welcome to Lupine Clinical Counselling.
Supporting individuals and young families in the West Kootenays towards hope, healing, connection and growth that is within each of us, our families and community.
Why Lupines?
Lupines are a wildflower that signal growth and renewal, they represent the resilience that we need. Lupines thrive in some of the most difficult environments, adjusting to adverse conditions and blooming against all odds. Lupines grow in clusters representing the connection we need in our community, friendships and family to thrive.
What We Do
Lupine Clinical Counselling located in Nelson, BC offers individual, relationship and group counselling. We are pleased to work with all clients experiencing various stressors, grief, trauma, difficult life transitions and inter-personal relationship struggles that are impacting their mood and functioning.
Lupine Clinical Counselling specializes in working with individuals and couples experiencing Reproductive Health (infertility and loss) issues, Perinatal Mental Health, Birth Trauma and the early Parent-child relationship.
We specialize in offering Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) to the West Kootenays.
Our Services
Groups
Counsellors
Areas of specialization (please expand below to read more):
Dealing with infertility and medical treatment can be an emotionally difficult experience. Individuals and couples can benefit from having access to caring and compassionate support while on this challenging journey. Examples of experiences in which counselling can be beneficial:
-Actively undergoing IUI or IVF Treatment
-Participating in 3rd party reproduction such as sperm donor, egg donor or surrogacy
-Experiencing pregnancy loss
The journey of pregnancy, birth and parenthood may be more difficult than you anticipated, and you may be looking for support. Many parents may struggle in pregnancy or after the birth of their baby(s) with: birth trauma, overwhelm, worry, sadness, intrusive or scary thoughts, anxiety, adjustment to parenting, and/or depression.
During pregnancy women may experience; fear of childbirth, fear of parenting, feeling uncertain about wanting children and having unwanted thoughts about past medical trauma.
Short term counselling has been shown to be very effective for perinatal mood concerns and birth trauma for both partners and as a family. Our counsellors will meet with you (individually or with your partner) and discuss what you need right now to help you (you may bring baby). A safe place will be provided to talk about your struggles and fears. We will discuss your experiences and symptoms and make a plan for relief. Our counsellors may provide education about post partum depression, birth trauma and/or anxiety.
Our counsellors can make necessary referral to community and/or medical services.
What is birth trauma? Approximately 40% of people feel their birth was traumatic or disappointing in some way. Some examples of experiences are:
-You may have felt in danger
-You may have felt your baby was in danger
-You had a pre-term baby
-You had a lot of intervention during your birth
-You may have felt not listened to or cared for
-Difficulty telling your birth story or have anger/resentment when hearing others birth story
-You are preparing for another birth and are still struggling with experiences from a previous birth
-You feel very triggered near the anniversary of your baby’s birth and or loss
If you have had these experiences and are triggered emotionally or ruminating on your experience it is very helpful to access counselling. Counselling will provide you with someone listen to you, without judgment, and help process this important story, and bring new meaning or healing to what you have experienced. Vanessa will use talk-therapy so you can move through things you feel stuck on, vivid memories, and triggers
information@lupineclinicalcounselling.com
location
Suite 207, 402 Baker Street (Nelson Trading Company) in downtown Nelson, BC.