About

Why Psychotherapy?

I have a deep belief in the healing power of psychotherapy as a means to connect with ourselves, our loved ones, our intuition, and heal traumatic wounds. I came to a love of therapy, through the transformative power it has had for myself, and continues to have.

"One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.”

— C.G. Jung

Caitlin Lindsay (she/her)

RN-Psychotherapist

 

Through my own journey of illness and recovery and nursing others through the same, I have developed a strong interest in the mind as it connects to the body and the body as it connects to mind.

I am a Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner (SEP™), a Certified Clinical Traumatologist (TITC-CT), hold an Advanced Certificate in Couple and Family Therapy Studies from The University of Guelph and hold a Master of Nursing (MN) with a collaboration in Addictions Studies, through which I integrated theories of embodiment, psychotherapy, trauma, addiction and recovery. I am an Associate Member of Canadian Association for Couples and Family Therapy. My background as a birth doula and a nurse has built in me a deep appreciation for how hard it is to be alive and the support required to get through challenging and transitional times.

I am an avid lover of music, art and dance, believing that creativity is a part of being alive. I work to integrate this understanding into my practice, along with a spiritual and intuitive sense.

Certifications and Training

Caitlin Lindsay, RN-Psychotherapist, MN, SEP(TM)

I am a member of the College of Nurses of Ontario, it is within the scope of nurses in Ontario to practice psychotherapy.

I am an Associate Member of the Canadian Association for Couples and Family Therapy, practicing under clinical supervision.

My independent study and trainings:

  • Working with Existential Shame. Demonstration By Dr. Raja Selvam (Integral Somatic Psychology), Sept. 30, 2025 
  • Applications of SE: Trauma and the Voice. Webinar presented by Emily Jaworski Koriath, Sept. 2025
  • Critical Approaches to Sexuality. Open Ed University of Guelph, July 2025
  • Advanced Certificate in Couple and Family Therapy Studies with Distinction, Open Ed University of Guelph, January 2024
  • Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy. Open Ed University of Guelph, April 2023
  • Grief Therapy for Couples and Families. Open Ed University of Guelph. November, 2023
  • Couples and Families in Transition. Open Ed University of Guelph, October 2023

  • Decoding Adult Attachment Styles, Dr. Diane Poole Heller, March 2023

  • Working with Attachment Injury Embedded in Complex Trauma, Dr. Peter Levine and Dr. Dianne Poole Heller, January 2023

  • The Trauma of Racism, NICAMB, March 2022

  • 5 Strategies for treating highly volatile couples, The Couples Institute, March 2022

  • Helping a Conflict Avoidant Couple Restart their Sex Life: Ellyn Bader, Ph.D. Feb., 2022

  • Building Awareness: Privilege vs Marginalization with Janina Fisher, Debra Chatman-Finley, and Gliceria Pérez, November 2021

  • The Clinician’s Suicide Prevention Summit: Treatment Strategies to Inspire Hope and Save Lives, September 2021

  • The Wisdom of Ecology with Terry Real, July 2021

  • Embodied Therapeutic Presence With Nancy Napier, LMFT, May 2021

  • Heal the Family, Heal the Child An Experiential Therapeutic Approach, with Terry Levy, PhD & Diane Poole Heller, PhD: April 2021

  • Us Consciousness: How Boundary Work Leads to Greater Connection, Jules Shore and Terry Real, April 2021

  • Restoring Relational Resilience, with Diane Poole Heller, March 2021

  • Reset Program with Alex Howard. The Science of How Trauma Affects the Body; What Creates a maladaptive Stress Response; How to Reset your nervous system for physical and emotional healing., February 2021

  • Positive Parenting Solutions with Amy McCready, February 2021

  • Greater than the Sum of our Parts: Discovering your true self through Internal Family Systems Therapy, Richard C Shwartz, PhD, September 2020

  • Transition Related Hormone Therapy in Primary Care, Sherbourne Health. Rainbow Health Ontario, February 12, 2020

  • Where Should We Begin, Esther Perel, 2020-present

  • Decolonizing the Provider, First Peoples House of Learning, Trent University, 2018

  • Somatic Experiencing Practitioner Certificate from Somatic Experiencing(™) Trauma Institute (216 hours of Professional Training; 12 hours of Personal SE(™) sessions; 18 Case Consultation hours). 2014-February 2018

  • Interactive Art Therapy Workshop, Kawartha Sexual Assault Centre, February 2016

  • Motivational Interviewing, Leave the Pack Behind, 2015

  • Certified Clinical Traumatologist (TITC-CT), Traumatology Institute, July 2014 – Oct. 2014 (98 hour training + supervision)

  • Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy: Psychotherapy for people with Bipolar, Mount Sinai Psychotherapy Institute, April 2014

  • Psychological Trauma Workshop, Mount Sinai Psychotherapy Institute May-July 2013

  • Trauma Talks: Advancing Cultural Understandings of Trauma-Informed Care May, 2014

  • Legal, ethical and professional obligations of a psychotherapist, CRPO, April 2014

  • The Prevention and Management of Aggressive Behaviour, CAMH, 2013

  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Training, The Hicks-Dellcrest Centre, April 2022

  • Foundations of Addiction Nursing Workshop, CAMH, April 2012

  • Therapeutic Touch, level one, Julia Von Flotow, April, 2012

  • Beyond Kubler-Ross: New Perspectives on death, dying and grief, Hospice Foundation of America, Nov. 2011

Not everything that is faced can be changed but nothing can be changed until it is faced.

James Baldwin