Eleni Reid, MA

Direct, inquiry-led therapy to bring unconscious patterns into the light and remove barriers to love.

I guide people through and out of unconscious patterns that cause suffering so they can live clearer, peace-filled, authentic lives. In my early thirties I woke up to reality - I stopped living by how I wished life to be and began seeing life on its own terms; that shift into radical self-responsibility and steady inquiry now shapes my clinical work. I am a graduate trainee (MA Theology - Spiritual Care & Psychotherapy, Martin Luther University College, expected June 2026) with a BA (Hons) in Religion & Culture, a Certified Facilitator of Inquiry-Based Stress Reduction/The Work of Byron Katie (since 2022), and I offer direct, warm, inquiry-driven sessions for children, teens, adults, couples, and families across grief, trauma, separation, addiction & recovery, and culturally-shaped distress. I am also the small-business owner of Lover of the Light - a practice and shop fueled by beautiful gifts from around the world.

Why Work With Me

• Direct, compassionate inquiry: I use inquiry-based stress reduction and trauma-informed psychotherapy to make unconscious patterns visible and dismantle what causes suffering.

• Practical clarity and peace: Sessions aim for concrete shifts you can feel and use in daily life — more ease, less reactivity.

• Broad, attentive care: I work with children, teens, adults, couples, and families across grief, trauma, separation, addiction & recovery, and culturally shaped distress.

• Culturally attentive and nonjudgmental: Of Greek heritage — I bring awareness of culture and systems into therapy without assumptions or labels.

• Lived insight + formal training: A committed daily practice of inquiry informs my clinical work alongside MA-level training in Spiritual Care & Psychotherapy and certification in inquiry-based facilitation.

Professional Background

• MA Theology (Spiritual Care & Psychotherapy), Martin Luther University College — expected June 2026

• BA (Hons) Religion & Culture, Wilfrid Laurier University

• Certified Facilitator, Inquiry-Based Stress Reduction (since 2022) — a mindfulness-based meditation and inquiry practice

• Trained facilitator, The Work of Byron Katie — structured inquiry method for examining beliefs

• Owner, Lover of the Light — small business entrepreneur offering inquiry-based programs and therapeutic workshops

• Clinical focus and training: grief, loss, end-of-life care; trauma-informed practice; addiction & recovery; separation and family transitions; child, teen, adult, couples and family work; culturally attentive interventions

• Lived practice: daily self-inquiry and applied experiential work that informs a direct, compassionate therapeutic stance. 

Things I bet you didn't know about me:

• I’m a whale-lover and think I was one in a past life.

• I sing and swim deeply like a whale

• I am an avid swimmer; the water restores me.

• Hitchhiked and backpacked across Europe and North America with my therapy dog, Sophia.

• Performed at open-mic nights around the world; also play saxophone and piano.

• Can ride a bicycle with no hands.

• Pomegranates, puppies, and the Mediterranean Sea are some of my favourite things.

• I believe people can change.

• I am a mystic at heart and adore all poetry by Rumi