Havenwood
Inner Direction. Outer Change.
Havenwood supports healing and growth through experiential counselling services, therapeutic workshops, and professional development trainings.
Havenwood Counselling
Experiential Clinical Counselling
In Person in Duncan, BC,
Virtually Across Canada.
When Insight Alone Isn't Enough
You or your loved one, may have spent years trying to manage anxiety, depression, self-criticism or relationship difficulties, only to discover that coping strategies don't always create the deeper change you're longing for.
Experiential, emotion-focused therapy offers a different path.
How Experiential Therapy Works
Experiential therapy emphasizes process over content. The therapist pays close attention not just to what the client says, but how they experience and express themselves during the session.
The approach draws on several foundational ideas:
Inner Perception: Healing begins with noticing what’s happening inside and around us.
Expression: Emotions need to be expressed to be processed — not suppressed.
Embodiment: Our feelings and our felt sense are wise and often hold unspoken memories and truths.
Integration: When experiences are felt and accepted, they can be integrated into a fuller sense of self.
New Adult Learning Institute
Therapeutic Workshops
& Professional Development 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
Rubeena is a Registered Clinical Counsellor who helps people move beyond survival patterns and cultivate a deeper, more compassionate relationship with themselves.
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 and virtual sessions available.
Havenwood Counselling is conveniently located in downtown Duncan, BC.
A place to gather, grow, and connect.