Aida Freylind
Aida Freylind
(MACP, CCC)
When familiar destructive patterns keep repeating, it can feel like a ride you can’t get off, aware of what is happening yet remaining unable to change it. These ways you have learned to survive might have served you once, but cause chaos in your life now. Breaking these cycles rarely happens alone. Change happens in relationship. Having someone alongside you—attuned, steady, and experienced—can make it possible to slow these cycles down, understand what they’re protecting, and begin responding in new ways rather than repeating what no longer fits.
The work we do together focuses on slowing these patterns down in the present moment so they can be understood and changed. Rather than getting caught in the details of what happened, we pay attention to how your body, nervous system, and attachment needs are responding right now. This creates the conditions for insight, emotional relief, and new choices—so that instead of being pulled back into familiar reactions, you can respond with more flexibility, self-trust, and connection.
I see adult individuals for anxiety, depression, trauma, interpersonal struggles, childhood abuse and intimate partner violence.
I utilize EFT, IFS, Narrative Therapy, Compassion-Focused Therapy, Somatic
Contact me at aida@comoxvalleycounselling.ca or 250-702-1222 to book an appointment or ask any questions you may have.
Client Focus and Practice:
Individuals & Queer Youth 15+
(Practice) Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, Self-esteem, Interpersonal problems, Childhood abuse/trauma
Types of therapy:
EFT, IFS, Narrative Therapy, Compassion-Focused Therapy, Somatic
Experience:
Aida holds a Master of Counselling Psychology from Yorkville University and is a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) with the CRPO. She has experience working with EFT, IFS, Compassion-Focused Therapy, and has completed Level I with the Vancouver School of Narrative Therapy. Over the past year Aida has worked closely with women fleeing intimate partner violence, as well as completing an 8-month practicum at Comox Valley Counselling that included working with individuals struggling with depression, anxiety, trauma, childhood abuse, and low self-esteem.
More than just my work:
You will typically find me with my sheep or digging in the earth in my garden. The natural world has always been a grounding and deeply spiritual place for me.
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