Holistic therapy services
Coming to therapy is a hopeful and courageous act of faith in our willingness to change and grow.
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What is holistic therapy?
Nature-based therapy
Online / phone therapy
Our counselling rates
What is holistic therapy?
Our holistic therapy sessions honour how you learn, and move at the pace of your informed and embodied consent. A gentle pace of change makes it possible to come into calm connection with yourself and others.
Our therapy sessions integrate:
Heart-centred, compassionate inquiry
Embodied and nature-based practices
Gentle mindfulness and grounding
And whatever we discover works for you
Deep listening
We live in challenging and often overwhelming times. At Sunflower we recognize that anxiety, depression, and addictions—as well as diverse ways of learning, distraction and focusing patterns—are coping strategies. While they may be constricting us now, they have roots in our innate desire to protect ourselves, thrive and grow.
Our therapy practices recognize that:
Painful and constricted ways of being often begin as coping and survival strategies when we are young
These strategies make sense in relation to our lived experiences, legacies of trauma and loss, and experiences of systemic oppression
In coming into calm connection with ourselves, each other and the natural world we can begin to move through these experiences, and embrace change and growth
Nature-based therapy services (in person)
Being outside together in nature wakes us up, and slows us down. As we relax, we come into our senses and our body. Nature-based therapy sessions are grounded in a holistic view of health and affirm the connection of mind, body, heart and spirit.
Natural systems teach us that we are part of an ever-changing whole. This can be powerful for all of us impacted by trauma, systems of oppression and living through the climate emergency. We can bend, we can break even, but we can also heal and grow lives of purpose.
Nature-based sessions include:
Walks at pace that feels right for you in the moment
Experiencing rest in both movement and stillness to unwind our nervous systems
Mindful practices that awaken us to our senses
Heart-centred, compassionate inquiry to discover your story
Holistic therapy online and by phone
Coming to therapy online or by phone invites us to create a space at home to rest and reconnect with ourselves.
Many of us may struggle with addictive patterns in our life online. Online therapy can help us transform our ways of connecting and learning in this space.
Online and phone sessions can include:
Mindfulness and centring practices that reconnect us to ourselves as part of nature
Art and journaling experiences
Awareness of our body and sensations in relation to thinking patterns and emotions
Heart-centred, compassionate inquiry to discover your story
Our counselling rates
Our present rates are $160/hour.
The full rate for counselling is recommended for people who have insurance coverage, sufficient income, or assets and investments (like owning a home).
We also offer counselling on a sliding scale, with spots reserved for people who do not have access to resources to pay.
Our practitioners may be able to refer to community supports that offer free or low-cost counselling. If you would like to book counselling on a sliding scale, just let us know when you contact us.
Interested in working with us?
We look forward to meeting other counsellors and facilitators whose values align with our own. If you are interested in learning more about our workers’ co-operative please get in touch!