Paula Foley BSW, MSW, CBT

Hello, I’m  Paula and I am a Clinical Social Worker (MSW),  a Psychotherapist, and a Certified Bioenergetic Therapist, I am also a Certified Practitioner in Trauma Release Exercises ( level 1), Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapist and a Reiki Master.

I grew up in Miramichi and returned home after twenty years. In between I lived in Toronto, Ontario and Saint John, NB. Each community offered itself to my love of learning, culture, nature and people .

I have a Bachelor Degree in Social Work from St Thomas University and a Masters Degree in Social Work – specialization in complex grief -from University of Toronto. I trained with the Atlantic Society for Bioenergetic Analysis from 2003-2011, and received certification as a Bioenergetic Therapist (CBT) in 2011. I have also received level one certification for Trauma Release Exercises from David Bercelli of California.

The past 33 years of clinical practice have been rich. I have worked in health care, community and educational settings where I have witnessed both human suffering and tremendous acts of courage across the spectrum from birth to death.

I am MI’Kmaq and I have practiced in Indigenous communities with children focusing on social/emotional learning, mindfulness and integrating culture as the foundation for healing of trauma. I have also offered services to survivors of adult residential schools and the Sixties Scoop.

My interest in gender identity, human development and spirituality led me to work in a residential AIDS Hospice and community based palliative care programs where I had the privilege of being invited into the sacred space of my client’s lives.