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Inner Growth Counselling for Folks Straddling Multiple Worlds
If you’re seeking identity and personal growth counselling, there’s often a feeling that’s hard to put into words. It’s not that you don’t know who you are. It’s that who you are doesn’t fit neatly into the worlds you move through. You might feel different at home than at work. Different with family than with […]
What a Wellness Therapist Won’t Tell You: Healing Isn’t Always “Wellness”
If you’re seeking identity and personal growth counselling at Venturous Counselling, there’s a good chance you’ve already done a lot of things that were supposed to help. You’ve learned how to talk about self-care. You’ve picked up the language of nervous systems and boundaries. You might even know, intellectually, why you feel the way you […]
You’re Not Over Capacity. You’re Under-Resourced.
Summary: Capacity vs. Resourced If you feel overwhelmed all the time, the problem may not be your capacity. The experience of needing help and feeling like a burden is not a personal flaw. It is a socially constructed response shaped by systems that treat productivity as the highest measure of a person, making care costly, […]
What if anxiety is internal applause?
What if anxiety isn’t always a warning that something is wrong? This article from Venturous Counselling in Vancouver and Port Moody reframes anxiety as “internal applause,” exploring how anxious sensation often signals care, uncertainty, and risk rather than danger. Drawing on somatic and nervous system perspectives, this piece offers a gentler way to relate to […]
What if Time Can’t Be Wasted? Time Anxiety & Reclaiming Time
Time anxiety is the pressure to always be doing more, moving faster, and never falling behind. This article from Venturous Counselling in Vancouver and Port Moody challenges colonial, linear conceptions of time through the philosophy of John Mbiti and Mumbi Macharia, exploring how cyclical, event-based understandings of time can ease the grip of productivity culture […]
I couldn’t sleep so I cancelled Spotify – An anti-oppressive therapist’s imperfect alignment
An anti-oppressive therapist explores the connection between capitalism, ethical alignment, burnout, and what becomes possible when we create enough space to live our values. This essay from Venturous Counselling in Vancouver and Port Moody examines how hustle culture prevents ethical action, why rest is a form of resistance, and what small shifts toward alignment look […]
A Call for Community: AI & Mental Health
AI chatbots are increasingly replacing human connection for emotional support, but the validation they offer is fundamentally different from being witnessed by another person. This article from Venturous Counselling in Vancouver and Port Moody explores how AI and mental health interact, why algorithmic echo chambers can’t replace the friction and tenderness of real relationship, and […]
Finding the therapy that works for you
No one knows your wellness All too often we think of specific goals we want to accomplish in the new year – things we think will make us happy, milestones we think will finally ease us into contentment, accomplishments we think will finally make us feel like we’re enough. In the pursuit of happiness, contentment, […]
The Revolution Will Be Playful: Radical Play Therapy in Vancouver
We create this content from the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Tsleil-Waututh, and Squamish Nations. As settlers providing therapy in Vancouver, we acknowledge that play practices have existed in Indigenous and BIPOC communities long before colonial systems tried to regulate and commodify them. This post explores anti-oppressive therapy approaches that center joy as genuine resistance. […]
EMDR and Somatic Therapy Through an Anti-Colonial Lens: Reconnecting with Embodied Wisdom
We create this content from the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Tsleil-Waututh, and Squamish Nations. As settlers providing therapy services in so-called Vancouver, we’re committed to moving beyond acknowledgment into active accountability. In This Guide: Understanding EMDR & Somatic Approaches Let’s talk about how these fancy-sounding therapy approaches actually connect with ancient wisdom (spoiler alert: […]