Areas of practice
- Compassion Fatigue
- Death and Dying
- Life Transitions
- Personal Growth
- Spirituality
- Trauma Counselling
- Women's Issues
Approaches used
- Feminist Psychotherapy
- Humanistic Therapy
- Logotherapy
- Mindfulness approaches
- Narrative Therapy
- Process Work
- Psycho-Educational Groups
- Solution Focused Therapy
- Spiritual Counselling
- Transpersonal
Counselling practice website:
www.spiritfirstcounselling.caPractice information:
Next Steps on Your Healing Journey…
Whether you are considering a change in your life or are in the midst of one, it helps to have a trained and professional counsellor listen and explore options or perspectives with you that may be difficult for you to see on your own at this time.
I use a holistic approach where we consider the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual aspects of your life situation.
My practice is safe, comfortable, warm and embracing. I work from a person-centered Rogerian modality. I incorporate solution-focused techniques, narrative therapy, and spiritually integrated psychotherapy as appropriate.
For many good reasons, my counselling style attracts individuals working in health, mental health, legal, educational and other helping professions.
I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor with the BCACC, a requirement of many EAP benefit providers.
I am a Certified Canadian Counsellor with the Canadian Counseling & Psychotherapy Association.
I am registered with the British Columbia Crime Victim Assistance Program and provide counselling to claimants under this program.
I am an EAP counsellor for Lifeworks (Ceridian), Homewood Health, and Arete so simply check your employment benefits package and phone your EAP program requesting a referral to my practice. Many major Insurance companies also recognize my credentials - you may be reimbursed for my services.
I continue to offer Mindfulness Meditation, Art in the Gazebo, Walk & Talk Therapy, Ritual Design, Individual Counselling, and specialized Women's Groups. Self Care is personal maintenance so I keep your files for ten years as many of you return for brief periods during challenging times. I remember you.
If you would like a safe group experience, Sophia is a small group of women of a certain age who meet once monthly for two and a half hours. We explore the wisdom of women in the various global spiritual and religious traditions but we always return to our own ways of knowing in the room, in this community, on this island, at this time. Spiritual practices are introduced and explored, and soul work (homework) is inspiring, intriguing and open to creative possibility in written, artistic or other therapeutic forms. “Terry Folks is a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology, a Registered Clinical Counsellor and both a scholar and personal practitioner of various spiritual traditions from around the world. She leads the group into worlds of wisdom then gracefully recedes into the background as she continues to guide the group in its self realization” E-mail me via the above form if you would like to be part of Sophia.
Boundary Groups are always offered at SpiritFirst Self Care. If you would like to learn more about boundaries, how to set them, how to maintain them, and how to experience health and freedom in all relationships – Email me via the above form. Boundary Groups are ongoing.
And remember: Self care is not selfish ... Self care can help you become the best YOU that you can be.
Big News!
Co-practitioners Wendy Turner and Terry Folks recently completed our Level 5 – Certification which is such an honour for us (along with a lot of hard work!) We are now Certified Healing Touch Practitioners. Terry has also just completed her Reiki Master training.
We would like to invite you to experience Healing Touch or Reiki with us. Our clients simply don't want to leave the treatment table! You will experience change – either profound relaxation which allows deep healing, stress relief, renewed balance and alignment, a feeling of integration and wholeness, and/or an increase in general well being. Some clients come for their “spa day” which combines the benefits of Healing Touch with Counselling. The two experiences work beautifully to integrate body, mind, heart and spirit!
Healing Touch: What To Expect:
(From Healing Beyond Borders - International Code of Ethics/Standards of Practice for Healing Touch Practitioners and Students)
Definition - Healing Touch is an Energy Therapy in which practitioners use their hands to enhance and balance the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well-being of their clients.
Goal - The goal in Healing Touch is to restore harmony and balance in the energy system, facilitating the client's self healing process.
Our training draws on principles of Quantum Physics, research in energy and ancient healing principles from a variety of spiritual traditions. We are expected to study and practice through five separate levels of training. Healing Touch Canada, Healing Touch International, and Healing Beyond Borders are all associations endorsed by the Canadian and American Holistic Nurses Association. Many representatives in the medical community also recognize the powerful effects of Healing Touch. Our mentor(s) must be or have been, Registered Nurses.
The individual receiving Healing Touch recognizes a desire to heal, realign her balance, or to experience deep relaxation which is a catalyst for deep healing. A Healing Touch treatment session (usually one and a half hours) begins with an intake conversation around your hopes and needs. You are fully clothed and lying on a massage table. If lying down is uncomfortable for you, you can receive a treatment sitting comfortably in a chair. The primary goal of Healing Touch is for you and the practitioner to align with your body’s natural ability, desire and impulse to heal. The Healing Touch practitioner allows herself to be a conduit for the natural healing energy that surrounds and interpenetrates you. Energy is directed where it needs to go for balance, deep relaxation and healing. The practitioner has many Healing Touch techniques in her repertoire to choose from. Some techniques involve hands above the body; other techniques involve hands on particular areas. If you are comfortable with touch, it is respectful, safe and guided by intention for your highest good. After treatment, we stay with you as you gradually shift from the experience and prepare to move back into your life.
We are currently booking Healing Touch treatments, and we offer a half price Healing Touch treatment to regular clients who refer someone to us. E-mail spiritfirsthealingtouch@shaw.ca if you would like to book a treatment, or if you would like to combine Healing Touch with Counselling.
And remember: Self care is not selfish ... Self care can help you become the best YOU that you can be.
Client fee individuals:
$135 + 5% GSTClient fee couples/families:
$150 (includes 5% GST)Availability:
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