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Michael Dadson Launches Counselling Clinic to Address PTSD, Depression, and Anxiety in Frontline Workers and Veterans

GENTLE CURRENTS THERAPY IS A COUNSELLING AND NEUROFEEDBACK THERAPY CLINIC THAT HELPS PEOPLE HEAL AND GROW, SPECIALIZING IN PTSD, TRAUMA, STRESS, GRIEF, ADDICTIONS AND RELATIONSHIP CONFLICT.

LANGLEY, British Columbia –Michael Dadson, Senior Clinical Director of Practice at Gentle Currents Therapy, today announces the launch of his new clinical practice in Langley, B.C. Run by Michael Dadson and Jeanette Dadson, Gentle Currents Therapy helps frontline workers, veterans, adults, adolescents, and couples by providing them with the knowledge and tools to remain present and in control while facing difficult emotions, thoughts, and sensations.

Gentle Currents Therapy approaches trauma-focused counselling through a combination of short-term psychotherapies with long-term counselling practices, including cognitive behavioural therapy, immersion therapy, and neurofeedback therapy.

It is important for anyone with PTSD to be treated by a mental health care professional who is experienced with PTSD. As a Registered Clinical Counsellor for over 20 years; Board Member and Fellow at the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation; and a member of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD), Michael Dadson and the Gentle Currents Therapy team have worked professionally caring for people for over 35 years.

Within these roles, Michael Dadson has experience with a culturally, economically and religiously diverse population challenged with a range of concerns like teenage prostitution, violent crime, trauma, crisis, crosscultural issues, gender crisis, identity issues, addictions, depression, anxiety, attachment, parenting, and relationship problems.

Michael Dadson and the Gentle Currents Therapy team are available to support patients with issues associated with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This includes affordable counselling; mental health implications; managing anxiety, trauma, depression, loss or grief; understanding health risks, racism, and xenophobia; social distancing and community responses to trauma; and talking to children about upsetting events in the news without risking their mental wellbeing.

Dr. Michael Dadson’s certifications include:

  • Crime Victims Assistance Counsellor
  • Certified QPRT Suicide Risk Assessment and Management
  • Certified Observed and Experiential Integration (OEI) Therapist and Trainer
  • Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Level One and Level Two
  • Certified trainer Therapeutic Enactment and Action based treatments
  • Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy Level One
  • Certified Myers-Briggs Personality Type Assessor
  • Certified Strong Interest Inventory Assessor
  • Registered Clinical Counsellor
  • Member of the Canadian Counsellors and Psychotherapist Association
  • International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation Fellow

ABOUT:
Dr. Michael Dadson, Ph.D.
Langley, B.C.
Title: Senior Clinical Director of Practice, Gentle Currents Therapy – Counselling and Neurofeedback Therapy
Bio: https://www.michaeldadson.com
Email: info@gentlecurrentstherapy.com
Website: https://www.gentlecurrentstherapy.com
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLnx2V8zK9VEg60V5NH2fDQ

EXPERTISE:
Specializing in trauma, anxiety, and depression, Michael Dadson, Ph.D., is a registered clinical counsellor and Senior Clinical Director of Practice at Gentle Currents Therapy, a Langley, B.C.-based counselling clinic. With expertise in trauma, stress, anxiety, and discrimination, Dadson’s clinical counselling can talk about the mental health impacts of anxiety about coronavirus and social isolation, how to handle anxiety about the coronavirus, and how to address issues related to helping children deal with traumatic events.

Michael Dadson has provided clinical treatment to individuals with a range of diagnoses, specializing in trauma and PTSD, anxiety and depression, male psychology, and relationship counselling for adults, adolescents, and children.

Michael Dadson and his wife, Jeanette Dadson, have also been assisting children with special needs and their families for over 30years. As a Level III (3) therapeutic foster parent, Michael Dadson has worked with special needs foster children, and has been contracted through Intensive Child Care Resources Vancouver (ICCR). As a therapeutic foster parent, Dadson has lived and worked with Caucasian, Afghanistani, and First Nations children who have ADHD, Asperger’s Syndrome, FASD, major brain injuries and strokes.

Contact Registered Clinical Counsellor Michael Dadson today for information, advice, and insights on COVID-19 mental health implications, risks, community response, and talking to children.

Dr. Michael Dadson
Gentle Currents Therapy Counselling and Neurofeedback
+1 778-554-0174