Vivananda Gaia, MEd, MSW, RSW, EMDR
Psychotherapist/Counsellor
Nelson BC
I provide trauma-informed preparation and integration that stabilizes the nervous system and shifts patterns toward coherence. Book a consultation with me and we'll see what's actually happening in your nervous system.
As a registered social worker and counsellor in private practice for nearly a decade, I hold a trauma-informed safe and secure container to process and integrate whatever comes up.
My approach is guided by an Inner Coherence framework that works with patterns shaped by trauma, stress, and long-term self-override — supporting your system to reorganize in a way that feels natural, stable, and sustainable.
Together we'll look at how your nervous system is responding to life or relational stressors. My approach appeals to those wanting to restore relationship with their intuitive body-based knowing, rebuild inner authority, and shift patterns of self-override to help:
- recognize the body’s signals
- respond instead of react
- move out of survival patterns
- make decisions with greater clarity and steadiness
1:1: Psychedelic Integration - a container to prepare for safe and effective integration
1:1 Integration Coaching or Counselling (5-MeO-DMT, nn-DMT, Psilocybin, Ayahuasca, Ibogaine, Wachuma/San Pedro, LSD, MDMA, 3-MMC)
1:1 Psychotherapy/Counselling or EMDR
Office is in Nelson, BC, Canada
If out of town, there are options for Online Therapy or travel for intensive work
Preparation
Empowered with information to determine if the Sacraments are safe and right for you
Knowing what to expect to relax into and welcome the experience
Create the space to integrate the experience and develop tools to support integration
Integration helps you:
anchor insights into the body
regulate & stabilize emotional activation
make sense of symbolic or archetypal imagery
avoid fragmentation, bypass, or overwhelm
understand your body’s responses
translate spiritual messages into embodied awareness
rebuild safety after difficult or confusing experiences
use the experience as a catalyst for embodied change
Please contact me to book a free 20 minute discovery call