Emily Gauthier MSW, RCSW
Educational Background and Professional Membership
My educational background includes a Master of Social Work with a clinical specialization from the University of Calgary (2013). I am in good standing with the Alberta College of Social Workers (ACSW) as a Registered Clinical Social Worker on the ACSW Clinical Registry. Currently I have membership with EMDRIA as a Certified EMDR therapist, as well as memberships with the Theraplay Institute, HeartMath Institute and Circle of Security. I have over 16 years of experience working with children, caregivers, and adults in a non-profit organization, hospital & school setting, and in private practice.
Specialized Training:
EMDR Basic Training
Certified EMDR Therapist
Advanced EMDR Training including somatic EMDR, DID & parts work
Internal Family Systems (IFS) Circle of Support
Dialectal Behaviour Therapy – Mindfulness, Emotional Regulation, Distress Tolerance & Relationship Effect
Emotion Focused Therapy
Polyvagal Theory Techniques
Somatic Psychotherapy
Biofeedback intervention through HeartMath
Certified HeartMath Instructor
Circle of Security Parent Trainer
Theraplay (Level 1 & 11)
The Neurosequential Model of Thearapeutics – NMT
Client Focus and Areas of Specialization:
Trauma, PTSD, Complex Trauma and Dissociative – spectrum conditions
Grief & Loss
Attachment & Relationship concerns
Parent Counselling
Self Esteem
Anxiety (General, Perfectionist Tendencies, High Performers)
Depression
ADHD
Adoption
Life transitions
Burnout, Stress management
Registered Clinical Social Workers on the ACSW Clinical Registry are Entitled To:
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Use the protected titles of RCSW, Registered Clinical Social Worker, and Clinical Social Worker
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Be recognized as an advanced clinical practitioner.
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Be recognized by certain 3rd party insurers.
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Be recognized as qualified for use of DSM.
In the spirit of respect, reciprocity and truth, For You Psychological Services honours and acknowledges Moh’kinsstis, and the traditional Treaty 7 territory and oral practices of the Blackfoot confederacy: Siksika, Kainai, Piikani, as well as the Iyarhe Nakoda and Tsuut’ina nations. For You Psychological Services also acknowledges that this territory is home to the Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3 within the historical Northwest Métis homeland.
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For You Psychological Services provides virtual therapy services to clients living in Nunavut, Canada, and honours and acknowledges Inuit communities. As part of truth and reconciliation, For You Psychological Services is committed to strengthening cultural sensitivity and anti-oppressive practice.