LGBTQ+ Affirming Therapists in Winnipeg, MB
Children are introspective, they have valuable insight and ideas around their strengths, challenges and goals. Children can be collaborative partners in the counselling journey. Encouraging children to use their voice and insight empowers and inspires them for growth and change. I have worked with children aged 3-19 on various issues including abuse, neglect, trauma, family reunification, grief and loss, separation and divorce, self-harm, anxiety, depression, challenging behaviours, screen time, self esteem, self confidence and identity. Each child is unique and deserves a collaboratively established personalized counselling plan.
Children are introspective, they have valuable insight and ideas around their strengths, challenges and goals. Children can be collaborative partners in the counselling journey. Encouraging children to use their voice and insight empowers and inspires them for growth and change. I have worked with children aged 3-19 on various issues including abuse, neglect, trauma, family reunification, grief and loss, separation and divorce, self-harm, anxiety, depression, challenging behaviours, screen time, self esteem, self confidence and identity. Each child is unique and deserves a collaboratively established personalized counselling plan.
You never imagined your path to parenthood would feel like this. Whether you're facing infertility, grieving a pregnancy loss, navigating complex medical treatment or even parenting with postpartum anxiety or depression, you may feel deeply alone, left behind or just different than others. You want a space where you don't need to explain the medical jargon, where you don't feel judged or dismissed. As an experienced therapist I help people move through all stages of family building by offering a soft place to land; we build tools to cope, heal trauma stories, hold space for grief. You can move forward- wherever your journey leads.
You never imagined your path to parenthood would feel like this. Whether you're facing infertility, grieving a pregnancy loss, navigating complex medical treatment or even parenting with postpartum anxiety or depression, you may feel deeply alone, left behind or just different than others. You want a space where you don't need to explain the medical jargon, where you don't feel judged or dismissed. As an experienced therapist I help people move through all stages of family building by offering a soft place to land; we build tools to cope, heal trauma stories, hold space for grief. You can move forward- wherever your journey leads.
NEW providers now accepting clients of all ages!
Do you know a child or youth who is experiencing behavioural, emotional, or developmental challenges? If so, we can help! Using experiential approaches, we walk beside our clients as they recognize the power they hold to create wellness in their lives, experience growth, and reach their full potential. Allowing young people to be creative throughout the therapeutic process enables us to see the world through their eyes, which we believe is an essential part of assisting them overcome the challenges in their lives.
NEW providers now accepting clients of all ages!
Do you know a child or youth who is experiencing behavioural, emotional, or developmental challenges? If so, we can help! Using experiential approaches, we walk beside our clients as they recognize the power they hold to create wellness in their lives, experience growth, and reach their full potential. Allowing young people to be creative throughout the therapeutic process enables us to see the world through their eyes, which we believe is an essential part of assisting them overcome the challenges in their lives.
You love your children deeply but it's incredibly hard to parent in the shadow of your own trauma.
Running on empty? Trying to build a peaceful home on a foundation of past stress and adversity? Maybe your own childhood felt unpredictable. You were the peacemaker, the caretaker or the protector. Maybe you disappeared altogether, hiding in plain sight.
Now you want to give your kids the stable, loving world you missed out on. But navigating that is hard.
You love your children deeply but it's incredibly hard to parent in the shadow of your own trauma.
Running on empty? Trying to build a peaceful home on a foundation of past stress and adversity? Maybe your own childhood felt unpredictable. You were the peacemaker, the caretaker or the protector. Maybe you disappeared altogether, hiding in plain sight.
Now you want to give your kids the stable, loving world you missed out on. But navigating that is hard.
I am a Licensed Clinical Psychologist (Ph.D., C.Psych.), working in private practice at Prairie Psychology in Winnipeg, Manitoba. On a foundation of empathy and wholistic care, I work with genocide, trauma (childhood, adulthood, intergenerational, dehumanizing/oppression-based), relationships, attachment, grief, gender, identity, life transitions, emotions, mood, and stress. I have a strong interest in the impacts of dehumanization from oppression-based trauma. I believe in cultural humility and gratefully receive guidance from Elders, Knowledge Keepers, and Traditional Healers.
