Dawn Clarke Counselling

There is no redeeming quality about harshness. There is nothing that harshness can do that loving firmness can’t do better. ~Terry Real~

Looking at how your past is showing up in your present in the service of growth is a responsibility, not an indulgence.

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Read, reread, and wrap your mind around holding onto other peoples emotions is toxic!

"I am still every age that I have been because I was once a child, I'm always a child. Because I was once an adolescent given to moods and ecstasies, these are still part of me and always will be. This does not mean that I ought to be trapped or enclosed in any of these ages but that they are in me to be drawn on. My past is part of what makes the present and must not be denied or rejected."

Janina Fisher from "Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors"

It may take years, even generations, but a negative experience returns until human presence is brought to touch it with love and acceptance and integrate it.

~Steven Gilligan

How are you navigating these challenging times? Are you ready to courageously shift through depression, anxiety, trauma, and relational difficulty? Are you motivated to become more regulated, connected, and centered? My approach is to hold a healing space that is compassionate, safe, experiential, and collaborative. My focus is to gently guide my clients towards a renewed sense of aliveness and to restore clarity, wholeness, and hope. I also help couples and individuals work to improve their communication, boundaries, and resilience.

My specialty is Somatic Experiencing. When functioning optimally, our systems are organized, coherent, and functional. Life events that are overwhelming to our systems such as car accidents, relationship ruptures, grief, and transitions can appear as depression, anxiety, and chronic pain. SE restores energy, improves sleep, healing and increases well-being.

You are not alone. Trauma affects every one of us on this human journey. Through attachment re-patterning, corrective experiences, and being witnessed by an attuned and compassionate individual we can heal trauma and settle in the here and now and be spontaneous with a renewed sense of aliveness, flow, and vitality.

I am currently offering phone, video, and in-person sessions. If you would like to learn more about me or my practice, please call 250 864-4606 for a free phone consultation.