Havenwood Counselling
Clinical Counselling
Duncan, BC
Online across Canada
Mental Health Counselling for Individuals, Youth, Families
Public Service Professionals
Experiential Therapy for anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, loss, burnout, chronic pain, anger management, and relationship difficulties. Specializing in PTDS, burnout, chronic pain, anger management & estrangement, and working with youth.
EXPERIENTIAL THERAPY
In our sessions, we give credit where credit is due - to real life experiences.
We know they hold the secrets of our pain, our losses, our regrets & wishes.
In experiential therapy, we don’t just talk about problems, we talk ‘from experience’.
Experience has conscious, subconscious & unconcsious dimensions. Thoughts often seek to name & define experiences, emotions can help us come into contact with our inner world.
That is when recreating new ways of being, becomes active & conscious.
Meet Rubeena
If you are ready to change your habits, shift your thoughts, transform your relationships, or connect more honestly and authentically with yourself, you have come to the right place.
I work with experiential processes to help clients tap into their problems as genuine pathways that lead us to the roots of unconscious beliefs and protected feelings. My work is grounded in the neuroscience of emotional transformation and the power each individual has to change and develop themselves.
While early research into memory reconsolidation was largely set aside in the early 1970s, current neuroscientific research is revealing how established emotional memories can be updated, opening new possibilities for learning and change. This is explored in Lane et al.'s research on memory reconsolidation and emotional transformation in psychotherapy.
For me, this highlights the importance of diving into our inner worlds, an essential human activity that can be particularly powerful within dyad or intentional speaking and listening. The role of emotional experiences and human connection in this process is also explored in this Psychology Today article.
I bring warmth, compassion, curiosity, depth and humour to the therapeutic relationship. Rich encounter in & of itself is transformational.
In-Person Counselling in Duncan & Virtual Counselling
Havenwood Counselling is conveniently located in downtown Duncan, BC.
What to expect in a counselling session with Rubeena
We begin with what exploring unwanted symptoms in your life. Something is bringing you to counselling, what is wanting to be changed?
Care includes working with discomfort
I am motivated by what changes for you and how you wish to change. That means I will sometimes invite you to stay with a feeling, memory, or reaction you would usually move away from.
What change can look like
Our stories our true, but they can expand, become more detailed, and even have new elements. Experiential therapy invites you to enter into the fields of your own human experience so you can find the new again.
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Workshops & Trainings
The New Adult Learning Institute (NALI) offers workshops and trainings that support personal and professional growth.
Our programs blend the arts, science, contemplative practices, therapeutic approaches, and consciousness studies to create meaningful, whole-person learning experiences.
Whether you're an educator, therapist, helping professional, or lifelong learner, you'll gain practical tools, fresh perspectives, and opportunities for personal reflection and growth.
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