Meet Gabriela Dagenais, 

Your compassionate psychotherapist and coach who specializes in supporting high achievers, empaths, and trauma survivors navigating life transitions, burnout, and career misalignment. With her unique blend of clinical experience, coaching tools, and real-life insight, Gabriela helps clients rebuild self-trust, regulate their nervous system, and reconnect with what truly matters.

Gabriela's passion for mental health and authentic living led her to pursue advanced training in psychotherapy, trauma-informed care, and behavior change. She is also a certified smoking cessation coach through CAMH’s TEACH program, deepening her work in addiction and sustainable habit change.

Through her practice, Sea Horizon, she’s built a space where people can feel deeply seen, gently challenged, and fully supported as they navigate the messy middle and reimagine their future.

In her personal life, Gabriela values creativity, freedom and transparency. She’s a firm believer that work-life balance isn’t a luxury, it’s a necessity!

Whether she’s dancing, biking to barre class, sipping a coffee, or taking quiet time to recharge, she knows that caring for her own nervous system helps her show up fully for others. And yes, she always makes room for a little joy, even on the hard days.

EDUCATION and REGISTRATION STATUS:


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CERTIFICATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING


  • Certified Smoking Cessation Coach – CAMH (TEACH Program) 2025 Training in addiction, behavioural change, and motivational counselling.

  • Trauma Certificate - Laurier University (In-progress)

    • Trauma-Centred Psychotherapy Techniques (Sept 2024)

    • Polyvagal Theory: A Bottom-Up Approach for Trauma Treatment (Oct- 2024)

  • Somatic Therapies for Trauma Program, 2022

    • Utilized this program to enhance my ability to support clients experiencing workplace stress and anxiety through body-based techniques for nervous system regulation (inspired by Dr. Peter Levine).Rewiretraumatherapy.com

AREA OF EXPERTISE


  • Burnout | Compassion fatigue | Life Transitions | Grief and Loss | Identity Anxiety Disorders | Emotional Regulation | Depressive Disorders | Trauma & Stressor-Related Disorders (PTSD)  | Relationship & Interpersonal Issues | School-Related Challenges | Sleep Issues | Smoking Cessation | ADHD | Career Guidance

MODALITIES


  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) | Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) | Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) | Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT) | Motivational Interviewing (MI)  | Attachment-Based Therapy (ABT) | Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT) | Polyvagal Theory (PT)

Email:Gabriela@seahorizon.ca

Languages: English and French

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What my clients say

Thank you for all your help this year. You've helped me more than anyone thus far. I met a really nice girl and we both went through a narc relationship. The communication we have is so good and we are taking it very slow. Thanks for helping get my confidence back.

D.C

Je me suis sentie validée lorsque tu m'as expliqué pourquoi mon corps réagit de cette façon quand je suis confrontée à un problème. J'ai aussi beaucoup aimé quand tu m'as rappelé que l'expérience de vie que j'ai n'est pas la même que celle des autres, donc ça peut expliquer pourquoi leur comportement est différent. Tes conseils sont vraiment concrets.

A.A

"What I will remember the most is to not holding on to guilt; I just felt so much guilt, I realize that I'm not the problem, that the system is broken, and it's not my job to repare it, my job is to be there for the kids, I'm coming to terms with this issue."

B.D

"I have noticed my sense of self-worth increase simply because Gabby shined a light on my magic."

G.F

"I love the questions you are asking; it's really making me reflect and see another perspective. "

L.L

I feel a lot more centered. I'm not reacting to everything like I used to. It went so fast, I can't believe so much has changed in such a short period of time."

F.D

You made it easy for me to express myself. I really appreciate it,' and I was really amazed by how quickly you came up with the Venn diagram; that was really helpful.

B.P