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Both graduates of Yorkville University, we began our professional journey working as independent clinicians with Lake Professional Psychology Corp under the supervision of Dr. Paola Lake until 2020. We are deeply grateful to Dr. Lake for sharing her therapeutic wisdom and her experience in building and sustaining a private practice. Our counselling practice is based in Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, where we support individuals, couples, and families navigating life’s challenges. Since that time, we have continued to develop our individual counselling approaches while remaining connected through our shared values, friendship, and appreciation for the natural environment that surrounds us. In our practice we work from a relational perspective. Once you have worked with us, you are always welcome to return. As life unfolds and our understanding of ourselves deepens, many people choose to revisit counselling at different stages of life to gain new insights, navigate challenges, and continue growing. We provide • Individual counselling for adults, youth, and children • Couples counselling • Family support Sessions are available in-person, online, by phone, or in nature. Our work is guided by a belief in the interconnectedness of people, experiences, and environments. As individual practitioners, we each draw from an integrated approach to psychotherapy, combining a range of evidence-informed perspectives to support meaningful change and personal growth. https://www.islandelementscounselling.com/whatweoffer daily 0.75 2024-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f08eae3e400123b350e7650/1594580008640-HI5TJFX2NG82K3IFKQDN/image-asset.jpeg What We Offer - Online Counselling Haven’t considered online counselling? Here are the perks! Sessions can be held in the comfort of your home. No commute, so this self-care is easy to make time for. Real connection and a deep sense of being heard and understood are not only possible, it’s what we do. You can wear pyjamas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f08eae3e400123b350e7650/1594580791000-7FNZIFJ0GM5F3F924D1N/image-asset.jpeg What We Offer - In-Person Counselling In-person counselling sessions are a great way to engage in therapy. Feeling the connection and attunement, when someone truly offers their undivided attention, curiosity and willingness to hear your story is all part of healing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f08eae3e400123b350e7650/1594581077306-H0B9PASG7FWB61LXS752/image-asset.jpeg What We Offer - In-Nature Counselling Nature contributes to the replenishment of the resources we need to deal with stress and challenging situations by reducing cortisol levels (stress hormone) and sympathetic (fight/flight) activation (think reduced heart rate and blood pressure). A welcomed consequence of this decreased activation is better access to our prefrontal cortex where our problem solving, consequence predicting, and logical thinking occurs. These sessions are a walk-and-talk format, like a traditional counselling session. Or more immersive with structured exercises to process difficult experiences and strengthen self-regulation. Contact your clinician to book and experience the therapeutic elements of nature with your therapist as a guide, right here on Vancouver Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f08eae3e400123b350e7650/1628715897451-4SPXAYU7IB57LL4VUN2T/unsplash-image-cnj0k9wYEAk.jpg What We Offer - Supporting you wherever you’re at on your journey… Relationship issues, depression, anxiety, injury, interpersonal trauma, physical trauma, anger, addiction, identity, parenting, marriage, loss and grief, supporting children…and everything else life brings forth https://www.islandelementscounselling.com/book-a-class daily 0.75 2020-07-12 https://www.islandelementscounselling.com/home daily 1.0 2026-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f08eae3e400123b350e7650/1595912407636-MPLVXJ5ACYDVOFIOY973/IMG_1776.jpg Home - Mandy Fudge Mandy Fudge Registered Clinical Counsellor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f08eae3e400123b350e7650/1595820075111-XQ5ZC1I46TJ3DT1E0LAI/IMG_E1769-edit.jpg Home - Veronica Harris Veronica Harris Registered Clinical Counsellor https://www.islandelementscounselling.com/contactus daily 0.75 2026-03-10 https://www.islandelementscounselling.com/our-clinicians daily 0.75 2026-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f08eae3e400123b350e7650/1594486751135-E9BJKYF976PX3GRIOWD5/headshot+May+2020.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f08eae3e400123b350e7650/1595818995521-10TTN20YSHH6OAD16PKV/IMG_E1747.jpg https://www.islandelementscounselling.com/location daily 0.75 2020-07-10