A Wellness Counsellor is a mental health professional who considers holistic well-being when it comes to health. Your mind, body and spirit are the parts of you that need your time and attention to nurture and grow to reveal your overall sense of well-being. Wellness Counsellors play a preventive role in a client’s life to prevent major illnesses later on. It’s like wearing a jersey on a cold day to keep you warm and keep you from getting the flu.
Wellness Counsellors are here to help you develop the confidence you need to recognize when you are in an uncomfortable state of mind and how best to handle the situation. Being free of illness means reaching a neutral state, but the ability to cope with illness brings a person closer to positive well-being.
Wellness Counsellors improve the overall well-being of their clients by adopting a systematic approach to counselling, to achieve wholeness and harmony in the unity of body, mind and spirit.
This is a specific technique designed to assist others in dealing with the physical or psychological symptoms that are generally associated with trauma exposure. Debriefing allows those involved with the incident to process the event and reflect on its impact.
This is a form of psychotherapy that aims to help people cope with physical, emotional, social, spiritual and cognitive responses to loss. I help clients process the feelings they get as they go through the stages of grief (denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance) as they adapt to their new life.
This is counselling focused on the individual’s immediate or near future concerns. Individual counselling may encompass career counselling and planning, grief after a loved one dies or dealing with problems at a job before they become big for them to handle.
This is a form of counselling where a small group of people meet regularly to discuss, interact, and explore problems with each other and the group leader.