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laverna@bestmarriages.com
La Verna Wilk
,
MC, builds champions and helps people experience freedom in their
lives every chance she gets. She
has worked with families, couples and individuals since 1988.
As a Therapeutic Foster Parent she has worked very closely with
families
to
maximize relationship and minimize loss.
As a therapist she has helped people step out of their rut and
move on
to
experience the life they want. She holds Advanced
Certification with the Gottman Institute and works well with
couples, teaching tools so that they can move out of gridlock and
begin to feel movement with their perpetual issues without hurting
each other.
La
Verna connects well with those she meets because she is real and laid
back. She brings energy
to
her work by helping people give up wishing for a better past and reach
for what they want most for themselves.
Along side her husband, she has presented couples workshops,
personality workshops, anger management groups and run parenting
groups, focusing on attachment issues as well as a variety of other
parenting issues. She is
certified in One Eye Integration and empowers others through a
combination of Choice Theory and attachment work.
La Verna believes that from time
to
time everyone loses sight of the big picture and could use some
perspective. There are
also times when a complete cognitive and emotional makeover is called
for. Her desire is
to
provide a safe place for people
to
explore their circumstances and a compass
to
move past them. 
La
Verna holds a Bachelor of Arts in Humanities and Religion and a Master
of Counselling. Her
experience includes work with CARES Counselling Centre in Abbotsford,
therapist with the Children’s Foundation in
Vancouver,
Program coordinator with Venture
Academy,
addictions counselling, sexual abuse counselling, anger management,
stress and anxiety therapy and parenting classes.
Other areas of interest include working with women in their
search for empowerment and freedom.
She has
great success working with
anxiety and trauma. One of
the effective techniques she uses is called "One Eye
Integration" which works directly on the brain and quickly helps
clear negative thoughts, traumatic memories and overwhelming feelings.
Currently La Verna is a wife of 20 years and a mother of five who
enjoys outdoor activities, meaningful friendships and has a huge
capacity for entertainment of many types.
She
creates opportunities for people to feel like champions, changing the world one heart at a time.
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