Danielle Bird - Complex Trauma Recovery Coach

Experience

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  Killick Group

  Jan 2013 - Apr 2020

  Administrative Assistant

  Processing Expense Claims and Invoices.Invoicing clients for secondment inspectors.Revising and formatting CVs of potential inspectors.Keeping record of Man-hour Expenditure Reports (MERs) using a data management system.Communicating with vendors and clients to update information & more tasks available upon request.

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  Foot Locker

  Apr 2019 - Oct 2019

  Retail Sales Associate

  Ensuring customer satisfaction by being informed on all products offered and teaming up with co-workers to provide excellent sales service (lead in employee sales).Continuously learning and sharing expertise of products and trends to fit customer’s needs.Awareness of all product knowledge, and current or upcoming product/trends.Opening and closing the store: cleaning, counting tills, locking up, etc.

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  Mic Mac Bar and Grill

  Oct 2019 - Jun 2021

  Server, Food Runner, Hostess

  Greeting guests, answering phone, taking and confirming orders.Acquiring necessary food/condiments to complete orders in kitchen and serving to customers in a timely manner.Informing guests of specials and appetizers while seating.Managing opening, ongoing and closing duties (e.g., maintaining restrooms every 30 minutes, cleaning cutlery and re-stocking stations, counting inventory, plotting floorpan and reservations for the following day, etc.).Building and maintaining welcoming and uplifting culture amongst staff and customers. Show less

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  Self-employed

  Dec 2020 - Apr 2021

  Eating Disorder Recovery Coaching

  Provided individual (1:1) trauma-informed sessions online.The program focused on helping the client clarify and work towards their recovery goals, discover their “why’s” for recovery, work through fear foods, heal their negative body image, teach coping skills for difficult thoughts and feelings, and helping the client to re-discover their sense of security, autonomy, and joyful purpose.

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  Merry Pop-Ins Domestic Services

  Jan 2021 - Jun 2021

  Cleaning Specialist

  Cleaning personal and professional homes.Maintaining uplifting and positive client relations via communications.

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  Self-employed

  Oct 2021 - Aug 2022

  Spiritual Coaching

  Provided approximately 500 individual (1:1) trauma-informed sessions.Empathically held space for clients to explore psychological blocks and collaboratively uncovered how to surmount them for their best interest.Serviced individuals 18+ with diverse identities, ethnicities, beliefs, etc.

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  Breelove.ca

  May 2023 - Dec 2023

  Trauma Counselling Therapist

  Provided humanistic trauma informed psychotherapy at an online trauma clinic for individuals presenting with complex trauma and other mental health conditions (e.g., ADHD, depression, addictions, anxiety, etc.).210+ hours of direct individual counselling for a consistent case load of 24 clients bi-weekly, working with 60+ clients over the course of internship.31 hours of supervision, 310+ indirect client hours (e.g., writing client session progress notes, record keeping, preparation related to client work such as research and further trainings, consultation with other professionals onsite, client treatment plans, etc.). Show less

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  Self-employed

  Feb 2024 - now

  Complex Trauma Recovery Coaching

  I guide clients stuck in chronic fight-flight-freeze or shutdown modes to reconnect with their bodies, release trauma, and rediscover safety and authentic connection.