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Havenwood

Clinical Counselling in Duncan, BC

Havenwood Counselling

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Experiential counselling for anxiety, trauma, depression, stress and life challenges.

Beyond Talk Therapy


Experiential therapy (AEDP, Coherence Therapy) emphasizes process and experience, over content.

Together, we get closer to what is actually driving a response and uncover the deeper emotional learning beneath it.

Through this approach, clients can emerge from the roots of long-standing patterns and create meaningful, lasting change.

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EXPERIENTIAL PRINCIPLES

Working at the root. Rather than simply managing symptoms, experiential therapy seeks to transform the emotional learning and implicit patterns that give rise to them.

Attention to experience. Working from experience versus speaking from belief. This can be done through dyadic or creative means.

Safety and collaboration. Therapy moves at the client's pace. A trusting therapeutic relationship provides the safety needed to explore difficult experiences without becoming overwhelmed.

Focused therapeutic work. Emphasis is on emotions and patterns as they emerge, creating opportunities for transformation in the moment.

New Adult Learning Institute (NALI)

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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.

Check out our workshops & trainings.

Meet Rubeena Sandhu, Registered Clinical Counsellor

Rubeena Sandhu is a Registered Clinical Counsellor (BCACC) who helps people move beyond unhelpful emotional survival patterns, distressing thoughts and beliefs, and helps clients meaningfully transform emotional pain, stress, anxiety and depression.

Her work is experiential, relational, and grounded in the neuroscience of emotional transformation, integrating evidence-based approaches with authentic human connection.

Clients often appreciate her honest, genuine, and relational approach. Alongside depth and compassion, Rubeena brings warmth and humour to the therapeutic relationship, even when exploring life's most difficult and existential experiences.

Her work seeks to create the conditions for meaningful and lasting change, while offering a space where you do not have to carry everything on your own.

 

In-Person Counselling in Duncan & Virtual Counselling

Havenwood Counselling is conveniently located in downtown Duncan, BC.