Bee Kind Counselling

Bee Kind Counselling Bee Kind Counselling offers a variety of therapeutic services for those living in Ontario Canada. I am a registered social worker with my BSW and MSW.

We provide support for anxiety, depression, ADHD, autism, BPD, bipolar disorder, relationship issues, anger management, LGBTQ+ issues and more. About Bee Kind Counselling

My name is Bre Traverse, I identify as a cis-gendered female with pronouns of she/her and of Qalipu Mi'kmaq First Nation descent. I am actively a part of the LGBTQ+ community and am an ally to many other communities. Opening my

own private practice was always a goal I strived towards. My goal is to help you find healthy coping skills that you can implement in your everyday lives. Bee Kind Counselling is a safe space for all gender identities, sexual orientations, races, and cultural backgrounds. The name "Bee Kind Counselling" originates from my name Bre, short form "B" and my love for all kinds of people promoting the need to be kind to each and every person as you never know what they may be experiencing. Life can get difficult, and sometimes a little help from a professional Psychotherapist/person with lived experience can make things better. I care about your well-being and provide you all the tools you need in order to seize the day and learn how to tackle even the most traumatic circumstances.

Tics in Tourette’s syndrome are influenced by stress, fatigue, environment, and physical health.All of these factors can...
05/06/2026

Tics in Tourette’s syndrome are influenced by stress, fatigue, environment, and physical health.

All of these factors can increase the frequency or intensity of tics, which is not a sign of weakness or misbehaviour.

Recognizing triggers helps you respond with strategies rather than frustration or self-criticism.

Here are some supportive strategies:
🐝 Practicing stress regulation and grounding techniques
🐝 Prioritizing restorative sleep
🐝 Minimizing sensory overload when possible
🐝 Managing physical health proactively
🐝 Allowing tics in safe, accepting spaces
🐝 Using predictable routines to support nervous system regulation

At Bee Kind Counselling, we provide trauma-informed, neurodiversity-affirming support to help individuals with Tourette’s syndrome understand their triggers, manage symptoms, and build strategies that protect their well-being.

📩 Book a free 15-minute consultation at admin@beekindcounselling.com or visit www.beekindcounselling.com

Mental Health Week is a time to acknowledge the many experiences people carry.It’s a week to focus on awareness, connect...
05/05/2026

Mental Health Week is a time to acknowledge the many experiences people carry.

It’s a week to focus on awareness, connection, and care for mental health while recognizing the strength it takes to navigate challenges, support others, and seek help.

If you are:

🐝 Struggling with mental health challenges
🐝 Supporting someone with mental health challenges
🐝 Feeling unseen or unheard
🐝 Learning to set boundaries for your well-being
🐝 Navigating grief, loss, or change
🐝 Holding space for others while feeling drained
🐝 Learning to ask for help
🐝 Working on healing at your own pace

Support is available.

At Bee Kind Counselling, we provide trauma-informed, neurodiversity-affirming care to help individuals and caregivers feel heard, supported, and empowered.

📩 Book a free 15-minute consultation at admin@beekindcounselling.com

or visit www.beekindcounselling.com

Sexual Violence Prevention Month is about more than raising awareness.It is about creating communities where consent, bo...
05/04/2026

Sexual Violence Prevention Month is about more than raising awareness.

It is about creating communities where consent, boundaries, and safety are actively prioritized.

It is about making sure everyone feels supported, respected, and able to participate fully in relationships and spaces.

Prevention looks like consent education, healthy relationship practices, bystander intervention, trauma-informed support, and accountability.

It means people’s voices are heard.
It means survivors have access to care.
It means harmful behaviours are addressed.

When prevention is practiced consistently, it reduces harm, builds confidence, and creates environments where people can engage safely rather than live in fear.

Safety is not about control. It is about empowering individuals and communities to act with dignity, respect, and choice.

At Bee Kind Counselling, we provide trauma-informed, neurodiversity-affirming support to help individuals and communities foster safer, more supportive environments.

📩 Book a free 15-minute consultation: admin@beekindcounselling.com or visit www.beekindcounselling.com

Ever notice how ADHD can make you feel like you always need to be right?For many people with ADHD, this pattern comes fr...
05/01/2026

Ever notice how ADHD can make you feel like you always need to be right?

For many people with ADHD, this pattern comes from executive function challenges, impulsivity, and self-protection. It can feel necessary to prove competence, avoid mistakes, or maintain self-esteem in a world that often misunderstands ADHD.

Some ways this might show up in daily life:
🐝 Over-explaining your ideas to make sure they’re understood
🐝 Debating small disagreements, even when stakes are low
🐝 Replaying arguments or mistakes in your mind
🐝 Avoiding risks or new experiences out of fear of being wrong
🐝 Feeling defensive or tense when your perspective is challenged

Recognizing these patterns can help you respond intentionally rather than getting caught in cycles of proving yourself.

