Rooted In Grace Counselling

10/29/2025

10/22/2025

As I look outside my office window, watching the rain and wind push the big maple’s leaves around, watching the sky grow dark and stormy, I’m reminded how difficult this season can be for some. With the longer days of darkness can come feelings of hopelessness and despair. This can be a natural part of the change of seasons.

If this is you today, take hope and remember: this is just a season that will come and go. Seasons change but Jesus remains the same. Reach out to get the support you need through this time. You’re not alone.

10/15/2025

Many clients come in with relationship issues whether that is in their marriage, with their children, friends or in their family of origin. Relationships are hard and sometimes we need to go back to the basics of communication to learn how to hear one another in moments of stress.

Try active listening! It helps your brain go from panic back to reasoning. Bonus: it can also make you into a better friend, spouse, and parent.

10/09/2025

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10/01/2025

As a faith-based, Christian counsellor, I have something to offer that so many other counsellors don’t. A deep understanding of our purpose in this challenging and beautiful world. I love to combine faith and counselling because I believe we can’t take Jesus out of the healing process. So many of my clients have appreciated this approach as they navigate their faith journey and their mental health.

If you’ve been considering counselling and are follower of Jesus, maybe we would be a good fit! Get in touch for a 15-minute consultation today and we can get your journey started.

09/25/2025

This post has some information about medication. While counsellors are not doctors, we like to work collaboratively with other health care professionals to help people live healthy: body, soul, and spirit. If you are someone who takes medication to support better mental health, ask your doctor what natural ways you can care for your body, mind, and spirit that will work collaboratively with the medication your taking.

09/17/2025

As co-regulating people who were made in God’s image, we require the presence of others for our healthy growth and development. Community bears witness (Hebrews 12-1-2) to our lives and provides us with the support me we need to rewrite our stories.

We need to choose to live in community for this to happen. What community do you surround yourself with? Do they support you as you seek to retell parts of your story that are painful? How does God want to redeem you in vulnerability with others?

Hebrews 12:1-2
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

09/10/2025

Clients come to counselling to practice setting boundaries and to understand when and why boundaries are appropriate.

Whether you have a Christian background or not, boundaries are vital to a healthy life. Boundaries help us understand what is my responsibility and what is yours.

If you have a hard time saying no, if you struggle with resentment and people pleasing, counselling might be a good place to discover why you haven’t been able to set boundaries so far and to practice setting boundaries for a healthier, more loving future.

Reach out if this post hits home!

08/21/2025

Shame can be a powerful weapon that is used in our lives. It encourages us to live in the dark. It tells us that we will never be loved if we are fully known.

God wants us to know that there’s nothing we can do that separates us from His love.

One of the gifts of counselling is being able to walk beside others as they step out of shame and into light. If this is speaking to you, feel free to reach out. Start your journey stepping out of shame and into light today.

08/13/2025

You might be surprised at how often clients come to therapy because they have been suppressing or numbing their feelings instead of working through them. We can numb feelings with all sorts of things: food, technology, shopping, p**n, exercise…the list is endless. Numbing your feelings leaves your body unwell, your mind unsettled, and your spirit broken.

A counselling session can be a great place to learn to name your feelings, learn what to do with them, and begin to heal.

If you’d like your own feelings wheel, comment “Feelings” below and I’ll send it your way for free!

07/23/2025

I’m a firm believer in opening up communication between a client and the people they’re in relationship with.

Imagine a teenager who is struggling with anxiety in many areas of life. Naturally, their parents are both affected by and influential to this experience. A shared session can gently bring parents and teens onto the same page—offering understanding, clarity, and a shared language for healing.

When a client is struggling, their environment can either support their growth or unintentionally make it harder. That’s why, at times, I invite a parent, partner, or trusted support person to join us in session.

These moments can be incredibly helpful—creating space for honest dialogue, offering clarity, and strengthening the support system around the client.

What about you?
Have you ever found it helpful to include others in your healing journey?
Can you imagine how this might support long-term growth?

07/16/2025

Not every thought is true, helpful, or worth holding on to.
Sometimes our minds get noisy with doubt, fear, or pressure to perform.

You can learn to pause, notice, and challenge the thoughts that don’t align with truth—or with who God says you are.

🌀 What’s swirling in your mind today?
You don’t have to carry it alone.