Selena Lasota

Selena Lasota is a mental health professional currently pursuing her Master of Social Work in Indigenous Trauma and Resiliency at the University of Toronto. She is of mixed European and Coast Salish heritage. In her practice, Selena provides gentle, person-centred, and resilience-based therapy to help individuals learn new cognitive and behavioural tools for managing their experiences, emotions, and thoughts. She is committed to offering a non-judgmental, collaborative relationship where clients feel connected and understood. Often, Selena focuses on intergenerational trauma and resiliency within the family system and ancestry. She empowers clients by validating the behaviours they have used so far to cope with and survive intense and painful emotions. By building connections with her clients and aligning with their goals, Selena aims to promote lasting change together.

Selena’s professional experience includes working as a child and youth mental health counsellor in First Nation Communities within Nuu-chah-nulth Territory. She provided crisis support, individual counselling, and group counselling for children five to twelve years old. Additionally, she facilitated a strengths-based after-school programs for children. Selena often utilized a DBT-informed approach, with a focus on mindfulness skills, to help clients manage challenging thoughts and behaviours.