Dandelion Seed Counselling by Jody Tkach

10/21/2024

Dandelion Seed Counselling invites you to slow down and learn the lessons of the fall season. Jody Tkach can give you the support you need to reap the benefits of this chance to reflect.
Jody has the experience and education to help you turn inward and see what you need to do to create real change. Everyone is different, and therapy for one person shouldn't be exactly the same for another. Jody takes the time to develop a relationship as unique as you are to provide care and support that really works. Learn the lessons of autumn; learn to let go of what doesn't serve you, change for the better, find hope, and finally slow down and rest. Get the help you need this season with Jody Tkach at Dandelion Seed Counselling.
Check out the website for more information https://dandelionseed.ca/ or book now at https://dandelionseed.janeapp.com/ for in-person or online appointments

10/01/2024

Dandelion Seed Counselling knows many of you have been moving through life thinking how you feel isn't important. When you believe your feelings and emotions do not matter, you may push these feelings and emotions away. However, when we do not acknowledge our feelings and emotions they can often manifest in unhealthy ways, including depression, anxiety, and perfectionism.
Therapy with Jody Tkach can help. Jody has the dedication and training to help you bring these underlying emotions to the surface where they can be felt and acknowledged. Jody will create a safe and supportive space where your emotions will be treated with the importance they deserve. With practice, Jody will help you understand how to identify, feel, and process emotions so they no longer create unhealthy symptoms in your body. Symptoms which include unhealthy coping mechanisms, like depression and anxiety, as well as more physical manifestations including stress, pain, bowel and stomach issues, and more.
You are important. Come to a therapist that will make you feel it.
Check out the website for more information https://dandelionseed.ca/ or book now at https://dandelionseed.janeapp.com/ for in-person or online appointments

08/21/2024

Working Outside the Home-
A Mental Health Group for New Mothers

Do you need support: Returning to work outside the home, Managing negative feelings
Navigating conflicting feelings and Learning practical skills to help this transition.

Runs August 28- September 18
(Wednesdays, 6-7pm)
Maximum 8 people. Please attend each session. Infants 18mo. and under welcome.
$50 per session, per person. Full cost due at time of booking.

Contact:
jodytkach@dandelionseed.ca
To book your spot and for site information.

04/30/2024

Dandelion Seed Counselling understands you may have tried therapy before without success. Jody Tkach can help.

Jody Tkach can provide support that works because it is based on your own strengths and needs. Jody has the experience and insight to guide you towards therapy that works for you because it is made for you. Jody does not provide one size fits all, manual-based therapy. Jody provides the space and has the education to help you uncover your own unique strengths, identifying things you want to improve to live according to your own values and beliefs. Jody believes you should be who you want to be. Clarifying what this means can help you live the life you want, how you want.

Living a life in line with your values and beliefs makes relationships easier, improves symptoms of anxiety and depression, and helps you focus you energy on what is important. Only you know how to live your best life. Let Jody Tkach at Dandelion Counselling help you find out how. Check out the website for more information https://dandelionseed.ca/ or book now at https://dandelionseed.janeapp.com/ for in-person or online appointments.

04/23/2024

Dandelion Seed Counselling acknowldeges parents try the best they can. Many parents are burdened with the unresolved issues of the generation before. This can lead to a cycle of criticism moving from one generation to the next. Talk therapy with Jody Tkach can help stop this cycle.

Jody can help you notice your inner critic, that negative voice inside, and why it says what it does. Once you understand what it is saying, Jody will help you find ways to push back with positive self talk that fits for you and your circumstances. Positive self talk can help reduce the power of the generational issues you still carry, and stop you passing these criticisms to your own children.

Stopping the cycle takes work, you don't have to do it alone. Get support with Jody Tkach at Dandelion Seed Counselling. Check out the website for more information https://dandelionseed.ca/ or book now at https://dandelionseed.janeapp.com/ for in-person or online appointments.

04/16/2024

Dandelion Seed Counselling understands that sometimes it can be hard. People who are living with the challenge of depression can struggle with what seems like the simplest things. This daily struggle can make positive change for the future seem hopeless. Jody Tkach can help.

Jody wants to help you shift your thinking. When you are struggling, small tasks can be seen as big wins; Every step a positive step. These wins and positives start to add up and shift our inner negative critic. Jody can support you in finding the wins in everyday life that can shift our focus from depression to a clearer view of just how strong you are.

You can create the life you deserve, with a little support from Jody at Dandelion Seed Counselling. Check out the website for more information https://dandelionseed.ca/ or book now at https://dandelionseed.janeapp.com/ for in-person or online appointments.

03/12/2024

New group starts next week. We would love to see a couple more mothers join.

Sessions are: March 20 & 27, April 3, 10, 17, & 24, and May 1 & 8, 2024 in Parksville
For women with infants under 1 year of age (either first-time mothers or women with more than one child), who have symptoms of depression, anxiety, stress, and anger.
For women who have experienced birth trauma. For women who are experiencing difficulties in current relationships.

This support group provides information, support, and skills to increase attachment between mother and child, reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression, and improve the overall experience of motherhood. Infants under 1 year are welcome to attend sessions. Group work is most successful when you attend all the sessions in each set.

Go to https://dandelionseed.ca/groups/ for more information and a list of topics.
Book at https://dandelionseed.janeapp.com/locations/shelly-road-centre/book /1
Sessions can be paid for individually or as a set. Receipts provided.

Now Seeing New Clients, In Person or Online https://dandelionseed.janeapp.com Mental Health Support for Mothers – Next Group Starts March 20, 2024 in Parksville. Space is limited. Book now at Shelly Road location. Click on ‘Groups’ to learn more! And the dandelion does not stop growing because...

03/06/2024

Dandelion Seed Counselling wants to help you connect with your younger self. Lots of us have experiences in childhood that were negative, and some of these experiences have affected how we move through the world as adults. These childhood experiences can lead to anxiety, depression, and difficulty in relationships. Unfortunately, we can't change our past, but, with inner child work, we can shift our perspective of the past.

Jody Tkach has the experience and knowledge to help you explore your past and meet your inner child. You can help shift perspective when you look on childhood experiences with all the knowledge of your adult life. Connecting with your past self can help heal childhood trauma by giving you the love and care you always deserved. Jody provides a safe space to explore your past and sit with your childhood self with love and acceptance. Once your inner child feels the love they always needed you can begin to move on from negative childhood experiences.

Practice some inner child work and begin the life you deserve. Check out the website for more information https://dandelionseed.ca/ or book now at https://dandelionseed.janeapp.com/ for in-person or online appointments.

02/28/2024

Dandelion Seed Counselling wants you to know that therapy is not meant to cure, it is meant to help you live. Many of us are carrying a load. The load of childhood trauma, anxiety, depression, difficult relationships, pain, and self-doubt; one or all of these things can be heavy to bear. Many want to find a way to be cured of the past, yet therapy will not make the past go away. Jody Tkach can help you learn to live with all your life experiences, including the heavy ones.
Jody has the experience and insight to help you look at the past and understand how it affects you in the present. It can be difficult and painful to open all the pandora boxes of our lived moments, and Jody can be the safe, non-judgmental guide you need to open up your past. Jody will then help you walk with your past and it's hardships without having them weigh you down in the present.
You are amazing because of all that makes you who you are, including the heavy things. Learn to love and live with all of you.
Check out the website for more information https://dandelionseed.ca/or book now at https://dandelionseed.janeapp.com/ for in-person or online appointments.

02/15/2024

New group starting This Spring! Sessions are: March 20 & 27, April 3, 10, 17, & 24, and May 1 & 8, 2024 in Parksville

For women with infants under 1 year of age (either first-time mothers or women with more than one child), who have symptoms of depression, anxiety, stress, and anger.
For women who have experienced birth trauma. For women who are experiencing difficulties in current relationships.

