MORE - Mia Klassen

Mia is a credentialed member of the Canadian Professional Counselling Association and holds the designation of Master Practitioner in Clinical Counselling. She is also a registered Counselling Therapist with the Alberta Counselling and Therapeutic Association (ACTA).

Mia brings both professional expertise and personal insight to her counselling practice. Her work is deeply informed by lived experience and a lifelong commitment to supporting those navigating adversity. Her initial interest in the mental health field was shaped by profound grief following the loss of her sister to sex trafficking—an experience that ignited in her a deep compassion for vulnerable individuals. The shame-based environment of her early life presented substantial challenges, yet also became a catalyst for personal growth, resilience, and the pursuit of therapeutic excellence.

As she worked through her own recovery, Mia developed a passion for learning and for helping others overcome their own emotional and psychological barriers. She has lived alongside individuals struggling with serious mental illness and addiction, which further strengthened her capacity to provide clients with authentic validation and support throughout their healing journeys.

Mia frequently collaborates with her husband, Daniel, as they both specialize in identity solidification and trauma therapy. Their combined efforts allow for a holistic and deeply integrative approach, particularly for individuals coping with complex trauma and dissociation.

She holds a diploma in Life Skills and Career Development and later completed her graduate education with distinction, earning a Master’s degree in Counselling with a focus on severe trauma. Her clinical training is extensive, with specialization in ADHD, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), grief, complex trauma, Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), sexual abuse, eating disorders, and other diagnosed mental health conditions.

Mia has undergone advanced training in a variety of therapeutic modalities, including Internal Family Systems (IFS), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Solution-Focused Therapy (SFT), and Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), also known as tapping. These, among other integrative approaches, allow her to tailor each session to the unique needs of her clients.

Her work with individuals affected by severe trauma, childhood adversity, and dissociative disorders has helped many find meaningful relief from long-standing emotional pain. Mia’s ability to foster a safe, attuned, and nonjudgmental space often allows clients to feel genuinely heard and understood—sometimes for the first time in their lives.

Certificates for 2024 and 2025

and the Modules within them

- Courses denoted in bold, modules of course listed below

Undoing Shame: The Key to Trauma Healing

6-Month Online Certification EMDR Course with Dr. Arielle Schwartz and Stacy Ruse

EMDR, CBT and Somatic-Based intervention to Move Clients from Surviving to Thriving

EMDR & Parts Work for Treating Complex Trauma: Somatic Techniques to Decrease Defensiveness and Facilitate Trauma Processing

EMDR Core Skills Training 1 – 12Mastering Differential Diagnoses with the DSM-5-TR: A Symptom-Based Approach

EMDR Trauma Treatment Workshops 1 – 8

Complete IFS Therapy Immersion

Internal Family Systems (IFS): Development, Application, and Transformational Model to Effectively Help Clients Improve Well-Being

Attachment & IFS: Healing trauma and Attachment Wounds that Befriend the Body

Treating Complex PTSD with IFS

IFS & Addictive Processes: Healing Wounds and Restoring Balance to the system of Parts

IFS & Disordered Eating: Heal the Relationship Between Food and Body

IFS Therapy Approaches to Shame, Anxiety, and Depression

IFS & Couples Therapy: Using Intimacy from the Inside Out (IFIO) to Heal, Improve, and Provide Relationship Help

IFS with Children & Adolescents: Using Parts Work to Help Young People Heal

IFS Approaches with LGBTQ21A + Clients

Healing Racial Trauma with IFS Therapy

The Future of IFS

Mastering Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS): A Revolutionary & Transformative Treatment for Permanent Healing of PTSD, Anxiety, Depression

Therapist Guide to the Psychopharmacology of Trauma and Dissociation

Trauma Research Foundations Certificate in Traumatic Stress with Bessel Vander Kolk

Understanding Trauma: Foundations

The Complexity of Adaptation to Trauma

The nature of Trauma: Developmental Neurobiology, Neuroimaging Research and Effective intervention

Neurobiology of Trauma Treatment: EMDR and New Research Directions

Adult Attachment Relationships

The Roles intersectionality & Cultural humility Play when Working with Diverse Client Populations

The Field Guide to Barefoot Psychology: Making Psychoeducation Relevant and sociable Across Cultures

Trauma Assessment of Children and Adults

Childhood Trauma: Impact and Long-Term Consequences

The Scope of Trauma Treatment: From Acute Interventions to Restoration of Self-Experience

Introduction to ARC: The Attachment. Regulation and Competency Model

ARC & Supporting Regulation in Childhood

Trauma through the lens of Polyvagal Theory

We Do Not Work Alone: implementing and Sustaining Trauma-Informed Systems

SMART: Sensory Motor Arousal Regulation Treatment

Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: Theory and Practice

Trauma, PTSD, and the Mind-Body Relationship

Embodied Awareness

Eye Movement Sensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy: A Model for Accelerated Change

Trauma Processing with Children

Making Connections: The Neurobiology of Sand play Therapy in the Treatment of Trauma

Use of Play and Activity to Support Trauma-informed Treatment

The Importance of Play in the Treatment of trauma

The DE-CRUIT Monologue Method: Treating Trauma Through Narrative Embodiment

Working with Problematic Sexual Behavior in Children & Youth by John Ebert & Tarah Kuhn

Internal Family Systems

The use of Internal Family systems Model in Trauma Treatment

Trauma & Altered States of Consciousness

Implementing a Trauma-Informed Approach in Community, Hospital and Low-Income Settings

Trauma-Informed, Spiritually Aware: Considering Spirituality in Holistic Self and Client Care

Caring for the Caregiver: Vicarious Trauma

Neurofeedback Training as an Alternative Non-pharmaceutical Treatment Modality for Development Trauma

The Future of Trauma Interventions

Certificate for ADHD-Certified Clinical Service Provider

Young Adults with ADHD: Navigating Academia and Adulting

Psychopharmacology: Essential Updates for Mental Health Professionals

Student-driven approach to Support Executive Skills: Empower Youth to take control of their Own Learning

Alternative Learners and “Outside the Box” Thinkers: Innovative Interventions for Kids & Teens with ADHD, Autism, and learning Differences

Russel Barkley, Ph.D., on ADHD in Children and Adolescents: Advances in Diagnoses, Treatment and Management

ADHD, Executive Functioning, and Health Outcomes: Implications in Life and Clinical Management

Comorbidities, Communities & Next Steps for ADHD Treatment: A Panel Discussion

Effectively Keep ADHD Clients On-Time & On-Task: Step-by-Step Guide to Building Accountability Relationships

Rebuilding trust in ADHD-Impacted Relationships

Mindfulness-Based Strategies for Overcoming Complex ADHD in Youth and Families

The Critical Intersection of ADHD & Addiction: Why Treating Both Matters

ADHD, Social Anxiety, and Rejection Sensitivity: Moving Beyond Hello

ADHD, Neurodiversity, and Clinical Practices

ADHD Executive Functioning and Health Outcomes: Implications for Life Expectancy and Clinical Management

Excessive Daydreaming, Mental Confusion, and Slowed Behaviour/Cognition: Current Research & Assessment for Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome