Welcome

Hello, I’m Lisa Mitchell. Curious, compassionate, genuine, and present are a few words that describe me.

Life is often hard. There is suffering and discomfort, and also joy. Mindfulness, spiritual teachings and counselling provide pathways for working through difficulty, and pain can be an incredible catalyst and teacher. My conscious healing journey began in my early twenties and continues to unfold. Therapy and ongoing learning have been continual threads in my life. I am passionate about health and healing as I have been on the other side. I know what it is like to struggle, and I also know that healing is possible. My own struggles have have made me stronger and more empathetic.

I am a life long learner and am fascinated by the process of transformation. I am most alive when I am deeply connecting with others seeking to understand themselves and the world around them. Health promotion has been a cornerstone for me in various capacities for over thirty years. I have taught fitness classes, been a Big Sister, and worked at an addiction treatment centre providing education and community development in substance abuse prevention. I have worked with young offenders in a secure facility as well as at an outdoor adventure therapy centre. For many years I planned and implemented programs in public health at the local and provincial levels. After becoming a mother, I discovered the world of yoga and have taught yoga in studios, hotels, schools, community centres, treatment centres, and hospitals. Prior to beginning my own private practice I was part of a wellness team at the Helix Healthcare Group in Toronto, offering trauma informed yoga and somatic counselling.

When not working you can usually find me moving in some way. I adore nature, learning new things, being with my family and friends, reading books (poetry, biographies and self-help), travelling or dreaming of travel, and engaging in self-care practices.

Education and Training

Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Master of Education in Adult Education, Community Development and Counselling Psychology from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Relational Somatic Psychotherapy program taught by Dr. Michael Sieck, PhD licensed Psychologist and founder of the Three Fold Way, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Spiritual Psychotherapy at the Transformational Arts College in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy Program with the Embody Lab

Participate in regular clinical supervision

Completed numerous yoga teacher training programs, accumulating well over one thousand hours of education

Numerous yoga teacher training programs, with well over a thousand hours of education

Certified Reiki practitioner

Regularly attend personal therapy, workshops, trainings, and sacred circles led by healers and experts in the areas of mindfulness, psychological well being, individual and collective change, embodiment and trauma

Teachers, past and present:

• Dr. Scott Lyons, founder of the Embody Lab

• Dr. Tara Brach PhD Psychologist, Meditation Teacher and Author

• Laura McNeilly, Registered Psychotherapist and Clinical Supervisor

• The late Dr. Michael Siek, PhD Licensed Clinical Psychologist, founder of The Three Fold Way (Relational Somatic Psychotherapy)

• Dr. Diane Poole Heller PhD Therapist, speaker, author and  expert in the field of child and adult attachment theory and trauma resoloution

• Thomas Hübl PhD Teacher, author and international facilitator

• Dr. Marti Glenn PhD – Clinical Director of the Ryzio Institute

• Scott Davis, doctor of Eastern Medicine, yoga teacher, movement therapist and health educator

• Felicia Pavlovic and Ante Pavlovic, yoga therapists and owners of Yoga Therapy Toronto

• Hali Schwartz, Toronto-based yoga educator

• Jane Clapp, movement and somatic coach and Jungian psychotherapist