We are all human beings, and we all have strengths and weaknesses. There are times in life when each one of us will encounter challenges or difficult situations. In those times, it takes courage to reach out and ask for help, but we are all in this together, and there is help here at Crossroads.

Being of service to another human being and finding a way to help is a privilege I am grateful for whenever it is presented to me. My goal is to do just that, to help my clients find a way to work through the challenges of life in a way that best suits who they are in a safe, non-judgmental and collaborative approach. You already have everything you need to be happy and overcome the obstacles life has put in your way. My job is to help you discover and develop those strengths.

I am an intern counsellor, which means that I have completed my formal education, and I am now able to see clients under the supervision of a more experienced therapist. I hold a Bachelor of Kinesiology degree and a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Alberta and I am currently enrolled in my last term at Yorkville University in the Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology practicum. I am a student member of the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors (BCACC) and both myself and my practicum supervisor are held to the highest ethical and professional standards as determined by the BCACC when working with clients.

I am a passionate professional who continues to strive to improve my skillset while bringing that passion to working with both youth and adults in hopes of providing them further opportunities to thrive and grow as they overcome the challenges of life. My culturally informed style of counselling is a blend of humanistic and client-centered theoretical approaches in which I apply a variety of different techniques based on the need of the individual client.

I have been blessed with a vast range of experiences in my professional career as a teacher, program director, athlete, coach, father of 3 adult children, and a small business owner. As a result of these opportunities and experiences, I feel I have a balanced perspective and a wide range of skills, interests, and abilities that make me very adaptable to any new challenge set before me. I also feel that this well-rounded skill set, coupled with having overcome challenges in my own life will serve me well as I continue to seek new opportunities to connect with and help people as a counsellor.

DEMOGRAPHIC: Children, Youth, Adults, Couples and Group Therapy

SPECIALTIES/AREAS OF FOCUS: Self-Esteem, Depression, Anxiety, Thoughts of Suicide and Self-harm, Addictions, LGTBQ+, Trauma (recent, acute, or historic), Grief & Loss, Addiction, ADHD, Stress, Family Conflict, Life Coaching, Life Transitions, Parenting, Relationship Issues, Sports Performance, Men’s Issue

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Everyone experiences challenging times in their lives. Taking the first steps towards healing can be difficult, but I would be honoured to support you along your wellness journey. I offer support to all ages, including children, youth, adults and elderly individuals. I also proudly offer neuro-affirming and 2sLGBTQIA+ affirming care. I am passionate about social justice and advocacy.

I prioritize providing a safe and non-judgmental space for individuals to explore their thoughts and emotions. My counselling approach is rooted in empathy, understanding, and a commitment to empowering individuals on their journey toward personal growth and well-being.

I have completed my Bachelor of Arts degree with a psychology major; with additional coursework focused on sociology and anthropology. These courses provided me with a deepened respect for the systems’ perspective that I have integrated into my counselling approach. I am currently working toward my Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology at Yorkville University.

My areas of specialty include:

• Anxiety
• Self-esteem
• Neurodiversity
• ADHD
• Autism
• 2sLGBTQIA+ clients

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DEMOGRAPHIC: Toddler, Child, Youth, Adult, Adults 65+ Individual and Groups

SPECIALTIES: Grief & Loss/Anxiety/Depression/Suicidal Ideation/Low self-worth/Confidence/ Relationship and couples/Physical and Mental abuse

It’s my goal and passion in life to help people heal, grow, and navigate through periods of transitions in their lives.

Whether you’re dealing with pain from the loss of a loved one. Or a recent job loss or career change. The family dynamics that change and can be a surprise. The feelings that can come from being lonely or afraid. The crippling anxiety that can come from something new and strange happening in your life. The times that you’re too depressed to get out of bed and start your day.

My passion is to help people maneuver through all the obstacles with compassion and empathy in an open and calm setting.

There are many different challenges that can come up in life, and it is my goal to help you through it by working together in a collaborative approach that gives you the skills and confidence to navigate life and all it has to offer.

I am a Registered Professional Counsellor- Candidate (RPC-C) through the Canadian Professional Counsellor’s Association (CPCA). I am also registered through the CPCA and hold an RPC-C designation. I completed my Diploma of Applied Psychology and Counselling Specializing in Counselling at Kelowna College of Professional Counselling in July of 2020. While completing my schooling, I volunteered at KCR as a counsellor and outreach worker. Helping all types of people in whatever situation they were in. I believe that with my education and volunteer experience it has allowed me to hone my personal skills to help others and gave me the tools I need to help people get the necessary confidence to create change for themselves.

