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Here at Brave Steps, I offer a unique and powerful approach to the human experience and mental health that focuses on the integration of mind, body, and spirit. My holistic methods aim to dissolve limiting beliefs, trauma imprints, and other obstacles that may be holding you back from achieving the life you desire.
~Dayle Lauren
Meet the founder
Brave Steps Integrative Wellness provides an experienced mental health professional dedicated to helping you achieve your goals. Dayle believes that true healing involves the integration of mind, body, and spirit. Facilitated methods of waking up the body's natural healing processes by working through six clinical domains is the foundation of the Brave Steps method which allows for the body's own wisdom to surface and resolve easily, often leading to dramatic and profound shifts in well-being quite rapidly.
Dayle, a licensed psychiatric nurse with years of experience in the field of mental health, and credentialed in selective somatic trauma therapies, specializes in treating a wide range of human experiences, including chronic stress, depression, addictions, anxiety, sexual trauma, and PTSD/c-PTSD. She is dedicated to helping her clients achieve their goals and live their best lives through embodied trauma healing and body-centered psychotherapy.
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The Approach
At Brave Steps Integrative Wellness, Dayle believes there is a great need for a holistic approach to mental health that focuses on the integration of mind, body, and spirit, and that power and control over these domains are deeply personal.
Her methods are designed to help you achieve lasting change and overcome obstacles that may be holding you back from living your best life, dissolving the stick-points that keep you feeling stuck and unable to achieve your desired outcomes.
The domains of the program are built on the tenets of Ethics and Integrity:
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Trauma Informed & Trauma Responsive Care
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Culturally Competent Care
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Ethical Practice
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Collaborative Care
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The method developed by Dayle incorporates a powerful blended approach that allows you to access the true Self hidden beneath layers of childhood traumas, imprints, limiting beliefs, trans-generational traumas and other adaptations that continue to inform the way you show up in the world today.
The work is simple, yet profoundly deep and effective, drawing on theories and principles from EBT (Evidence Based Treatments) and an Inner Directed approach.
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This transformative healing program embraces the comprehensive approach of the six essential domains of healing, weaving them into a holistic journey of self-discovery and growth. The path of healing is not linear, with each domain visited at anytime during the journey.
At its core, Brave Steps acknowledges the profound impact of the Existential domain, empowering individuals to explore the depths of their purpose and meaning in life. It fosters a profound sense of Self-Compassion, allowing participants to embrace their vulnerabilities and catalyze profound self-acceptance.
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Body Awareness, another integral domain, is skillfully integrated, enabling individuals to connect with the wisdom of their bodies through somatic movement and therapy, thus unlocking a deeper understanding of the mind-body connection. This paves the way for the exploration of Emotional States, offering a safe space to navigate and process complex feelings, transforming them into sources of strength and resilience.
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Connectiveness is a vital thread woven throughout Brave Steps, where we nurture and foster the importance of human Connection. Participants are encouraged to forge authentic bonds, sharing experiences and empathetically supporting one another. This communal support amplifies the healing journey, demonstrating the power of shared understanding and empathy while providing fertile ground on which to repair and nourish existing relationships outside the group experience.
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Integration serves as the overarching theme, as the program expertly weaves all domains into a harmonious symphony of healing. It guides participants towards an integrated and balanced state of being, where existential insights, self-compassion, somatic awareness, emotional states, and connectiveness seamlessly coexist, empowering individuals to embark on their life's journey with renewed purpose, resilience, and a profound sense of wholeness.
Brave Steps illuminates the path towards holistic healing, offering a transformative experience that nurtures the mind, body, and soul.
The Brave Steps Program stands as a beacon of healing, firmly rooted in its four cornerstones:
Trauma-Informed and Trauma-Responsive Care
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With a commitment to providing comprehensive support, the Brave Steps program embraces trauma-informed principles, ensuring a safe and nurturing environment for individuals to embark on their healing journey.
