Helen MacKinnon

Founder and Certified Counsellor

B.A.(Psychology), M.Ed.(Counselling Psychology), C.C.C.

Individual, Couple, and Family Counselling

Adults, Seniors

Helen is a certified counsellor and founder of A Holding Place. She has a wide range of experience working with individuals, couples, and families dealing with a variety of issues including anger, anxiety, aging-related issues, stress, grief, loss, relationship problems, self-esteem, life transitions, and separation and divorce.

She is trained in EMDR therapy, Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, and she has completed level one and two of Gottman Training for Couples. She has facilitated mediation services as well as psycho-educational groups related to positive parenting, setting healthy boundaries, and support groups for separated and divorced individuals.

Helen takes a holistic approach when working with clients and is open to include one’s spiritual beliefs and values in the counselling process.

Education:

B.A. Major-Psychology, Minor-Sociology, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, NS

Specialized courses in Gerontology, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, NS

M.Ed. Counselling Psychology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL

Certificates and Training:

EMDR Level One and Two

Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT) Externship

Gottman Training for Couples Level One and Two

Registration:

Certified Counsellor – Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association, #4097

Certified Member of The Academy of Naturopaths and Naturotherapists (ANN) #17-6192

Professional Membership:

Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA)

Member of EMDR Canada

Member of EMDR International Association

Member of ICEEFT - Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy

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Contact

A Holding Place
1 Mount Cashel Road
St. John's, NL A1A 1X6

709.738.0432

help@aholdingplace.ca

Land Acknowledgement

We respectfully acknowledge the land on which we practice as the ancestral homelands of the Beothuk, whose culture has now been erased forever. We also acknowledge the island of Ktaqmkuk (Newfoundland) as the unceded, traditional territory of the Beothuk and the Mi'kmaq. We commit to working in a spirit of truth and reconciliation to make a better future for all.