Metamorphosis Counselling

05/23/2026

Behind every therapist is… approximately 47 notebooks, an alarming amount of coffee, and a brain that never really stops thinking about humans and healing ☕📝✨

Meet the humans behind the therapy chairs. 💛

Amanda and Paula each bring their own style, personality, lived experiences, humour, and approach to the work — but we share the same core belief:

People deserve spaces where they feel safe, seen, respected, and genuinely understood.

Therapy isn’t about “fixing” people. It’s about making space for growth, insight, healing, and sometimes laughter in the middle of hard things.

So here’s a little sketchbook peek into the people behind the practice — the coffee drinkers, note takers, question askers, hope holders, and fellow humans walking alongside others. 🌿

✨ Amanda (she/they) – supporting adolescents and adults, in person in Humboldt or online from anywhere.
✨ Paula (she/her) – supporting adults and children, in person in Saskatoon or online from anywhere.

No perfection required. Just humanity. 🤍

05/20/2026

05/17/2026

It’s International Day Against LGBTQIA+ Discrimination and we believe every home should make room for love, authenticity and belonging. We're committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone feels seen, valued and celebrated. Discover our tips to be an everyday ally: https://bit.ly/4wmCDUM

05/17/2026

Recently, we removed a comment from our social media stating that Amanda is unfit to provide mental health support because she is obese. The commenter further — and incorrectly — stated that obesity is a mental illness and that people with mental illness are not appropriate providers of mental health support.

We want to be clear: obesity is not classified as a mental illness. Further, experiencing mental illness does not preclude anyone from effectively proving mental health care; in many circumstances, lived experience enhances one’s ability to provide care.

Comments like these reflect the ongoing stigma and pathologization that many people in larger bodies experience every day — including in healthcare spaces. Weight stigma is not benign. It impacts mental health, healthcare access, therapeutic safety, and people’s willingness to seek support.

At Metamorphosis Counselling, we support Health at Every Size (HAES) principles and reject the idea that body size determines worth, competence, intelligence, health, or capacity to care for others.

Bodies are not moral achievements.
Body size is not a character flaw.
And people do not need to become smaller to deserve dignity, respect, or competent care.

We believe in compassionate, evidence-informed, weight-inclusive practice. We support people in all bodies and remain committed to creating spaces where clients feel safe, seen, and valued.

Because mental health support should challenge stigma — not reproduce it. 💛

05/16/2026

Amanda Baldwin, PhD, CCC (they/she) and Paula Kessler, MC, CCC, RSW (she/her), are the therapists behind Metamorphosis Counselling 💛

Together, we support children, adolescents, and adults of all genders through a wide range of concerns including:
✨ anxiety & stress
✨ trauma & PTSD
✨ burnout & overwhelm
✨ relationship challenges
✨ identity exploration
✨ parenting & maternal mental health
✨ self-esteem & emotional regulation

Amanda is a Canadian Certified Counsellor and EMDR therapist whose work is grounded in feminist, trauma-informed, and neuroaffirming approaches. Amanda primarily works with adolescents and adults and offers in-person sessions in Humboldt as well as virtual sessions across Saskatchewan.

Paula is a Canadian Certified Counsellor and Registered Social Worker who brings warmth, authenticity, and compassion to her work with children, adolescents, and adults. Paula is based in Saskatoon and also offers virtual sessions across Saskatchewan.

Session rate: $170/hour
Coverage available through many extended health benefits plans.

📧 metamorphosiscounselling@gmail.com
🌐 Metamorphosis Counselling

05/10/2026

Happy Mother’s Day to the moms, stepmoms, bonus moms, grandmas, chosen moms, grieving moms, single moms, exhausted moms, and the women carrying the invisible emotional labour that keeps so many lives moving every day 💐

As therapists, we spend a lot of time supporting mothers through the realities that don’t always make it onto social media:
✨ the mental load
✨ the guilt
✨ the overstimulation
✨ the worry
✨ the loneliness
✨ the identity shifts
✨ the pressure to “do it all” while pretending you’re okay

And as two moms ourselves, we know motherhood can hold both immense love and immense exhaustion at the same time.

Motherhood can be joyful and overwhelming.
Beautiful and isolating.
Meaningful and incredibly hard.

Mental health struggles during motherhood are not a sign of failure — they are often understandable responses to impossible expectations, chronic stress, lack of support, and the constant demand to care for everyone else before yourself.

So today, we hope moms remember:
💛 You are allowed to rest.
💛 You are allowed to need support.
💛 You are allowed to have feelings beyond gratitude.
💛 You are still a good mother on the hard days.
💛 Taking care of yourself is part of taking care of your family.

To all the moms doing their best with the resources they have: we see you. And you deserve care too.

Happy Mother’s Day 🌸

05/05/2026

Today is Red Dress Day.

A day to honour and remember Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit people and to hold space for the families, communities, and loved ones who continue to carry this reality every day.

This is not just about awareness. It’s about responsibility, and how we choose to act with what we know.

Real change comes from understanding the systems that have created and continue to fuel this crisis, including policies like the Indian Act, ongoing colonial violence, and the ways Indigenous women, girls, and Two-Spirit people have been made vulnerable through law, displacement, and disconnection from community.

We encourage you to go deeper:
Learn the history.
Listen to families and survivors.
Support Indigenous-led initiatives and community-rooted healing spaces.
Invest in work that is led by and for our communities.

If you or your organization are looking to deepen your understanding, we offer spaces for learning, reflection, and dialogue grounded in community, art, and lived experience. You don’t have to navigate this alone — lean on us.

We all have a role in carrying this forward.

❤️

Join us in continuing this work through community, art, & wellness.

05/02/2026

Amanda Baldwin is a psychotherapeutic counsellor who works with adolescents and adults across a range of concerns, including trauma, anxiety, life transitions, and relationship challenges. Her approach is grounded, collaborative, and respectful—focused on creating a space where clients feel safe to explore their experiences without judgment.

Amanda integrates evidence-based practices, including EMDR, with a strong emphasis on understanding each client’s unique story and nervous system. She believes that therapy is not about “fixing” people, but about supporting meaningful change, increasing self-awareness, and building sustainable ways of coping and relating.

Clients often appreciate Amanda’s balance of warmth and honesty. She works at a pace that feels manageable while also gently supporting clients to move toward the growth and change they are seeking.

Amanda offers both in-person and online sessions for individuals throughout Saskatchewan.

We provide trauma-informed counselling and EMDR across SK, offering online and in-person support to children/youth and adults.

04/23/2026

Some information to contemplate…

04/14/2026

A few coveted late afternoon and early evening spots (2:15, 4:45, 6:00pm) have opened up this Friday with Amanda ✨
These times rarely become available—and they don’t last long.

📧 Email us (metamorphosiscounselling@gmail.com) or
💻 Log into the booking system to secure your spot

02/04/2026

Their Collective .mj hosts a virtual monthly support group for anyone parenting or supporting transgender, non-binary, gender diverse/gender non-conforming teens!

It's open to anyone in AB/SK/MB/NWT!

We have several new visitors scheduled to attend and look forward to getting to know you better!

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