OUR Therapists
Leslie Ann Costello, PhD, L Psych, CBT
Leslie Ann is a psychologist and certified bioenergetic therapist. Her practice is limited to supervision and consultation. Her writings for therapists can be found on Medium.com. Her book, Helping Mothers, Helping Babies: Somatic perinatal psychotherapy, arrives in Spring, 2025.
Fredericton, New Brunswick.
https://wordpress.com/home/frederictonbioenergetics.wordpress.com
Paula Foley, MSW, RSW, CBT
Paula is a clinical social worker with a specialty in complex grief, a psychotherapist, and a certified bioenergetic therapist. She is certified in trauma releasing exercises, mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, and Reiki. Paula's maternal lineage is Mi'kmaq, and she has practiced in Indigenous communities with children focusing on social/emotional learning, mindfulness and integrating culture as a foundation for healing from trauma.
Most of us have a place within where we are healthy and experience well-being. However, the experience may be fleeting for some. Difficult experiences such as loss, illness, family dysfunction, burnout, trauma, and sudden changes may impact how we function in life. At times, coping strategies can turn into unhealthy patterns which may manifest as anxiety, chronic pain, depression, relationship problems, problems at work, anger or extreme stress. Therapy can support us to identify with the parts of ourselves which are healthy. By connecting to our authentic core, we intentionally choose strategies and lifestyles that best serve our lives and relationships.
Paula currently offers online video sessions to clients in Atlantic Canada. Services are offered to clients in need of support with grief, illness, chronic pain, stress, anxiety, trauma, and relational issues.
Miramichi, New Brunswick
https://heidisturgeon.com/paula-foley
1-844-932-4333
Angela Funari, MA, RCT-C
Angela is a registered counselling therapist (candidate) and has completed the joint bioenergetics training program of the Atlantic Canada and Massachusetts Societies for Bioenergetic Analysis.
Angela believes in creating a safe place for clients to feel heard, seen, and supported while exploring and discovering their authentic selves. She is mindful, present, and passionate and wants to meet you where you are in your journey. Her approach reflects that the mind and body are directly linked and that our embodied experiences shape how we function in the world. These life events may hinder our emotional growth and ability to live vibrantly. Understanding our upbringing can influence our current relationships with family, friends, and partners.
Angela possesses previous experience working with adults from the 2SLGBTQ+ and poly communities. She integrates bioenergetic analysis, psychodynamic, trauma-informed, attachment-based therapies, affirmative, and CBT. Her areas of practice include ADHD, grief and loss, trauma, anxiety, depression, mood and personality disorders, sexual orientation, gender identity, maladaptive patterns, and many others.
Halifax, Nova Scotia
(782) 400-6409
Ailsa Keppie, BSc (Hons), SSE, MFT
Ailsa is a trained intimacy educator and somatic therapist and has been working in the field of hands-on bodywork, somatic coaching and healing for over a decade. Ailsa brings aspects from her background in circus arts, physical theatre, music, dance, myofascial release, bioenergetic processes, archetypes and spirituality to her work with clients. In 2024 she completed the four-year training in bioenergetic analysis and often uses this work within her somatic coaching sessions. Ailsa has really embodied her own healing journey and now brings her awareness and understanding to others. Ailsa works both online and in person. She is a member of the World Association of Sex Coaches, the Somatic Sex Educators Association, the United States Association of Body Psychotherapy, the Association of Sexological Bodyworkers, and the Massage Therapy Association of Nova Scotia.
Grand Pré, Nova Scotia
Dan Beaudette, MEd, LCT-C
Dan is licensed a licensed counselling therapist (candidate) and has completed the joint training program of the Atlantic Canada and Massachusetts Societies for Bioenergetic Analysis. His goal as a therapist is to provide a warm, welcoming, and accepting space for clients to be seen, heard, and supported while they explore their emotional selves and their connections with others around them.
Dan’s areas of practice include grief and loss, anxiety, depression, and trauma, particularly as these issues become more evident and problematic during life transitions. He is oriented towards longer-term work around root causes, such as poor nurturing and childhood trauma.
Dan’s approach is an integration of bioenergetic analysis and emotionally focused therapy, both of which have a strong base in childhood attachment theory and view emotional processing as critical to healing. You can expect to be offered the opportunity to engage in somatic (body-based) interventions and in imagined encounters with another part of the self or with significant others.
Fredericton, New Brunswick