Michelle Bazin is a Registered Psychologist at Calgary Psychology and EMDR and a Certified EMDR Therapist. She specializes in trauma-informed therapy for both individuals and couples, with a clinical focus in relationships, depression, anxiety, sexual abuse, and PTSD.
Michelle integrates the Flash Technique, developed by Philip Manfield, early in treatment to reduce emotional intensity when clients feel stuck in cycles of pain. In couples work, she frequently uses Flash to lower distress around betrayals, affairs, attachment injuries, and major relational conflicts so partners can move from defensive escalation into more regulated and constructive conversations.
She also uses the Flash Technique with individual clients to decrease activation related to traumatic memories, shame-based beliefs, and overwhelming emotional states, allowing for safer and more efficient trauma processing. Her work emphasizes reducing inflated responsibility, trauma-driven reactivity, and entrenched relational patterns so clients can move toward adaptive resolution and meaningful change.
