Thinking Isn't Always Enough
Sometimes you need to move your body to move your life forward.
Hi, I’m Tamsen
I work with people whose desire for change has become stronger than their need to avoid discomfort.
My practice integrates psychotherapy, trauma work, and movement-based exploration because I believe the body carries information that words alone cannot always reach. The way we breathe, tense, orient, avoid, collapse, push through, or lose contact with ourselves often tells a story long before we can fully explain it. These responses are not signs of failure. They are intelligent adaptations that deserve curiosity before judgment.
I believe people are experts in themselves, even when that connection has become difficult to access.
You may be navigating:
Trauma or nervous system overwhelm
Relationship or attachment difficulties
Identity exploration
Chronic stress, pain, or illness
Life transitions, grief, or mortality
A persistent sense of disconnection from yourself or others
There is room here for complexity, contradiction, humor, grief, tenderness, uncertainty, and change.
Many of my clients have already tried more traditional approaches and are looking for something deeper, more experiential, or more connected to the body. They are often drawn to nuance, relational integrity, and ways of living outside rigid social expectations.
I am committed to lifelong, ongoing learning
Education is important to me for the communities it connects me to and the people I share it with.
I hold my certifications with pride for the effort they took on my part and for your ability to verify them. For that reason, I offer a curated list of the many ways I have sought to satisfy my own curiosities in this work.
I am in good standing with my professional memberships to the BCACC and CCPA.
I hold a Master’s degree in Counselling Psychology
2026 Solo Sessions: Relational Renewal through Individual Interventions, Institute for Relational Intimacy, Martha Kauppi
2026 Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Level 1, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute, Brigitta Karelis
2025 Consensual Non-Monogamy Level 1, Institute for Relational Intimacy, Martha Kauppi
2025 Certified RLT Couples Therapist, Relational Life Therapy, Terry Real
2023 Master’s of Counselling Psychology, Adler University
2021 Advanced Pilates for Neurological Conditions, Meghann Knoppele-Duffy
2019 Pilates for Injuries and Pathologies, Samantha Wood
2018 Pilates for Neurological Conditions, Mariska Breland
2017 Anatomy Trains in Motion: Myofascial Meridians of the Body, Karin Gurtner
2016 Certified BASI Comprehensive Pilates Teacher
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Why movement-based therapy?
What first drew me toward psychotherapy was not theory. It was witnessing what people carry in their bodies.
Before becoming a therapist, I spent many years teaching Pilates and movement, including specialized work with people living with Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s Disease, and post-stroke rehabilitation. Again and again, I saw how trauma, adaptation, identity, resilience, and emotional history could emerge physically long before they could be fully spoken about.
That work often brought me into people’s wider care webs and deepened my understanding of how relational healing really is. Over time, I realized I wanted to stay with people more fully in those moments.
Today, my work is informed by trauma therapy, relational approaches, movement education, and ongoing training in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy. I offer a grounded, exploratory approach that balances curiosity with honesty, depth with pacing, and challenge with care.
Your body has something to say to you.
Ready to start the conversation?
Working together starts with a free 20-minute consultation. This gives us a chance to connect, discuss what you’re looking for, and determine whether the work feels like a good fit for both of us.