Amanda Sarich is a clinical counsellor who specializes in complex PTSD and early childhood trauma. Her path to private practice was anything but planned, from Tim Hortons in small-town BC to suicide crisis lines, domestic violence shelters, and years of advanced trauma training before she ever hung her own shingle.

In this conversation, Amanda walks through the emotional reality of sitting with people’s darkest moments every day, the visualization technique that keeps her grounded (and the client who compared it to Beauty and the Beast), why she believes talk therapy alone doesn’t heal trauma, and how EMDR changed everything about how she practises.

Amanda is a Registered Clinical Counsellor, private practice owner, and co-host of the Her Body & Mind podcast with Dr Cierra Fox. She lives and practises in BC’s Fraser Valley.

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