About Psychology & Counseling Centre
Angela Seaward, BA, MSW, RSW
Registered Social Worker
Angela is a registered social worker with the Newfoundland and Labrador College of Social Workers. For the majority of her career, she has been working in the area of mental health and addictions with focus in the understanding and treatment of a variety of addictions. Angela has experience treating individuals and their families who've been affected by a variety of addictions, including substance use, gambling, and compulsive sexual behaviours.
Angela has worked with youth, adults, couples and families with a variety of identified concerns, including trauma, anxiety, depression, ADHD, grief/bereavement, emotional regulation and stress management.
Angela employs a variety of therapeutic approaches to meet the unique needs of clients, including Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) , Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) , Motivational Interviewing, Structured Relapse Prevention and Harm Reduction strategies. These approaches are utilized under a trauma informed lens and strength-based perspective. She has also completed training in crisis response and ASIST.
Angela thrives to provide an environment that is holistic, non-judgmental and inclusive so clients have a safe space to gain understanding and knowledge to achieve their identified goals.
Cyril McLaughlin, MSW, RSW
Registered Social Worker
Cyril has over 20 years of experience working with individuals and organizations in different roles ranging from disability management to the provision of counselling services. He holds a Master of Social Work degree as well as Bachelor degrees in Arts, Education and Social Work. He is an EMDRIA Certified Therapist, EMDRIA Consultant in Training and is currently working on becoming a Somatic Experiencing (SE) Practitioner. He has provided counselling services in a hospital setting, public health community setting, military setting and private practice. He has been providing counseling services, workplace facilitation services and critical incident support services since 2013.
Cyril recently retired as a civilian clinical social worker from the Department of National Defense (DND) following a 13-year career where he provided mental health counseling to Canada’s soldiers at 9 Wing Gander, NL. Following his departure from DND, he started working full time in private practice in Gander, NL providing in-person and virtual mental health counselling and consulting services. Cyril provides therapy services to teenagers and adults for a variety of mental health concerns. He has a special interest in working with individuals who experience anxiety, depression, stress-related coping behavior, complicated grief, operational stress injuries (OSI), Post Traumatic Stress (PTSD), trauma in general and workplace issues.
Cyril believes that individuals are the experts of their own lives and works collaboratively with clients to develop a treatment approach that best suits their needs and objectives. He draws primarily from attachment theory and utilizes Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR), Ego State Therapy, Somatic Experiencing (SE) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).
Lilly Hodge, BSW, RSW
Registered Social Worker