This support group provides information, support, and skills to increase attachment between mother and child, reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression, and improve the overall experience of motherhood. Infants under 1 year are welcome to attend sessions. Group work is most successful when you attend all the sessions in each set. Go to https://dandelionseed.ca/groups/ for more information and a list of topics.

Book at https://dandelionseed.janeapp.com/locations/shelly-road-centre/book /1

Sessions can be paid for individually or as a set. Receipts provided.

Now Seeing New Clients, In Person or Online https://dandelionseed.janeapp.com Mental Health Support for Mothers – Next Group Starts March 20, 2024 in Parksville. Space is limited. Book now at Shelly Road location. Click on ‘Groups’ to learn more! And the dandelion does not stop growing because...

02/06/2024

Grief, anxiety, divorce, parenthood; Dandelion Seed Counselling acknowledges that life isn't always what we thought it would be. Instead of trying to hold onto what life 'should' have, or 'could' have been, it is better to understand and hold on to what life is, in all its perfections and mistakes. This is not always easy.
Therapy with Jody Tkach can help. Jody Tkach provides the expertise you need to understand where your life has taken you and how to enjoy where you are. Some people are stuck in a life that is harmful and they need to make changes; they need to focus on making a new life. Others are missing the joy of their real life by regretting what cannot be changed. Jody can help you see the difference. Once people become aware of the true nature of their experience, and the meaning they give to it, life becomes more enriching and easier.
Start finding joy in the life you have built.
Check out the website for more information https://dandelionseed.ca/or book now at https://dandelionseed.janeapp.com/ for in-person or online appointments.

02/01/2024

Dandelion Seed Counselling wants you to take up space in the world. In childhood, being yourself may have been met with censure or ridicule. You may have felt that people pulled away from you, or treated you unkindly when you asked for what you needed to feel loved and wanted. These experiences can create unhealthy coping mechanisms, including anxiety, depression, people-pleasing and perfectionism. Therapy with Jody Tkach can help.
Jody can explore your past for times when you asked to be loved and were met with rejection and abandonment, even just the perception of these things can cause maladaptations in adulthood. Jody can help you realise that you, just as you are, are worthy of love and support. As you realise your past experiences had more to do with others and less to do with you, you will be able to be more yourself. You will be able to handle rejection from those who don't deserve you and enjoy those who see you for the great person you are. Sure, you aren't perfect, but you are worth taking up space and making waves.
Learn how to feel comfortable being you. Check out the website for more information https://dandelionseed.ca/or book now at https://dandelionseed.janeapp.com/ for in-person or online appointments.

01/30/2024

Dandelion Seed Counselling wants to acknowledge relationships are hard. Relationships with our partners, parents, and our children; it can be hard to communicate without our own insecurities and unhealthy coping patterns getting in the way. Therapy with Jody Tkach can help.

Jody can help you explore your relationships and improve them. Jody will help you find insight into the old patterns and personal hang-ups that can be influencing your reactions and how you communicate with the ones you love. Jody can also help you find the confidence and self-love you need to start making positive changes. Being secure in ourselves and loving ourselves is the first step in being confident enough to ask for what we need, and admit when we make mistakes. This place of confidence can help you have a strong foundation to practice skills like apologizing for real, instead of being defensive or scared.

Learn skills to create meaningful, reciprocal relationships. Check out the website for more information https://dandelionseed.ca/or book now at https://dandelionseed.janeapp.com/ for in-person or online appointments.

01/25/2024

Do you feel like you have so much to be grateful for, and yet still suffer from anxiety, depression, and the effects of trauma? Dandelion Seed Counselling sees you.

In this society where we are encouraged to be grateful, we may feel guilt or shame for suffering when there are so many people in the world who are also suffering. The difficulties of one human being does not erase the suffering of another; it is not a competition.

If you have ever hesitated to get help and go to therapy because "others have it so much worse than I do", Jody Tkach wants you to know that you matter too. Taking care of yourself and your needs does not take away from your empathy and understanding of the needs of others. Reach out for the help you need, even if you are making it through the day. Taking care of yourself can open up space and energy to care for others.

