Personal Growth Counselling at New Tides
Sometimes Counselling isn’t About Excavating Pain and Trauma
As you’re falling asleep at the end of the day, or maybe as you’re laying in bed in the morning, savouring a few extra moments of sleep, you find yourself wondering… am I doing this right?
Keep reading to learn more about counselling for personal growth.
Browse our personal growth counsellors further down the page.
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Know you want support but not sure where to start?
Our counsellors are people first. We truly believe that no one is broken, even when we feel stuck, overwhelmed, or like something is wrong with us. You’re just human, and being human can be complicated (and sometimes frustrating) to navigate.
Come take your shoes off, curl up with some tea, and let’s make a plan.
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When Might it Be Time to go to Counselling for Personal Growth
Your life is objectively okay… maybe even good, but to you, it feels like something is missing. Maybe it’s that you’re looking for more connected, inspiring relationships. Maybe there’s something you’re passionate about that you’re just not making time for. Or maybe you’ve built a life that you thought you were supposed to, you know - the one that was going to make you finally happy, relaxed and content - but it doesn’t feel like you thought it would. There’s also the possibility that you just honestly don’t really really know who you are.
Connect With One of Our Personal Growth Counsellors
Finding the right counsellor matters.
The following counsellors on our team have availability for new clients and bring different personalities, experiences and approaches to personal growth therapy.
We offer free 15-minute consultations so you can connect and ask questions first.
You can browse our counsellors yourself or have our intake team help you find a potential fit.
Sometimes Asking for Support is Hard
When questions and uncertainties cross our paths that we know nothing about dealing with, typically we ask an expert, or even a friend. But when it comes to our value as person, our lives, or our emotional and mental health and well being, it can be so challenging to ask for a little extra guidance. Often fear or embarrassment cause us to put off asking until the problem is so big we no longer could ignore it if we wanted to. I appreciate the courage that has brought you here now, wherever it is you are at!
If you’re looking to explore your values, your relationships, career, or how to create a more fulfilling life, I would love to tackle this together! We will explore what you already have in place, what’s missing, and what’s holding you back. You will also gain more confidence in your own intuition, develop self-awareness and greater sense of ease and being comfortable in your own body, heart and mind.
RCC (They/Her)
Collaborative · Authentic & Human · Gentle Warm & Validating · Welcomes Humour · Challenges Clients · Client-Led · Skills & Tools · Mind-Body · Insight & Patterns · Emotional Focus
LAUREN’S BIO & BOOKING →
Lauren brings a collaborative, open and human presence to counselling. They allow time for you to settle in without pressure, and become comfortable, with space for harder and deeper conversations once trust is built. Lauren brings lived experience as a longtime performer and artist, queer and neurodivergent person, and brings social justice, compassion and body acceptance into her work. The strives to create a space where each person can be fully themselves without the need to filter or hide who they are.
SPECIALTIES Neurodivergence · LGBTQIA+ · Anxiety & Panic · OCD · Depression · Burnout · Attachment · Family Relationships · Inner Child Work · Life Transitions
APPROACHES Somatic · DBT · IFS · Fat Liberation & Body Acceptance · Mindfulness · Anti-Oppressive · Narrative · Emotion Focused · Attachment-Focused · ACT · Trauma Informed · Sex Positive · Neurodivergent-Affirming