Havenwood
Inner Direction. Outer Change.
Havenwood supports healing & growth through two interconnected offerings: experiential trauma therapy for adults and youth, and transformative workshops & trainings for adults.
Havenwood Counselling
Experiential, Emotion-Focused Therapy
For Adults & Youth
In Person in Duncan, BC
& Online Across Canada.
When Insight Alone Isn't Enough
Many people understand why they struggle and still find themselves caught in the same painful emotional patterns.
You may have spent years trying to manage anxiety, depression, self-criticism, or relationship difficulties, only to discover that insight and coping strategies don't always create the deeper change you're longing for.
Experiential, emotion-focused therapy offers a different path.
Drawing from Coherence Therapy and Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP), this approach helps uncover and shift the emotional patterns that shape how you experience yourself, others, and the world.
Lasting change becomes possible when the underlying emotional roots of suffering are understood and transformed—not through fighting against symptoms, but through working with the wisdom of emotion itself.
New Adult Learning Institute
Transformational Workshops
& Professional Development
The New Adult Learning Institute offers transformative learning experiences for adults seeking personal and professional growth. Integrating art, science, contemplative practice, and human development, our programs support reflective practice, embodied learning, and meaningful inner change.
Whether you are an educator, therapist, helping professional, or lifelong learner, NALI provides opportunities to deepen understanding, cultivate wisdom, and engage more fully with the ongoing process of becoming.
Check out our workshops & trainings.
Rubeena Sandhu is a Registered Clinical Counsellor (BCACC), senior educator, leader, and mentor with more than twenty years of experience supporting people in cultivating lasting health, emotional well-being, and meaningful inner change.
While being deeply heard matters, Rubeena believes therapy should offer more than a place to talk while things remain the same.
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 and remote options
Havenwood Counselling is conveniently located in downtown Duncan, BC.
A place to gather, grow, and connect.