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About me
I'm Gabriel Marchand.
I began helping people navigate mental and emotional challenges in 2016 as a recovery assistant. Initially, my work focused on supporting individuals struggling with addictions. As time passed and I learnt more about their struggles (and as it turned out, my own as well) I came to realise that the root of that dilemma was the trauma experienced in childhood.
This wasn't just a clinical observation; it was personal. Recognising these patterns in my clients forced me to confront my own history. I came to see that the types of trauma I had experienced myself were far more common than I had ever allowed myself to believe. This completely reshaped my approach to therapy.
My approach
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MA in Creative Arts Therapy: My initial training allows us to use creative modalities to access and express emotions that words alone sometimes cannot reach.
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Relationship Recovery Process (RRP): I draw extensively on this powerful, experiential framework devised by Amanda Curtin LICSW and popularised by Patrick Teahan LICSW.
Heart-centred therapy and therapeutic coaching
Trauma often happens in isolation, but healing happens in connection. I am here to help guide, facilitate, hold and nurture that process for you every step of the way.
"Working with Gabriel has been an extraordinary and unparalleled experience for me. This is the first time I have ever felt truly understood and met inside of the experiences of my childhood. His knowledge of trauma dynamics and scapegoating in childhood is of a very high calibre and the genuine empathy and compassion he exudes for the inner child is profoundly, viscerally felt. He has taken the time to genuinely understand me and my life and has been a powerful mirror, helping me to see myself clearly underneath the traumatic dynamics that distorted my self image and self worth. I feel very lucky to have found him and his work. He is a blessing." - H
