01/05/2026
Wishing you Mino Oshki Biboon (a good New Year).
I am sending out this greeting with a reminder that FIRST NATIONS Non-Insured Health Benefits annual 20 counselling hours reset with the new year.
I encourage all my Indigenous relations to take full advantage of our treaty benefits and connect with supports to help you along this life journey of 2026.
Possible Reasons for Seeking Support:
> To set or meet goals for the new year
> Feeling a need for change
> Things just aren’t going well
> Feeling pressure from others
> Dealing with workplace conflicts or stress
> Seeking clarity and understanding
> Talk through decision making
> Racism and discrimination
> Anxiety & Depression
> Overwhelming feelings
> Difficulty in relationships
> Heightened sensory interferences
> Things feel intense
> Empath-like emotion
> Managing stress
> Generational Trauma
> Mental health symptoms
> Setting boundaries and becoming more assertive
> Grief and loss
> Professional pressures
> Forgiveness and letting go
> Recovering narcissistic abuse
> Recurring or troubling thoughts
> Increase coping skills
> Increase self-esteem and awareness
> Trauma - understanding and managing triggers
> Etc.
As a Traditional Counsellor, I would describe my private practice as social work that is rooted in Anishinaabe worldview with a focus on spiritual healing and connectedness. I listen, explore thoughts, feelings, behaviours, relations and experiences in order to uncover spiritual meaning or significance. I share guidance and knowledge from Anishinaabe traditional healing from a very down to earth place, and I bring in any western-taught skills as needed.
My area of focus for the last 4 years:
- Adults who haven’t been able to connect in Western counselling or benefit from mainstream therapies and are looking for cultural understanding, Indigenous focused and spiritual.
- Spiritually gifted people, neurodivergent, highly sensitive people, empaths, Autism spectrum, etc. (because western or mainstream counselling often doesn’t understand these things)
- Helping professionals (because everyone needs a support person and it can be hard to find one as a helper yourself)
If you’d like to connect for 1:1 support by phone or zoom with flexible hours on as needed basis, please complete the self-referral here:
https://forms.gle/Dzb8umvqgsJiSEAd7
I also have Indigenous colleagues who also do NIHB counselling private practice I could pass along info for if you'd like options for more of the main stream approach to practice.
Please read through the information and complete this form to request an initial appointment, and I will email you to schedule a call.
