Suzanne Nievaart

Mental Health Therapist
Victoria, British Columbia
About me

I believe you are the expert in your own life. You know your strengths and your needs. I aim to support you in your journey of healing from (childhood) traumas, understanding and building strong relationships.. I understand the impacts of multilayered expectations placed on women, as a working, neurodivergent, single parent who has faced burnout and other chronic health issues. I am keen to support women experiencing perinatal depression, and/or domestic violence, or exploring how to harness the strengths of neurodivergence for daily living and navigating relationships. Working with couples, families, and individuals, together we can work on building awareness, setting boundaries, and communication skills. Applying narrative, trauma-informed, person-centred and mindfulness approaches, we can explore relationships, anger, grief, depression, anxiety, life transitions or life events. My practice applies a feminist, decolonial, anti-racist, 2SLGBTQQIA+ and neuroaffirming lens. I aim to hold space with curiosity and compassion; to create a safe space free of judgement and to co-create how I can best support you on your journey.

Education

Master of Arts in Social Sciences, University of Amsterdam (2008)

Bachelor of Science in Social Anthropology and Non-Western Sociology, University of Amsterdam (2008)

Master of Social Work (2025)

Certification and training

Narrative Therapy Training (2018)

Post Partum Doula Training (2015)

Massage Therapy Training (2011)

Narrative Therapy Training (2024)

Gottman Level 1 Training (2024)

Narrative Therapy Relational Interviewing (2025)

Gottman Level 2 (2025)

Memberships and affiliations

Ontario Association of Social Workers

BC College of Social Workers

Credentials
MA MSW
Specialties
Abuse Anxiety and Depression Building Healthy Communication Chronic Pain Codependency Issues Grief and Loss Identity Development Infidelity and Trust Issues LGBTQ+ Life Transitions Mental Health Mindfulness Mood Disorders Parenting Perinatal Anxiety and Depression Perinatal Mood Disorders Postpartum Depression Relational Counseling Relationship Issues Self-Compassion Self-Esteem Trauma Recovery Couple Counseling Family Counseling Marital Counseling Menopause Management
Languages

English, French, Spanish

Service introduction

Relational counselling (couples and family therapy), online, 90 minute sessions. Specializing in conflict, communication, boundaries, and neurodivergence. Individual therapy for adults, online, in 50 minute sessions. I specialize in perinatal depression, women's issues, and domestic violence.

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