I am a Licensed Clinical Psychologist (Ph.D., C.Psych.), working in private practice at Prairie Psychology in Winnipeg, Manitoba. On a foundation of empathy and wholistic care, I work with genocide, trauma (childhood, adulthood, intergenerational, dehumanizing/oppression-based), relationships, attachment, grief, gender, identity, life transitions, emotions, mood, and stress. I have a strong interest in the impacts of dehumanization from oppression-based trauma. I believe in cultural humility and gratefully receive guidance from Elders, Knowledge Keepers, and Traditional Healers.
We are an online counselling agency so do not provide services in person. Strength Counselling Services has licensed, experienced therapists who use evidence-based practices, prioritize client needs, and maintain ethical standards. We offer culturally sensitive, affordable services in a supportive environment. We offer a comprehensive goals assessment, regularly assess progress, and collaborate with other professionals. We provide transparency in our fees and for thirteen years now have held a positive reputation of trust, and client success. Lastly, ensuring our clients' privacy and confidentiality are of utmost importance to us.
We are an online counselling agency so do not provide services in person. Strength Counselling Services has licensed, experienced therapists who use evidence-based practices, prioritize client needs, and maintain ethical standards. We offer culturally sensitive, affordable services in a supportive environment. We offer a comprehensive goals assessment, regularly assess progress, and collaborate with other professionals. We provide transparency in our fees and for thirteen years now have held a positive reputation of trust, and client success. Lastly, ensuring our clients' privacy and confidentiality are of utmost importance to us.
If you’re here, you may be going through a difficult time and feeling like things have become a little harder to manage. Maybe you’re feeling anxious, overwhelmed, disconnected from yourself, struggling in your relationships, or carrying something that you haven’t quite known how to put into words. You may spend so much time taking care of everyone else that there isn’t much left for you. Whatever brought you here, you don’t have to figure it all out before reaching out. You can simply come as you are, and we’ll take it from there together.
If you’re here, you may be going through a difficult time and feeling like things have become a little harder to manage. Maybe you’re feeling anxious, overwhelmed, disconnected from yourself, struggling in your relationships, or carrying something that you haven’t quite known how to put into words. You may spend so much time taking care of everyone else that there isn’t much left for you. Whatever brought you here, you don’t have to figure it all out before reaching out. You can simply come as you are, and we’ll take it from there together.
Life can look very different on the outside than it feels on the inside. You may be struggling with anxiety, feeling disconnected in your relationships, navigating a difficult transition, or carrying experiences from the past that continue to affect you today. No matter how long you've been trying to manage it on your own, you don't have to do it alone. I work with individuals, couples, and families seeking greater healing, connection, and resilience. Using evidence-based approaches including EMDR, DBT, IFS, EFT, and Gottman Method, I help clients navigate life's challenges, strengthen relationships, and move toward lasting change.
Life can look very different on the outside than it feels on the inside. You may be struggling with anxiety, feeling disconnected in your relationships, navigating a difficult transition, or carrying experiences from the past that continue to affect you today. No matter how long you've been trying to manage it on your own, you don't have to do it alone. I work with individuals, couples, and families seeking greater healing, connection, and resilience. Using evidence-based approaches including EMDR, DBT, IFS, EFT, and Gottman Method, I help clients navigate life's challenges, strengthen relationships, and move toward lasting change.
I work with pre-teens (10+), teens, young adults and adults navigating through the stressors of life. I have extensive experience working with individuals living with anxiety, ADHD, depression, suicidal ideation and self-harm. I offer support in working through body image concerns, stress management and perfectionism. I also provide support to parents navigating the challenges of parenting adolescents.
I work with pre-teens (10+), teens, young adults and adults navigating through the stressors of life. I have extensive experience working with individuals living with anxiety, ADHD, depression, suicidal ideation and self-harm. I offer support in working through body image concerns, stress management and perfectionism. I also provide support to parents navigating the challenges of parenting adolescents.
Making your way to this website is an important step to improving your life. Choosing the right therapist is really about how well you are understood and guided to resolve what you came for. Since 1990 I've made my counselling different by not dividing people into issues or problems. You are you. What is happening in your life is unique. If you are still unsure about choosing the most effective therapist for you, go to our website and read for yourself the words of those who discovered how to make it happen in their own lives. Don't hesitate; this is the next step.
Making your way to this website is an important step to improving your life. Choosing the right therapist is really about how well you are understood and guided to resolve what you came for. Since 1990 I've made my counselling different by not dividing people into issues or problems. You are you. What is happening in your life is unique. If you are still unsure about choosing the most effective therapist for you, go to our website and read for yourself the words of those who discovered how to make it happen in their own lives. Don't hesitate; this is the next step.
