Mind, Body & Nervous System
Alaina cockburn, msw,rsw
Meet Alaina!
Hi I am Alaina!
I am a social worker and psychotherapist with over 20 years of experience walking alongside children, youth, and families as they navigate life’s challenges. Throughout my career, I have supported young people and their caregivers through a wide range of experiences that can create stress and disconnection — including anxiety, depression, PTSD and complex trauma, ADHD, difficulties with emotion regulation, and family or relationship conflict.
I am extremely passionate about helping adolescent and young adult women rediscover their self-worth, confidence and promote healthy relationships. I have extensive experience and training in attachment focused therapy. I love to help young women learn how to implement boundaries, increase their self-confidence and self-esteem that leads to healthier relationships with self and others.
As a certified trauma therapist, I draw on a variety of evidence-based approaches, blending my clinical knowledge with compassion and curiosity. I believe that every person holds inherent worth and the
capacity for change. Together, we will create a safe, collaborative space to explore the places where your intentions and actions feel out of alignment — always at your pace, with respect or your unique story and strengths.
A bit more about Alaina from Bianca...
Alaina and I have been acquainted in the community for some quiet time with our love for fitness. We attended the same gym for 2 years and quickly began to connect over our similar work when I was working in Youth Justice with young people in conflict with the law.
What stood out to me about Alaina is her talent for working with such sensitive and vulnerable topics (sexually harmful behaviour) and her ability to stay extremely curious and non-judgement but affirm strong boundaries and accountability in her clients. She is very attachment focused and her knowledge is extremely strong in this area. She has a talent for building a safe relationship to those who need it most to help them transform even the most judged behaviours in society. I have first hand worked with clients who have worked with Alaina through their journey and they have told me the profound impact she has had on them and transforming their lives for the better.
Alaina is very skilled at looking at automatic behaviours and tracing them back to childhood, inner needs that we don't realize aren't being met and her way of helping those discover their self-esteem and self - worth.
I also admire that Alaina believes in pouring into her self to show up as the best version of herself in all environments. We often cross paths at our local yoga studio, fitness classes and now we are co-workers! Please help me welcome Alaina to the team. I am so grateful to bring her on and have her experience benefit her new role in private practice.