Counselling & Coaching Options
Whether you are seeking psychotherapy, counselling, or coaching, you are a whole person with body, mind and soul. The approaches that best fit your personality and needs will be used.
Whether you are connecting online or in person, you are likely to have 'homework' which helps you tap into and recruit the wellbeing resources that are available to you, and work for you.
Help can focus on physical, psychological, social or spiritual support. At Move Your Mind, we see you as a whole person in relationship to others. You are welcome to bring your cultural, spiritual self to sessions. You may engage creatively, through movement, encounter with nature, or traditional talk-therapy. It's about aligning your whole self to your values, identity, and the life you were meant to live with joy and meaning.
Staying well and thriving means we all need therapeutic elements in our lives, even when we don't need therapy. That's why Move Your Mind counsellors can also help you or a loved one with coaching or therapeutic activity- not just psychotherapy.
Whether you are connecting online or in person, you are likely to have 'homework' which helps you tap into and recruit the wellbeing resources that are available to you, and work for you.
Help can focus on physical, psychological, social or spiritual support. At Move Your Mind, we see you as a whole person in relationship to others. You are welcome to bring your cultural, spiritual self to sessions. You may engage creatively, through movement, encounter with nature, or traditional talk-therapy. It's about aligning your whole self to your values, identity, and the life you were meant to live with joy and meaning.
Staying well and thriving means we all need therapeutic elements in our lives, even when we don't need therapy. That's why Move Your Mind counsellors can also help you or a loved one with coaching or therapeutic activity- not just psychotherapy.
Counselling & Psychotherapy
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At Move Your Mind, we promote resilience and take a holistic view of counselling. We believe in promoting mental health and facilitating optimal living, not simply treating illness symptoms. Most people need support for a difficulty, impacting experience, or other psycho-emotional obstacles at some point in life. It’s easy to feel alone in struggling, but you are not alone. Also, you are more than your flaws or challenges. Every client is a unique individual when it comes to approaches that would fit you, and we are trained in several that we can draw from. We recognize that you have a unique experience and combination of challenges and resources for wellbeing. Some areas of specialization include:
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Life & Performance Coaching
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For life, career, sport, academic pressure, health and wellbeing, or life transition. Coaching helps you lean on your strengths, negotiate your obstacles, and move forward. Read more about life coaching at www.moveforwardnow.ca . Heather Sansom is a sport coach with corporate and non-profit leadership experience. She specializes in coaching life transitions, performance and life balance.
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Of course, both counselling and coaching can happen in a traditional talking session through our online platform. Whether you are accessing Counselling or Coaching services, you can combine them with options that move your body and connect you with nature, or with therapeutic recreational activities such as nature, animals, physical activity, or creative expression. Some options can be combined with online services. Others are only available in-person in the Ottawa-Kemptville area.
Innovative Options for Counselling & Coaching
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Nature Nurture Program: eco-counselling & coaching
Get connected with nature. Experiencing nature is therapeutic. Some examples include walking on local paths or in local forests. You could even bring your dog for a walk! Move your body, move your mind...move your life. Nature Nurture Find out more. |
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Pet Program & Equine Experience Animal-based activity works on similar principles to outdoor adventure learning: you learn about yourself, develop confidence, personal awareness, compassion, decision-making. Find out more about our pet-friendly services, therapy dog, or equine experience opportunities. Find out more.
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Soul Connection: respect for your religious or spiritual values and needs: Move Your Mind services are faith and soul-friendly. Your spirituality may be religious, non-religious spiritual, or neither. Spirituality in the bigger sense is about 'the bigger picture', your core values, purpose, and often, cultural identity. In this sense, everyone has a cultural and spiritual part of their being. Whatever your experience of the 'bigger picture' is, you shouldn't have to check such an important aspect of yourself at the therapist's door. Find out more about cultural and spiritual support.
Senior's Support: Services can incorporate other therapeutic recreation elements that suit your lifestyle and needs. Older adults have unique concerns. Our counsellors are experienced in geriatric care. Counselling can be accompanied with therapeutic recreation or seniors' companionship in the Ottawa to Kemptville area.