Every person has inherent Wisdom, Goodness, Clarity, and Courage to effectively manage the winding trails and sometimes difficult trials of life. I am dedicated to helping individuals, couples, and families uncover, recover, and apply these faculties, skills, and resources to live authentically and with heart on their own wise paths...
Background & Services
Counselling, Psychotherapy, Group Facilitation, Mindfulness & Yoga Instruction, & Educational/Leadership Consulting
Offering Individual & Couples Counselling and Psychotherapy for clients from a variety of backgrounds and needs. Counselling experience includes Private Practice; Residential Addictions Counselling (Aventa Centre of Excellence for Women with Addictions - Calgary), Community-Based Counselling (Calgary Counselling Centre; St. Mathews-Maryland Community Ministry Winnipeg), & School-based Counselling K-12).
As a Certified Mindfulness Teacher (International Mindfulness Teachers' Association) & Yoga Alliance Certified Teacher (200 hr) I offer mindfulness and yoga workshops and trainings for groups or individuals. Keep checking back for details regarding upcoming workshops or session packages.
Educational Consultation is available on a variety of topics, such as Nature & Expressive Arts Curriculum Integration; Assessment; Cross-Disciplinary & Inquiry-Based Learning; Inclusive Education; Social & Emotional Learning; & Mental Health Promotion for both online or face-to-face platforms. As a public-school teacher, consultant, & administrator (25 years) and a post-secondary educator (Werklund School of Education - University of Calgary; Faculty of Education - University of Winnipeg), I strive to inspire excellence in teaching & learning in myself and others, as exemplified in 2019, when I was the recipient of a University of Calgary Teaching Award.
As a trained Circles of Trust facilitator - see my page at the Center for Courage & Renewal - I also provide Leadership Development Workshops and Trainings. See my most recent publication on this topic entitled: Leading with Heart: Self-Care, Collective Care, & Justice (Burns & Mitchell-Pellett, 2020), along with my work on the Inspired Leadership Framework, which helps build foundational skills for both Self and Other leadership.