At Bee Kind Counselling, we provide trauma-informed, neurodiversity-affirming therapy to help you understand this pattern, manage executive function challenges, and reduce the stress of always needing to be correct.

📩 Book a free 15-minute consultation at admin@beekindcounselling.com
or visit www.beekindcounselling.com

Ever notice how ADHD is often thought of only as trouble focusing?ADHD can affect attention, motivation, emotions, and e...
04/30/2026

Ever notice how ADHD is often thought of only as trouble focusing?

ADHD can affect attention, motivation, emotions, and energy in ways that aren’t always visible.

You might feel your mind jumping between ideas, tasks becoming overwhelming even when you want to do them, or emotional reactions hitting intensely, especially when facing rejection.

You might experience:
🐝 Difficulty starting or completing tasks despite knowing what to do
🐝 Intense emotions that feel hard to regulate
🐝 Motivation that fluctuates unexpectedly
🐝 Mental restlessness even when sitting still
🐝 Frustration, shame, or self-criticism tied to your ADHD traits

ADHD affects daily life, relationships, and self-esteem in ways that go beyond stereotypes. Recognizing how your brain works allows you to create strategies that support focus, emotional regulation, and resilience.

At Bee Kind Counselling, we provide trauma-informed, neurodiversity-affirming therapy to help you understand your ADHD, honour your experiences, and develop practical tools that fit your unique brain.

📩 Book a free 15-minute consultation at admin@beekindcounselling.com
or visit www.beekindcounselling.com

Do intense emotions ever feel overwhelming, leaving you irritable, anxious, or depleted?For neurodivergent individuals, ...
04/29/2026

Do intense emotions ever feel overwhelming, leaving you irritable, anxious, or depleted?

For neurodivergent individuals, emotional intensity can feel amplified, and everyday challenges may feel unmanageable.

TIPP is a DBT-based tool that provides practical strategies to calm your nervous system quickly:

T – Temperature
I – Intense Exercise
P – Paced Breathing
P – Progressive Muscle Relaxation

By noticing and using TIPP, you can reduce emotional overwhelm, improve focus, and respond to stress in ways that feel safe and intentional.

At Bee Kind Counselling, we provide trauma-informed, neurodiversity-affirming therapy to help neurodivergent individuals develop practical strategies like TIPP, build resilience, and manage intense emotions effectively.

📩 Reach out for a free 15-minute consultation at admin@beekindcounselling.com
or visit www.beekindcounselling.com

Here’s what many people misunderstand about intergenerational trauma in Indigenous communities.Trauma in these communiti...
04/28/2026

Here’s what many people misunderstand about intergenerational trauma in Indigenous communities.

Trauma in these communities is often surrounded by myths, stereotypes, and outdated assumptions that can make it harder for Indigenous people to feel understood, supported, and safe.

Intergenerational trauma is not a personal flaw or weakness.

It is a collective and ongoing experience that shapes mental, emotional, physical, and cultural well-being across generations.

Understanding intergenerational trauma more accurately helps create safer, more inclusive, and culturally affirming spaces for healing and connection.

Intergenerational trauma is:

🐝 Not a Personal Weakness
🐝 Not a Choice
🐝 Not Limited to Individuals
🐝 Not the Same for Everyone
🐝 Not Always Visible
🐝 Not a Weakness
🐝 Not Only Historical
🐝 Not Easily Fixed
🐝 Not Only Emotional

At Bee Kind Counselling, we believe addressing intergenerational trauma begins with listening, learning, and supporting Indigenous people in ways that honour their lived experiences and cultural strengths.

Our trauma-informed, culturally safe, and neurodiversity-affirming therapy supports Indigenous individuals, families, and communities in healing, reclaiming agency, and building connection.

📩 Book a free 15-minute consultation: admin@beekindcounselling.com
or visit www.beekindcounselling.com

Do you ever feel caught between neurodivergent and q***r communities, struggling to have your full identity recognized a...
04/27/2026

Do you ever feel caught between neurodivergent and q***r communities, struggling to have your full identity recognized and understood?

Neuroq***r individuals live at the intersection of neurodivergence and LGBTQ+ identities.

This unique overlap can bring joy, creativity, and resilience, but it also comes with challenges that are often overlooked.

