Megan Vandersluys

Welcome! I’m Megan, and I created Blossom Tree Counselling in 2017, with the intention to create a supportive place for children, teens and parents who are having a hard time with anxiety, mood, challenging behaviours and family transitions. Over the past several years I have also had many kiddos presenting with concerns that result from their neurodiversity, whether they are 2E, have learning challenges, present with ADHD, or are highly sensitive. Some children and youth present with sensory processing concerns, along with other issues that come up with being differently wired. I practice Synergetic Play Therapy, an approach that focuses on helping to children to increase their interoceptive awareness (noticing what’s happening in their body), while improving their emotional awareness and their ability to self regulate.

As a step parent, I also love helping blended families process the challenges that arise from all the differing dynamics that are part of being in a blended family.

In addition to play therapy and working with families, I support parents in healing their own losses from their childhood. As a Peaceful Parenting Educator, I truly believe that the hardest part of parenting is undoing the hardwiring we experienced during our own childhood. Understanding what triggers our reactivity with our own kids, where that came from, how it plays out in our relationships in our family, how to tame those triggers and break the cycle of authoritarian and shame based parenting. It is hard work making those changes but I truly believe it’s never too late to repair those relationships. Being certified in EMDR, I help clients process those past childhood memories that hold those negative, triggering reactions, so that we can heal those triggers and parent from a more empathetic and respectful place. Currently I am working towards my Certification in Emotion focused couples therapy (EFCT) and Emotion Focused Family Therapy and completing additional training in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. 

Trainings to date:

October 2026 - Emotion Focused Therapy Core Skills 

2026 - Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with Russ Harris

2026 - Emotion Focused Couples Therapy Externship 

2026 - The Happiness Trap course (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy)

2025 - Advanced Synergetic Play Therapy retreat 

2025 - Emotion Focused Family Therapy Consultation

2025 - Emotion Focused Family Therapy and Changing Families

2025 - Exploring Attachment Rhythms in Sandtray Therapies - Marshall Lyles

2023 - Emotion Focused Family Therapy Level 2

2022 - Emotion Focused Family Therapy Level 1

2022 - EMDR & Sandtray Certification, Anna Gomez, Phoenix AZ 

2020 - EMDR Certification