Jody Tkach also wants you to know that you are worth the time and energy it takes to feel free from suffering, no matter your relative situation to others. Taking care of yourself is just as important as tending to the needs of others.

You deserve freedom from suffering. Check out the website for more information https://dandelionseed.ca/or book now at https://dandelionseed.janeapp.com/ for in-person or online appointments.

01/23/2024

Dandelion Seed Counselling knows you sometimes feel overwhelmed, and it is difficult not to fall into old, unhealthy patterns and coping mechanisms. These ways of being have been what helped you survive the past, however, it is time to create new, more healthy ways of coping.

Therapy with Jody Tkach can help. Jody understands how difficult it can be to change, even when we really want to. Talk therapy can help you understand your patterns of behaviour and learn new ways of being that serve you better. Jody Tkach celebrates your strengths and acknowledges the small steps in your progress to be the best you. The goal is not to be perfect, just better. Celebrate positive change as you move forward with the help of Dandelion Seed Counselling and therapy from Jody Tkach.

Check out the website for more information https://dandelionseed.ca/or book now at https://dandelionseed.janeapp.com/ for in-person or online appointments.

01/18/2024

Dandelion Seed wants to change the way you look at unhealthy coping mechanisms. Most often, unhealthy coping arises from our early childhood experiences. Punishing children for making mistakes when they do not know another path is not kind. The best way to improve the child and their behaviour is to show them another path, without punishment. Jody Tkach can help you look at your own behaviour from this kinder perspective.

Instead of viewing unhealthy patterns and behaviours as something wrong with you, Jody views these coping mechanisms as what you needed to survive past experiences. Jody understands that you probably created these as a young person to survive and that shows strength, not a deficiency of character. Jody can help you work with your past to untangle unhealthy coping mechanisms that aren't working for you anymore, without the feeling that you did something wrong. Once unhealthy coping mechanisms are understood, forgiven, and replaced with healthier ways of being, people find present symptoms and relationship issues improve.

Check out the website for more information https://dandelionseed.ca/or book now at https://dandelionseed.janeapp.com/ for in-person or online appointments.

01/16/2024

Dandelion Seed Counselling wants to acknowledge that this time of year can be difficult to find motivation and energy. Returning to routine after the holidays, family obligations, and daily activities can drain energy. There are also energy draining things we do that are not useful, or are unhealthy coping mechanisms. You may realize there are things that need to change in your life; it is difficult to make change on your own.

Therapy with Jody Tkach can help. Jody can help you recognize unhealthy coping mechanisms and patterns using up energy. This can prevent you from having the energy to be the person you want to be. Jody can identify your own unique challenges and provide insight into why you do these things, as well as strategies to remove these unhelpful energy-draining patterns from your life, for good. This will open up more energy for the people and things you love.

Stop wasting energy on old patterns and start having the motivation to do, and be, what you deserve.

Check out the website for more information https://dandelionseed.ca/or book now at https://dandelionseed.janeapp.com/ for in-person or online appointments.

01/11/2024

Dandelion Seed Counselling wants you to reflect on the phenomena of feeling not enough, and feeling like we are too much. Many people feel they are not good enough to receive love and support, or that they are too much work to deserve love and support. These feelings can, and often do, exist within the same person because they are different spheres of the same feeling: the fear that being themselves. Are you tired of feeling like you need to be something else to be loved? Therapy with Jody Tkach can help.

Jody Tkach has the experience and training to provide a therapeutic relationship that includes unconditional positive regard. This professional mode of being means that Jody sincerely believes there is something to love about you, just as you are. Jody understands there are flaws in all of us, that is what makes us wonderfully human, these flaws don't mean we don't deserve love and support. Working with Jody can provide you with insight into why you don't feel good enough, or why you feel like a burden. Once you understand the root of these feelings Jody can help you find ways to uncover, and believe, that you deserve love and support just as you are.

Stop the fear and embrace the wonderful person you are.

Check out the website for more information https://dandelionseed.ca/or book now at https://dandelionseed.janeapp.com/for in-person or online appointments.