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Lotus Therapy & Counselling Centre

Vancouver-Based Trauma Counselling & Psychotherapy
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07/23/2025

Trauma becomes heavier when we carry it alone. The nervous system was never meant to process overwhelming pain in isolation. What hurts most isn’t always what happened — it’s that no one was there. No one held us through it. But healing begins when even one safe person helps your body learn: you’re not alone anymore. 🤝🌱

At Lotus Therapy, we honour the courage it takes to reach out. Together, we help your system feel connection again — at your pace, in your way.

07/22/2025

Trauma doesn’t just live in the past — it lives in the body and brain, too. It can rewire our nervous system to stay in survival mode, long after the danger has passed. But the brain is not fixed. With the right support, safety, and connection, it can learn to feel again. To trust again. To rest. Healing isn’t about forgetting what happened — it’s about helping your nervous system remember what calm feels like. 🧠💛

07/16/2025

Ever felt like one part of you is ready to move on… while another part holds on tight? You’re not alone. We all have different “parts” that try to help us cope — some protect, some push, and some just want to be heard. At Lotus Therapy, we help you gently turn toward these inner parts, with curiosity and compassion. Healing starts when we listen within. 🌱💛

07/15/2025

Your feel-good hormones aren’t just triggered by big life events—they respond to small, everyday moments that signal safety, connection, and pleasure to your nervous system.

This post isn’t about “fixing” your mood. It’s about gently inviting your brain and body to remember what it feels like to come home to yourself—one nourishing moment at a time.

Swipe through for 8 simple, human ways to support your emotional chemistry 💛

🌿 At Lotus Therapy, we support slow, sustainable healing—starting from the body up.

📍Vancouver | Coquitlam | Online across BC
📞 Book a free consultation today.

07/10/2025

You are your most important project.
You’re allowed to hit reset—not just once, but as many times as you need. Healing isn’t linear. Growth doesn’t happen on a deadline. There’s no “too late,” no fixed version of success. Just you, your breath, and the next small step.

At Lotus Therapy & Counselling Centre, we walk with you through the messiness of change—helping you return to yourself, again and again, with more compassion each time.

📍In-person in Vancouver & Coquitlam | 💻 Online across BC
🪷 Ready to begin again? Book a free consult—[link in bio]

07/01/2025

Love languages aren’t just for relationships with others—they’re a blueprint for how you care for yourself.

Do you crave quality time? That could mean unplugging and sitting with your thoughts without judgment.
Need words of affirmation? Your nervous system might respond to gentle reminders like, “I’m doing my best.”
Long for physical touch? A warm bath, cozy blanket, or hand over your heart can be powerful ways to self-soothe.

When you offer your love language back to yourself, you stop waiting for someone else to make you feel worthy—you begin showing up as the safe place within.

🌱 At Lotus Therapy, we support you in building these inner relationships, gently and with care.

📍Vancouver | Coquitlam | Online across BC
📞 Book a free consultation today.

06/27/2025

Avoiding emotions doesn’t make them go away—it just sends them underground.
They don’t vanish. They wait. Until one day, they knock louder—through irritability, anxiety, shutdown, or sudden tears you can’t explain.

This isn’t a failure. It’s your body’s way of saying, “I’ve been holding too much for too long.”
When we slow down and turn toward what we’ve buried, we create the safety our nervous system needs to release it.

At Lotus Therapy, we support that gentle turning. Because healing begins when we listen to what we’ve spent years trying not to feel.

📍Vancouver | Coquitlam | Online across BC
📞 Book a free consultation today.

06/20/2025

Depression can feel like the page where everything fades to gray. But what if it’s not the ending—what if it’s the beginning of a rewrite?

Beneath the numbness, your nervous system is still listening, still holding the pen. Not to erase what’s happened, but to choose what happens next.
Even the heaviest stories can shift—not because we force light into the dark, but because we begin to relate to the dark differently.

At Lotus Therapy, we gently support that shift—helping you reconnect with your voice, your pace, and your strength.

📍In-person in Vancouver & Coquitlam | 💻 Online across BC
📞 Book a free consultation today.

06/17/2025

When our kids “act out,” they’re not giving us a hard time—they’re having a hard time.
Underneath the yelling, defiance, or shutdown is a nervous system sounding the alarm: I’m overwhelmed, confused, or scared.

Let’s shift from blaming to befriending.
Instead of asking “What’s wrong with you?” try “What’s happening inside you?”

💛 At Lotus Therapy, we support families in understanding these deeper layers—because healing happens through connection, not correction.

📍In-person in Vancouver & Coquitlam | 💻 Online therapy across BC
📞 Book a free consultation today.

06/10/2025

Every time you say no to something that drains you, you’re saying yes to your well-being.
Boundaries aren’t walls—they’re windows with latches. They let in what nourishes, and gently close to what overwhelms. 💛

Many of us were taught that setting limits is “mean,” “cold,” or “selfish.”
But boundaries are not rejection—they’re protection. Not only for you, but also for the integrity of your relationships.

Let’s reframe: Boundaries are the way your nervous system says, “This is what safety feels like for me.” And that’s not selfish. That’s sacred.

🪷 At Lotus Therapy, we help you honour the space you need without guilt or shame.

06/05/2025

There wasn’t one aha moment.
It was a series of quiet shifts.
Choosing self-acceptance over self-criticism.
Protecting my energy like it was sacred currency.
Letting go—not of people, but of roles I was never meant to keep.
Communicating what I need, even when my voice shakes.

This isn’t perfection. It’s permission.
To honour your humanness. To choose again.

06/02/2025

Ever notice how the same piece of advice can feel both comforting and confusing?
“You have time.” // “Time is running out.”
“Let it go.” // “Feel your feelings.”
“Try harder.” // “Rest is productive.”

Both sides can hold truth.
Healing asks us to hold that tension with care—not as a contradiction, but as a paradox.
Because the nervous system doesn’t work in absolutes. It works in attunement.

There’s wisdom in pausing to ask:
What do I need this moment to mean for me?

🪷 At Lotus Therapy, we help you make meaning that’s rooted in your nervous system’s reality—not someone else’s advice.

Address

938 Howe Street Suite 703, BC V6Z 1N9
Vancouver, BC
V3B2H6

Telephone

+17783256505

Website

https://lotustherapy.ca/

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