Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Areas of Specialization
Outreach - Addictions & Vulnerable Populations
Tools & Techniques
Timeline
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Maryna Ninovska

Calgary,AB

Summary

Empathetic mental health professional with hands-on experience providing quality psychotherapeutic services and trauma recovery training to clients from diverse cultural and trauma backgrounds. Skilled in facilitating safe spaces, immersive workshops and comprehensive adult education on self-regulation, emotional mastery and trauma healing for clients at all stages in their healing journey. Enthusiastic educator passionate about offering high-touch group programs, therapy training and courses to support those suffering with addiction, relational dysfunction and suffering self-esteem.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience

Work History

Somatic Trauma Therapist & Coach

Private Practice
10.2019 - Current
  • Applied a variety of psychotherapeutic methods and techniques for screening, needs assessment and rehabilitation approaches for 50 clients suffering with CPTSD due to childhood abuse, sexual abuse, self-harm and substance abuse issues.
  • Formulated client-centered treatment plans with specific goals and objectives, monitoring ongoing process and offering in-between session support via messenger and email to ensure follow through and integration.
  • Provided individual therapeutic counseling and trauma coaching to 25 long-term clients (weekly sessions for minimum of 6 months - 3 years) from varying backgrounds including aboriginal peoples, clients in active addictions and women enduring domestic abuse.
  • Assessed and unpacked triggers, complexes, insecurities, destructive patterns, core wounds and fears with each client in a compassionate and sensitive manner.
  • Facilitated root cause analysis for every limiting pattern, facilitated somatic trauma processing and implemented comprehensive treatment plans to aid clients in reprogramming limiting thought patterns, building self-esteem and learning to self-regulate during trauma responses.
  • Demonstrated understanding of addiction, mental health, eating disorders, and complex conditions.

Mental Health Educator

Private Practice
10.2019 - Current
  • 9 Years of curating creative curriculums, interactive lesson plans, and immersive learning experiences for vulnerable populations on emotional regulation, self-awareness, trauma healing and healthy relationship skills ensuring true integration and application of concepts.
  • 6 Years of teaching high-ticket online trauma healing, emotional mastery, and personal growth-focused group programs, group therapy, self-study courses, seminars, summits, and corporate wellness workshops.
  • 9 Years facilitating mind-body healing group classes, teaching yoga, meditation, nervous system healing, and mindfulness to various populations at various studios around Calgary, as well as virtually.

Achievements

  • Been published twice, co-authoring two books speaking on CPTSD recovery tools, behavioral addiction and developmental trauma rehabilitation.
  • Been a guest speaker on 12 podcasts advocating for new psychotherapy approaches and somatic tools for full recovery from addiction, self-sabotage, CPTSD, alongside issues relevant to interpersonal issues and relationships.
  • Acquired 30 raving reviews online from past clients from long-term 1:1 programs as well as trauma trainings and programs.
  • Independently grew a private practice for therapeutic, somatic trauma coaching and mental health counseling to 6 fig. establishment with 90% reoccurring client rate for both 1:1 packages and long-term group recovery programs.

Education

Mind-Body Therapy Practitioner - Neuroplasticity & Nervous System Rehabilitation

Nervous System School - Jessica Maguire
03.2022

Nervous System Recovery Specialist - Somatic Trauma Recovery

Nervous System Apprenticeship - Irene Lyon
11.2021

Somatic Attachment Therapy Certification - Complex Trauma Recovery

Somatic Experiencing Institute
08.2021

Compassionate Inquiry - Psychotherapy - Addictions & Mental Health Counseling

Compassionate Inquiry - Gabor Mate
03.2021

Certified Soul Psychology Practitioner - Trauma Recovery & Neural Reprogramming

Transformational Alchemy Healing - Cindy Ellams
12.2020

BBA - Business Management & Supply Chain Management

Mount Royal University
Calgary, AB
12.2018

Skills

    • Empathetic Teaching & Facilitation
    • Individualized 1:1 Trauma Therapy
    • Group Therapy & Coaching
    • Adult Education & Training
      • Counseling Psychology
      • Addictions Counseling
      • Mental Health Education

Areas of Specialization

  • Developmental Trauma • CPTSD and PTSD
  • Relational and Attachment Trauma • Sexual & Childhood Abuse
  • Behavioral and Substance Addiction • Nervous System Regulation

Outreach - Addictions & Vulnerable Populations

  • Changing the Face of Addiction | 1 Year | Event Coordinator

Facilitated event coordination for fundraising, awareness events and outreach activities for addiction rehabilitation efforts of the non-profit for Alberta region.


  • Habitus Consulting | 6 m | Social Services Research Assistant

Formulated mental health resources for vulnerable populations and created a social services directory for harm reduction and addictions services for AAWEAR.


  • United Way | 2 Years | Chief of Logistics & Ambassador Educator

Co-led the steering committee for 2 AER United Way Campaigns overseeing logistics, event coordination and facilitating trainings to support outreach efforts.


  • Newcomers Mentor | 6 m | Calgary Public Library

Ran and offered hands on support through the ESL Conversation Club to newcomers with language skills, grammar, and immigration services.


Tools & Techniques

  • Internal Family Systems - IFS Parts Work
  • Somatic Experiencing Psychotherapy
  • Somatic Experiencing - Attachment Trauma Counseling
  • Compassionate Inquiry Psychotherapeutic Approach
  • Body Code | Emotion Code - Subconscious Reprogramming
  • Vagus Nerve Trauma Recovery
  • Nervous System Regulation for CPTSD
  • NeuroAffective Touch

Timeline

Somatic Trauma Therapist & Coach

Private Practice
10.2019 - Current

Mental Health Educator

Private Practice
10.2019 - Current

Mind-Body Therapy Practitioner - Neuroplasticity & Nervous System Rehabilitation

Nervous System School - Jessica Maguire

Nervous System Recovery Specialist - Somatic Trauma Recovery

Nervous System Apprenticeship - Irene Lyon

Somatic Attachment Therapy Certification - Complex Trauma Recovery

Somatic Experiencing Institute

Compassionate Inquiry - Psychotherapy - Addictions & Mental Health Counseling

Compassionate Inquiry - Gabor Mate

Certified Soul Psychology Practitioner - Trauma Recovery & Neural Reprogramming

Transformational Alchemy Healing - Cindy Ellams

BBA - Business Management & Supply Chain Management

Mount Royal University
Maryna Ninovska