Advanced Training & Credentials — Valentina Chichiniova, MA, RCC, CCC

Valentina has completed over 700 hours of specialized post-graduate training across trauma therapy, EMDR, psychedelic-assisted therapy, dissociation, and neuroscience-informed modalities. This ongoing commitment to advanced education directly shapes the depth and precision of her clinical work.

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EMDR Therapy — Advanced Specializations

• EMDR Basic Training, EMDRIA Certification & Approved Consultant designation (200+ hours of supervision)
• Complex Trauma: Treatment of Structural Dissociation
• Complex Trauma Essential Skills
• The Flash Technique
• Easy Ego State Interventions
• Implicit Traumatic Memories
• Affective/Emotional Blocking
• Moral Injury & Shame-Based Trauma
• Addictive & Compulsive Behaviours
• OCD
• Personality Disorders
• Complex Trauma, Schizophrenia & Psychoses
• Military & First Responders
• Autoimmune Disorders & COVID
• Dissociation: Finding Solid Ground
• Transpersonal Therapy (5-month program)
• Symposium on Latest Developments in Complex Trauma & Dissociation
• Working with EMDR Virtually

Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy

• Certificate in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy — Vancouver Island University (1-year program)
• Psychedelic Somatic Interactive Therapy (6-month program)
• Psychedelic Integration — Spirit Pharmacist & PsychedSoul (10-month program)
• MDMA-Assisted Therapy — MAPS (4-month program)
• Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy — TheraPsil (155 hours)
• Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy — CCM
• Ketamine-Assisted Therapy for Attachment Repair (30 hours)

Trauma, Dissociation & Neuroscience

• Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR) — Levels 1 & 2, Where-Self Expanded, with ongoing monthly supervision
• Observed and Experiential Integration (OEI) — Levels I & II (48 hours)
• Multidimensional Inventory of Dissociation: Clinical Implementation

Additional Clinical Training

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy — Beck Institute (3-month program)
• Occupational Awareness Training for First Responders & Police (6 days)
• Clinical Supervision — University of Lethbridge (4-month program)

Book a Session with Valentina

Valentina is currently accepting new clients for online therapy across British Columbia, and in-person psychedelic-assisted therapy sessions in Vancouver and Nelson.

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Emergence Counselling & Wellness provides online therapy across British Columbia. Valentina Chichiniova is a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) and Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC).