
About Mark Seemann
As a lifelong learner, I am fascinated by people and places, and I am committed to sharing my knowledge and experience with others. I travel widely, and find my formal education as well as life experience provide a solid foundation for continued learning. Professionally, I maintain an ongoing interest in evolving research and strive to deepen my understanding of both people and the world around us through professional affiliations and on-going professional development.
In my practice, you will find I provide a safe, secure and confidential space to meet, and I offer a warm, humanistic, person-centred approach to understanding your specific concerns. In working together, I typically initially adopt a Narrative, or story-telling, approach to better understanding you, which allows you to share those life stories and experiences you are comfortable talking about.
As I gain a deeper understanding of your life experiences and your greatest concerns, we will begin to work towards extinguishing unhelpful thoughts, feelings, and behaviours and towards reconciling incongruent parts of your inner self as we move towards personal balance and peace. Along the way, I may suggest adopting one or more specific therapies to help achieve our goals, but you always maintain control over what we do and how fast we do it.
Finally, in the event I feel you may be better served by a specialist to help facilitate the positive change you are seeking, I will provide you with a referral and offer you follow-up support.
Academic foundations
- Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, University of Alberta
- Masters of Science, Geography, University of Alberta
- Masters of Counselling, City University of Seattle
- Doctor of Philosophy, Disaster Management, University of Victoria
- Associate Degree in Risk Management, Risk Management Society
Recent professional development
- Mastering Trauma Treatment (National Institute for Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine, Storrs, Connecticut)
- Children’s Grief and Bereavement Certificate (Sick Kids Community Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario)
- Narrative Therapy (Dulwich Centre, Adelaide, Australia)
- Kid Skills for Professionals (Ben Furman/Helsinki Brief Therapy Institute, Helsinki, Finland)
- Couples Developmental Model (Ellyn Bader/Couples Institute, Menlo Park, California)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDRIA Canada, Ste-Agathe, Quebec)
- Neurobiology of Attachment (National Institute for Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine, Storrs, Connecticut)
Professional affiliations
- Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCC# 9308)
- BC Association of Clinical Counsellors (RCC#: 21750)
- Canadian Psychological Association
- Canadian Association of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies
- American Psychological Association
