**Please note**, for Psychological Counselling, we offer online booking to EXISTING clients only. If you are a NEW client wanting to book psychological counselling, or looking to change clinicians, please contact the centre at 902-499-0089 or by email at admin@breathemindfuiness.com.

One-on-one counselling is provided in a safe, compassionate, and confidential environment. An integrative, whole-person approach is offered to address specific concerns and goals of therapy and draws on evidence-based treatment approaches such as cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT), mindfulness and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), self-compassion, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), emotion-focused therapy (EFT), and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy (EMDR). Common focuses of counselling include anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, burnout, grief, relationship difficulties, work-related stress, general life dissatisfaction, coping with change and living a joyful, authentic life. Committed to a collaborative and tailored approach, the intention of these sessions is to ease distress, overcome difficulties, cultivate enduring life-enhancing skills and resources and ultimately assist you in in feeling better and living the life you envisage.

A variety of in-person and virtual mindfulness and/or self-compassion-based workshops are available to the general public, health practitioners, organizations and workplaces. Introductory workshops offer participants a wonderful way to sample the foundations of mindfulness or self-compassion to determine if they would like to go further with their practice and knowledge in the therapeutic groups. Other workshops of various lengths are also offered and focus on specific themes to enhance well-being or to deepen one's understanding and experience of mindfulness. An increasing amount of research supports the benefits of mindfulness and self-compassion on mental, emotional and physical well-being; regular practice has also been shown to even change the brain!

All workshops are free from any particular faith or religion and meditation experience is not required; all are welcome!

Below is a list of some of the workshops offered by the centre:
*Introduction to Mindfulness (2 Hours)
*Introduction to Mindful Self-Compassion (2 Hours)
*Mindful Self-Compassion for Caregivers (2 Hours)
*Managing Stress and Building Resilience (2 Hours)
*Cultivating Joy (2 Hours)*Exploring Mindfulness 1/2 Day (4 Hours)
*Exploring Mindful Self-Compassion 1/2 Day (4 Hours)
*Exploring MIndfulness Full Day Intensive Workshop (6 Hours)
*Exploring Mindful Self-Compassion Full Day Intensive (6 Hours)

The mindfulness-based therapeutic groups offered at Breathe Mindfulness Centre are the accredited, pioneering evidence-based programs and their adaptations that have acquired overwhelming scientific support in helping participants work skillfully with difficult emotions such as anxiety and depression, enhance resilience and cope with life's challenges, increase well-being and happiness, create more satisfying relationships and support healthier habits. Therapeutic groups typically run over several weeks and involve short talks, experiential exercises, mindfulness meditation, group discussion, and home practices. The container of which all the groups are held is based on values of equity, diversity, inclusiveness and belonging. Respect and confidentiality are required for participation.

The groups at the centre are relatively small (no more than 16 participants) and are open to the public and other health practitioners. Meditation experience is not necessary to participate in the therapeutic groups, all are welcome. On occasion, therapeutic groups are offered online.

Popular therapeutic groups include:
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Coping with Anxiety, Depression and Emotional Distress (8 Week Program)
Mindful Self-Compassion (8 Week Program)
MIndfulness-Based Stress Reduction (8 Week Program)
Mindful Self-Compassion - Short Course (6 Week Program)
Managing Stress and Building Resilience: An Integrative Mindful Approach (4 Week Program)
Developing a Mindful, Conscious Life (6 Week Program)

Half-day and full-day silent retreats are periodically offered to facilitate the deepening of one’s practice in mindfulness and/or self-compassion. Retreats also offer an opportunity to practice together, strengthening our sense of connection and common humanity with each other.

Silent retreats are open to anyone who has had previous experience with mindfulness, mindful self-compassion, meditation, alternative contemplative retreats or who have participated in any mindfulness-based programs.

Please be aware that during our silent retreats, there will be extended periods of silence and practices will be longer in duration to facilitate immersion in and deepening of one’s experience.