Some common ways neuroq***r folks experience these challenges include:

🐝 Feeling misunderstood or invisible in neurodivergent spaces
🐝 Struggling to have q***r identities recognized in neurodivergent communities
🐝 Masking neurodivergent traits to meet q***r community expectations
🐝 Masking q***r identity to fit into neurodivergent spaces
🐝 Mental exhaustion from navigating multiple identities
🐝 Experiencing invalidation or microaggressions related to neurodivergence or q***rness
🐝 Difficulty accessing affirming healthcare or support services
🐝 Balancing the pressure to conform to societal norms in both q***r and neurodivergent communities

At Bee Kind Counselling, we provide trauma-informed, neurodiversity-affirming, and LGBTQ+-affirming therapy to help neuroq***r individuals navigate these challenges, reclaim authenticity, and find safe ways to show up as their full selves.

Reach out for a free 15-minute consultation at admin@beekindcounselling.com or visit www.beekindcounselling.com

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New Blog Post!Rejection sensitivity is common in ADHD, but it is often misunderstood as overreacting, being too sensitiv...
04/24/2026

New Blog Post!

Rejection sensitivity is common in ADHD, but it is often misunderstood as overreacting, being too sensitive, or taking things personally.

For people with ADHD, emotional responses to perceived criticism, exclusion, or disapproval can feel intense due to differences in emotional regulation and processing.

You may notice it as:
• Feeling devastated by perceived criticism or rejection
• Overthinking social interactions and worrying about how others perceive you
• Avoiding situations where judgment or evaluation might occur
• Difficulty trusting feedback, even when it’s constructive
• Heightened self-criticism or shame after conflicts
• Emotional outbursts or withdrawal when expectations aren’t met

Left unrecognized, rejection sensitivity can contribute to:
• Anxiety, low self-esteem, or depressive symptoms
• Social withdrawal and difficulty forming relationships
• Overcompensation through people-pleasing or perfectionism
• Burnout from trying to avoid disappointment or criticism
• Misunderstandings in work, school, or personal life

In this blog, we explore:
• How ADHD can amplify emotional responses to perceived rejection
• The difference between rejection sensitivity and general overreaction
• Strategies to manage triggers, build resilience, and process emotions safely
• How neurodiversity-affirming support can help reduce shame and self-criticism

Read the full blog post to understand ADHD-related rejection sensitivity and learn tools to respond to emotional triggers with self-compassion and empowerment.

At Bee Kind Counselling, we provide trauma-informed, neurodiversity-affirming therapy to help individuals with ADHD navigate rejection sensitivity, strengthen emotional regulation, and build confidence in relationships and decision-making.

Do you feel exhausted, unmotivated, or “stuck” and wonder if it’s just depression?Sometimes depression can mask underlyi...
04/23/2026

Do you feel exhausted, unmotivated, or “stuck” and wonder if it’s just depression?

Sometimes depression can mask underlying ADHD, making hyperactivity, impulsivity, or emotional sensitivity harder to notice.

These experiences aren’t a flaw. They are signals that your brain and nervous system are trying to cope with overlapping challenges.

You may notice:
🐝 Low energy making restlessness less obvious
🐝 Slow processing that feels like depression but reflects executive difficulties
🐝 Emotional numbness hiding your natural emotional intensity
🐝 Forgetfulness that looks like low motivation
🐝 Indecisiveness that seems like apathy
🐝 Self-criticism that mirrors depressive thinking
🐝 Social withdrawal masking ADHD-related social impulsivity
🐝 Difficulty focusing appearing as cognitive fatigue
🐝 Task avoidance obscuring ADHD-related procrastination

These patterns aren’t about laziness or failure. They’re invitations to notice your needs, explore strategies that work for you, and practice self-compassion.

At Bee Kind Counselling, we provide trauma-informed, neurodiversity-affirming support to help you understand how depression and ADHD can overlap, rebuild executive function, and reconnect with your strengths.

Reach out for a free 15-minute consultation at admin@beekindcounselling.com

or visit www.beekindcounselling.com

Think trauma after sexual abuse only affects memories or feelings? That's a mythTrauma impacts your emotions, body, thou...
04/22/2026

Think trauma after sexual abuse only affects memories or feelings?

That's a myth

Trauma impacts your emotions, body, thoughts, and relationships in complex ways.

You may experience intrusive thoughts, flashbacks, hypervigilance, emotional dysregulation, avoidance, negative self-beliefs, physical tension, and difficulty trusting others. Misunderstanding these symptoms can lead to unfair assumptions about your coping, resilience, or emotional control.

Recognizing the full scope of trauma is essential for support, healing, and self-compassion.

At Bee Kind Counselling, we provide trauma-informed, neurodiversity-affirming support for people who have experienced sexual abuse.

We help you understand your experiences, rebuild safety, regulate your nervous system, and develop strategies to restore trust, boundaries, and wellbeing.

Reach out for a free 15-minute consultation at admin@beekindcounselling.com

or visit www.beekindcounselling.com

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