Salima Andany is a Trauma Therapist, Expressive Art & Sandtray Therapist with over 25 years of experience providing mental health services in healthcare & community settings. Salima works from a Trauma-Responsive, Intersectional Feminist, Anti-Racist, Anti-Ableist, Anti-Colonial & Empathic, Self-Compassionate Ethos. Salima believes her roles to be that of supportive facilitator & co-partner in the healing process, while the person is the expert of their lived experience; her approach is firmly Client-Centred. Trained in several Therapeutic Modalities, that she uses in both Individual & Group Sessions, they include but are not limited to: (MI) Motivational Interviewing, (CBT) Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, (ACT) Acceptance & Commitment Therapy, (SFBT)Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, Emotional Regulation & Distress Tolerance Skills, Crisis & Coping Skills, Suicide Prevention, De-escalation & Safety Planning, Mindfulness & Grounding Techniques, Sand-Tray, Narrative & (EXA) Expressive Arts Therapies. Salima has walked alongside Healing journeys of differing scopes of gendered based violence (IPV), impacts of ACE (Adverse Childhood Experiences), Mental Health, Addictions, Substance use & Harm Reduction & Concurrent Disorders, Chronic Pain/Chronic Illness & New Diagnosis, Childhood Abuse, Sexual-Assault and/or Rape, PTSD, CPTSD, Victims of Torture, Inter-generational & Vicarious Trauma, Queer Identities on the Continuum, Identity & Locating oneself, Examining Privilege, Power & ‘isms’ E.g. Racism, Anti-Semitism, Ableism, Islama-phobia, Internalised Racism, Ableism, etc....Paint It Out! Therapeutic Art Groups were created as a resource of pertinent information, education, art and peer-led wellness support to all who attend our programs and events. There is a Psycho-Educational portion followed by Peer-Support/Discussion Model, facilitated topic & art activities to explore & increase self-knowledge & self-awareness.
