INDIVIDUAL & COUPLES COUNSELLING
In Person and Online
Nanaimo, Gabriola, Ladysmith, Parksville, Nanoose, Victoria, Vancouver Island.

WORK WITH Me
By understanding our own desires, past experiences, and vulnerabilities, we lay the groundwork for meaningful connections with others
Free 15 min consultation
A phone call to chat, ask me questions about my counselling style.
Individual Counselling
Avaliable online and in-person (in Nanaimo, BC)
Couples Counselling
Avaliable online and in-person (in Nanaimo, BC)
Counselling Services
Individual Counselling
Together we create a safe space for you to explore and heal, deepen your self-awareness, alleviate feelings of anxiety, shame and guilt, and develop the skills to no longer be limited by old stories or past hurts.
Couples COunselling
Intimate relationships can be challenging and it’s easy it is to fall into old patterns and reactive cycles with our partners. With couples counselling you can heal past wounds and reconsile differences, learn stategies to manage triggers and find a path to the relationship you want.
The Couple’s Communication Toolkit
This workshop gives you real, practical tools to make conversations smoother, reduce defensiveness, and actually connect—without the endless cycle of frustration. We’ll cover how to check in before things blow up, how to say the hard stuff in a way that lands, and how to use nervous system regulation (backed by neuroscience) to stay steady even in tough moments.
Perfect for couples who want to fight less, connect more, and actually feel heard.
DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED
Cost: $65
WORKSHOPS
Understanding Your Nervous System: A Path to Healthier Relationships with Less Conflict
Join us to explore the different nervous system states that often contribute to emotions like anxiety and depression, patterns of overthinking, and behaviors such as people-pleasing, perfectionism, avoidance, and control. Discover why we can feel stuck in habits that seem illogical or counterproductive to our goals. You’ll learn to recognize what’s happening inside and gain new insights and tools to better manage anxiety in your relationships, so you can feel more present and connected.
Tuesday, January 14th, 2025
7-8:30pm
Tuesday, February 25th, 2025
7-8:30pm
Workshop held on Zoom
SOLD OUT
Cost: $25
Counselling with me…
SARAH WELSBY RTC
Whether you're navigating relationship issues, transitioning through life changes, or grappling with anxiety, you do not have to do it alone. Counselling helps us to understand our own desires, past experiences, and vulnerabilities, this is what lays the groundwork for meaningful connection with others. Counselling is a courageous journey with a companion who holds the flashlight.
I am a Registered Therapeutic Counsellor in good standing with ACCT. I believe a counsellor must have done the work themselves to be effective. My own life experiences have given me the opportunity to work through many struggles myself including grief, postpartum anxiety, separation and co-parenting, life transitions and generational trauma. I am constantly learning and moving forward toward greater healing for myself.
I focus on creating a safe, non-judgmental space where you can explore, heal, and grow, using my intuition and presence to guide us. I take a person-centered approach, drawing on different therapeutic modalities which look at how our relationships, both close and distant, past and present shape us.
I am also a fan of using the latest findings from neuroscience as well as tools from art therapy to make our sessions even more effective and enriching.
Some facts about me: I swim in all seasons, hike only when it’s hot, I'm a total geek about relationships, communication tools, human psychology, seaweed and I make really good curry.
Sarah welsby counselling Nanaimo, Gabriola, Parksville, Ladysmith
ELEVEN ARROWS
321 Wallace St #301,
Nanaimo, BC V9R 5B6
I work with as part of a fabulous team offering counselling, massage therapy and soma breath classes. We also have an Infrared Sauna!