Registered Psychotherapist

MELISSA MELIA DUNN

I believe in everyone's ability to feel whole—a life of purpose, confidence, calm, and meaningful connections with others. My approach is integrative and culturally responsive; with training in Emotion-Focused Therapy, Internal Family Systems and trauma-focused CBT.

My sessions prioritize collaboration, validation, and compassion to facilitate safe and comfortable healing and growth. Together we can identify goals that foster new actions and experiences; ones that cultivate connection, joy, and wholeness within yourself and your relationships.

I am a mother and married to my partner. I also have over 11 years of lived experience in the fast-paced, corporate world leading large teams, which offered key moments of navigating burnout, balance and developing strong communication skills. While these concepts of my identity may offer shared elements of the human experience, I will always look to you as the expert of your own experience.

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EducatioN

MA Counselling Psychology
Yorkville University

BA, Communications
Wilfrid Laurier University

TRAININGS

Emotion-Focused Therapy Externship (ICEEFT)

Internal Family Systems (Frank Anderson,
Parts Work in Play and ongoing Supervision)

Family Play Therapy (CAPT)

Trauma-Focused CBT
(The Medical University of South Carolina)

Integrating Experiential Psychotherapies
(Dr. Tori Olds)

2SLGBTQ Foundations Course and Trans 101 – Children and Adolescents (Rainbow Health Ontario)

Somatic Experience and Attachment, EFT &
Self-Harm
(PESI)

Affiliations

Registered Psychotherapist, College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO)

Member, Ontario Association of Mental Health Professionals (OAMHP)

Member, International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy (ICEEFT)