About YOLANDE
Who am I?
I am a qualified Forensic Psychologist, who abandoned the profession in 2016 in search of approaches and tools that were not so prescriptive, less restrictive, and could allow me to treat people as multi-dimensional human beings, not just a diagnostic code in the DSM-V.
The existing health system and traditional skillset in the field are often primarily diagnosis-focused.
Dis-ease and symptom management seem to be all there is with a curiously significant amount of hand-holding from pharmaceutical companies.
Then in 2018 during my 2-year Psychotherapy internship when I immigrated from the UK to Canada, my gifted clinical supervisor, introduced me to her other specialism, Hypnotherapy. The efficacy of this tool just blew my mind.
I decided to take things up a notch and trained with the phenomenally talented and internationally renowned, Marisa Peer to become certified as a Rapid Transformational Therapy (RTT) Associate in 2020.
Now that I am in private practice as an Integrative Health and Wellness Therapist, I can explore different and exciting approaches with my clients to find practical solutions to their issues.
My personality and soul is aligned again with the exact reason why psychology beckoned so strongly to me at a very young age.
For more than 25 years, I have been helping people align with their powerful potential by reconnecting them with their authentic self and own inner wisdom. I do this by noticing the patterns, listening to what is NOT being said and cutting through the B#S!, identifying connections, and helping clients to ignite their own evolution of consciousness - with absolutely incredible results!
I have worked with everyone from internationally renowned business leaders and aristocrats, to convicted criminals, government officials, students, university lecturers, former gang members, first responders, police officers, and everyone in between, covering almost every issue imaginable. My clients consistently report dramatic results after working with me and their success stories speak for themselves.
CREDENTIALS: In addition to earning a Master of Science in Forensic Psychology and Criminal Investigation; a Bachelor of Arts in Community Safety and Socio-Legal Studies *with specialization in Offender Profiling, Yolande also has qualifications in Medicine and Law, Neuro-Linguistics Programming, and Time-Based Therapies.
She was one of Canada's first Rapid Transformational Therapy (RTT) practitioners, is a registered Clinical-Counselling Hypnotherapist (GHR8727), and certified HeartMath® health professional.
outside of work
Adventure, love and balance
When I am not in session, helping clients gain insight, shifting perspectives, re-wire their brain, and re-writing their stories, with exciting integrative therapies, real-life practical solutions, and unconventional integrative resources to help them change their situation, you can find me blowing off steam at mixed martial arts or seeking adventures and exciting new experiences with my wife, two kids, and a dog, in Ontario, Canada where we now live.
I am an adventurer at heart and my all-time favourite adventures include swimming with pigs, sharks, and dolphins in the Bahamas, travelling around places with ancient history, like England, South Africa, China, Egypt, and Europe, flying in helicopters and parasailing, driving army tanks & monster trucks, downhill skiing, dog sledding, building igloos and taking ice baths.
With the weighing scales in my zodiac sign (Libra), balance is an integral part of my being. As much as I love excitement and adventure, I recalibrate and restore my energy in the peace and tranquility of nature, like weekends spent at our lake house, kayaking, bonfires on the beach, meditating in the cabana or just lazing in a hammock.
on a mission
AMAZING WOMEN OF INFLUENCE
Amazing Women of influence – Heart-centred warriors on a mission to change the world
In the midst of the pandemic in 2020, I was invited to collaborate with 70+ Amazing Women of Influence on a phenomenal project "Heart-Centered Female Warriors on a Mission to Change the World” (it’s one of the books in The Hope Book Series, created by Serena Carcasole), a book to inspire women around the world to live life on their terms, improve mind, body, spirit, and achieve financial independence.
The project took just over a year to complete and you can get your copy here:
