About

Vanessa Rouzier, RCC

BIOGRAPHY

Vanessa (she/her) is a Registered Clinical Counsellor who believes in the uniqueness and potential of every individual. She helps clients connect with their authentic selves and create meaningful change by drawing on their strengths, values, and goals. Vanessa prioritizes the therapeutic relationship, offering a compassionate, non-judgmental space where clients can safely explore their thoughts, emotions, and inner experiences.

Originally from Quebec, Vanessa brings over 15 years of experience in the field of mental health. Early in her career, she supported children and adolescents facing emotional challenges, which deepened her understanding of how early experiences shape identity and influence well-being throughout life.

Vanessa is passionate about the mind–body connection and supports clients in reconnecting with their bodies as a safe and grounding home base. Her approach integrates science and compassion, helping clients understand how thoughts, emotions, and physical sensations interact to impact overall health.

With a background in coaching, teaching, and competitive sports, Vanessa combines empathy with a practical, goal-oriented focus. She has over 10 years of experience teaching and supervising at the university level and as a parental coach. Her practice draws from evidence-based approaches including EMDR, CBT, ACT, Self-compassion, Mindfulness-Based Therapy, and DBT. She offers virtual counselling in English and French.

Outside of her counselling practice, Vanessa strives to live the balanced life she encourages in her clients. She enjoys running, rock climbing, yoga, long walks, cooking, and spending time with her husband and two daughters. Those who know her describe her as positive, compassionate, and someone who naturally sees the best in others.

CONTINUING EDUCATION

• Archetypal Family Systems (2026) – 5h
• How to work with dreams in clinical practice (2026) – 6h
• EMDRIA virtual Summit (2025) – 14h
• Time Management & Executive Functioning Strategies for Adults with ADHD (2025) – 3.5
• Changing the ADHD Brain: Moving Beyond Medication (2025) – 6.5h
• ADHD, Relationships, and Sex: Strategies to Overcome the Over/Under-Functioner Dynamic (2025) -2h
• EMDR Canada Annual Conference (2025) – 7h
• EMDR & Parts Work for Treating Complex Trauma: Somatic Techniques to Decrease Defensiveness and Facilitate Trauma Processing (2024) – 6.5h
• Basic training in EMDR (2023-2024) – 52h
• Adverse Childhood Experiences: Healing Childhood Trauma (2023) – 6h
• Clinical Supervision: Competence, Professional Standards, and Practice workshop (2023)- 7h
• Internal Family Systems: Clinical application of the IFS model (2023) – 12h
• Eating disorder: all together for better patient care (2022) – 7h
• Eating disorder – From image to illness (2022) – 6h
• Body-oriented Trauma Counselling Strategies (2022) – 12h
• Vicarious Trauma – Strategies for resilience (2022) – 1h
• Narrative therapy – Tools for exploring stories (2022) – 6h
• Dialectical Behavioral Therapy – Balancing acceptance and change (2021) – 6h
• How to apply mindfulness to your work and life (2020) – 10h
• The neurobiology of trauma, NICABM (2020) – 6h
• Trauma-informed practice – Level 1 and 2 (2020) – 10h
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy applied to children and teenagers (2018) – 12h
• Mentalization-based treatment for children and teenagers (2018) – 12h
• Best practices for suicidal patients (2016) – 14h
• Solution Focused Therapy – Group supervision (2013) – 10h
• Bye Bye anxiety – How to manage anxiety with Impact Therapy (2011) – 6h
• OMEGA safety training (2012) – 12h
• Solution Focused Therapy – Group supervision (2010-2011) – 75h
• Clinical Assessment – ASEBA (2010) – 7h
• Solution Focused Therapy – Clinical Training (2009) – 30h
• Attachment-based strategies for children and teenagers (2009) – 7h
• Intervening in perinatality and early childhood in a context of poverty (2008) – 14h
• Fluppy: Social skill training program for kindergarten (2008) – 7h
• Supporting families to build secure attachment relationships (2008) – 21h
• Anxiety Disorders – Seminar (2006) – 7h

CREDENTIALS