Melissa White, RP, MA, OCT
Registered Psychotherapist
Hamilton ON
I work with supporting clients pre and post plant medicine ceremony and/or psychedelic assisted psychotherapy (PAT). This looks like preparation and integration of one's experience. I also offer attachment focused eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (AF-EMDR) sessions, which is a mind-body, somatic, free associative therapeutic modality that uses bilaterial stimulation (BLS or tapping) to both desensitize and reprocess difficult experiences, sensations, and cognitions that are results of trauma, PTSD or CPTSD. I also offer group Sound Baths/Journey's with my partner, integrating traditional sound therapy instruments with electric guitar and a curated pedal board that creates psychedelic sounds.
Hello! My name is Melissa, and I am a Registered Psychotherapist. Some of my intersectionalities include being a psychotherapist, a seeker, a mother, politically left, British and East Coast descent, feminist, right-brain, lover of movement, music, art and philosophy. I’ve taught in schools, been a camp counsellor many times, and worked with student, staff, and faculty for over 20 years at McMaster University.
Jungian analyst James Hollis has said that he has learned more about psychology through the humanities, such as classical mythology and philosophy. As someone with an Honours degree in English who also studied Fine Arts at the university level for three years, I fully agree. My mentors include the Existentialists Sartre and Beauvoir, artists such as Frida Kahlo, writers like Anais Nin, the beatniks, John Keats, Huxley, and psychedelic explorers like the Shulgins. I very much live a symbolic life and lean towards eco-spirituality. I’ve had many interesting travels that include yoga and meditation trainings, psychedelic awareness, and flow arts (fire spinning) trainings.