Begin Your Journey of Healing and Self Discovery
Get accessible and personalized mental healthcare in-person or from the comfort of your home.
Personalized Therapies for Diverse Needs
As a trauma therapist, I work with a variety of trauma informed therapetuic modalities. These include, but are not limited to, Interpersonal Neurobiology, Internal Family Systems, Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy, and EMDR.
My clinical practice is guided by the ethos
of a healing orientation over a pathological focus. As humans, we are innately hardwired towards healing and expansion. When we have been left alone in overwhelming emotional experiences, we create defenses that help us adapt to those circumstances. However, these can often become ‘maladaptive’ later on in life. Together, we use the therapeutic setting in order to cocreate safety and relational resonance. When we feel attuned to and secure, we are more easily able to lower our defenses that can be inhibiting. From this securely attached space, we can experientially, as in privileging bodily based affective experiences over stories, process through what was previously too overwhelming to experience. This relational processing allows the emergence of transformance (transformation) to organically occur, accessing our core Self. We are not wounded in isolation, and therefore cannot heal in isolation. Through the therapeutic dyad, I seek to create corrective experiences with my patients that promote their healing and growth.
In-person and remote options
My office is located in central Kelowna. All your appointments will take place in my soothing office environment with complimentary coffee, tea and water, and free parking. Virtual appointments available as well.
Our services
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Trauma Therapy
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Integrative Therapy
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Group Therapy
Meet the team
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Rachael Spyker, MA, RCC
Masters of Counselling Psychology
Registered Clinical Counsellor, #18766
"Rachael is an outstanding therapist. She is an attuned clinician with marked training and experience who has nurtured my soul to new depths of insight and healing I did not believe were possible.
The embodiment practices she utilizes are transformative and her ability to hold safe space is a gift to behold.
Connection alchemizes fear... If you are brave enough to reach out I believe your experience will be powerful and life changing. Rachael is a natural Healer."
— Michelle, M., ALCHEMY CLIENT
