Leslie Wilkin is a Registered Clinical Counsellor & Registered Social Worker and offers in person and virtual psychotherapy through Wild Hawthorn.

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Therapeutic Approach

Leslie practices from a relational and process-oriented approach integrating mindful somatic therapies, attachment theory, interpersonal neurobiology, depth psychology, EMDR, and ecological-feminist values. 

Currently, areas of specialization include:

  • Relationship Difficulties

  • Developmental / Complex Trauma

  • Insecure Attachment / Developmental Attachment Injuries

  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

  • Shame & Chronic Shame

  • Womanhood / Feminist Therapy / Conscious Femininity

  • Moderate to Severe Difficulties with Anxiety

Her approach emphasizes increasing regulation, self trust and agency; connecting to internal and external resources; processing trauma, emotion and thwarted instincts; using the therapeutic relationship to repair relational injuries; and building relationships that feel more reciprocal and satisfying.

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Therapeutic Immersions

An individual therapeutic immersion is an opportunity to have the space and time to recover from burnout, overwhelm, grief, anxiety, major life transitions, or to reset your nervous system and deepen your connection with your Self and nature.

Immersions run from Sunday late afternoon until Friday at noon and include:

  • Five daily 60 minute psychotherapy sessions + one optional medicine assisted therapy session

  • Daily yoga & meditation sessions

  • Local herbal remedies to support your healing, including optionalearning sessions for home herbalism

  • Fresh, seasonal meals catered to dietary needs

  • One creative expression therapeutic session

    + optional bodywork session with an RMT, horse medicine session, and/or pottery lesson

  • A spacious private studio for resting, sleeping, and sessions, including a kitchenette, woodstove, and half bathroom (full kitchen and shower available onsite)

  • A quiet immersion on a private 5 acre property with many plants and animals

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PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

Licenses

  • Registered Clinical Counsellor

  • Registered Social Worker

Degrees

  • Bachelor of Social Work - Dalhousie University

  • Master of Social Work - University of British Columbia

Education & Training

ADVANCED TRAINING

  • 2 Year Somatic Attachment Psychotherapy Certificate (Bringing the Body into Practice)

  • Advanced Practices in Somatic Attachment Psychotherapy: Love, Disruption, Rupture & Repair

  • Graduate Certificate in Complex Trauma & Child Sexual Abuse (JIBC)

  • Graduate Certificate in the Therapeutic Use of Fairytales with Dr. Sharon Blackie (Pacifica Graduate Institute)

  • EMDR Level 1 Certification

  • MAPS MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy for PTSD

CONTINUING EDUCATION

  • Hakomi Mindful Somatic Therapy

  • Internal Family Systems Therapy

  • Trauma Sensitive Yoga Core Training Facilitator

  • Psilocybin and Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy

If you are interested in being added to my waitlist for psychotherapy, please fill out my contact form with your name, age, gender, and a brief explanation of what you would like to work on in therapy.