Alla Yasnogorodska

Registered Social Worker / Psychotherapy Provider

Languages spoken: Russian 🇷🇺
Direct billing available: GreenShield, BlueCross, Telus Health (click here for more details)

At times we are unhappy with ourselves, personal relationships, work, and - within various “roles we play” in life.  If we do not accept it, we often tend to blame external factors (parents, partners, supervisors, neighbours, sometimes - the government, or even global issues). We become stressed, anxious, angry, depressed, or sad.  We then target our “anxiety”, or “mood disorder”, or an addiction to things, substances, or experiences.  We remain unhappy and frustrated until we start looking inward. It is dark there and hard to see anything. We need the tools, the light, and mainly – the courage to explore our own “contents”, our souls, our psyche.

There are various ways to explore our souls. The goal of this exploration is to discover and bring the treasures up to our conscious mind. A self-reflective process enables us to produce a visible and tangible image of what we may be experiencing, explore what arises from it and find insight and meaning to the emotions and raising self-awareness.

I can facilitate this process and be your companion, and, if necessary – your guide. Your expectations of yourself and others will adjust in the process, frustration will leave you, and you will see the path to move forward.

Experience

Alla is a registered Social Worker, and Jungian oriented Psychotherapist. Alla holds certificates in Jungian Dream Analysis, is trained in Sand Play therapy, and she uses visualisation and Art in her work. Alla has been employed and self-employed as a social worker and psychotherapist. Throughout her life Alla has retained interest in Play, in Arts and Dreams, and most of all – in symbols. Alla continuously works with Masks and Images in Psychotherapy as well as interpreting dreams. She stays active with the help of her Golden Retriever Embassy. Alla provides psychotherapy in English and Russian.

Client Focus

Couples, Families, Individuals

Types of Therapy

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Jungian Oriented Therapy, Logotherapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)

Issues

Anxiety, Anger Management, Mood Disorders (e.g., Depression), Trauma, Stress, Parenting, Addictions, Life Transitions (Immigration adaptation, retirement, Divorce/Marriage), Relationship Issues

More Than Just My Work

 â€śThe privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.” C. G. Jung