Sullivan Counselling

Advanced Therapies for Deep & Lasting Healing

Madeleine’s specialized training in EMDR and RTT sets Sullivan Counselling apart
offering transformative approaches that reach the root of what holds you back.

Transformative Approaches for Lasting Change


★ Signature Specialty

EMDR Therapy

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is one of the most evidence-based, effective therapies available for trauma and adverse life experiences. It helps the brain process disturbing memories so they lose their emotional charge — freeing you from the grip of the past.

Key Benefits

  • ·Processes trauma at the neurological level
  • ·Reduces emotional intensity of painful memories
  • ·Shifts negative core beliefs
  • ·Often faster than traditional talk therapy

Who It Helps

  • ·PTSD and complex trauma survivors
  • ·Anxiety and panic disorders
  • ·Childhood trauma and attachment wounds
  • ·Shame and low self-worth

EMDR Advanced

EMDR 2.0 & Advanced Protocols

Building on standard EMDR, Madeleine is trained in EMDR 2.0 and specialized protocols including Evicting Toxic Shame and the Advanced Flash Technique — offering faster, deeper results for complex presentations.

Key Benefits

  • ·Enhanced processing speed and depth
  • ·Targets deep-rooted shame directly
  • ·Flash Technique for highly distressing memories
  • ·Effective for addiction-related trauma

Who It Helps

  • ·Chronic shame and self-blame
  • ·Substance and behavioral addictions
  • ·Complex PTSD
  • ·Highly distressing memories
 
 
 
 
 

Anxiety

Anxiety Counselling

Anxiety doesn’t have to run your life. Using CBT, EMDR, nervous system regulation tools, and mindfulness, Madeleine helps you understand what drives your anxiety and build real skills to reduce it — so you can live more freely.

Key Benefits

  • ·Understand anxiety triggers and cycles
  • ·Practical regulation techniques
  • ·Address root beliefs fuelling worry
  • ·Build lasting confidence and calm

Who It Helps

  • ·Generalized anxiety disorder
  • ·Social anxiety and performance fears
  • ·Health anxiety and panic
  • ·Worry, overthinking, and stress

Trauma Recovery

Trauma Recovery

Trauma lives in the body and the nervous system. Madeleine’s integrative, trauma-informed approach uses EMDR, somatic awareness, and evidence-based techniques to help you process what happened — and reclaim safety, wholeness, and peace.

Key Benefits

  • ·Restore nervous system regulation
  • ·Reduce intrusive symptoms
  • ·Reconnect with safety and self
  • ·Heal attachment and relational wounds

Who It Helps

  • ·Childhood trauma survivors
  • ·Sexual abuse survivors
  • ·Complex and developmental trauma
  • ·Grief and loss
Childhood Trauma

Childhood Trauma Recovery

The experiences we have in childhood shape how we see ourselves and the world. Madeleine holds specialized training in healing survivors of childhood trauma — creating a deeply safe space to explore and heal what happened long ago.

Key Benefits

  • ·Understand childhood impact on adult life
  • ·Reparent your inner child with compassion
  • ·Heal attachment wounds
  • ·Rebuild a positive sense of self

Who It Helps

  • ·Adults with difficult childhoods
  • ·Neglect and emotional abuse survivors
  • ·Dysfunctional family dynamics
  • ·Survivors of childhood sexual abuse

Funded Support

Veterans & First Responders

Madeleine is proud to support those who have served. Whether you are navigating PTSD, operational stress injuries, anxiety, or the transition to civilian life, compassionate and specialized care is available.

Areas of Support

  • ·PTSD & trauma recovery
  • ·Operational stress injuries
  • ·Anxiety & depression
  • ·Life transitions

Accepted Funding

  • ·Veterans Affairs Canada
  • ·Medavie Blue Cross
  • ·RCMP members

ICBC Funded

ICBC Motor Vehicle Accident

If you have been injured in a motor vehicle accident, counselling may be available through your ICBC claim at no cost to you. Madeleine provides evidence-based support for the emotional and psychological impact of accidents.

Areas of Support

  • ·Anxiety & driving fears
  • ·Trauma & PTSD
  • ·Emotional distress
  • ·Recovery challenges

Accepted Funding

  • ·ICBC Active Care
  • ·ICBC Enhanced Care
  • ·No upfront cost to you

Explore Your Options in a Free Consultation

That’s exactly what the free consultation is for. Madeleine will listen, answer your questions, and help you understand which approach best fits your unique situation.

Free · Confidential · No commitment required

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