Diane Brussell

Diane Brussell

Certified Clinical Counsellor

Across Canada

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Here when you’re ready

Individuals 18+

Virtual

Insurance Covered

$150 or an agreed upon rate per session


Hello, I'm Diane

As a Registered Clinical Counsellor at Health and Wellness Professionals, I support individuals who are living with trauma, PTSD, anxiety, emotional disconnection, and the effects of difficult past experiences.

Trauma can influence how you feel in your body, relate to others, respond to stress, and understand yourself. You may feel constantly alert, emotionally overwhelmed, numb, disconnected, or unable to relax even when you are no longer in immediate danger. You may also notice that past experiences continue to affect your relationships, self-worth, boundaries, or sense of safety.

My work is influenced by attachment theory and the ways our early and ongoing relationships shape how we connect with others and with ourselves. Together, we create space to understand your experiences, strengthen your capacity to work with difficult emotions, and build a more compassionate and authentic relationship with yourself.

In our work together, clients experience me as

Compassionate · Grounded · Insightful · Collaborative


My therapeutic approach

I use a client-centred approach and take my cues from the needs, goals, and experiences you bring into our conversations. You remain an active participant in determining the direction and pace of our work.

I draw from EMDR, somatic approaches, mindfulness, Focusing, clinical hypnosis, DBT, expressive arts, and nature therapy. These approaches can help support both emotional understanding and the ways trauma may be experienced through the body and nervous system.

Our work may involve processing difficult experiences, developing greater awareness of your emotional and physical responses, and strengthening your ability to feel grounded and present. I also support you in building an appreciative, authentic, self-advocating, and compassionate relationship with yourself.

Working with me, you would learn to:

  • Understand your emotional and physical trauma responses
  • Process difficult experiences at a pace that respects your readiness
  • Develop tools for grounding and emotional regulation
  • Relate to your feelings with greater acceptance and compassion
  • Recognize how attachment experiences affect relationships and self-trust
  • Strengthen boundaries and your ability to advocate for yourself
  • Reconnect with your authentic sense of self
  • Experience greater safety, presence, and appreciation for your life

Training & professional development

  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
  • Somatic approaches
  • Mindfulness-based therapies
  • Clinical hypnosis
  • Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT)
  • Expressive arts and nature therapy
  • Interpersonal Neurobiology in Couples Therapy
  • Supporting anxiety and depression

How my work fits into whole-person care at HWP

Trauma can affect your thoughts, body, relationships, energy, sense of identity, and ability to feel secure in daily life. Healing may therefore involve more than understanding an experience intellectually.

At HWP, counselling can work alongside coaching and complementary wellness services to support the different areas of life affected by trauma. When appropriate, additional forms of care may help you integrate your progress emotionally, physically, relationally, and practically.


Availability

Monday- Friday: 8AM-5PM PST


Fun facts

My greatest resources are musical theatre and gardening. If I had my way, life would be a musical where people spontaneously break into song and dance, and city land would be planted with community fruit trees.

You do not need to force yourself to move past what happened. With compassionate support, you can begin feeling safer, more connected, and more at home within yourself.

Diane Brussell

Diane Brussell

Certified Clinical Counsellor

Across Canada

Here when you’re ready

Individuals 18+

Virtual

Insurance Covered

$150 or an agreed upon rate per session


Hello, I'm Diane

As a Registered Clinical Counsellor at Health and Wellness Professionals, I support individuals who are living with trauma, PTSD, anxiety, emotional disconnection, and the effects of difficult past experiences.

Trauma can influence how you feel in your body, relate to others, respond to stress, and understand yourself. You may feel constantly alert, emotionally overwhelmed, numb, disconnected, or unable to relax even when you are no longer in immediate danger. You may also notice that past experiences continue to affect your relationships, self-worth, boundaries, or sense of safety.

My work is influenced by attachment theory and the ways our early and ongoing relationships shape how we connect with others and with ourselves. Together, we create space to understand your experiences, strengthen your capacity to work with difficult emotions, and build a more compassionate and authentic relationship with yourself.

In our work together, clients experience me as

Compassionate · Grounded · Insightful · Collaborative


My therapeutic approach

I use a client-centred approach and take my cues from the needs, goals, and experiences you bring into our conversations. You remain an active participant in determining the direction and pace of our work.

I draw from EMDR, somatic approaches, mindfulness, Focusing, clinical hypnosis, DBT, expressive arts, and nature therapy. These approaches can help support both emotional understanding and the ways trauma may be experienced through the body and nervous system.

Our work may involve processing difficult experiences, developing greater awareness of your emotional and physical responses, and strengthening your ability to feel grounded and present. I also support you in building an appreciative, authentic, self-advocating, and compassionate relationship with yourself.

Working with me, you would learn to:

  • Understand your emotional and physical trauma responses
  • Process difficult experiences at a pace that respects your readiness
  • Develop tools for grounding and emotional regulation
  • Relate to your feelings with greater acceptance and compassion
  • Recognize how attachment experiences affect relationships and self-trust
  • Strengthen boundaries and your ability to advocate for yourself
  • Reconnect with your authentic sense of self
  • Experience greater safety, presence, and appreciation for your life

Training & professional development

  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
  • Somatic approaches
  • Mindfulness-based therapies
  • Clinical hypnosis
  • Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT)
  • Expressive arts and nature therapy
  • Interpersonal Neurobiology in Couples Therapy
  • Supporting anxiety and depression

How my work fits into whole-person care at HWP

Trauma can affect your thoughts, body, relationships, energy, sense of identity, and ability to feel secure in daily life. Healing may therefore involve more than understanding an experience intellectually.

At HWP, counselling can work alongside coaching and complementary wellness services to support the different areas of life affected by trauma. When appropriate, additional forms of care may help you integrate your progress emotionally, physically, relationally, and practically.


Availability

Monday- Friday: 8AM-5PM PST


Fun facts

My greatest resources are musical theatre and gardening. If I had my way, life would be a musical where people spontaneously break into song and dance, and city land would be planted with community fruit trees.

You do not need to force yourself to move past what happened. With compassionate support, you can begin feeling safer, more connected, and more at home within yourself.