Deep inside is the wisdom to see you through this. Let’s uncover it.
Compassionate, trauma-informed counselling for adults navigating anxiety, chronic pain, grief and end-of-life, offered in person in Yellowknife, NT and virtually across Northern and Western Canada.
Welcome to Insight North Counselling! Here, you’ll find a calm, supportive space to understand your inner world so you can heal the past, fully engage in the present and move forward with purpose. It’s not about fixing anything. It’s about relating to it, and yourself, differently. Together we can untangle the jumble of feelings dominating inside so you can find greater peace, clarity and courage to guide you.
I offer individual counselling for adults in person at my Yellowknife office or online from anywhere in the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, or Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Hi, I’m Andrea.
I’m an IFS-trained Canadian Certified Counsellor based in Yellowknife with a passion for helping people understand their inner world so they can better navigate their outer world.
I am also a fellow traveller in the human journey. Through my own challenges and longstanding meditation practice, I have learned firsthand the power of the mind-body connection and the importance of relationship with oneself in healing and transformation. These discoveries have guided my work with people seeking healing, self-understanding, and a greater sense of peace in their lives. Clients describe my style as warm, caring, and gently directive, and that sessions with me feel like “more than an expensive coffee date.” If you are feeling anxious, overwhelmed, shut down or the pain of grief, I invite you to join me in exploring what lies beneath and to reconnect with a steadier, more grounded version of yourself.
How You Will Be Supported
Many of us know that healing involves working through our emotions, but we often aren’t sure how to do that. We analyze, suppress, numb or let them run the show. It’s exhausting. Here you will find:
A safe and compassionate space to open up
A respectful pace that honours your readiness
A framework and a process for engaging with all parts of your experience
Affirmation and respect for the various identities you bring
A path to help you reconnect and live from your core, authentic self
Celebration for your wins and
a-ha moments.
We can’t change what happens to us, but we can change how we relate to it and to ourselves.
Specialties
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Counselling for Anxiety and Trauma
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Counselling for Grief and Loss
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Counselling for End-of-Life and Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID)
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Counselling for Chronic Pain
Approach
My approach is grounded in a simple intention: to help you understand your inner world so you can make peace with the past, engage more fully in the present, and move forward with purpose.
I tailor care to each person’s unique healing journey, drawing from a range of methods including Internal Family Systems (IFS), Mindfulness, Existential Therapy, polyvagal-informed practices, and pain reprocessing work to create an approach that feels meaningful and supportive for you. Whatever challenges you face in the external world, my goal is to help you draw on your own ability to encounter them with intention, courage, and clarity. You are already enough, exactly as you are, and that truth is the foundation for our work together.
Some part of you believes healing is possible. That is where our work starts.
A strong connection between you and your therapist is the key element to a positive experience. That’s why I offer a free 15-minute phone chat to get to know each other, talk about your goals, and see if we’re a good fit.