Nicole Marcia (she/her) MA, MC, RCC, C-IAYT

I am an Ashkenazi Jew of mixed European descent. In 2009, I was awarded a master’s degree with a specialization in yoga therapy from Lesley University in Boston, MA. For 9 years, I served as the Director of Therapeutic Yoga Programming for the Provincial Health Services Authority at their Burnaby Centre for Mental Health & Addictions and Riverview Psychiatric Hospital.

From 2007-2018, I worked as a certified yoga therapist (C-IAYT) at Onsite, the treatment arm of North America’s first safe injection site in Vancouver’s downtown eastside. In 2016, I became certified by the Trauma Centre at the Justice Resource Institute in Brookline Massachusetts as a Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga facilitator (TCTSY-F). I served as the Director of Teacher Training and Mentorship with Yoga Outreach from 2007-2023.

In 2024, I completed a second Master’s degree in Counselling and graduated with President's Honors through City University of Seattle. I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors (#22386), a Professional Member in good standing of the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (#11243483) and a registered therapist (#Q3S5206235) with the Crime Victim Assistance Program (CVAP) which is a government-funded program that provides financial assistance to individuals seeking counselling following traumatic events. 

In addition to training yoga and healthcare professionals internationally, I have facilitated therapeutic classes for women fleeing situations of human trafficking and worked extensively with teens living with mental health challenges.

I have received my BCPFFA Silver Seal of Endorsement for completing Levels 1 & 2 of the BC Professional Fire Fighters Associations Occupational Awareness for Treating First Responder Trauma and am on faculty with Simon Fraser University Continuing Studies First Responder Trauma Prevention Certificate Program.                   

Fine Balance Counselling & Yoga Therapy was founded upon the principle of interdependence – the notion that we are all connected. I strive to create communities of care for transitional moments in life, to develop meaningful partnerships, and to address trauma in all its forms.