*Accepting Clients for In-Person Sessions*
I offer in-person counselling services to adult individuals in the Greater Victoria Area.
If you are looking for support for your mental health and life's challenges I'm glad you're here.
I will support and help you to overcome, accept, or grieve the situations in your life that have you feeling anxious, overwhelmed, stuck, angry, or disempowered.
I consider the counselling space between us to be sacred and worthy of respect.
Sometimes in our lives there are no answers. Sometimes the problem cannot be solved. Sometimes we must surrender & surrendering can be simple but also layered & complex.
We will work together to bring forward your strengths, adaptability, resilience & self-compassion in a way that will increase your capacity for a better life than what you are experiencing.
I believe that showing up for counselling with your own curiosity and willingness is a great place to begin. I look forward to sitting with you and hearing your story.
Areas of Interest:
Life transitions, grief and loss
Post Menopause
Stress, burnout, fatigue, overwhelm, depression
Boundaries: defining your physical, mental, emotional and spiritual limits
Assertiveness, finding and strengthening your voice
Please visit me at Strength In Heart Counselling to book a free 20 minute virtual consult or an in person appointment.
Meet Sheila at Strength In Heart
I look forward to meeting you.
Change & Transition
You've lost your footing. Too much happening all at once. Starting over.
Change and transition is part of life and comes with its challenges. It's not easy but you'll get there. Change can leave you feeling alone, lost, isolated, tired, confused, angry, anxious, and depressed.
Whether it's a move, a relationship ending, a career change, adult milestones, or a health diagnosis, I'm here to guide and support you through.
How do you navigate this time of change?
Perhaps with finesse, grace, and a little bit of humour.
Grief &Â Loss
How will you get through this?
Grief and loss is personal. You're way of managing it is like no others. Your life may feel like it's upside down and you've lost traction. Isolation, anger, feeling lost, despair, and anxiety can really get the best of you. So can feeling hopeless.
As you know, grief and loss are not only related to death. During these times many feel there is an undercurrent of 'something' below the surface. A health diagnosis, relationship endings, a pandemic, or raising a child who is not/has not gone through typical developmental milestones are some life experiences that can result in feelings of despair.
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Consider your own self-care and self-compassion.
Life Purpose
Why are you here? Who are you?
Some ways that a lack of life purpose or meaning can have you feeling lost, uncertain, anxious, or unmotivated.
You might have a good life, and yet, you feel empty inside. You might be without inspiration or yearn for something more but you’re not sure what it is. Or, perhaps the pandemic world is resulting in you revisiting your life as a whole. It's an uncomfortable and place to be in.
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How are you caring for yourself during this time? How are you enacting self-compassion as you figure it out?
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I'm here to support and guide you through.