Therapists in M6S

Hello! I am crip queer femme who is Métis/Scottish. I am a trained counsellor and registered social worker, with a Masters in Social Work (MSW) from York University’s School. In my practice, I work from an integrative place: braiding together somatics, psychoeducation, ancestral wisdom to support your journey to come back home to yourself. I primarily work from a somatic place (Somatic Experiencing), but also include mindfulness and self-compassion in my work. I am deeply invested in collective liberation and healing as a community. Foundational to my practice are the values of self-determination and non-interference.

I provide a comfortable and safe place to work with your emotions and develop insight into life patterns that are no longer serving you. Whether you are coming to therapy to unpack past painful experiences or work towards future goals of living a more fulfilling and meaningful life, I welcome a chance to guide you through the process. Through our work together I can help you realize your full potential, strengthen important relationships and live a more integrated and confident life. Through this process my clients develop a more in depth understanding of themselves which enables more authentic living.

Welcome! I am a Registered Marriage and Family Therapist and Registered Psychotherapist. I consider it a privilege to come alongside individuals, couples and families at times of stress and transition, providing a safe and respectful space in which to explore change. Having been through a few of life's transitions myself, I bring care, compassion and respect to my work, recognizing that it takes courage to seek help. I am equipped with many types of therapy, and draw on them all as they relate to client's struggles. We will collaboratively identify themes which may be blocking forward movement, finding strategies for change.

Providing a balance of support and challenge, my approach to healing is holistic and comprehensive. I believe that each individual has all of the inner resources they need to achieve a sense of balance and equanimity. My role is merely to provide a safe, non-judgmental container in which they can reach their own integration - cognitively, emotionally and somatically. I aim to assist the individual's journey-making process through offering new ways at looking through the lens which often gets obscured by many mitigating factors. Clarity is the goal.

Hello, I'm Holly (She/They). I'm glad that you found your way here. I provide individual counselling, clinical supervision and consultation in-person in Nanaimo, BC, and virtually across Canada. I have experience supporting survivors of gender-based violence, childhood relational trauma, and folks experiencing mental health changes in the postpartum period. The modalities in which I have received training include Narrative therapy, Expressive Arts therapy, and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy (Level 1).

Whether you’re returning to therapy or starting for the first time, let's figure out what you might need right now. We will give time and space to a process of exploration, so we can deepen your awareness of 'who you are' and ‘how you are’ in this world. This is hard work, and often uncomfortable. Yet it's the work of self-discovery that gives you more choice and the flexibility to change.

I have extensive experience practicing clinical psychology with teens, adults and couples. When patients are open to examining the issues in their experience of unhappiness and worry - a positive outcome is within sight. The first step is to recognize the issues by name and begin exploring them. It requires openness and a non-judgemental attitude of curiosity. It means being kind, patient and compassionate towards one's self as the difficult issues are discussed. It also entails trusting the therapist as a fellow traveller in the process as one who is able to help clarify the emotional terrain and work towards a solution.

Getting the right help at the right time may change your life. My practice mission is to provide compassionate, evidence-based psychotherapy and counselling that would empower you to achieve lasting results. I specialize in providing confidential and safe space for you to be heard, take inventory, explore your options, acquire helpful tools, find solace, and recuperate.

It’s been said that showing up for ourselves is the hardest, most important work we’ll ever do. Whether you find yourself grieving a significant loss, processing a difficult life change, or simply wanting to explore a different way of relating to yourself and the people around you, I know that it takes courage to be here. I see therapy as a sort of pilgrimage to our authentic, whole selves, sometimes in the face of darkness and grief. Journeying through what feels difficult in our lives is part of bringing our fullest and best into the world, and I would be honoured to accompany you in this journey.