Training & Professional Development

Bronwen is a mindfulness-based, somatic psychotherapist and trauma-informed mindfulness facilitator based in Guelph, ON, offering individual psychotherapy, mindfulness-based skills groups, and contemplative, spiritually-integrative psychotherapy for those wishing to integrate their spiritual lives and practices.

She is a Registered Psychotherapist with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO) and holds a Master’s degree in Spiritual Care and Psychotherapy. She pursues ongoing education and professional training in three core areas of practice: 1) relational, body-centered psychotherapy, 2) spiritual care & contemplative studies, and 3) mindfulness-based training & practice. 
 

Somatic & Trauma Psychotherapy​​

• Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy — multiple trainings through the Hakomi Institute, Hakomi Vancouver, and Hakomi Toronto

• Complex Trauma Certification Training — Arielle Schwartz

• Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy — The Embody Lab

• Integrative Somatic Parts Work — The Embody Lab

• Neuro-Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Training — Kate Harper, RP

• Ongoing professional development integrating somatic and trauma-focused approaches with psychodynamic, relational, and neuroscience-informed perspectives
   

Contemplative & Mindfulness-Based Psychotherapy

• Certificate Program in Embodied Wisdom: Contemplative Psychotherapy — Nalanda Institute for Contemplative Science, 2026–2027 (in progress)

• Advanced Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness (TSM) — Certified Facilitator

• Ongoing study and practice in mindfulness-based psychotherapy, contemplative psychology, and Buddhist approaches to psychotherapy and spiritual care
   

Relational & Couples Therapy

• Integrative Somatic Couples Therapy — somatic therapy for treating intimate relationships

• Gottman Method Couples Therapy, Level 1 — The Gottman Institute

• Ongoing training in relational, attachment-informed, and body-centered approaches to individual & couples work
   

Other Professional Training

• Enhanced Walk-and-Talk Ecotherapy Certificate — Certified Walk-and-Talk Ecotherapist

• Group Facilitation & Leadership Training — ART International, including Authentic Relating and relational practice
   

Professional Memberships & Community

• Registered Psychotherapist — College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO)

• Board Member & Ongoing Member — Waterloo Riverview Dharma Centre (WRDC)