Heather Doidge-Sidhu

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Registered Clinical Counsellor

Heather offers individual and group counseling for adults, and grounds herself in the truth that her clients are the experts of their own lives. She works via a trauma-informed perspective and seeks to accompany her clients on their paths to healing, discovery, and personal growth. She strives to provide safe, nurturing, non-judgmental care for individuals from all backgrounds and identities.

Her specialization is working with individuals in the perinatal time period. The time period between planning to conceive a child and the first few years of parenting is filled with physiological changes, hormonal fluctuations, relationship adjustments, communication challenges, and ever-growing responsibilities. She brings additional training in working with individuals during the perinatal period, as well as her own experiences of being a mother of two young children, both very different, with very different birth stories, to this work. In addition to working with individuals during this time period, she also provides facilitation for an 8-week “Becoming Mothers” group, which focuses on fostering connections with other women going through the same “life moment” and its resulting adjustments, including those of personal identity.

She has seen great evidence that healing occurs through a combination of connection, empowerment, and meaning, and is honored to support clients as they find and understand the strengths they have within them. She works together with clients, providing support and guidance, as they explore their values, develop self-compassion, tune in to their bodies’ messages, and explore difficult feelings.

Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology
Adler University 2013

Bachelor of Arts
University of Victoria, 2003

Education

  • BC Association of Clinical Counsellors

  • Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association

  • EMDR International Association

  • EMDR Canada

  • Canadian Society of Clinical Hypnosis

Notable Additional Training

Further Education Notes

Additional Training: 

  • Journey to Perinatal Well-Being – BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre (2020) 

  • EMDR Basic Training (2019) 

  • Hypnosis: The Language of Change (2018) 

  • Beyond Baby Blues – Think GP (2016) 

  • Canadian Society of Clinical Hypnosis Level I (2014)

Professional Associations: 

  • BC Association of Clinical Counsellors 

  • Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association 

  • EMDR International Association 

  • EMDR Canada 

  • Canadian Society of Clinical Hypnosis 

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Serving Greater Victoria with a compassionate approach

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Wednesdays 8:00 - 2:00