Cocoon Mental Health Clinic is a new concept born from my genuine desire to help individuals twelve and up struggling with mental health issues. The assessment ability and relationship skills possessed by psychiatric nurses can fill gaps in the mental health landscape across Manitoba. We are providing a rapid assessment of client and family's needs, tailored system navigation, ongoing follow-up, and other supportive services to all youth in Manitoba regardless of where they live. We can help if you're frustrated by long waitlists or unsure of which services to access.
Cocoon Mental Health Clinic is a new concept born from my genuine desire to help individuals twelve and up struggling with mental health issues. The assessment ability and relationship skills possessed by psychiatric nurses can fill gaps in the mental health landscape across Manitoba. We are providing a rapid assessment of client and family's needs, tailored system navigation, ongoing follow-up, and other supportive services to all youth in Manitoba regardless of where they live. We can help if you're frustrated by long waitlists or unsure of which services to access.
Are you feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or weighed down by life’s challenges? Whether you’re struggling with anxiety, stress, burnout, low mood or relationship difficulties, I’m here to help.
As an EMDR certified therapist, I ensure our work together is tailored to your unique experiences and goals. I believe therapy is a powerful space where you can explore your inner world, gain clarity, and build the tools needed to create meaningful and lasting change.
Are you feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or weighed down by life’s challenges? Whether you’re struggling with anxiety, stress, burnout, low mood or relationship difficulties, I’m here to help.
As an EMDR certified therapist, I ensure our work together is tailored to your unique experiences and goals. I believe therapy is a powerful space where you can explore your inner world, gain clarity, and build the tools needed to create meaningful and lasting change.
I am a white settler, queer, and neurodivergent social work practicum student with lived experience.
I do not believe you are broken. I do not believe therapy is about fixing you. I see therapy as a place to slow down, get curious, and come back to yourself. We can explore what you are noticing in your body, what you feel and what you value, the stories you have come to believe about yourself, and the relationships and systems that have shaped you. I am especially interested in interoception: our ability to notice and understand what is happening within us. Trauma, chronic stress, and disconnection can pull us away from our inner worlds. Sometimes, this is how we learn to cope with what is happening around us.
I am a white settler, queer, and neurodivergent social work practicum student with lived experience.
I do not believe you are broken. I do not believe therapy is about fixing you. I see therapy as a place to slow down, get curious, and come back to yourself. We can explore what you are noticing in your body, what you feel and what you value, the stories you have come to believe about yourself, and the relationships and systems that have shaped you. I am especially interested in interoception: our ability to notice and understand what is happening within us. Trauma, chronic stress, and disconnection can pull us away from our inner worlds. Sometimes, this is how we learn to cope with what is happening around us.
Starting therapy is a brave and big step towards listening to what or who is calling you. Together, with me as a skilled, attuned, and intuitive art therapist, we uncover your true needs and journey towards actualizing and living out your goals. By working from a trauma and attachment informed lens, connection, safety, and gentleness is at the heart of all I do. By lining the path with your strengths and resources, we answer your call at your own pace in your own way.
Starting therapy is a brave and big step towards listening to what or who is calling you. Together, with me as a skilled, attuned, and intuitive art therapist, we uncover your true needs and journey towards actualizing and living out your goals. By working from a trauma and attachment informed lens, connection, safety, and gentleness is at the heart of all I do. By lining the path with your strengths and resources, we answer your call at your own pace in your own way.
I am so happy you are here. It means you are taking the brave step to find support.
All change starts with gentle curiosity. Both creativity and therapy have been a close part of my own personal and professional journey, as I have traveled through life. I provide safe and comforting space/support as people lean into this space. I am here to help you understand your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, to learn new techniques as you move forward on your journey.
I work with individuals (11+) and couples. I offer in person sessions in Winnipeg, MB, and online sessions in MB, ON, and AB.
I am so happy you are here. It means you are taking the brave step to find support.
All change starts with gentle curiosity. Both creativity and therapy have been a close part of my own personal and professional journey, as I have traveled through life. I provide safe and comforting space/support as people lean into this space. I am here to help you understand your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, to learn new techniques as you move forward on your journey.
I work with individuals (11+) and couples. I offer in person sessions in Winnipeg, MB, and online sessions in MB, ON, and AB.
