EMPOWERING WOMEN’S WELLNESS
EMPOWERING WOMEN’S WELLNESS
Stress, anxiety, and overwhelm make it hard to live a healthy, fulfilling life. As a compassionate Registered Clinical Counsellor and Registered Nurse, I support women like you in breaking free from stress, calming anxiety, and unlocking a path to better wellbeing. In a non-judgmental space, we’ll explore the connections between your emotional, mental, and physical health. We’ll identify the unique factors impacting your wellbeing and develop personalized strategies to nurture your mind, body, and soul.
Through our collaborative work, you will gain the tools and confidence to cultivate emotional resilience, make informed choices to honour your health and wellbeing, and re-connect with the person you want to be. Whether you’re navigating stress, anxiety, or depression, managing chronic health conditions, or simply seeking a more balanced lifestyle, I will help you discover your path to wholeness and wellness.
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Hi! I’m Kirstin McKinnon. I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) and a Registered Nurse (RN). I have a master’s degree in nursing, and trained as a Family Nurse Practitioner. I have over 18 years of experience in working one on one with clients. I have seen the complexities of life and relationships, and I strive to help clients form a place of empathy and understanding. My combined education and practice experience gives me a unique understanding of, and approach to, the interconnection of mind, body, and emotions. My knowledge and training in counselling and advanced practice nursing enables me to provide evidence-based, holistic care to support clients in creating greater well-being in their lives. I aim to help women get unstuck from emotional, mental, and behavioural patterns that are impacting their wellbeing so that they can live a healthier, more fulfilling life. I wholeheartedly believe in peoples’ capacity to heal, grow, and change. This ability within you, combined with evidence-based therapies, can produce meaningful change in your wellbeing.
What has been getting in the way of your wellbeing?
- Are you feeling stuck in anxiety, guilt, or self-doubt?
- Does life feel too overwhelming to even put into words?
- Does fear hold you back from doing the things you want to do?
- Do you know what you “should be doing” to live a healthier life but “just aren’t doing it”?
- Do you have areas where you self-sabotage?
- Do you have a strong inner critic who tells you that you aren’t good enough or are unworthy?
- Does emotional eating hinder your wellbeing, self-esteem, and body image?
These are all patterns that we can get stuck in that steal our joy and peace, and negatively impact our wellbeing. These patterns estrange us from who we really are, and the person we long to be. My approach to counselling is rooted in therapies that are designed to regulate the nervous system and difficult emotions, heal trauma, create new patterns, re-write old negative self-beliefs, promote greater self-acceptance, and to live with a greater sense of connection and meaning.
As we work together, you can take the steps towards identifying and challenging limiting beliefs and narratives, process and regulate difficult emotions, develop a more regulated nervous system, and rewrite a new chapter going forward in your life.
Tending to the heart, mind, body and soul.
Dissolve unhelpful behavioural and emotional patterns, develop a stronger sense of self, and engage in life in a more meaningful way.