Find an ACT/CBS Therapist or Practitioner - Joy Sereda

 

Highest Degree Held: MA

Specialties: anxiety, trauma, couples, borderline personality disorder, depression / mood disorders, psychosis

Types of Clients: Adolescents, Adults

Languages spoken: English

Licensures/Certifications: RCC-ACS, RSW, RP

ACT/CBS Background and Training: Workshops for ACT theory, basic and advanced techniques; in addition to some specific ACT education within my MA coursework. I use ACT everyday in my practice, with my students, and am continuously learning.

ACT/CBS Experience: 14 years

Additional Information: Significant experience with a wide range of client populations groups. I have worked with individuals residing in the downtown eastside of Vancouver struggling with mental illness and addictions; First Nations residential school survivors at Vancouver Native Health Society; clients experiencing severe and persistent mental illness with Vancouver Coastal Health Authority - Community Mental Health; adolescents coping with addictions and family / social conflict with the Surrey School District; co-facilitating a mandated group therapy program for male sex offenders; and adults, teens and couples going through a variety of stressors including (but certainly not limited to) depression, anxiety, eating disorders, marital / couple conflict, stress management, grief and loss, addictions (substance, gambling and sexual), career / life transitions, and trauma.

I have training in a several different therapeutic approaches, and have found ACT to be the most beneficial and efficacious.