Émilie Poisson-Côte - Les Vagues Communauté Thérapeutique

Émilie Poisson-Côté

Somatic therapist & kinesiologist

Émilie is a somatic therapist and kinesiologist. Her approach is for people who want to explore what they are going through via the body’s experience, whether it is a difficult period of life, a conflicted relationship with the body or relational issues. She loves creating a therapeutic space filled with curiosity and kindness, where the body becomes a place of feeling, knowledge and authentic self-expression.

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HER PRACTICE

Coming from the world of dance, Émilie has worked through movement for more than 15 years in a variety of contexts, from teaching to chronic pain rehabilitation and mental health support. Her recent years of experience in an alternative mental health resource have allowed her to reconnect with a vision of the human being that has long been with her. A vision now at the heart of her practice: meeting the person in all that they are, beyond their symptoms and diagnoses, and trusting the meaning they give to their experience.

Each session starts from where the person is, in the present moment. Attention to the sensations, emotions and thoughts that arise helps support the path to be taken. Drawing in particular on mindfulness, body awareness and somatic education, the sessions take the form of a dialogue interspersed with movement explorations. Moving the body becomes a way to go through your experience differently and to discover, more deeply, what it reveals about you.

The process helps refine your perception of what you are going through, discover your own resources and broaden the range of your experience. Designed as a collaborative space, the invitation is both to come back to yourself and inhabit your body more fully, and to explore new ways of being in the world together.

Her therapeutic practice is enriched by her artistic work. Through poetry, illustrated stories and visual arts, she loves cultivating her creativity and exploring other ways of giving shape to human experience.