HildaHujisCPT,EMDR,andHakomitrained,RegisteredClinical/CounsellingandForensicPsychologistinthe ProvinceofAlberta,Ontario,andNewfoundlandandLabrador.ShecompletedaBachelorofArtsandMasterof ArtsdegreeinPsychologyinOsijek,Croatia,andsubsequentlyequatedheracademiccredentialstoCanadian standards.Withover10yearsofexperienceasaPsychologist,Hildashowsherdedicationtopsychologyby contributingtodifferentcommunitiesthroughhercommunityoutreachefforts,aswellasprofessional psychologicalservices. Additionally,shesupervisesstudentsandProvisionalPsychologists,throughprogramsthat make professional mental health services more afforable. Inhertherapy,assessment,andconsultationwork,Hildaspecializesinworkingwithyouth,adultsandfamiliesthat havebeenimpactedbytrauma.Shebelievesthattraumaisatrulyuniversalhumanexperience,andthatweallcan experiencetraumainmanyways.Nomattertheform,traumaalwayshasasignificantandcompleximpactonour well-being. Thisimpactcanoftenbeseenindevelopmentofdifferentcomplexsymptoms,whichmayescalatetoa pointofamood,anxiety,conduct,orevenapersonalitydisorder.Giventhenatureoftraumaandtheturmoilthese arisingsymptomscancause,traumacanbeverydifficulttofaceandcopewithappropriately.Tofacilitatethis healingprocess,inherwork,Hildausesanintegrativeapproachtailoredtosuitherclient’suniquevalues,needs, experiences,andcircumstances.Shefindsthiskindofapproachimportantbecauseitpromoteshealingthrougha non-judgemental,interpersonal,supportive,andcooperativetherapeuticrelationship.Additionally,itservesasa foundationforatherapeuticrelationshipthatisopentotheuseofvariouselementsofspecificevidencedbased therapies,inclusiveofplay,talk,andsomatictherapiesaswellaslisteningtherapies,suchasTheSafeandSound Protocol.In addition to English, Hilda also provides services in Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, and Montenegrin.