Restorative Counselling

Harvest Time. It’s the most generous time of the year! And again... Happy RESTORATIVE JUSTICE WEEK again to you all!... Anyone clearing out their closets this winter to make space for new winter duds for kids? We serve lots of young moms that are looking for warm clothes, blankets and pillows for their kids. Winter jackets / snow pants and boots for kids plus mommas needed. Also if you have furniture or toys to clear out, some young ones would be delighted to have new things for their new homes! Turkey dinner fixings would also find a warm table if you have extra. PM me what you have to donate and I will make note and a plan for pick up or delivery.

I am sweetgrass... I am sweetgrass. I carry her essence near to my heart as I twirl along through life on the tips of my toes. Hair whipping in the wind down the mountain my joy leaves a trail behind me while others create their own path. I love when they run their fingers through my hair as they weave through the meadow. ...Continue reading

Happy Restorative Justice Week. Giving victims a voice for over 30 years. We celebrate your vision!

Meet our good friend Samar Shata

Prayers for better days ahead.

Can you help this happen?

Have you met this Nanaimo Fam Jam? Wishing for love and abundance to find the Caverley CLAN! Anyone have harvested veggies other other leftover harvests? Grace under pressure.

You know what’s more exciting than a Friday night?? Planning a retreat and making a gift list! Next week we will be honouring our AMAZING TEAM for some PHENOMENAL front line work through the pandemic to meet community need!! Little sissy Danielle Aline will be joining us fireside!... And we will be revelling in stories, cherishing our Wisdom Keepers and engaging in some serious relaxation and self care. I’m so grateful for being led to serve in the ways I do. I’m so very happy at the wholehearted bunch of community members that stand with us! Can you be in love with a whole team? I think I’m in love with the whole team!! Who has been to any of our retreats before?? How was it? Who wants to retreat for winter solstice at Bethlehem Centre with us?

Thoughts on Mindful Consumption? One of the FIVE mindfulness trainings

A quote from my most cherished teacher that shows the overlap between Indigenous and Zen Buddhist wisdom: When we can truly see and understand the earth, love is born in our hearts. We feel connected. That is the meaning of love: to be at one. Only when we’ve fallen back in love with the earth will our actions spring from reverence and the insight of our interconnectedness. ...Yet many of us have become alienated from the earth. We are lost, isolated, and lonely. We work too... hard, our lives are too busy, and we are restless and distracted, losing ourselves in consumption. But the earth is always there for us, offering us everything we need for our nourishment and healing: the miraculous grain of corn, the refreshing stream, the fragrant forest, the majestic snow-capped mountain peak, and the joyful birdsong at dawn. - Thich Nhat Hanh

Like Akhilandishvari we gain our greatest strength when we break free from the habitual and rebuild a purposeful life.

Ajay in the HOUSE (OK, socially distanced in the yard). Dreaming up our dream team for Young Adult DBT groups starting in the fall! Do you think young adults DBT groups would be helpful? ... How about LGBTQ2S+ friendly offerings of group therapy? What is DBT you ask? https://restorativecounselling.com//dbt_orientation_and_ag

Working on a new logo for the Restorative Wellness Project (our multidisciplinary online group service collaboration). Thoughts?

Reflecting on how big today is. Acknowledging clients that did the deeper work! Happy GRAD Day RWP Cohort #1! #socialchabgethroughaction #healingasresistance... #justiceforchantelmoore #blacklivesmatter See more

A journaling reflection.

This is for you... and your friends. And your family. Be aware. Be alert. Be well

We are making a global connection! Shout out and call out to @Marloes! my INDIGENOUS Netherlands SISTER from MSC training in Amsterdam! We are inviting you to be a guest Co-host!!... Lots Zoom with the Elders, Dear One. See more

Loving all the new ways to celebrate community!

Thoughts? Thanks to Crystal C Easton for the pause and smile.

Welcome to the team Eh Jay! Look at us GROW! Youth a programming Starting in June! Youth DBT twice a week! ... Pssssst pass it on! What is the RESTORATIVE WELLNESS PROJECT all about? Collaboration, not competition. Community-based wellness services for the win!

Did you know Restorative Counselling has expanded and now have NINE staff members (including Elders) on board to meet community demand for Mental Health Services? If you want to refer to us sent me a request to learn the referral process for yourself, your clients, students, loved ones or staff. Meet the team HERE https://restorativecounselling.com/our-team.html ... and learn about the Restorative Wellness PROJECT HERE. https://restorativecounselling.com/communication-policies-a We offer: Coaching, advocacy, brief counselling, EMDR, psychiatric consultation, clinical supervision and group therapy. We are also providing rapid access support to our front line health care workers through the COVID-19 pandemic and have groups reserved for health care providers. We can offer service within a week of referral and have services for all budgets. NO ONE IS TURNED AWAY. However, our capacity to serve low to no barrier services relies on utilizing the groups for folks with no funding. One-on-one counselling is more limited, but we offer generous sliding scales.

We love these folks! They do tremendous work support people from treatment to maintaining so fiery in community!

We've been waiting to publicly share some REALLY AWESOME NEWS! RWP is Officially Launched! Restorative Wellness Project RestWellProject!... Look at who we have on board! https://restorativecounselling.com/for-our-community-partne DBT MSC MBCT Groups by donation <3

Welcome to our virtual office and group room! DBT x2 offerings starting next week! MIndful Self-Compassion staring in 2 weeks!... Mindfulness Based Relapse Prevention also in 2 weeks! To sign up... https://restorativecounselling.com/restorative-wellness-gro