Chantée Dardaine
MA, Registered Psychotherapist & Clinical Director (she/her)
I’m glad your here! Thank you for your interest in SelfCareTO! I started this clinic with the intention to help people take care of their whole self well (without feeling guilty). I’m a Registered Psychotherapist with CRPO, a Professional Member with the Canadian Counselling & Psychotherapy Association, Psychedelic Psychotherapist with training from CIIS, Clinical Supervisor and a Yoga Teacher. I am constantly looking for new interpretations and practices of mental health through talk & travel.
How I got here
The therapeutic relationship is a partnership and one that I value with honour. I am committed to working collaboratively with individuals from all walks of life to support positive change and emotional growth. I’m passionate about helping folks reconnect to their bodies through yoga, breathwork, and somatic modalities.
What’s important to me
Depression, anxiety, trauma, PTSD, emotional dysregulation, self esteem, relationships, ancestral healing, racial trauma, grief/ Loss.
Who I work with
I offer clinical supervision for therapists, providing a supportive and collaborative space to enhance their professional growth, deepen their therapeutic skills, and navigate the complexities of client care. I aim at providing supervision through a decolonized lens, supporting therapist to challenge their perspectives. Let’s connect!
Supervision
I come from a Caribbean home, where food is our medicine. Our herbs have these beautiful medicinal properties, and somewhere along the way that got loss for me. Part of my healing was returning back home, not just to my home body but my home medicines. It’s been a beautiful journey learning how to make bush teas, studying the kingship of my plant relatives & dropping lions mane in my morning brew! From there I began to explore psychedelic psychotherapy and the potential this space has to overlap both plants and therapeutic modalities. My focus is on bringing awareness to the potential power of these medicines in therapy spaces and research! Read this disclaimer regarding the current status of psychedelics in Canada.
As an uninvited by grateful guest on the land I occupy my relationship with plant medicine is in conjunction with the land back movements in Canada. To work with these plants; we have a duty to honour, protect and recognize the original caretakers.
Pictured - Maria Sabina was a renowned Mazatec healer and shaman from Mexico, known for her use of psilocybin mushrooms in traditional spiritual ceremonies.
My relationship to plant medicine
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing Therapy), Somatic Experiencing Therapy, Relational/ Cultural Psychotherapy, Attachment Focused Therapy, Yoga Therapy, Internal Family System.
My trainings and approch to therapy
Outside of therapy I enjoy practicing & teaching yoga, cooking, reading & spending quality time with my family & friends.
