Hello
Meet Andrea Foster
RP | EN
Andrea Foster is a Registered Psychotherapist who uses integrative, evidence-based approaches to therapy. Her calm and focused style helps her clients feel safe and cared for as she collaborates with them in healing their unresolved traumas and relationship challenges.
"If we climb high enough, we will reach a height from which tragedy ceases to look tragic."
(IRVIN YALOM - WHEN NIETZSCHE WEPT)
Meet
Andrea Foster, RP
MA, RP | EN
Andrea Foster is a Registered Psychotherapist who uses integrative, evidence-based approaches to therapy. Her calm and focused style helps her clients feel safe and cared for as she collaborates with them in healing their unresolved traumas.
Andrea has 14 years of trauma experience derived from her previous career as a paramedic, which brings unique wisdom to therapy sessions with her clients. She works with individuals impacted by sudden loss and those looking to process traumatic grief, and she also works with first responders.
Andrea works from a neuroscience-informed lens when working with her clients. She seeks to unearth the root of presenting concerns, such as attachment challenges, by working below the cortex to resolve brainstem-related shock (Deep-Brain Reorienting). She also uses EMDR to process acute traumas.
Personal
On a personal level, Andrea enjoys spending time skiing, hiking, weightlifting, and snowshoeing with her family. Andrea spends many hours in her garden growing various flowers and vegetables in the summer months.
Andrea is available for virtual sessions and is currently accepting new clients. She can be reached at andrea@healpsychotherapy.ca.
Education
- Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology, Yorkville University
- Certified Clinical Trauma Specialist – Individual (CCTS-I), Arizona Trauma Institute
- Bachelor of Arts, Psychology & Biology, Wilfrid Laurier University
- Diploma in Paramedicine, Conestoga College
Courses and Certifications:
- Deep-Brain Reorienting – Level 1
- Integrating EMDR into Clinical Practice
- Gottman Level II Clinical Training, Gottman Institute
- Gottman Level I Clinical Training, Gottman Institute
- Trauma-Informed Healing for LGBTQIA+ Communities, Arizona Trauma Institute – in progress
- Creative Wisdom Introductory Training in Expressive Arts — Expressive Arts Florida Institute
- Prepare-Enrich Facilitator
- LEAP Palliative Care Training
Session Fees per Hour
Individual Counselling: $160
*As of June 20th, 2024, the federal government removed taxes for psychotherapy services! Any psychotherapy fee is now tax-free!