Chrystel Martel, Social service worker

Biography

What if each recurring difficulty was an invitation to better understand what’s going on inside you?

With Chrystel, you’ll be able to put words to what you’re feeling, understand where it comes from, and begin making concrete changes.

She offers thoughtful and clear-eyed support to help you decode recurring patterns, lighten emotional burdens, and transform what’s holding you back—so you can build healthier relationships, both with others and with yourself.

Chrystel is currently deepening her clinical practice through a Master’s in Counselling, specializing in couple and family interventions. This path builds on her foundational training in social work, which shaped her integrative approach and systemic understanding of individual, relational, and contextual challenges.

Areas of Expertise

Family Issues:

• Parental separation

• Blended families

• Family conflicts

• Parental alienation

• Intergenerational trauma

Parenting Coaching:

• Parent-child/adolescent relationships

• Crisis management

• Adjusting parenting approaches

Emotional & Behavioral Regulation:

• Emotion management

• Impulsivity

• Oppositional behavior

• High sensitivity

• Assertiveness

• Eating disorders

• Self-destructive behaviors

Anxiety & Self-Esteem:

• Separation anxiety

• Performance anxiety

• Confidence and self-esteem

Psychological Distress:

• Depression

• Suicidal ideation and prevention

• Acute anxiety episodes (panic attacks)

Neurodivergence:

• Attention Deficit Disorder, with or without hyperactivity (ADHD / ADD)

• High intellectual potential (HIP)

• Giftedness