Marie-Lynne Sauvé, RP, VMTR, CCC
Registered Psychotherapist
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444 MacLaren Street, Ottawa, Ontario
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$170
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English, French
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In-Person, Virtual
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Individual Therapy
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Anxiety, Depression, Grief, Existential Issues, Chronic Pain, Childhood trauma, Life Transitions
I aim to hold Sacred Space for each unique person, and to support the unfolding of their process in a way tailored to their needs. I see psychotherapy as a healing journey into wholeness and balance that integrates all aspect of one's being - body, mind, spirit.
I offer a body-centered approach to psychotherapy, which includes creative and spiritual work. In exploring the issues that present themselves in your life, I gently guide and support listening to the body in order to allow the healing process to deepen and to be more fully integrated. I aim to make the process collaborative, and foster dialogue and connection between us, so that you feel supported, heard, seen and understood.
Our exploration in each session often begins with what emerges in the present moment: stories, thoughts, emotions, sensations, images, dreams, sounds, movements, breath. At your own pace, we journey below the surface into the depths, encountering what dwells within, learning from what it is there to tell us, gathering the gifts from the deeper parts of ourselves and allowing new awareness, new life, new light.
I come to this work with an M.A. in Counselling and Spirituality from St-Paul’s University, a diploma in Voice Movement Therapy (an expressive arts modality), training in the Realization Process (an embodied psycho-spiritual modality), and in Somatic Experiencing. I have also been learning about the nervous system and neuroplasticity.
It would be my pleasure to accompany you on your healing journey.
You are welcome exactly how you are. I look forward to hearing from you!
Bienvenue aux francophones!
Visit www.marie-lynne.ca for more information
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My office hours are:
Mondays – in office sessions – 10-3 pm
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday – virtual sessions – 10-3 pm
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| Here is a brief description of the modalities:
Voice Movement Therapy is a modality that offers a doorway to our expression and creativity in the service of our healing. In VMT, we begin by becoming attentive to our embodied selves, and by listening to the stories that our bodies hold. We listen for how these stories seek to be told, understood, and transformed. We may be inspired to explore poetry, song, movement, writing or ritual in order to foster this transformation. Realization Process is a series of embodied meditative practices designed to reveal our underlying wholeness, the deep part of ourselves that can never be broken, the ground of our being. RP teaches us to fully inhabit our body and to live in the core of ourselves. It also guides us to release constriction patterns in the body that result from trauma, and to reclaim the innate qualities of our being. Somatic Experiencing addresses trauma in the nervous system and supports nervous system regulation. In SE, we attune to the language of sensation with the understanding that the body itself knows what is needed to transform trauma. We come to know our own unique nervous system and gently grow our capacity to be with all aspects of life. |
Lived Experience (Direct or Indirect)
My lived experience includes
- Arts and Music
- Spirituality (Non-Religious)
- Trauma
I bring to my practice many years of my own lived embodied therapeutic process in healing from trauma. I walk that path.
I have and continue to venture into the depths of myself, exploring the unconscious, befriending pain, dialoguing with the body, and allowing emotion to move through and be expressed. As I sit with another, my presence is anchored into this practice that I cultivate daily.
List of Degrees
- 2018 - M.A. Counselling and Spirituality - St-Paul's University
List of Certifications
- 2007 - Voice Movement Therapy Practitioner Training (480+ hours)
- 2021 - Realization Process Embodied Spirituality and Psychological Healing Work - Including Advanced Trauma Repair Training(110 hours)
- 2024 - Somatic Experiencing (5 modules - 110 hours)
List of Professional Development
- 2025-2026 - Brain-based Wellness Training with Elisabeth Kristoff
- 2023 - Re-Origin Neuroplasticitiy and Brain Retraining Program with Ben Ahrens
- 2021 - Bouncing Back, Moving Forward: Resilience and Post-Traumatic Growth - with Linda Graham
- 2021 - Working with Trauma-Related Shame and Self-Loathing - with Janina Fischer
- 2019 - Engaging the Rhythms of Regulation: A Polyvagal Theory Guided Approach to Therapy with Deb Dana
- 2018 - Mindfulness Beyond The Basics: Fitting The Practice To The Person with Ron Seigel
- 2018 - Trauma in the Mind's Eye with Natalie Zlodre
- 2018 - A Legal Primer with Robert Solomon
- 2026 - Mentorship in Jungian Somatics and Depth Psychology
Previous Profession
Arts
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