AFCCA Clinical Lead
Tanya Eichler
Tanya Eichler is a psychotherapist with a focus on working with people and families who are affected by early childhood trauma, attachment complexities, FASD, and related neurodiversities. Tanya is an adoptee herself and loves that her path has led her to work in this field, bringing an empathy and understanding to the complex journeys that many youth experience. She is trained in DDP (Dyadic Developmental Psychology), Polyvagal Theory, and NVR (Non-Violent Resistance), which inform her approaches to supporting families experiencing AFCCA and other complex situations. She also works with adoptive families in her Ottawa-based private practice, and previously was an FASD Key Worker in British Columbia supporting parents, caregivers, and youth. She helped to form and launch Ontario's Fetal Alcohol Resource Program (FARP), also a founding practitioner with the Ottawa Center for Attachment & Trauma Therapy (OCATT). Tanya is also a mother of 2 fascinating young men and a step-mother of a wonderful woman.