Arena Counselling

Feeling stuck? At a crossroads in your career or emotional life? Even the most resilient among us can feel lost, unsure, ambivalent, or unhappy at times. As a Counselling Professional, I can help you understand and manage whatever life throws at you, and how to do it successfully. I believe that you have the strength to not just survive but to thrive!​

My name is Katrina Vanta and I have been a Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC) with the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA) since 2009. The essence of my work is to facilitate self-growth by helping you identify the core challenges and setbacks in your life, so that you can overcome them with confidence. I specialize in creating personalized plans and providing tools to guide you forward and achieve your desired goals.

Counselling & Therapy Services

I work to assist individuals of all ages, couples, and families as they face life's challenges. I help my clients to recognize the strengths they possess but often dismiss. Together we develop the skills needed to manage and ultimately grow their mental, emotional, physical and spiritual well being. Theraputic approaches such as Deep Brain Reorienting and EMDR help  clients struggling with issues and symptoms stemming from trauma, attachment wounds, anxiety, PTSD, and nervous system dysregulation.

​Trauma Recovery

Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR)® 

DBR aims to access and process traumatic experience by tracking the original sequence of physiological responses that occurred when the deep brain had been alerted to a threat or an attachment disruption.

Healing Trauma at the Nervous System Level

Sometimes trauma isn't just remembered. It's felt.

A tightening in your chest.

A knot in your stomach.

A racing heart.

A sudden urge to pull away, shut down, or stay constantly on guard.

You may "know" you're safe yet your body continues reacting as though danger is still present.

The body's reactions are not signs of weakness but rather evidence of it's efforts to protect you. 

Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR) is a body (nervous system based) therapy that works with the brain's earliest protective responses, helping the nervous system finally resolve experiences that have not been fully processed. 

Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR)

I also offer clients the opportunity to collaboratively engage
in the therapeutic process known as EMDR - short for
(Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing).

Initially used to aid clients experiencing symptoms of PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) such as flashbacks, phobias and panic attacks, EMDR has been found to be effective in the relief of a wide variety of ailments. This therapeutic protocol allows clients to target specific challenges such as anxiety, depression, over-reactive anger, worrying and intrusive thoughts, disturbed sleep, and maladaptive coping strategies such as substance abuse.

DARING WAY™ FACILITATION

Wholehearted Living

What is The Daring Way™?
The Daring Way™ is a highly experiential methodology that we developed to help men, women, and adolescents learn how to show up, be seen, and live braver lives. The method was designed for work with individuals, couples, families, work teams, and organizational leaders. It can be facilitated in clinical, educational, and professional settings.
During the process we explore topics such as vulnerability, courage, shame, and worthiness. We examine the thoughts, emotions, and behaviors that are holding us back and we identify the new choices and practices that will move us toward more authentic and wholehearted living. The primary focus is on developing shame resilience skills and developing daily practices that transform the way we live, love, parent, and lead.
Check back for info on future Daring Way™ Workshops.