The following list below are my areas of specialization:

· Personal development

· Assertiveness / Boundaries

· Depression, anxiety & panic disorders

· Suicidal Ideation

· Suicide Crisis Intervention

· Past or recent trauma

· Mental and or Physical abuse

· Low self-worth/ Confidence / Self esteem

· Relationship and couples counselling

· Drug and Alcohol Addictions

· Gender dysphoria, LGBTQ transitions & other issues

· Communication building

· Grief/ Loss counselling

· Career planning

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Demographic: Children, Youth, Adults, Couples, Group Therapy, Seniors

Specialities: Anxiety, Depression, Music-Integrated Therapy, Play Therapy, Self-Esteem, Life Transitions, Trauma, Mindfulness Based Techniques

Many of us feel stuck in our daily lives, not knowing exactly how to get the progress that we want. Depression, anxiety, and trauma can hold us back from where we deserve to be and can negatively affect our well-being and relationships. No two people are the same and it is my goal to help you recognize your own unique strengths, integrating a case-specific approach to create your unique therapy plan. I am here to offer mental health support in a non-judgemental, friendly, and compassionate space.

I am currently a student member of the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association and have completed my Bachelor of Arts in Psychology through UBCO. As I complete my practicum for my Masters in Counselling Psychology I will be guided by an accredited supervisor.

One form of therapy that I offer is one that is music-integrated, using a brief singing lesson at the beginning of the session. This can be helpful with those who are seeking to modulate their autonomic nervous system, reduce anxiety, depression, and stress, while building skills that will encourage mindfulness, self-confidence, and competency.

Some Specific Types of Therapy I Offer:

• Music-integrated Therapy

• Child and Youth Counselling

• Play Therapy

• Couples Therapy

• Seniors Counselling

• Virtual as well as In-Person

Some of the areas I can support you with include:

• Trauma

• Anxiety

• Depression

• Building self-confidence, self-esteem, and sense of self

• Parenting

• Relationships

• Time management

• Stress management

• Goal setting

• Mindfulness based techniques

• Health and wellness

• Personal development

• Life Transitions

• Burnout

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During times of stress and uncertainty, reaching out for help can feel difficult, but vulnerability is the catalyst to growth and sometimes we need a helping hand during life’s inevitable challenges. As someone who has navigated many life complexities and experienced the benefits of professional mental health care, I know how powerful this work can be. Creating a safe space for judgement-free exploration to work through your past and present struggles is very important to me as well as working collaboratively to reach your goals.

While teaching high school for twenty years, I developed my passion for empowering youth in discovering their unique abilities, individual worth, and potential. My experiences as a teacher and mother of two have provided me with many skills and insights that I feel will complement my abilities as a counsellor.

There is no “one size fits all” in therapy, so I use a holistic, culturally sensitive, multi-lens approach that includes a variety of techniques and strategies to help understand and work through your specific concerns. With over 400 hours of yoga teacher training, I also bring an understanding of the mind-body connection along with the power of movement, breath, and meditation to my counselling practice. Overall, my goal as a counsellor is to help others pave a path towards their best life.

For individual or couples, I can provide support with:

• Self-esteem, confidence, and personal development
• Anxiety and depression
• Career exploration with youth
• Parenting
• Life transitions
• Burnout
• Helping parents and children with strategies to deal with ADHD and ADD
• Assertiveness / Boundaries
• Trauma and Post-traumatic stress
• Communication building
• Health and wellness coaching
• Grief and loss
• Career planning
• Access to assessments and diagnosis
• Referral to local psychologists for assessments and testing
• Referral to local behavioural consultants and creating a behavioural intervention team
• Mediation with school districts and IEP planning

Types of therapies and techniques I offer include:

• Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
• Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
• Mindfulness and breathing techniques

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Lisa Moore, MA Clinical Counsellor (RCC & CCC) Certified Play Therapy Supervisor and Therapist

DEMOGRAPHIC: Children, Youth, Adults and Family Therapy

SPECIALTIES: Play Therapy, Special Needs Advocacy and Diagnosis, Anxiety, Depression, Career Counselling, Addictions, LGTBQ, Aboriginal Issues, Grief

Sometimes in life people go through painful experiences and unexpected events. It is my goal to help people heal and grow through periods of transitions in their lives. Many of us experience loss, grief, unhappiness or a sense of loss when we transition from one role to another in our daily lives. Some of us lose people we love, dreams we can no longer achieve, changes in careers, the diagnosis of a child with special needs, a loved one entering Long Term Care, or who is ailing in health, Divorce from a spouse, the beginning of a new marriage, perhaps with a blended family. It is my honour to help counsel you during these difficult transitions and help you heal from these difficult experiences.

I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) through the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors (BCCAC). I am also licensed through the Canadian Counselling Psychotherapy Association (CCPA) and hold a CCC license.

I completed my Masters of Counselling Psychology at Trinity Western University and began working in my own private practice in 2016. Before going back to school to pursue my masters I worked as a Senior Executive in Sales and Marketing. I believe that my unique education has allowed me to help people grow and develop and create change for themselves.

I work with clients who are often stuck and want to transition themselves, whether it be a change of career, how to make difficult decisions whether it be to leave or a job or a relationship. How to deal with the loss of a divorce. Helping people work through blended families and or helping someone to create a new life for themselves after a separation or divorce. I also work with individuals who want to manage their time better, take on more challenges or who feel stuck in a current situation. I often work with those individuals who suffer from anxiety or depression and need help dealing with every day life and stressful circumstances.

