About Karla
"Seeking help is hard. I admire your courage & strength! I believe that helping empower people to live independent, resilient and successful lives is important. That's why I am committed to building a healthier community one person, one family, and one situation at a time."
- Karla Dawe, M.Ed, RCT, CCC
About Karla
Karla Dawe is a Registered Counselling Therapist with the Nova Scotia College Of Counselling Therapists and a Canadian Certified Counsellor with the Canadian Counselling & Psychotherapy Association.
She was originally trained in Addictions Counselling (HSAC, 2004) and then trained in Counselling (M.Ed (Counselling), 2012) with an emphasis in bereavement, child & adolescent, career and addictions counselling.
Over the years, she added to her skill set by pursuing training in such methods as Logosynthesis, Trauma Informed Approaches, Critical Stress Group Debriefing, Transactional Analysis, EFT (Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples), Reiki Therapy.
Values & Beliefs
Karla values the diverse backgrounds of each of her clients, respecting their world views and life experiences. She regards each clients as unique and capable of healing individually in mind, emotions, and relationships and takes every opportunity to engage people by adjusting her approach to the needs of each client.
Karla works with Teens 14+, Individuals, Families and Couples for a variety of concerns that people bring to therapy - including addiction, bereavement, relationship, trauma, bullying, anxiety, depression, anger, career difficulties and life decisions and transitions.
Throughout her practice, Karla sees the various levels of difficulty as a way to learn about self, change patterns that are unwanted and grow to your full potential.
Additional Credentials
- Degree: NSCC & CBU / Addictions Counselling & BACS
• Year graduated: 2004 - Nova Scotia College of Counselling Therapists / RCT-18-021
- Membership: Canadian Counselling & Psychotherapy Association / CCC-6785
• Member Since: 2011