Welcome to My Somatic Counselling Practice
How do I support Highly Sensitive & Neurodiverse Individuals & Families?
Highly sensitive & neurodiverse clients - ADHD, Austism, ODD, OCD
Developing self awareness & neuroception
Attachment, parentification & intimacy
Releasing intergenerational patterns
Finding your voice & self-expression
Tapping into your full potential
Overwhelm & burnout
Anxiety & depression
Body autonomy
Eating disorders
Chronic shame
Chronic pain
While I offer a variety of modalities, the choice is completely up to my clients:
Narrative Therapy and Dynamic Narrative Exposure Therapy™
Internal Family Systems
5 Factor Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Solutions Focused Therapy
Craniosacral & Somatic Experiencing
Breathwork
Safe & Sound Protocol
Meditation & mindfulness
Bilateral art & sound practices
Art Therapy
Play Therapy
Neuroaffective Touch®
Braindance™
Masters of Arts Counselling Psychology (MACP)
Bachelor of Business (UBC)
Certificate in Adult Learning (U Calgary)
Expert Registered Yoga Teacher (ERYT-500)
Registered Prenatal Yoga Teacher (RPYT)
Registered Children's Yoga Teacher (RCYT)
Registered Children's Yoga School (RCYS)
Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider (YACEP)
Craniosacral Therapy, Infants + Children (Visionary Healing)
Craniosacral Therapy Level 4 (Visionary Healing)
PESI Trauma & Memory Course: Somatic Experiencing® Skills
Certified Safe + Sound Protocol (SSP) Provider
Dynamic Narrative Exposure Therapy™ Provider
NeuroAffective Touch® Provider
Art Therapy Practitioner
Chronic Shame in Clinical Practice: An Embodied Relational Perspective
Mom’s Choice Awards® Gold Recipient
Braindance™ Instructor
I offer support virtually and in-person, both in group and 1:1 formats, and speaking engagements. Accessibility is a big part of my philosophy, and so I also offer tools you can practice on your own time, such as; courses on the gloWithin App, Children's Yoga Cards, and my 5 Minutes to Mindful Parenting Book. Additionally I lead many yoga trainings. You are welcome to learn more about my offerings here.
What Katie shared with me after was all absolutely true, and a helpful take away I can work with. I am still feeling shifting happening in my body the day after. I would highly recommend Katie to be part of your healing journey.
VIRGINIA
Katie creates an atmosphere allowing for anything that comes up to be felt.
CAROLIN
Katie delivers an amazing amount of care and healing energy into her practice. I truly feel that my session with Katie helped put me on the path to healing and feeling more like myself. I highly recommend and value Katie’s practice.
ALINA
I was given the gift of breathwork and meditation as a child by my Mother, and discovered somatic tools to move through overwhelming emotions. As a Highly Sensitive Person prone to ADHD tendencies, having these tools at a young age helped me to be resilient and stay aligned with my intuition, which as you may guess, is why I am so passionate about sharing these practices.
As a teen I recognized our lifestyles were not conducive to thriving families, which inspired me to create Studio 202, a healing community space in North Vancouver. In 2020 I closed this space due to world events and as it was the source of my postpartum anxiety with my eldest. After completing a challenging contract as an Executive Director (which led to burnout), I realized I needed to focus on my passions again and brought my offerings online.
Miraculously we had our youngest during this time but do to lack of sleep for a year, I struggled with a very humbling postpartum depression. For a few months all I could do was meditate. This is what prompted me to pursue my Masters in Counselling, 12 years after first considering it.
I am telling you this because while our situations are unique, with connection and the right support we can heal and create greater alignment in our lives for peace within, and to lead our children by example. As a society, we have largely been taught to over-ride our intuition, or we simply struggle to connect with it due to the many daily demands. I believe this is in part why we are seeing such high rates of anxiety, depression, and burn out.
Children are naturally connected to their intuition, and as conscious parents we strive to honour this as we guide them on their journey… but are we honouring this in ourselves?
I believe as parents that we know what is right for our child and try our best each and every day. I also understand the challenges and gifts of being a Highly Sensitive parent (and introvert), and specialize in working with highly sensitive and neurodiverse families through a very holistic model. My role is to support you in understanding the environments in which you exist and to create supportive ones to sustainably nourish you, allowing you to tap into your intuitive wisdom and lead your family by example.
I offer this support virtually and in-person through my group and training sessions, through 1:1 work, in my speaking engagements, and through the gloWithin App courses. You are welcome to learn more about my offerings here.
While I am passionate about my work, I nourish myself through my nearly lifelong meditation practice, being active in nature, expressing myself creatively, going on adventures, and spending time with those I love.
I look forward to connecting with you on this journey!
🌺 Katie
ps. You can read more about my qualifications below
“The way we talk to our children becomes their inner-voice”
~ Peggy O'Mara
Qualifications
Bachelor of Business (UBC)
Certificate in Adult Learning (U Calgary)
Registered Prenatal Yoga Teacher (RPYT)
Registered Children's Yoga Teacher (RCYT)
Expert Registered Yoga Teacher (ERYT 500)
Braindance™ Instructor
Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider (YACEP)
Founder of Yoga Alliance Registered Children's Yoga School (RCYS)
Craniosacral Therapy, Infants + Children (Visionary Healing)
Craniosacral Therapy Level 4 (Visionary Healing)
Certified Safe + Sound Protocol (SSP) Provider
Mom’s Choice Awards® Gold Recipient
Masters in Counselling Candidate (Yorkville)
Dynamic Narrative Exposure Therapy™ Provider
Art Therapy Practitioner
Co-Founder of LeadWell™ by Theory
I enjoyed the visualization.
I felt I was right there with you during your journey. Nice pausing, voice inflection, and storytelling.
ELIZABETH
Having been in a coma for 8 days, I could relate to your out-of-body experience and the lessons you learned. I loved how you embodied your message and how confidently you showed up. WOW.
ELAYNA
Katie, I loved that you brought the audience to an action step in real time. That is a very powerful way of engagement and not often used. Keep it up!
APRIL
Book Katie to Speak!
Learn powerful Somatic techniques to prevent burnout and to tap into your wisdom & creative potential! Katie, MCC, CST & Expert Somatic Coach bridges science and intuition to help change systemic cycles and intergenerational patterns by offering practical strategies. She has over 8 years experience teaching and speaking for small to large groups, including school districts and corporations.
Topics Katie Speaks to include:
Somatic healing
Preventing burn out
Nervous system health
Leadership + wellbeing
Social emotional learning
Trauma sensitive practices
Tapping into your full power
Parenting from the heart and more
To book Katie, please email to discuss the nature of your event and organizational needs: Katie@gloWithin.ca
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