About 10 years ago I adopted three special needs children and it was through that journey that I came to the work I am most passionate about, helping parents of special needs families. I meet with children and work with them using play therapy. It is during those sessions that I assess children for ADHD, Oppositional Defiance Disorder, Autism or and/or other types of learning disabilities. I then work with parent to help them have their child formally assessed and diagnosed by a registered psychologist. Once the family receives the diagnosis I work with parents to help them get resources such as Applied Behavioural Analysis, and Behavioural Intervention, OT/PT therapy, additional counselling for the child and various other required therapies. I work with the family to help them get funding for these therapies through charitable organizations and through the application to CRA to receive the Child Disability Benefits. I also go into the schools with the parents to work with their school based team to develop robust IEPS’ for their child which will follow them until graduation.

The following list below are my areas of specialization and those I am passionate about: Personal Development Assertiveness / Boundaries Depression, Anxiety & Panic Disorders Phobias Past or Recent Trauma or Abuse Relationship and Couples Counselling Addictions Divorce, Separation and Blended Families Eating Disorders and Addictions Life Transitions Gender Dysphoria, LGBTQ Transitions Communication Building Grief Counselling Career Planning

CHILD AND YOUTH THERAPY

Child Play Therapy Self Esteem and Confidence Coaching Anxiety and Depression Career Exploration with Youth Dealing with Seperation and Divorce from the child and parents perspective Helping parents and children with strategies to deal with ADHD and ADD Assessments for Autism, ADHD, Oppositional Defiance Disorder

PARENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS ADVOCACY AND MEDIATION:

Access to Assessments and Diagnosis Psycho-Educational, Autism, ADHD Testing Referral to local Psychologists for Assessments and Testing Referral to local Behavioural Consultants and Creating a Behavioural Intervention Team Mediation with School Districts and IEP Planning Access to 3rd party Funding and Ministry of Children and Family Case Workers Completing government and agency paperwork to obtain funding, therapy and resources Family Planning at transitional ages: birth, school age and adult

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I hold a gentle, inclusive, and non-judgemental space for you to release and process through your tough time. I support individuals who find themselves stuck and seek to uncover how they can move through, and ultimately out of, their current pain.

As an integrative counsellor, I’ll collaborate with you to explore what’s affecting your current life and discover what would be helpful for you to move beyond difficult, and often painful, experiences using a variety of therapeutic techniques. We are all so unique, and so too will your healing journey be unique to you!

Starting the path to healing can be daunting which is why I strive to create a warm and safe place for you to lay down your burden without fear of judgement. I’ll walk beside you as you begin the journey of healing, exploring, and (re)discovering your Self to a stronger, calmer, empowered You.

I am a Registered Therapeutic Counsellor with the Association of Cooperative Counselling Therapists of Canada (ACCT #3317), and a Registered Professional Counsellor with the Canadian Professional Counsellor’s Association (CPCA # 4417).

As well I can share that I am a Gold Certified HypnoBirthing Childbirth Educator - enabling, educating and empowering parents to have a stress-free, fear-free birthing experience. Whether its your first baby, or your fifth, HypnoBirthing is about bringing back the birthing experience to your desires & design and our philosophy and technique teaches you how to do just that no matter where, or how, you choose to birth.

My education and professional background is rich and varied as I have pivoted with life’s challenges; a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts (drama) from the University of Calgary, a global career in finance, and lastly the Applied Psychology and Professional Counselling diploma from Kelowna College of Professional Counsellors bringing me full circle into the exploration and support of humanity.

The following list below are my areas of specialization:

• Life transitions
• Grief counselling
• Assertiveness, boundaries and personal development
• Depression, anxiety and panic disorders
• Anger management and emotional regulation
• Motherhood, identity and women’s issues

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If you are seeing this then there is a reason you are here. Something has led you here, perhaps you are looking for healing for something that is physical or perhaps you are searching for a deeper connection to yourself, others or the world.

Naomi Clarke, our Reconnective Energy Healer can assist you in reconnecting on multiple levels. She has been trained and Certified in this non-touch modality since 2011. Naomi found Reconnective Healing during her own personal journey back to balancing her energy after a near-fatal car crash in 2001. The Energy has consistently assisted her in staying balanced and healthy in her own energy and she wishes to share this incredible energy and its amazing benefits with all her clients.

The energy goes where it is needed, there are many layers that our energy weaves through, the emotional body, where our emotions can create a block and become heavy. Our mental body where our thoughts can create burdens and add to our heaviness. And our Physical body is the last and most felt layer where all of the energy that has become blocked in the other layers can manifest in our physical bodies. Causing pain and injury and other physical discomfort and imbalances.

Naomi works with the “Energy” and the “Field” to bring them back into balance and help them to flow back into their natural state. Reconnective Healing works in harmony with other modalities and can be used to accelerate our spiritual growth and connection. Everyone can benefit from working with this Energy.

Reconnective Healing is closely aligned with the “Energy of Three”. It is recommended to give the Energy up to three sessions per situation.

Bullet point benefits for you:

• Establishing a stronger deeper connection to your own energy the energy of others and your connection to your environment.
• A higher personal vibration often leads to enhanced mood, more energy and deeper clarity.
• A more open connection to receiving information from your intuition.
• Deepening your connection with animals.
• Removing old energy blocks and programming from the past.

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