Welcome
SoulSpring Counselling & Wellness provides holistic, trauma-informed therapy that includes cognitive, somatic, emotional and relational approaches for healing and wellbeing. 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
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Anxiety, stress, burnout
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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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ICBC approved provider
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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
Counselling Services
Take a breath.
Let your shoulders soften.
Arrive.
Conscious Connected Breathwork
Perhaps you are looking for a conscious connected breathwork facilitator who can help you experience breathwork as a way of supporting and regulating your nervous system, your capacity for feeling (and healing), and/or deepening into presence and connection with yourself.
Or, you may want to train as a breathwork facilitator and are looking for a Vancouver-based, in-person training that is ethical, inclusive, trauma-informed, and is grounded in science, and guided by spirit.
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If you’re arriving here, you may be moving through significant change - a life transition, relationship ending, a new direction, midlife or peri/menopause, or else you may be struggling with stress, anxiety, relationship issues or the lingering impacts of trauma and lived experience. Perhaps something within you is ready for more space, more truth, more wholeness.​​
SoulSpring Counselling & Wellness offers a safe space for your healing, learning, and authentic growth. Here, we move gently, intentionally, and with care for your lived story and your becoming. You are warmly welcome here.
FAQs
Q: Do you offer in-person and/or virtual counselling sessions?
A: Yes, both are offered.
Q: What are your hours?
A: In-person sessions are available in Vancouver, BC on Wednesdays, 11 am - 7 pm. Virtual sessions are available to clients with a Canadian address on 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 with you?
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.
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Q. Are you an ICBC approved provider?
A. Yes.
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Q. What are your credentials?
A. Christina Niven (owner of SoulSpring Counselling and Wellness) has a Masters (MA) degree in Counselling Psychology with credentials as a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) with BCACC and Registered Psychotherapist (RP) with CRPO.
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Q. Can you see clients outside of Canada?
A. It depends. If you have a Canadian address for your residence but are currently elsewhere temporarily, then yes we could work together virtually.
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​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:
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Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP),
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Somatic Experiencing (SE),
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Internal Family Systems (IFS),
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Narrative Therapy (NT) and
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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.