Ambita Sen
Registered Psychotherapist
Welcome! I’m Ambita Sen, a dedicated therapist with dual master’s degrees in Counselling Psychology from Yorkville University, Canada, and Organizational Psychology from Aston University, U.K. My practice is centered around a deep commitment to understanding and addressing your unique challenges through a holistic and personalized approach.
What problem do you strive to overcome?
Problem: Clients are sometimes apprehensive about the type of relationship they can have with the therapist. They are uncertain if they can fully open up and express their issues and whether the therapy will help.
Solution: I approach each client as an individual with the desire to provide them comfort by approaching their issues holistically. Then, in collaboration with the client, I am able to identify and agree upon the therapeutic process that is attuned to their specific issues, needs, and what they desire to achieve from therapy.
Result: I strive to create a safe, welcoming, and comfortable environment and value the importance of the therapeutic relationship so they can move forward with ease.
Experience: Ambita is a Registered Psychotherapist with a Master’s degree in Counselling Psychotherapy from Yorkville University, Canada, and a Master’s degree in Organisational Psychology from Aston University, UK. She has vast experience in treating Trauma, including Acute Trauma (sudden grief, car accidents, serious injury, sexual assault, natural disasters, and witnessing a violent event), Chronic Trauma (domestic violence/ongoing abuse, prolonged bullying, exposure to war and combat, and exposure to repeated natural disasters), Complex Trauma /C-PTSD (attachment wounding, childhood trauma, healthy development of stress response system, ability to understand, communicate, and regulate emotions), and Complex Trauma with dissociation (depersonalization, derealisation, and dissociative amnesia).
Ambita is also experienced in treating obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), borderline personality disorder (BPD), relationship distress, loss and grief, managing anger, and treating individuals with terminal illnesses and caregivers. As a couple’s therapist, Ambita has helped couples with sex and intimacy issues, rebuild trust, strengthen attachment, improve communication and conflict resolution, and better understand relationship dynamics. Ambita is keen on helping clients with sleep issues and sleep-related disorders and is completing her Integrative Adult Sleep certification.
Before becoming a Psychotherapist, Ambita spent over a decade working as an Organizational Psychologist. There, she gained experience counseling employees regarding job performance, career-related issues, and workplace skills. She participated in various organizational restructuring initiatives.
Languages: English, Bengali, Hindi
Client Focus: Individuals, Children (age five years and above), Couples,
Types of therapy: EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), DBR (Deep Brain Reorienting: Treating shock, dissociation, and attachment wounding from traumatic experiences), SE (Somatic Experiencing), EFT (Emotion Focused Therapy), MBSR (Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction), Ego State Interventions and Parts work, Polyvagal (Regulating the nervous system), ERP (Exposure and Response Prevention), and CBT (Cognitive Behaviour Therapy).
Issues: (Standard) Trauma (PTSD, Complex PTSD, Dissociative PTSD, Acute Stress Disorder), Nervous System Dysregulation (Being stuck in fight, flight, freeze, and fawn response), employment-related stressors, Anxiety, Depression, Grief and Loss, Anger Management, Relationship Distress and navigating/healing from Antagonistic Relationships, Self-esteem, Body image concerns, and Sleep issues and sleep-related disorders.
Specialties: Trauma (PTSD, Complex PTSD, Dissociative PTSD, Acute Stress Disorder), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), nervous system dysregulation, attachment wounding, grief and loss, anger management, work harassment, life transitions, depression, self-worth, borderline personality disorder (BPD), and Sleep issues and sleep-related disorders.
More than just my work: I was fortunate to grow up in an open and equitable environment that inspired individuality while providing the protection and sense of security of a collective environment. This helped me relate to Herman Hesse’s saying, “Within you, there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself.” Varied dance forms and music from around the world have attracted me since a young age, bringing me peace and joy. I also love cooking, yoga and meditation. These are aspects of my inner sanctuary.
Languages:
English, Bengali, Hindi
Client Focus:
Individuals, Children (age five years and above), Couples,
Types of therapy:
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), DBR (Deep Brain Reorienting: Treating shock, dissociation, and attachment wounding from traumatic experiences), SE (Somatic Experiencing), EFT (Emotion Focused Therapy), MBSR (Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction), Ego State Interventions and Parts work, Polyvagal (Regulating the nervous system), ERP (Exposure and Response Prevention), and CBT (Cognitive Behaviour Therapy).
Issues:
(Standard) Trauma (PTSD, Complex PTSD, Dissociative PTSD, Acute Stress Disorder), Nervous System Dysregulation (Being stuck in fight, flight, freeze, and fawn response), employment-related stressors, Anxiety, Depression, Grief and Loss, Anger Management, Relationship Distress and navigating/healing from Antagonistic Relationships, Self-esteem, Body image concerns, and Sleep issues and sleep-related disorders.
(Specialties) Trauma (PTSD, Complex PTSD, Dissociative PTSD, Acute Stress Disorder), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), nervous system dysregulation, attachment wounding, grief and loss, anger management, work harassment, life transitions, depression, self-worth, borderline personality disorder (BPD), and Sleep issues and sleep-related disorders.