Salt Marsh Counselling
Grow more resilient, connected and alive.
teddykellamtherapy@gmail.com
Welcome! I’m Teddy.
A Registered Therapeutic Counsellor & Somatic Experiencing Practitioner
I’m also a forest-walker, a mama of three, a caregiver for my own mother, a dog-lover, a world-griever, and a deep feeler. On my healing path I’ve taken risks, stumbled, tried out new ways of being, and learned to offer myself compassion. Through it all I’ve come alive in ways I never thought I could.
I’ve offer the cutting-edge experiential therapies that truly worked to rewire my brain and nervous system, so I can support this healing in others.
AEDP© (Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Processing) is an attachment-focused therapy that creates safety for difficult emotions to finally be felt, processed and transformed into emotional resilience.
Somatic Experiencing© is a body-focused therapy that guides a nervous system stuck in chronic distress or anxiety into a more natural rhythm where it can mobilize for action, then return to a calm, present state.
Transpersonal and Interpersonal Biology-informed approaches rewrite the “wounded” beliefs developed from earliest relationships - such as “I’m not enough,” “I am not loveable” or “I cannot trust” for healthier relationships with self and others.
This potent combination offers a pathway to resilience, connection, and a deeper sense of aliveness and vitality.
Types of clients I tend to work well with might be:
sensitive or deeply feeling, ready to dive in and roll up their sleeves
navigating trauma, anxiety, PTSD, loss or depression
experiencing a chronic illness or caregiving challenges
trying to heal from an upbringing with a traumatized, abusive or neglectful mother
holding a marginalized identity within a colonial society
trying not to pass harmful family patterns down to a child
finding that world grief, climate distress and systems collapse are impacting mental health
craving gentleness alongside strength, humour and warmth
Clients tell me I am a safe harbour. I offer deep presence and warmth.
If you choose to join me for therapy, we will laugh together and make space for tears when they come. I’m here to see you as your best self, and to offer a hand so you can feel more vitality and flourish. You can read more about me here.
Might we be a good fit? If you are curious, I invite you to contact me for a no-charge consultation.
That way you can get a sense of me and whether we would be a good fit. I offer sessions online as well as in-person in Cowichan Bay, British Columbia. You can reach me here: