Delaine Tiniakos-Doran
Counsellor, RCT-C, MPlan (they, them)
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103 Ochterloney Street, Dartmouth, NS B2Y
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Delaine’s approach to therapeutic work centers the agency, dignity, and inherent ‘enoughness’ of each client. Delaine works through a trauma-informed, fat-positive, anti-oppressive, intersectional, and queer affirming lens, working to meet clients right where they are. Her perspective is that you have all the expertise on your experience, your needs, and your life, and she has some expertise to offer on the therapeutic process. Together, they hope you will make a great team.
They work with all clients in a variety of topics ranging from gender and sexuality, birth trauma, postpartum mood disorders, parenting, navigating neurodivergence in an affirming way (ADHD, ASD, C-PTSD), as well as anxiety, depression, and disordered eating.
Their main therapeutic modalities include using parts work, the NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM), and Felt Sense Polyvagal Theory to treat trauma, relational challenges, and to facilitate greater self-understanding. They also weave a generative somatics approach throughout all of their work.
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Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Prelicense by Province of Nova Scotia / RCT-C25-062 Supervised by Dr. Kelly Brenton (Nova Scotia / RCT-24-050) Delaine Tiniakos-Doran
- In Practice for 1 year
- Attended Acadia University, Master's of Education in Counselling Therapy, Graduated 2025
Education and Years In Practice
Delaine Tiniakos-Doran
Counsellor, RCT-C, MPlan
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Specialties and Expertise
Expertise
- ADHD
- Anxiety
- Autism
- Body Image
- Caregivers
- Chronic Illness
- Chronic Pain
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Grief
- LGBTQ+
- Life Transitions
- Mood Disorders
- Parenting
- Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
- Relationship Issues
- Self Esteem
- Self-Harming
- Sex-Positive, Kink Allied
- Stress
- Suicidal Ideation
- Transgender
- Trauma and PTSD
- Women's Issues
Delaine Tiniakos-Doran
Counsellor, RCT-C, MPlan
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Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
- Attachment-based
- Culturally Sensitive
- Feminist
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Narrative
- Person-Centered
- Play Therapy
- Somatic
- Strength-Based
- Trauma Focused
Delaine Tiniakos-Doran
Counsellor, RCT-C, MPlan
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Location
Delaine Tiniakos-Doran
Counsellor, RCT-C, MPlan