Elsia La Caria

Elsia has twenty years of therapeutic experience working with individuals, families, adolescents, and couples. Elsia is a trauma-focused therapist and she specializes in treating both big “T” trauma and small “t” trauma, including childhood abuse and attachment wounds. Elsia's style is warm and informal and she provides her clients with a safe space to explore their emotions and tap into their "True Self". Elsia has advanced training through Postpartum Support International and was inspired to specialize in maternal mental health after her own postpartum struggles. Elsia found that support and awareness were lacking for women from preconception to postpartum and she became passionate about normalizing the changes and challenges that come with the transition into parenthood. Elsia has also completed training by BRIA (for perimenopause/menopause), as well as Warrior Health to support First Responders and their families. Elsia uses an integrative approach and she is informed by the following modalities; Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Structural Dissociation, and Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples and Individuals. Irrespective of the modality used, Elsia believes that all therapy should be rooted in a client-therapist relationship that is characterized by warmth, acceptance, and trust. Elsia views psychotherapy as an art that involves the "meeting of two minds." She is committed to helping her clients make the changes they seek and she feels honored to witness the shifts that occur in their lives.