Therapists near Nanaimo helping Adolescents with Children Of Divorce

We all face challenges at times that leave us wondering how to move forward in our lives or relationships. At Allius, we view family difficulties as relational in nature so the therapeutic methods we use support improved connection with others, while also increasing personal and interpersonal insights that promote understanding and compassion for ourselves and for those we care about most. Our counsellors offer a range of services options from individual psychotherapy, couples and family therapy to unique creative and expressive interventions that work best for children and teens. We specialize in services to support separating and divorced families including coparent coaching, blended family coaching, family court reports and parenting coordination. We offer affordable fees for clients interested in working with our student intern. We do not typically have a waitlist for services believing that people needs timely counselling support when they reach out.

Promoting health, well-being and personal growth using a mind-body approach. We provide psychotherapy services in Nanaimo and British Columbia. We enjoy helping people realize personal success and emotional well-being through resolving unfinished business and changing maladaptive beliefs that block people from being present and engaged in life. Our practice offers tailored approaches that best fit the unique needs of our clients. We help individuals with a variety of issues ranging from anxiety, depression, trauma, marital conflict, low self-esteem, and or adjustment to adverse life circumstances. We offer remote services using video platform as well as telephone.

As a Registered Clinical Counsellor I value the opportunity to work alongside and collaborate with my clients to promote their growth and wellbeing. I work from a place that is grounded in compassion, acceptance and empathy to connect people with their natural abilities and resilience to face everything that life brings forth. In my practice I work with individuals who are experiencing grief and loss, depression and anxiety, parenting and family challenges, and the impacts of trauma. I draw from my varied experience as a community-based counsellor and group facilitator for grief, loss, separation and divorce, as well as professional studies in Emotionally Focused Couples and Family therapy, attachment-based research, mindfulness training, EMDR, trauma-informed practices, and perinatal psychology. Part of my professional role in the community is in promoting Maternal Mental Health, working with women and families as they navigate their journey as mothers and parents. I am trained as a Postpartum Support Group facilitator through the Pacific Post Partum Support Society, and provide individual counselling for women, mothers and parents supporting them in postpartum depression and anxiety, the transition to parenthood, processing birth trauma, and parenting challenges. I am a mother of two and a wife and I understand that meeting the needs of mothers is essential for healthy families and communities.

I work from a compassionate and client centered perspective so we can tailor our sessions to your needs, wants, and goals. We start with you and together we can discover new paths, connections, and stories to help you explore personal issues and subsequent growth. Are you someone who is… · Struggling to manage and complete daily tasks · A master procrastinator · Going through a life transition · Struggling with our new reality of isolation · Disengaged and unfulfilled in relationships · Feelings of general low self-esteem and anxiety · Stressed I want to help you find the best ways to connect with your surroundings and build on your strengths so you can face your fears and survive your struggles. This is called strengthening your resilience. We may not be able to prevent issues from arising, but we can manage how we respond and even thrive when faced with them. Together we can deconstruct the negative stories you may tell yourself and rebuild them into kinder, stronger, and more positive stories that help you be authentic and feel connected in mind, body and environment.

My practice focuses on nurturing connection, self compassion and insight, so you can take action to move into the life you want to live. Maybe you're feeling overwhelmed or stuck in feelings of depression or anxiety. Or maybe you're struggling with old beliefs about yourself and old patterns of relating to others that just aren't working anymore. I work with people to uncover the strong, wise, resilient self that already lies within because it knows the way through. I also have a passion for working with new moms along with specialized training in perinatal mental health. If this sounds like a fit for you, I'd love to talk more. You can get in touch for a free consultation anytime.

We at Island Clinical Counselling want to provide you with a safe space to share your struggles, be truly heard, and understood. Team up with our specialized counsellors and together we will find ways to increase your resilience and climb those mountains that seem insurmountable or traverse those dark storms that seem unending. Therapy Services Island Clinical Counselling offers therapy in Nanaimo BC in person, or virtually throughout British Columbia. We endeavour to provide culturally safe, diversity affirming, evidenced-based, and person-centred services. Our counselling team works with children, youth, adults, couples, families, and groups. We have activity and play based counsellors on our team. We offer coaching services for Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD/ADHD) and Body Focused Repetitive Behaviours (BFRBs). We offer a wide variety of therapies to enhance mental wellbeing and reduce mental illness, including Eye Movement Desensitization Therapy (EMDR). Sliding Scale Counselling We have a clinical intern program at Island Clinical Counselling. Our interns go through an interview process and must have prior experience in order to join our team. Our interns offer lower rates for counselling for children, youth, adults, couples, and families. They are closely supervised by our clinic director and other Registered Clinical Counsellors. Services are accepted by the majority of benefit plans because our interns are supervised by a Registered Clinical Counsellor.

Are you unhappy, stuck in a situation that you can’t seem to change and feeling discouraged? Are you overwhelmed by anxiety and stress? Feeling exhausted, panicky, and worried all the time? Frustrated by making good plans and sabotaging them? I can help you learn to figure out your emotions and feel more at ease, confident and capable. When all parts of you are heard and welcomed, you can become calmer and clearer minded and make better decisions. You can connect better to yourself and the important people in your life. None of us love advice or judgement from others, or worse, when others try to fix us. Instead, when you feel truly heard, you can begin to tune your own inner wisdom. Together we will craft your unique version of happiness by creating a vision of a life that feels purposeful and worth living. We work together to develop goals and actions towards a beautiful life for you. I have a particular interest in supporting people struggling with anxiety, high sensitivity, difficult life events, chronic pain, grief, loss and big changes in life (e.g., moving, ending relationships, changes in family structures). I am also interested in brain retraining and self-healing. I’m an experienced counsellor with over 11 years in practice.

I offer heart centred counselling for those committed to growth. As humans, we thrive in connection. Having followed a path of self-discovery through Gestalt, Internal Family Systems, Somatic and Embodied practices, I want to share the healing modalities that have brought me clarity, freedom and joy. I offer one-on-one counselling online anywhere in B.C. and in-person from my Nanaimo clinic. This is brave work. In counselling, you and I co-create a space where you can listen to and understand your full self. When the parts of you that have suffered are heard and loved, they will transform.

I work collaboratively with clients to help them address the life challenges they're experiencing. I employ a holistic lens that examines all aspects of well-being: physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. I use a strength-based approach that emphasizes the importance accountability, acceptance, and empathy.