Take a breath.
Let your shoulders soften.
Arrive.
Welcome
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If you’re arriving here, you may be moving through significant change - midlife, menopause, life transition, or the lingering impacts of trauma and lived experience. Something within you is ready for more space, more truth, more wholeness.​
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Or you may be here because you feel called to deepen your capacity to support others - seeking breathwork facilitator training that is ethical, trauma-informed, grounded in science, and guided by spirit.
This is a sanctuary for healing, learning, and authentic growth - a place where body, mind, heart, and spirit are honoured as wise and interconnected. Here, we move gently, intentionally, and with reverence for your lived story and your becoming. You are warmly welcome here.
Services
SoulSpring Counselling & Wellness provides holistic, trauma-informed support that recognizes the interconnectedness of mind, body, heart, and spirit. This is an inclusive space where diversity is welcomed, individuality is honoured, and the 2SLGBTQIA+ community is embraced with care and respect.
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Life transitions and major change, particularly midlife and menopause
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Trauma, C-PTSD
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Codependency & attachment issues
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Self-esteem/worth issues
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Individual and group sessions
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Community breath circles
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Facilitator's training
Groups focusing on:
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Self-care & self-compassion
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Life transitions and the midlife journey
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Safe spaces for 2SLGBTQIA+ & allied folks
FAQs
Q: Do you offer in-person and/or virtual sessions?
A: Yes, both are offered.
Q: What are your hours?
A: In-person sessions are available on Wednesdays, 11 am - 7 pm. Virtual sessions are available Monday, 11 am - 7 pm and Tuesday, 10 am - 6 pm, and Thursday 9 -11 am, 3 - 7 pm.
Q: Where are you located?
A: In-person sessions are held at #205 -1504 Duranleau Street, Vancouver, BC (Granville Island). (https://maps.app.goo.gl/vDPdJkFsjKGS4xoMA)
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Q: Is there parking available?
Yes, there is parking on Granville Island and on adjacent streets. Rates vary between $1/hr to $5/hr depending on the time of day and season. Please allow yourself at least 10 minutes to find parking prior to the start of your session.
​Q: What is your fee?
A: Sessions are $160 per 50 minute clinic hour. ​
Q: How do I book a consultation or session?
A: Please email christina@soulspringwellness.ca for your initial appointment. After that, appointments may be done via email or through the Jane platform at https://soulspringwellness.janeapp.com/
​Q: Are you covered by health insurance?
A: Yes, Christina Niven (owner of SoulSpring Counselling & Wellness) is an accredited Registered Clinical Counsellor (BC) and Registered Psychotherapist (Ontario). Most insurance companies cover counselling sessions provided by RCCs and RPs. Please double check with your provider.
​Q: What are your counselling approaches?
A: I offer an integrated and holistic approach to counselling that includes cognitive, somatic, emotional and relational therapies. Specific counselling approaches include Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP), Somatic Experiencing (SE), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Narrative Therapy (NT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). In addition, my approach is informed by over 25 years experience of my own personal therapeutic journey. This includes psychotherapy, yoga, breathwork, meditation and spiritual practice.