About Tamar

Your Holistic Counsellor

It is truly an honour to hold space for people as they sort out their issues
and restore their well-being.

It is truly an honour to hold space for people as they sort out their issues and restore their well-being.

I offer my deep presence, empathy, and guidance to your therapeutic process as a Holistic Counsellor, Somatic Practitioner and Educator.

Tamar Chanté, your holistic counsellor, walking through the woods

Hi, I'm Tamar

Registered Professional Counsellor (RPC), Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP), and Somatic Therapy Educator

My approach uses a body-mind connection. I respect your wholeness and all parts of you are welcomed and listened to. I help my clients attune to their bodies and clarify their thoughts. Together we will educate the chaos inside. Within my integrated wellness approach, I provide effective tools and practices for your daily life.

I primarily focus on Somatic Therapy, trauma education, and nervous system regulation. Somatic work is very close to my heart. My own life transformed as I delved into it, and continues to do so.

I also blend a variety of other therapeutic models including elements of: self-expressive Talk Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Parts Work, and Life Skills Coaching.

My intention is to help create a very safe space for my clients to explore their authentic selves and allow for genuine discovery and growth.

It is important to me to build trust and rapport with my clients, and connect with them using my intuition, skill, and wisdom.

I believe in using a titrated process of therapy with the understanding that trauma healing needs to be paced and grounded. Each session is unique and customized according to the client’s needs and current state.

I have witnessed the growth capacity and resilience that people possess to resolve their issues.
My role is to help support and provide guidance as you discover your purpose, liberation, and empowerment.

Professional Qualifications

Rhodes Wellness College Graduate with a Professional Counsellor Diploma.

Registered Professional Counsellor (RPC) with the Canadian Professional Counsellors Association.

Somatic Experiencing Pracitioner (SEP) - Completed the Somatic Experiencing™ Professional Training Program which specializes in trauma renegotiation and healing various forms of chronic survival stress.

Instructor of Physical Wellness at Rhodes Wellness College. I teach students about Somatic Therapy theory, skills, tools, and practices.

Active alumni since 2017 of Irene Lyon’s ‘Smart Body Smart Mind' Program, blending Somatic Experiencing, Somatic Practice, and The Feldenkrais Method. This is a master's level study of somatic therapy, trauma education, and nervous system regulation.

Irene Lyon’s Scientuitive Educator Beta Program, mixing science with intuition, delved deeper into the next level of 'Smart Body Smart Mind' training.

Doing Irene Lyon’s Scientuitive Practitioner Program, designed to train Practitioners how to accurately teach the 'Smart Body Smart Mind' principles and practices.

‘Up & Down’ Movement & Awareness Workshops with Irene Lyon and Elia Mrak.

Trauma First Aid Course with Dr Peter Levine -
4 Modules covering: Principles of Somatic Experiencing and Trauma, Trauma First Aid: Basic Tools and Skills, Working with Collective Trauma (Covid pandemic included), Responding to Natural Disasters.

Attend regular one-on-one and group Clinical Supervision which provides professional support.

Creator and leader of workshops on: ‘The Vagus Nerve - The Polyvagal Theory’ and ‘Embodied Perception’.

Volunteer at BC Women’s and Children’s Hospital holding newborn babies needing assistance in the
FIR (Families in Recovery) Unit.

Engage in on-going research, reading, and educational development. I attend workshops on mind-body integration, and receive mentorship for counselling advancement.

I have done over 2 decades of my own personal healing work in different fields, including: Somatic Experiencing, Somatic Practice, Jungian Psychoanalysis, Expressive Arts Therapy, Co-Counselling, & Women’s Group therapy.

Tamar Chanté, your holistic counsellor and her singing group

Some Fun Facts about me

I enjoy a healthy lifestyle. I love music, art, walking, dancing, connecting with friends and family, reading, learning, watching a great show or movie, skin care, and being in nature.

For 7 years I sang beautiful 3-part harmonies with Samantha Keller and Heather Houston. We sang songs and chants from all over the world, as well as original music. The exquisite layers of harmonies we wove together was known to give people the shivers and melt hearts. It remains one of the greatest joys of my life!

Here’s a taste of the music we created together:

Shalom La Olam

Om Gate

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