Michelle Dzialakiewicz

Something has shifted — or perhaps been building for a long time — and the person sitting down with Michelle Dzialakiewicz is often carrying more than they can name: a pattern they keep repeating, a weight that predates any single event, or a version of themselves they’ve lost touch with. Michelle is a Registered Social Worker based in London, Ontario, offering individual counselling to men, women, and older adults navigating trauma, abuse, addiction, anxiety, depression, burnout, and major life transitions.

Her practice is person-centred and trauma-informed, meaning the pace and direction of therapy follow the client rather than a fixed protocol. She draws on an integrative set of evidence-based methods — EMDR, Internal Family Systems, Somatic Experiencing, Mindfulness, DBT, and Cognitive Processing Therapy — shaping each combination around the individual. For someone whose nervous system has been stretched thin by relentless demands and constant input, somatic and mindfulness-based work can help restore a felt sense of calm that no amount of scrolling through solutions ever quite reaches.

What runs through all of it is a belief that each person already carries the inner resources needed to heal — and that the therapist’s role is to help surface and strengthen them. Michelle works collaboratively, with curiosity and without judgment, toward change that takes root in everyday life. Online sessions are available.