About Us

Our 
Story

Heartwood Counselling was founded in 2017 by Elana Angus, who at that time was a hospital social worker. She integrated narrative therapy, mindfulness, and emotionally-focussed techniques in her career, but wanted a new therapy model before starting a private practice. After years of searching, she found an AEDP workshop. Elana immediately fell in love with the new model. Several months of studying and mentoring later, she was ready to leave her day job. After graduating her first student in 2019, she found her practice ready to expand.

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The ethos of AEDP is "undoing aloneness," and Heartwood aims to undo the aloneness of counsellors practicing private therapy. We offer team meetings, group consult, co-learning, internal chats, and shared office space. We love working together, learning from each other, and sharing knowledge and resources. Better, happier therapists makes for better, happier therapy!

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Are you looking to join our clinic? Learn more about current opportunities on our careers and students pages.