Meet Vivien
MA, MFT, Registered Counselling Therapist (Candidate)
(Cole Harbour Location)
** Accepting New Clients **
We’re excited to have Vivien Marira as part of the growing LivingWell team!
Vivien has been supporting her clients and community for over 10 years. At the start of her career, she spent eight years in British Columbia working with women and children fleeing from domestic violence and abuse. More recently, Vivien returned to the Maritimes with her husband and two children.
Vivien’s counselling approach is holistic and centered on you as the client. Vivien has experience helping men, women, pre-teens/teens and families through difficult issues such as social anxiety, emotional sensitivity, low self-worth, sensory overwhelm, loneliness, anger, stress, depression, self-harm and communication.
Some counselling approaches Vivien tailors to meet her client’s needs, include; Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy, Compassion Therapy, Narrative Therapy and Family Systems Therapy. She uses an attachment and trauma informed lens, helping you go beyond a cognitive understanding of the present day issue and explore the underlying emotional needs and responses.
Vivien considers counselling to be her calling and finds this work to be deeply fulfilling. Her genuine kindness and compassion gives her a unique ability to help her clients discover their worth and value, seeing their true potential. She looks forward to walking with you on your journey toward wholeness.
Some Areas of Strength Include:
High Sensitivity (HSPs) Domestic Abuse
Emotional regulation Family Conflict
Grief/Loss Parenting
Relationship Issues Self Esteem
Self-Harming Stress
Spiritual/Faith Direction
Education
Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Counselling (2012), Briercrest Seminary
Memberships/Training/Courses:
Registered Counselling Therapist with NSCCT - License # RCT-C21-044 - Nova Scotia College of Counselling Therapists
Treating Children & Adolescents: Essential Strategies for Anxiety, OCD, Trauma, Bullying & More - Course 2023
Dr. Sue Johnson’s Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT): Attachment-based Interventions to Treat Trauma, Anxiety and Depression - Seminar 2022
Lynn Lyons’ Working with Childhood Anxiety: In-Session Demonstrations - Seminar 2022
2-Day: Trauma Conference: The Body Keeps the Score-Trauma Healing with Bessel van der Kolk, MD - 2021
Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy Training - Level 1 Certification by ICEEFT 2008
Nova Scotia College of Counselling Therapists:
As a candidate member of the Nova Scotia College of Counselling Therapists since 2021, I abide by their code of ethics and continuing education policies, being proactive to continue learning and receiving professional supervision for the wellbeing of my clients.
To learn more about NSCCT, visit nscct.ca/
Code of Ethics & Standards of Practice www.ccpa-accp.ca/2020-code-of-ethics/
NSCCT Complaints Process nscct.ca/practice-guidance-and-support/
We’re excited to have Vivien Marira as part of the growing LivingWell team!
Vivien has been supporting her clients and community for over 10 years. At the start of her career, she spent eight years in British Columbia working with women and children fleeing from domestic violence and abuse. More recently, Vivien returned to the Maritimes with her husband and two children.
Vivien’s counselling approach is holistic and centered on you as the client. Vivien has experience helping men, women, pre-teens/teens and families through difficult issues such as social anxiety, emotional sensitivity, low self-worth, sensory overwhelm, loneliness, anger, stress, depression, self-harm and communication.
Some counselling approaches Vivien tailors to meet her client’s needs, include; Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy, Compassion Therapy, Narrative Therapy and Family Systems Therapy. She uses an attachment and trauma informed lens, helping you go beyond a cognitive understanding of the present day issue and explore the underlying emotional needs and responses.
Vivien considers counselling to be her calling and finds this work to be deeply fulfilling. Her genuine kindness and compassion gives her a unique ability to help her clients discover their worth and value, seeing their true potential. She looks forward to walking with you on your journey toward wholeness.
Some Areas of Strength Include:
High Sensitivity (HSPs) Domestic Abuse
Emotional regulation Family Conflict
Grief/Loss Parenting
Relationship Issues Self Esteem
Self-Harming Stress
Spiritual/Faith Direction
Education
Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Counselling (2012), Briercrest Seminary
Memberships/Training/Courses:
Registered Counselling Therapist with NSCCT - License # RCT-C21-044 - Nova Scotia College of Counselling Therapists
Treating Children & Adolescents: Essential Strategies for Anxiety, OCD, Trauma, Bullying & More - Course 2023
Dr. Sue Johnson’s Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT): Attachment-based Interventions to Treat Trauma, Anxiety and Depression - Seminar 2022
Lynn Lyons’ Working with Childhood Anxiety: In-Session Demonstrations - Seminar 2022
2-Day: Trauma Conference: The Body Keeps the Score-Trauma Healing with Bessel van der Kolk, MD - 2021
Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy Training - Level 1 Certification by ICEEFT 2008
Nova Scotia College of Counselling Therapists:
As a candidate member of the Nova Scotia College of Counselling Therapists since 2021, I abide by their code of ethics and continuing education policies, being proactive to continue learning and receiving professional supervision for the wellbeing of my clients.
To learn more about NSCCT, visit nscct.ca/
Code of Ethics & Standards of Practice www.ccpa-accp.ca/2020-code-of-ethics/
NSCCT Complaints Process nscct.ca/practice-guidance-and-support/
