Nancy Falls

Nancy Falls, Ed.D. , RP is a registered psychotherapist in private practice with over 30 years of clinical experience.  She also has extensive experience working in a Children’s Mental Health environment conducting assessments and providing treatment to children and youth who have experienced all forms of child maltreatment, especially those who have been sexually abused.

Over the years, she has engaged in training in a number of modalities and approaches, as she strives to remain current in our knowledge and understanding of trauma. As a client centered therapist, her belief is that each of us has within us all that we need to move our lives forward and she brings an embodied and experiential approach to her work with clients. 

She has been using Focusing as a practice both personally and professionally for over 30 years. She is a certified Focusing Oriented Therapist and Coordinator with the International Focusing Institute, as well as currently serving as a member of the International Leadership Council.

Her specialities include:

- children, youth and adults

- individuals, groups

- all forms of child maltreatment

- adults who experienced sexual abuse in childhood

- children and youth who have engaged in sexually harming behaviours, including sibling sexual abuse

Training and consultation: specifically related to trauma, trauma informed care, therapeutic presence, self care and vicarious trauma

Nancy has decades of experience training professionals in the assessment and treatment of Trauma and addiction. She was introduced to Polyvagal Theory through her friend and colleague, Jan Winhall. After reading Jan’s book, Treating Trauma and Addiction with the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model – A Bottom-Up Approach, she described it by saying, “Combining Focusing and Polyvagal theory is brilliant and Jan Winhall does an exceptional job in articulating how these two approaches work to help empower people to heal from trauma and addiction using the wisdom of their bodies”. 

Nancy teaches the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model Facilitator Course in Jan’s three year training program.