Christin Mullen, LMFT, Attachment Focused EMDR Therapist
Christin has extensively worked and specialized in treating trauma and attachment. She is a Certified Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) therapist with advanced training in attachment based EMDR. She has completed certification in HeartMath biofeedback and flash technique and practices experiential play therapy with children and families who have experienced trauma and grief and loss.
Christin has over 20 years of clinical experience working with youth and families. A broad range of clinical experience informs her work. She has worked in a range of settings, including child abuse treatment programs, public schools, a family support center, a transitional housing program, child welfare and for many years at Kaiser Permanente in the department of outpatient psychiatry. Also she has a private psychotherapy practice and provides trainings to teachers, clinicians and para-professionals in trauma informed healing.
She completed her graduate studies at New York University in Applied Psychology. Her areas of academic and training include: Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), drama and expressive arts therapy, assertiveness training, and multicultural and cross cultural counseling.
She is eager to bring a holistic approach to psychotherapy to her clients -integrating the mind, body and spirit into the healing process. Christin particularly enjoys incorporating a sensorimotor approach and enriching her work with training in neuropsychology. She consistently brings in experiential play therapy, EMDR resourcing, creative arts, breath work, yoga/ movement and mindfulness exercises into her practice. She has worked with clients from many backgrounds and identities. She is trained in gender identity and expression, LGBTQ, transracial families and Latinx. She is bilingual English- Spanish therapist and works with immigrant and refugees/ asylum seekers.
Christin lives in California in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband who is an educator and with their two young children.
Christin has over 20 years of clinical experience working with youth and families. A broad range of clinical experience informs her work. She has worked in a range of settings, including child abuse treatment programs, public schools, a family support center, a transitional housing program, child welfare and for many years at Kaiser Permanente in the department of outpatient psychiatry. Also she has a private psychotherapy practice and provides trainings to teachers, clinicians and para-professionals in trauma informed healing.
She completed her graduate studies at New York University in Applied Psychology. Her areas of academic and training include: Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), drama and expressive arts therapy, assertiveness training, and multicultural and cross cultural counseling.
She is eager to bring a holistic approach to psychotherapy to her clients -integrating the mind, body and spirit into the healing process. Christin particularly enjoys incorporating a sensorimotor approach and enriching her work with training in neuropsychology. She consistently brings in experiential play therapy, EMDR resourcing, creative arts, breath work, yoga/ movement and mindfulness exercises into her practice. She has worked with clients from many backgrounds and identities. She is trained in gender identity and expression, LGBTQ, transracial families and Latinx. She is bilingual English- Spanish therapist and works with immigrant and refugees/ asylum seekers.
Christin lives in California in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband who is an educator and with their two young children.
Liliana considers it a great honor to be able to serve kids, children, teens, parents as well as educators. She has worked for the past 15 years providing counseling to kids, teens and their parents as well as offering trainings, classes, conferences and workshops to parents and educators. She is currently a therapist with Kaiser Permanente in California and offers innovative techniques for treating trauma and attachment dysregualtion.
She has extensive experience in providing comprehensive counseling services to children and teens (ages 2-18), families and groups from diverse cultural backgrounds in different settings. This includes all levels of education from preschool to high school, hospital settings, non-profits, outpatient programs and victims of crime.
Liliana has extensive experience working collaboratively with doctors, psychiatrists, social workers, psychologists and teachers with a focus on coordination of care and the provision of socio emotional well being and support for young children and teens.
Regarding trauma, she has the following certifications: EMDR , EFT, trauma CBT for preschoolers, PTSD
evidence based CBT and parent child relational treatment. She has also attended workshops on making EMDR developmentally appropriate for kids.
Liliana has numerous certifications for working with children, teens and parents. She is certified in Parent Child interaction and has been a trainer of therapists in this modality. She maintains Triple P accreditation, Parent project, kimochis usage in the clinical setting, Mindfulness self compassion, Heartmath. She has taken and completed both the girls circle and boys council training.
She holds a masters in Psychopedagogy and a Masters in Counseling Psychology. Liliana uses and is inspired by humanistic psychology. “All actual life is Encounter” Martin Buber. She believes that encounters between each other invites the possibility of growth, learning, healing and discovery of who we are and what we can bring to this world. It is through encounters with others that we find ourselves and it is through self-understanding that
we can truly connect with others.
Liliana believes in the potential of all people to connect with their inner resources and strengths and to overcome obstacles. She has seen the power of relationships to support each other. Her focus is on helping kids/teens discover their strengths and heal in a safe, fun loving and creative environment
She draws from the following evidence-based treatment approaches: Family therapy, CBT, EMDR.
She grew up in Mexico City and moved to California 17 years ago. Her family is originally from Spain
and Ireland
Having a bicultural appreciation is key to her success in working with a diverse population of youth.
