Venturous Counselling & Consulting

Our team is growing! We're currently looking for a masters-level counsellor to join our care- and ethics-first practice.

Applications can be submitted to [email protected]. Please include a PDF of your resume and cover letter outlining your areas of practice, experience, counselling philosophy and what you hope to bring to our team. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for an interview. If you’d like to learn more about Venturous Counselling + Consulting, visit our website at https://venturouscounselling.com

Staff at Venturous Counselling + Consulting are uninvited settlers occupying the unceded and ancestral territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), S’ólh Téméxw (Stó:lō), Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh), Qayqayt, and kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem) peoples.

Our relationship with these lands dictates our commitment to addressing the ongoing impacts of colonization and decolonizing our practices in and out of the counselling room. We strive to be an accountable workplace that prioritizes and follows the lead of SDQTBIPOC communities’ lived experiences and resistances.

The "I don't see colour" mantra may be more harmful than you think:

Kiara Goodwin, Contributing writer of describes the statement as a lack of visibility and awareness. "“I don’t see color” can feel like “I’m choosing to ignore this part of you because it makes me more comfortable.” It sounds like “I don’t see you,” and it feels like a casual dismissal."

The remark is seemingly harmless and typically made to come across as "you're good with me as you are," but it is counterintuitive.

Goodwin adds, "refusing to see color is disregarding the distinct beauty that my blackness brings to the table."

"When I hear those words I can’t help but feel that the speaker has no desire to understand where I’m coming from and what my experience is like." - .goodwin

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Hindsight is always 20/20. We often go back and blame ourselves for things we were not yet taught.

The reality is, everything you do is a culmulation of who you have been developed to be in that moment. It is everything you needed for survival and it is everything you need to grow into the magnificant version of you that you’ll be tomorrow.

Don’t let unrealistic hindsight take that away from you.

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Boundaries invite conflict when it hasn't been a common practice.

That's normal and is something we can prepare for. Boundaries hold others safe from your resentment.

Boundary setting is a loving practice.

Virtual therapy not your groove? No worries!

Besides being an alternative setting to deepen your inner work, research has shown that Walk & Talk therapy, especially when done in a natural environment, helps to quiet the part of our brain responsible for producing ruminative and negative thoughts while reducing depression, anxiety, and stress.

When we integrate the mind, body, and nature into the work while engaging in a multi-sensory experience, our nervous system is calmed and we are able to come to more creative, deeper ways of thinking, getting ourselves unstuck when confronting difficult issues.

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Setting personal boundaries is the key to supportive relationships.

Having them in place allows us to clearly communicate our needs and wants while creating safer spaces to love and be.

They also give us the ability to set limits so that others can be informed when they have hurt us.

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Failure is something we’re often taught to run from in society. 👣

But what if failure was really just creativity, shamed? 👥 If you were to reframe failure as creativity, what spaces do you open up for yourself to grow and heal and love and create? 💓

Because you deserve this freedom to be. 🗣

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There’s more to wellness than what psychology likes to promote.

Wellness pertains to the development of interconnectedness with community and within the whole self.

It is associated with the intentions we set, the choices we make, the connection we curate with others and the actions that lead to an optimal state of well-being.

By learning about the 7+ dimensions of wellness, we can find balance in the actions we take in order to maintain a connected, full state of being. 🧘

What are some of your favourite ways to maintain wellness? 🪷

Perfectionism is the antithesis of self-worth and comes at the cost of making an impact. Here at Venturous, we've got lots of exciting plans coming to fruition in the new year. That means the best thing we can do for ourselves is to learn how to fail effectively and gracefully. Want to learn more about what that means (and what exciting plans we have)? Sign up for our monthly newsletter for the inside scoop! Link is in our bio.

What do you associate peace with? Little did I know, I was thinking about it all wrong.

I've always associated peace with sleeping, cause as soon as I wake up, it feels like the world is attacking me with chaos - tasks to do, standards to live up to, negativity to process. Obviously, this wasn't the right way to go about it. Haphazardly throwing yourself into life is going to guarantee chaos.

Fast-track to a pivotal mindset shift - agency. Agency in creating and maintaining a system for peace. Narrowing down the bullsh*t, being grounded in yourself and your values, leaving nothing in between or out of bounds. You have the power to protect your peace. Your choices are what matters, even when you feel like you have no choices left.