INTERNAL FAMILY SYSTEMS
EXISTENTIAL DEPTH-THERAPY

A Place to Look Beneath The Surface

I am a Registered Psychotherapist in Ontario. My training includes Internal Family Systems, Emotionally Focused Therapy, somatic approaches, existential and depth-oriented psychotherapy.

My work is grounded in the belief that our struggles often make more sense when we understand the experiences, relationships, beliefs and protective patterns that shaped us.         

Through IFS, existential exploration and a somatic lens, we can become curious about the different parts of you and the ways your experiences live within you. 

THE GOAL ISN'T TO BECOME A DIFFERENT PERSON.         

IT IS TO DEVELOP A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF YOURSELF.               

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Who I Work With

ADHD & WOMEN

MOTHERHOOD & IDENTITY

MIDLIFE & MENOPAUSE

RELATIONSHIPS & CONNECTION

LIFE TRANSITIONS

GRIEF & CHANGE

I work with adults and couples navigating a wide range of concerns and life experiences. You don't need to have everything figured out

YOU JUST NEED A WILLINGNESS TO GET CURIOUS

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How I Work

Therapy is a place to become curious

I don’t believe therapy is about fixing the parts of yourself you don’t like.

Instead, I see therapy as an opportunity to become curious about yourself—your patterns, your relationships, your emotions, your body and the different parts of you that have learned to navigate the world in particular ways.

We all develop ways of coping and protecting ourselves. Many of these patterns make complete sense when we understand where they came from.

Sometimes, though, what once helped us adapt begins to get in the way of the life or relationships we want now. Rather than judging these patterns or trying to force them away, we can slow down and become curious about them.

What is this part of me trying to do?
What is it protecting?
What does it need?
And what might become possible if I understood it differently?

   IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A SPACE TO SLOW DOWN, EXPLORE WHATS BENEATH THE SURFACE, DEVELOP A DEEPER RELATIONSHIP WITH YOURSELF... I'D BE HONOURED TO WORK WITH YOU. 

My ultimate goal is to support people in discovering a new level of inner peace that is always available regardless of external circumstances; to come into a new and meaningful relationship with themselves and therefore with the world around them.

In the spirit of respect and reconciliation, I acknowledge that my practices are located upon the lands that have been inhabited by Indigenous peoples from the beginning. I acknowledge the Haldimand Tract, traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishnaabe and Haudenosauonee peoples, and the ancestral lands of the Attawandaron people and the treaty lands and territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit. As a settler, I respectfully thank all the generations of people who have taken care of this land for thousands of years. I am connected to our collective commitment to make the promise and the challenge of Truth and Reconciliation real in our communities http://www.sixnations.ca/LandsResources/HaldProc.htm

41 Erb St E
Waterloo, ON, CA

© 2026 Carla Bertolin-Siegmund Registered Psychotherapist