TRAINING, EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS
Magda Hayton
MS · CCC · BC-TMH · CCTP-II
Magda Hayton is a psychotherapist whose path to clinical work was not direct. Magda spent years as a medieval scholar — earning a PhD at the University of Toronto, researching, publishing, and teaching across disciplines. She came to clinical work with a researcher's instinct: read carefully, sit with complexity, and resist easy conclusions. Her clinical training since has been deliberate and cumulative, built around trauma, its neurobiological underpinnings, and the ways it shows up for people who often least expect it.
LICENSES & CERTIFICATIONS
CCC — Canadian Certified Counsellor, #11250532
Granted by the Canadian Counselling & Psychotherapy Association. Recognized by many Canadian extended health benefit providers for insurance reimbursement.
LPC — Licensed Professional Counselor, Missouri #2025043083
BC-TMH — Board Certified-TeleMental Health Provider, #BC-TMH-4103
Specialized certification in the ethical and clinical delivery of therapy via telehealth, including platform security, crisis protocols, and remote therapeutic practice. Issued by the Center for Credentialing & Education.
NCC — National Certified Counselor, National Board for Certified Counselors #1726528
CCTP-II — Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, Level II, #779274
Advanced certification in trauma treatment. Level II reflects additional training beyond foundational trauma therapy, with particular emphasis on complex and chronic trauma presentations. Issued by Evergreen Certifications.
CONTINUING EDUCATION & TRAINING
2021—The Mindsight Approach to Well-Being: A Comprehensive Course in Interpersonal Neurobiology by Dr. Dan Siegel
2021—The Power of Awareness Mindfulness Training by Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach
2022—Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR) through Roy Kiessling’s EMDR Consulting
2023—Janina Fisher’s Trauma Treatment Certification Training (CCTP) by Dr. Janina Fisher
2023—Dissociation-Focused Trauma Treatment: IFS, Somatic, CBT, EMDR, Polyvagal Strategies & More
2023—Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT) for Attachment Trauma: Transforming Psychological Wounds for Adult Clients Traumatized as Children by Dr. Sue Johnson & Dr. Leanne Campbell
2024—Trauma-Related Dissociation and Dissociative Disorders: Assessment and Treatment Strategies for Some of the Most Misunderstood Disorders in the DSM
2024—Introduction to Dissociation and the MID (Multidimensional Inventory of Dissociation 6.0) with D. Michael Coy, MA, LICSW & Jennifer Madere, MA, LCP-S
2024—Integrating the Multidimensional Inventory of Dissociation into Clinical Practice with D. Michael Coy, MA, LICSW & Jennifer Madere, MA, LCP-S
2024—Religious Trauma and Spiritual Abuse: Working with Survivors of Adverse Religious Experiences by Candice Dickens, LCPC-S, LCADC-S, CCTP, MAC
2024-2025—Certification Programme in Advanced Trauma, PTSD & Dissociation, Dr. Ruth Lanius, et al.
2025—Trauma-Attachment Regulation & Integration Process Therapy (T.R.I.P.) by Monique Hoving, MFT/RCC
2025—First Nations Approaches to Healing Trauma: Ancestral Wisdom and Soul Retrieval by Dr. Patricia Vickers
EDUCATION
MS — Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Missouri State University, USA, 2023
PhD — Medieval Studies, University of Toronto, Canada, 2015
The name Viriditas Counselling comes directly from this research. Viriditas — meaning the innate greening force found in all living creatures, the vital capacity to grow — is a concept developed by the 12th-century abbess and scholar Hildegard of Bingen.
Research and publications: Academia.edu · ResearchGate
MA — Medieval Studies, University of Toronto, Canada, 2000
BA — Medieval Studies, University of Victoria, Canada, 1998
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Canadian Counselling & Psychotherapy Association (CCPA)
American Counseling Association (ACA)
International Society for the Study of Trauma & Dissociation (ISSTD)
EMDR International Association (EMDRIA)
If you have questions or are interested in working with Magda, you can book a free 15-minute consultation here: