Clyde Mason
Come on in. I am currently in training to be certified in Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment (TIST) Level 2. I am currently a learner in the ᒪᐢᑭᐦᑭᕀ maskihkiy Learning Lodge for land-based wellness, takwâkin fall cohort. I am a dissociation and trauma therapist for people with intergenerational trauma. I offer harm reduction, dissociation-informed, plural-competent, genocide-informed, and gender-affirming therapy for people with intergenerational trauma. Feeling like you are not really here, connected, or alive, wanting to die, being unable to go outside, having a hard time in relationships, dealing with addictions, disordered eating, self-harm, or shame are all symptoms of trauma. I treat these symptoms of trauma as communication from parts. I will help you learn to listen and reply to what your parts are saying so you can become the capable adult you always needed. You can feel safer in your body, more stability, less pain, more compassionate self-respect, and more alive. TIST is a style of therapy heavily grounded in neuroscience, including the theory of structural dissociation. TIST applies neuroscience to prioritize immediate brain stabilization and nervous system regulation. Neuroscience echoes Indigenous approaches to wellness. Across Turtle Island, symptoms of intergenerational trauma and dissociation are commonly misdiagnosed as mental illnesses or disorders in Indigenous people, Black people, and trans people. ᒪᐢᑭᐦᑭᕀ maskihkiy teaches from an Indigenous perspective: "you are whole and well beneath your struggles" and "the medicines you need to heal already live within you." In my dissociation-informed and genocide-informed therapy practice, all symptoms of mental health and addiction are recognized as incomplete defensive responses and strategies of self-protection and survival.
Licensed
Canada
he/him
Lived Experience
Treatment Approach:
To help people recover from intergenerational trauma and developmental trauma, I practice three trauma-specific styles of therapy: Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment (TIST), Somatic Experiencing® (SE™), and Somatic Inner Relationship Focusing (S/IRF). Together, these styles of therapy are known as somatic parts work. I treat trauma as survival energy in your body. Surviving trauma is made possible by parts. Trauma-related parts belong to states in your nervous system that are animal survival defense systems. If you are feeling like you are not really here, connected, or alive, wanting to die, being unable to go outside, having a hard time in relationships, dealing with addictions, disordered eating, self-harm, or shame — that is communication from your Fight, Flight, Freeze, Submit, and Cry-For-Help parts. Everything your trauma-related parts do is for protection. Body-first psychotherapy is safer for people with intergenerational trauma and more dissociation-informed because it prioritizes regulating the nervous system. TIST heals developmental trauma by treating structural dissociation. SE™ facilitates the completion of self-protective motor responses and the release of survival energy that is stuck in your body. S/IRF helps you grow relationships with your parts by learning to communicate with your parts. Companioning your parts gently expands self-awareness, inner trust, and compassionate self-respect and supports the healing of inner conflict through a process of listening and acknowledgment. If you are curious about trauma-specific therapy that is land-based, body-first, and parts work, please visit my website and email me to introduce yourself. We can have a free consultation on the phone for 30 minutes.
Additional
I am a white settler living in Treaty 8 territory. I am a trans man who uses he, him, and his pronouns. I am a registered NIHB mental health provider. If you are Indigenous, First Nations, or Inuk and you have a status card, then you are eligible for 20-42 sessions of trauma therapy with me each year. I am covered by insurance providers as an RSW Psychotherapist. I am currently registered in Alberta and Ontario. If you are in another province or territory and you are interested in collaborating with me, please visit my website and email me! I am open to registering where you live.
Additional Focuses: Religious Trauma Syndrome (RTS)
Insurance: Blue Cross, BlueCross and BlueShield, Canada Life | Great-West Life, Desjardins, First Nations Health Authority, Green Shield Canada, Manulife, Medavie Blue Cross, Meridian, SunLife
Therapy Type:
Somatic Therapy, Individual psychotherapy
Details
160 Hourly
Only online
Ontario, Canada
Accepting new clients