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Culturally Competent Care
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Recognizing and respecting diverse backgrounds and perspectives, fostering inclusivity, and honoring the richness of human diversity
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Ongoing practice and learning of cultural humility, sensitivity and safety
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Ethical Practices
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The bedrock of the program, ensuring the highest standards of integrity, privacy, and professional conduct.
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Collaborative Care
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Through collaborative care, participants are empowered through the fostering of a supportive community, involving them in their healing process, and collaborating with a network of experts to provide a comprehensive and holistic approach to wellness.
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Integration of Cultural ways of being and knowing
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As a result, the Brave Steps Program emerges as a holistic haven for individuals seeking transformative healing, trauma recovery, and personal growth, with these core principles driving the commitment to fostering holistic well-being and resilience.
" I truly enjoy my sessions with Dayle. She always intuitively knows what I need. With her gentle approach, I found it easy to trust the process. Thank you!"
— Ruth T., Vanderhoof, BC
" I received an amazing session with Dayle. She holds a very strong, non-judgmental space where I really felt comfortable to express my deepest wounds. She really saw me and used her intuitive gifts and process to guide me to more freedom and peace. Her kindness and insight are truly a gift and I highly recommend her. She also held a very peaceful loving space where healing can happen miraculously.
XXX. Thank you Dayle, I'm so grateful for YOU!"
— Carmel N., Ireland
"...I got results of a CT scan from last week. The cancer has shrunk «significantly ». I think the work I’m doing with you absolutely is enhancing the conventional therapy. Thank you a million times!!!!"
— E.K., Ladysmith, BC
“Hi Dayle, I wanted to let you know that I have felt a reduction in anger and am still feeling a little more loose than normal. Of all the healers that I have recently worked with, this work is giving the best results so far. I just wanted to express my appreciation.”
— Revel G., Portland, OR
“She has a gentle, intuitive way of working and gives a very complete session and support every time. I have been lucky enough to work with her, and feel that every need was met. She takes the time to spend with you, contributing to a warm and caring space. Dayle is an exceptional mentor and I highly recommend her.”
— D.W.K., Ladysmith, BC
Testimonials
“I had a wonderful healing session with Dayle. From the first minute I felt easier already in her presence. Her compassion and light guided me in those directions where I needed healing the most. She was able to find those wounded parts of me which I didn't knew even exist. After Dayle's sessions I felt instant shift in my mental and emotional state to better level. The most important thing that she hold space for me in which I could feel safe and truly be my self. Dayle's energy one of a kind as well as her gifts. She was using a few different healing modalities on me which was healing and energizing at the same time. Also Dayle was able to identify right not only my emotions but my physical health as well, which helped me to understand why certain health issues was present in my body. I would definitely want to have more sessions and dig deeper in those parts of me which needs healing.”
— Marina, Khazakstan, Russia
“I have been working with Dayle for a few sessions. She is an amazing intuitive healer with exceptional skill in holding space, guiding me in beautiful connections. In my most recent session, I was able to release a massive block which allowed me to move forward with my health and my business. I felt safe in sharing deep issues with Dayle because it is easy to sense her power and ability to co-create a healing container. After my session I felt a deep calm and stronger connection to my body, which I have not felt in a while. I now know I am better able to receive the life I deserve. I am so grateful to have experienced such a powerful clearing session with her. Thank you Dayle, you are amazing!.”
— Anna F., Montreal, QB
"I've completed three sessions with Dayle and have experienced remarkable personal growth in that short time. Prior to these sessions, I was suffering with persistent symptoms that compromised my ability to interact with others and manage my life in effective ways, including intrusive thoughts, anxiety, depression, and dissociation. Having completed these sessions, the frequency of those thoughts have been greatly reduced, and I'm noticing a host of benefits including reduced anxiety, improved energy levels and senses of optimism, and better senses of being present in the moment. These changes have helped shift my identity from that of a victim to that of a survivor, and I'm becoming far more capable of managing my life and interacting with others in effective ways. With all these changes in such a short time, Dayle's method has demonstrated its value, and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it to anyone seeking to improve their life."
— R .G., Ladysmith, BC
