Welcome to Divine Alchemy
Counselling for Healing, Reorganization, and Lasting Change
Whether you are healing from trauma or feeling stuck in ways of responding that no longer make sense, this work supports you in reconnecting with your body, restoring clarity, and moving forward with greater ease.
At Divine Alchemy, therapy is guided by an Inner Coherence framework that works with patterns shaped by trauma, stress, and long-term self-override -supporting your system to reorganize in a way that feels natural, stable, and sustainable.
A coherent Approach to Deep Change
This work goes beyond symptom management or insight alone, even beyond reprocessing trauma.
It uses a Coherence Framework to support the nervous system to reorganize so that change feels natural, stable, and lived — not something you have to constantly maintain.
What is Divine Alchemy?
Divine Alchemy is the transformational process where what is held in the body, the psyche, and deeper layers of the self begins to reorganize.
As coherence increases, emotions that were once stuck or overwhelming begin to change form. What was experienced as intensity or reactivity becomes usable energy—supporting clarity, movement, and presence.
Anger becomes directed energy.
Grief becomes depth and connection.
Fear becomes alertness and discernment.
This is not a process of forcing change, but of restoring the conditions where the system can metabolize experience in real time. As this happens, patterns that once repeated begin to loosen, and a more natural sense of aliveness and inner authority emerges.
Services
Psychotherapy
A compassionate, attuned space that supports healing, clarity, and meaningful change. Identify root issues to repeating patterns or bring relief to mental health symptoms.
EMDR
A structured, evidence-based approach to processing and resolving traumatic experiences, reducing their emotional intensity and long-term impact. Paced or 3- or 5-day intensive options.
Inner Coherence
Restore your relationship with your intuitive body-based knowing and rebuild inner authority.
This work focuses on shifting patterns of self-override, helping you:
- recognize your body’s signals
- respond instead of react
- move out of survival patterns
- make decisions with greater clarity and steadiness
Psychedelic Integration Therapy
Process and integrate expanded-state experiences in a grounded, therapeutic container so insights translate into real, lasting change.
Indigenous Counselling
Culturally sensitive, trauma-informed support that honours the unique experiences, histories, and strengths of Indigenous individuals with an FNHA approved provider.
Energy-Based Support
For those drawn to energetic work, sessions may include Reiki with a Reiki Grandmaster, shamanic-informed or somatic practices that support emotional and energetic clearing.
Meet Vivananda Gaia
(formerly Christina Clapperton)
Vivananda Gaia is a trauma-informed therapist specializing in the reorganization of patterns shaped by trauma, stress, and long-term adaptation.
With nearly a decade of clinical experience, her work bridges psychotherapy, nervous system awareness, and depth-oriented approaches to support lasting, embodied change.
Her approach is:
- grounded
- non-pathologizing
- deeply attuned
- paced to each individual system
Contact
Begin Your Healing Process
Whether you are working through trauma, navigating life transitions, or seeking deeper clarity, Divine Alchemy offers a grounded and supportive space for change.