She has extensive experience in providing comprehensive counseling services to children and teens (ages 2-18), families and groups from diverse cultural backgrounds in different settings. This includes all levels of education from preschool to high school, hospital settings, non-profits, outpatient programs and victims of crime.
Liliana has extensive experience working collaboratively with doctors, psychiatrists, social workers, psychologists and teachers with a focus on coordination of care and the provision of socio emotional well being and support for young children and teens.
Regarding trauma, she has the following certifications: EMDR , EFT, trauma CBT for preschoolers, PTSD
evidence based CBT and parent child relational treatment. She has also attended workshops on making EMDR developmentally appropriate for kids.
Liliana has numerous certifications for working with children, teens and parents. She is certified in Parent Child interaction and has been a trainer of therapists in this modality. She maintains Triple P accreditation, Parent project, kimochis usage in the clinical setting, Mindfulness self compassion, Heartmath. She has taken and completed both the girls circle and boys council training.
She holds a masters in Psychopedagogy and a Masters in Counseling Psychology. Liliana uses and is inspired by humanistic psychology. “All actual life is Encounter” Martin Buber. She believes that encounters between each other invites the possibility of growth, learning, healing and discovery of who we are and what we can bring to this world. It is through encounters with others that we find ourselves and it is through self-understanding that
we can truly connect with others.
Liliana believes in the potential of all people to connect with their inner resources and strengths and to overcome obstacles. She has seen the power of relationships to support each other. Her focus is on helping kids/teens discover their strengths and heal in a safe, fun loving and creative environment
She draws from the following evidence-based treatment approaches: Family therapy, CBT, EMDR.
She grew up in Mexico City and moved to California 17 years ago. Her family is originally from Spain
and Ireland
Having a bicultural appreciation is key to her success in working with a diverse population of youth.
Anne-Marie Lockmyer, Advanced Grief Recovery Specialist & Certified Trauma Integration Practitioner
Anne-Marie Lockmyer is an advanced certified grief recovery specialist, certified in critical incident stress debriefing, a certified trauma-integration practitioner, the award-winning author of the best-selling book, When Their World Stops: The Essential Guide to Truly Helping Anyone in Grief, and the founder of the Grief and Trauma Healing Network.
As a widow herself, Anne-Marie knows the pain and devastation that grief and loss can wreck on a survivor. She serves as an educational catalyst to bring hope and healing to those suffering from loss through grief recovery programs, conference and retreat speaking and consulting.
As a widow herself, Anne-Marie knows the pain and devastation that grief and loss can wreck on a survivor. She serves as an educational catalyst to bring hope and healing to those suffering from loss through grief recovery programs, conference and retreat speaking and consulting.
Cher Curshen, Registered Psychotherapist, Expressive Arts Therapist
Cher is currently offering individual psychotherapy, expressive arts therapy, groups and trainings through her downtown Toronto private practice and at West End Mamas, a Prenatal and Postnatal clinic in Toronto and York region.
Cher completed training in expressive arts therapy at Create, Toronto and has over 19 years experience working with families, children, youth and adults.
She has experience working broadly across the GTA within health and social service agencies and in school settings supporting individuals living with life limiting illness, trauma, complex and traumatic grief, anticipatory grief and loss and mental health issues such as depression and anxiety and addictions.
Cher has provided consultation, program development, trainings, group facilitation, and therapy services to the following agencies: Dorothy Ley Hospice, Toronto East General Hospital, Native Child and Family Services, Aids Committee of Toronto (ACT), Sherbourne Health Centre, Casey House Hospice, Hospice Toronto, Trillium Health Centre, Bereaved Families of Toronto, Bereaved Families of Halton Peel, Gildas Club, Wellspring, Alzheimer's Society, Rexdale Community Health Centre, Toronto’s Ronald McDonald House. and ATTCH. Learn more at: bigheartstudio.com
Cher completed training in expressive arts therapy at Create, Toronto and has over 19 years experience working with families, children, youth and adults.
She has experience working broadly across the GTA within health and social service agencies and in school settings supporting individuals living with life limiting illness, trauma, complex and traumatic grief, anticipatory grief and loss and mental health issues such as depression and anxiety and addictions.
Cher has provided consultation, program development, trainings, group facilitation, and therapy services to the following agencies: Dorothy Ley Hospice, Toronto East General Hospital, Native Child and Family Services, Aids Committee of Toronto (ACT), Sherbourne Health Centre, Casey House Hospice, Hospice Toronto, Trillium Health Centre, Bereaved Families of Toronto, Bereaved Families of Halton Peel, Gildas Club, Wellspring, Alzheimer's Society, Rexdale Community Health Centre, Toronto’s Ronald McDonald House. and ATTCH. Learn more at: bigheartstudio.com