Ms Tiina Kivinen

Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)

“I help with emotional challenges like anxiety, depression, or life changes. We can face it together. I specialize in holistic, person-centered and mindful therapy, backed by 20 years of experience in meditation, yoga, and hypnotherapy. My approach focuses on providing you with the tools for self-discovery and healing.”

About Me

I offer a warm, person-centred space to gently explore emotional challenges like anxiety, depression, or significant life changes. We can face them together. Drawing on 20 years of meditation, yoga, and hypnotherapy insights, I integrate mindful therapy. This approach helps you find inner calm and provides practical tools for self-discovery. Together, we can move towards healing and a deeper understanding of yourself.

Approach

Together we move from feeling stuck to gentle, practical change by blending mindful attention with breath-based and body-focused practices that slow things down and open new perspective. In sessions in Ottawa or online (English), I pace work to your rhythm—short guided relaxation or imagery, reflective dialogue, and manageable experiments between meetings so insights land in daily life. The focus is collaborative and paced, tracking emotional and somatic shifts. This way of working tends to help people facing anxiety, trauma, life transitions or burnout who want steady, embodied change.

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Basic Information

Ottawa, Canada

In-person & Online

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Services

Services Offered:

Advocacy
Services that help individuals navigate healthcare, education, or social systems to ensure their mental health needs are recognised and met.
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Counseling
A form of talk therapy providing a safe, confidential space to explore feelings, thoughts, and behaviours with a trained professional.
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Crisis Counseling
Immediate, short-term psychological support during an acute mental health crisis such as a panic episode, suicidal thoughts, or overwhelming distress.
Trauma Counseling
Counselling specifically for people affected by traumatic events, focused on processing what happened and reducing symptoms like flashbacks and hypervigilance.
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Hypnosis
A therapeutic technique that uses guided relaxation and focused attention to access the subconscious mind and facilitate positive change.
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Relationship Counseling
Counselling for couples or partners focused on improving communication, rebuilding trust, and strengthening emotional connection.
Mindfulness
The practice of paying deliberate attention to the present moment without judgement, used to reduce stress and increase awareness of automatic reactions.
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Online Therapy
Therapy sessions conducted over video call, phone, or secure messaging, using the same professional methods delivered remotely.
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Stress Management
Techniques and strategies for managing the body and mind's response to excessive demands, including relaxation, cognitive restructuring, and lifestyle changes.
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Therapy
Professional treatment for mental health concerns, providing a structured space for insight, emotional processing, and behavioural change.
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Individual Therapy
One-on-one therapy sessions between a client and a therapist, focused on that person's specific concerns and goals.
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Works With:

All ages

Area of Expertise

Scope of Practice:

Abuse
Emotional, physical, or sexual mistreatment by another person that causes lasting psychological harm and disrupts a person's sense of safety.
Addiction
A compulsive dependence on a substance or behaviour, such as alcohol, drugs, or gambling, that causes harmful consequences to health, relationships, or daily life.
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Life Transitions
Major life changes, such as relocation, retirement, parenthood, or career shifts, that disrupt routine and require psychological adjustment.
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Anxiety
Persistent worry, nervousness, or fear that is disproportionate to the situation and interferes with daily functioning.
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Mood Disorder
A category of mental health conditions, including depression and bipolar disorder, in which a person's emotional state is significantly and persistently disrupted.
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Personal Development
The ongoing process of self-awareness, self-improvement, and reaching one's potential, pursued not because something is wrong but to live more fully.
Spiritual or Faith-Based Counseling
Counselling that integrates spiritual or religious beliefs into the therapeutic process for people who want faith to be part of their healing.
Stress / Burnout
The body and mind's response to prolonged or excessive demands. When sustained, it can lead to emotional exhaustion, detachment, and reduced functioning (burnout).
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Trauma
The lasting psychological impact of deeply distressing events, such as violence, abuse, accidents, or disasters, that overwhelm a person's ability to cope.
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Women's Issues
Psychological challenges more commonly experienced by women, including gender-based stress, reproductive health concerns, body image, caregiving burden, and societal expectations.