Selah Counselling, Mediation & Training Center

11/24/2025

At Selah we cultivate curiosity, not judgment, because real transformation happens when people feel understood, not evaluated.

Curiosity opens the door for safety, connection, and honest conversations. Judgment shuts people down, but curiosity makes room for their story, their pace, and the truth of what shaped them.

When leaders, therapists, and teams choose curiosity, people begin to heal. They soften. They feel seen. They stop bracing for impact and start opening up to possibility.

This is the atmosphere we fight for at Selah.
An atmosphere where you can come as you are, be held with compassion, and grow without fear.

We are here to help.
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11/17/2025

So many of us were taught that “loving well” means carrying everything for the people we care about.
But that isn’t empathy.
That’s exhaustion disguised as compassion.

Empathy listens, supports, and honours another person’s experience.
Enabling absorbs emotions that are not ours to carry, tries to fix without being asked, and slowly erodes our own wellbeing.

If you find yourself feeling drained, resentful, overwhelmed, or responsible for someone else’s healing, it’s not because you’re failing.
It’s because your nervous system has been doing too much for too long.

Healthy support has boundaries.
Empathy says, “I’m here with you.”
Enabling whispers, “I must save you or everything falls apart.”

You are allowed to show up with love without becoming someone’s emotional anchor.
You are allowed to care deeply without losing yourself in the process.
You are allowed to pause, breathe, and remember that the healing of another person is not your burden to carry alone.

11/13/2025

As therapists, we never stop learning.
The deeper the trauma, the more skill, nuance, and relational awareness it takes to hold the healing process well.

Today, I had the honour of learning from Dr. François Le Doze, exploring the Relational Intelligence Model for Trauma Treatment. His work is a powerful reminder that trauma is not just a clinical presentation, it is a relational wound, and effective treatment requires us to grow in how we attune, connect, and respond.

The more we strengthen our relational intelligence, the safer our clients become.
The more we cultivate our own regulation, the deeper the healing we help make possible.
The more we equip the next generation of therapists, the stronger and more trauma informed our communities become.

I am committed to learning, growing, and bringing forward models that elevate both seasoned clinicians and newer therapists entering the field. Our clients deserve treatment held with excellence, humility, and compassion.

This is the work. This is Selah.

11/11/2025

Today we pause in gratitude.
To remember those who gave their lives for our freedom.
May we never forget the cost of peace and the gift of love that endures.

10/30/2025

Where Love Meets Healing

True healing happens where love and truth meet.
God never approaches us with condemnation, only compassion. Therapy, at its best, mirrors that same heart — meeting you where you are, not where you think you should be.

At Selah, we believe therapy isn’t about fixing what’s broken but creating space for what’s loved. When you’re fully seen, known, and accepted, the parts of you that have been hiding finally begin to breathe again.

This is the sacred space where grace does its deepest work — where shame loses its power, and your story begins to unfold in wholeness.

You are fully seen. You are deeply loved.
And you are not beyond healing. 💛

10/15/2025

Real healing isn’t linear — it’s relational.
It doesn’t happen in checklists or quick fixes.
It happens when you show up, even when it’s messy or painful.
At Selah, we believe healing grows in honest, safe, and consistent relationships.

10/14/2025

At Selah, we do things differently.
We don’t use an online booking system — because healing starts with relationship, not automation.

Once you’re booked, that’s your spot — protected, recurring, and part of your rhythm of growth.
Real people. Real voices. Real healing.
That’s the Selah difference. 💛

10/03/2025

✨ Why I Chose This Path

In 1997, I was on a placement with the OPP. I thought I wanted to be an officer—until the day we picked up a man to detain.

I looked at his face and something inside me shifted. I didn’t just see a “criminal.” I saw a story. Wounds. A life that had led him there. In that moment, I knew I didn’t want to spend my life putting on handcuffs. I wanted to spend it helping people find healing.

That was the day my calling began.

Fast forward to today—almost three decades later—and I’ve walked with countless people through loss, trauma, heartbreak, and rebuilding.

And yes… I see the wave of graduates setting up independent subcontracted businesses, filling Instagram with their voices, and I wonder if I should do the same. But here’s the truth:

Instagram will never capture my why.

Because my why isn’t clicks or going viral. My why is the mom grieving her child. The family on the edge of breaking apart. The person behind bars who still has a story worth redeeming.

This work is not just my career. It’s my heart. My life’s passion. My gift is sitting in the sacred spaces of people’s pain and walking with them toward restoration and hope.

So no, I may not keep up with every trend. But the lives I’ve seen healed, restored, and rebuilt since that day in 1997? That is enough. That is the gift. 💙

This is the heart behind Selah Counselling, Mediation, and Training Center

09/30/2025

Team Images. Kelsey joined virtually from Saskatoon. It was fun way to incorporate her in our images. Fun day with the Selah Team. 💜

Thank you to Vanwalk Photography. You did such a great job.

09/30/2025

09/23/2025

Meet Faith Laverty, MSW, RSW
Faith is a registered social worker and psychotherapist at Selah Support who brings warmth, empathy, and years of clinical experience to her work. She believes the foundation of healing begins with a strong therapeutic relationship—one built on safety, trust, and genuine connection.

Faith’s approach is integrative and client-centered. She draws from a range of evidence-based practices, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Cognitive Processing Therapy, Mindfulness, Somatic Therapy, and Polyvagal Theory, tailoring her work to meet each person’s unique journey.

She’s also continuing her education in Emotionally Focused Therapy and parts work / internal family systems, showing her commitment to lifelong learning.

Her background includes a master’s degree in social work from the University of Toronto. Before joining Selah, Faith worked for five years in community settings supporting people with addictions; during her MSW placement she also gained experience in a mental health hospital, working with clients facing both addiction and PTSD.

Outside of her professional life, Faith is all about the simple joys—spending time with her husband and two children, tending her garden, exploring new trails, singing in the car, and even making homemade pickles.