatively affects the various systems of the body. For many years I’ve worked with clients dealing with injury and illness and marveled at how inseparable thoughts, emotions, and physical sensations are.

With many of my clients suffering from complex conditions affecting both the mind and body, I became curious about other practices and modalities for holistic wellness, and at the same time, I was suffering with my own anxiety. This is when I found yoga and started to connect the benefits of my practice to reduced symptoms of anxiety, and later became a certified yoga therapist to share yoga’s amazing benefits of somatic (body) sensing, nervous system regulation, and self awareness.

Today, I hold a MPCC (Master Practitioner in Clinical Counselling) designation through the CPCA, with a specialty certification in somatic therapy, which is particularly helpful for stress, anxiety, and trauma. I combine my knowledge of human physiology, yoga therapy, and somatic counselling to offer my clients a holistic approach to therapy. In addition to my clinical practice, I enjoy presenting and blogging on the topic of how the nervous system’s survival responses affect our physical and mental health. I offer Mind-body Yoga classes to help with nervous system regulation, and I do contract grief counselling at Ridge Meadows Hospice Society.

What I love most about doing counselling is discovering my client’s strengths and the profound insight and solutions that are gained when given an opportunity to listen and trust themselves. My clients are my teachers – revealing their strengths, creativity, and insight. I will be forever grateful for their willingness in me to be part of their journey to healing and self-realization.