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CEO of Beyond the Cycle Trauma and Wellness Clinic.
CEO of Monarch Child & Family Therapy Inc.

Published AUTHOR and WRITER
(Workbook being Published)
(Memoire: Coming Soon)

AUTHOR & WRITER
Trainer / Facilitator / Practitioner

Dr. Cindy Medeiros-Connors, PsyD, MACP, BSCJ

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Cindy has a PsyD (Doctor of Psychology in Grief Counselling) 

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Cindy also holds a Masters Degree in Counselling Psychology, and a Bachelors Degree in Criminal Justice & Organizational Leadership

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Dr. Cindy is a Published AUTHOR and WRITER

 

Registered / Certified and Trained in the following Specialties:

  • Master- Certified EMDR Specialist (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) (for: Children, Youth and Adults) with over 5000 hrs of EMDR &  Hypnotherapy Clientele Services Conducted.
     

  • ART (Accelerated Resolution Therapy)
     

  • (NARM) NeuroAffective Relational Model (Currently In-Training)
     

  • IFS Internal Family Systems (Certified Specialization in Inner Healing Trauma Work.
     

  • Play Therapy / Sandplay / Art Therapy / Sensorimotor Therapy
     

  • Mindfulness  / Solution Focused
     

  • Complex Trauma / Clinical / Intergenerational Trauma Specialist
     

  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

  • Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT)
     

  • Circle of Security (Facilitator) - Attachment Based Therapy for Parents/Caregivers
     

  • Certified Advanced BLAST Practitioner

  • Advanced BLAST Hypnotherapy 
     

  • ​Approved Supervisor for Master Level students 
     

  • Board Member of a (Non-Profit) Organization within the Community of the RMWB
     

  • Holistic Facilitator & Somatic-Energy and Breathwork Practitioner.
     

  • Trainer: Transforming the Trauma Within (Copyright 2025 Workbook and Training provided by Dr. Cindy).

    Cindy is registered as a Counselling Therapist; and C.C.C​

Cindy, (originally raised in Alberta, Canada), brings a rich cultural background of European Portuguese (from her Mothers side), and a Portuguese/ Moroccan (Northern African) descent (from her fathers side).

As a young adult living, collaborating, & experiencing several lived places; such as Alberta. British Columbia, Arizona, California, and Washington State, she has proudly called the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (RMWB)  home since 2012.

Her diverse experiences and deep roots in the community enrich her professional journey and personal connections.

We respectfully acknowledge that we reside on Treaty No. 8 Territory, which encompasses the ancestral and traditional lands of the Cree, Dene, and Métis peoples. We recognize and honor the enduring stewardship of this land by Indigenous communities, whose deep connections to the land, water, and sky have sustained their cultures and ways of life for generations.

Dr. Cindy has worked with Children, Adolescents and Families for 25 plus years; 
 

With OVER 15 years of direct counselling, mental health therapy, and support services to children, adolescents, adults and families); as well as 13 years in Critical Response, Forensic Interviewing, and Crisis Intervention Work. 

 

 

 

Dr. Cindy specializes in Therapy services for Children, Youth and Adults, while utilizing specialized approaches and professional therapist modalities that work within complex trauma, behavioural and Conduct disorders, stress, anxiety, emotional disorders, attachment, disassociation and parent / family supportive services.

 

Cindy has significant experience working within crisis intervention / first responder, and Child Intervention services. This included working with families directly involved with Government Intervention Services and Court related processes (such as Voice of the child; divorce or separation; custody & access; child intervention cases, and direct parent / family support).

 

Cindy currently provides Therapy services to children/youth within the ages of 3-18 years of age, as well as Therapy to Adults and Family Therapy.  As well as Parental and Family support services.

 

Cindy's approach is a combination of Eclecticism and Multitheoretical approach; this framework allows a combined intervention from more than one theoretical source based on the client's individual needs, which allows techniques based on their efficiency/effectiveness. 

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Clientele:

Children (aged 3yrs and up,

Youth,

Adults,

Individuals,

Family Support,

Assessments (Non-Diagnosed),

and VOICE OF THE CHILD (PN7)

Beyond the Cycle Trauma and Wellness Clinic (and) Monarch Child & Family Therapy Inc.​

(Copyright 2012-current)​

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