Clients come to my practice to be heard, believed, supported, and accepted for who they are.
I match my approaches and interventions to the unique needs and goals of each client. Person Centered, Short-Term Brief Counselling, Solution Focused and Psychotherapeutic approaches are a few of the ways that I work with people. Supporting you in ways that works for you is my priority.
My work is trauma-informed and grounded in anti-oppression values and beliefs.
Clients come to my practice to be heard, believed, supported, and accepted for who they are.
I match my approaches and interventions to the unique needs and goals of each client. Person Centered, Short-Term Brief Counselling, Solution Focused and Psychotherapeutic approaches are a few of the ways that I work with people. Supporting you in ways that works for you is my priority.
My work is trauma-informed and grounded in anti-oppression values and beliefs.
Christy Rostek
Registered Social Worker, MSW, BSW, RSW, SEP
2 Endorsed
Winnipeg, MB R3Y
Waitlist for new clients
If you are struggling and want to get to the root of what you are feeling and what's driving your patterns, then you've come to the right place. I'll help you explore your underlying feelings so you are able to experience greater connection within yourself and live more wholeheartedly. I'll help you better understand your family history, your mental health, and your relationships, while learning the tools unique and helpful to YOU so you can thrive. I'm a BIPOC and 2STLGBQ+ ally and I believe in the inherent strength of each individual, while recognizing the impact of broader social inequities on health and mental health.
If you are struggling and want to get to the root of what you are feeling and what's driving your patterns, then you've come to the right place. I'll help you explore your underlying feelings so you are able to experience greater connection within yourself and live more wholeheartedly. I'll help you better understand your family history, your mental health, and your relationships, while learning the tools unique and helpful to YOU so you can thrive. I'm a BIPOC and 2STLGBQ+ ally and I believe in the inherent strength of each individual, while recognizing the impact of broader social inequities on health and mental health.
Life can be difficult, and we all stumble at times. I think that one of the bravest things a person can do when they are struggling is to seek help. At the heart of psychotherapy is change. Whether your struggle is centered around relational issues/conflict, trauma/loss, an important life transition, addiction, sexuality issues, depression, stress, anxiety, or feeling stuck, your commitment to change is your ticket to feeling better.
Life can be difficult, and we all stumble at times. I think that one of the bravest things a person can do when they are struggling is to seek help. At the heart of psychotherapy is change. Whether your struggle is centered around relational issues/conflict, trauma/loss, an important life transition, addiction, sexuality issues, depression, stress, anxiety, or feeling stuck, your commitment to change is your ticket to feeling better.
I believe in empowerment, insight and healing, and I deeply value your personal story. I would love to help you to let go of the negatives that may be holding you back from achieving greater peace and fulfillment in your life. There is a lot that you CAN do to make your own life healthier and happier! Together, we will look back, plan ahead, and, most importantly, figure out how to live now. I have been a practicing therapist since 2004; with youth in a high school setting for 11 years, and currently working with individuals, couples and families within a private practice context.
I believe in empowerment, insight and healing, and I deeply value your personal story. I would love to help you to let go of the negatives that may be holding you back from achieving greater peace and fulfillment in your life. There is a lot that you CAN do to make your own life healthier and happier! Together, we will look back, plan ahead, and, most importantly, figure out how to live now. I have been a practicing therapist since 2004; with youth in a high school setting for 11 years, and currently working with individuals, couples and families within a private practice context.
I practice within an anti-oppressive framework, using a whole-person approach. I work with individuals, couples and families to enhance personal and relationship goals. Counseling should be a collaborative process, based on goals and values of compassion and authenticity. As a holistic practitioner, I use multiple approaches in therapy, believing strongly in finding a fit, which is personal and unique to each of us. I have experience working with people who have been involved in the justice and child welfare systems, experienced childhood/adult abuse, oppression, and multiple/complex trauma, have addictions, and a wide variety of other issues.
I practice within an anti-oppressive framework, using a whole-person approach. I work with individuals, couples and families to enhance personal and relationship goals. Counseling should be a collaborative process, based on goals and values of compassion and authenticity. As a holistic practitioner, I use multiple approaches in therapy, believing strongly in finding a fit, which is personal and unique to each of us. I have experience working with people who have been involved in the justice and child welfare systems, experienced childhood/adult abuse, oppression, and multiple/complex trauma, have addictions, and a wide variety of other issues.
