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GET TO KNOW MADELEINE

I'm a cis-gender white woman, originally from traditional Algonquin territory in Ontario (Ottawa), descended from European and British settlers and immigrants. I humbly acknowledge that I am now an uninvited settler on the land of the Teechamitsa, Songhees, Esquimalt, and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples, and I respectfully honour their customs, traditions, and relationships with the land which continue to this day.

​I have always been drawn to supporting others through the highs and lows of life. My interest in counselling began in my very first psychology class. Learning about the ways in which humans think, feel, behave, and relate to each other fascinated me, and I continue to be amazed by how we work! From caring for friends, to offering support to youth in crisis, volunteering as a counsellor and then completing a Master's of Counselling, being of service to others is really important to me.  

Over the years, and with lots of training, I have deepened my understanding of what helps to facilitate change, growth, and healing. This learning is ongoing, because there's always exciting new information to find. When I'm not counselling, I can be found reading, spending time in nature with my dog Pepper, cooking new recipes, and connecting with loved ones.​If you'd like to find out if counselling with me feels like a fit, please get in touch. I'd love to get to know you.

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If you attend in-person sessions and you like dogs, sometimes Pepper can join us to add a soft, warm, playful energy to the therapy work we do. She's an Australian Labradoodle, so she's hypoallergenic.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Post-secondary:​

  • Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, University of Victoria (Graduated 2014)

  • Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology, University of Victoria (Graduated 2020)

EMDR:

  • EMDR Basic Training (2019)

  • Adapting the EMDR Standard Protocol when Working with Indigenous People (2021)

  • Treating Anger, Resentment, Revenge from a Trauma Perspective: A New EMDR Protocol (2022)

  • When There Are No Words: Advanced EMDR Training for Early Trauma and Neglect (2022)

  • Treating Dissociative Disorders with EMDR: The Progressive Approach (2023)

  • EMDR Therapy for Suicidal Clients and Self-harming Behaviors (2023)

  • How to Prepare Dissociative, Attachment-Wounded Clients for EMDR (2024)

  • Imaginal Nurturing, Ego States, and Attachment - April Steele (2025)

Additional Learning:

  • Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (2014)

  • Esquimalt Neighbourhood House Volunteer Counsellor Training (2015)

  • Practical Ethics: Applying the BCACC Codes and Standards to Excellence in Practice (2022)

  • Working with Hostile Voices and Parts of the Personality in Complex Trauma and Dissociative Disorders (2023)

  • Internal Family Systems Therapy: Helping Clients Embrace and Heal Their Inner Parts (2024)

  • AEDP for Trauma and Attachment Wounds: A Proven Approach for Transformative Healing w/ Diana Fosha (2024)

  • Transforming Trauma with Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (2024)

Madeleine Hopwood Counselling

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