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I have certification in perinatal mental health.

This allows me the to assist individuals throughout their pregnancy and post-partum periods to ensure they have the appropriate mental health support in place.

10/14/2026

A soft and warm reminder to every version of yourself.

To the past version of you, I hope you can look back with a little more compassion for the things you didn't know, the choices you made, and the ways you were truly just trying your best.

To the present version of you, I hope you learn to love yourself as you are; even in the moments when you feel uncertain, overwhelmed, or not quite where you hoped to be, it's okay to make a little room for acceptance within yourself, even when it feels uncomfortable.

To the future version of you, I hope you never forget how much it took to get here. I hope you continue to grow without feeling you need to become someone else to be worthy of love. There is strength in everything you've walked through to become who you are. I hope you recognize that strength and allow yourself to be proud of how far you've come.

You are allowed to be a work in progress and still be someone worth loving, exactly as you are. Remember that!

With love,
For every version of you. ✨️

09/22/2026

What is the Flash Technique?

Let's learn together!

I'm sharing another therapy approach I offer in my sessions. The Flash Technique is a gentle, brain-based therapy developed from EMDR principles that helps reduce the emotional distress connected to difficult memories and experiences.

Unlike some traditional trauma-processing approaches, you don't have to talk about every detail of what happened or focus directly on the painful memory.

So, how does it work?
As your practitioner I'll guide you through a few simple steps:

1. Briefly identify a distressing memory. Without going into the details, we'll notice where you feel the distress in your body and rate its intensity on a scale of 0–10.
2. Shift your attention to something positive or engaging. This might include mindful art, such as creating Zentangle patterns, to provide a calming point of focus.
3. Follow gentle prompts. We'll work through several rounds of brief blinking or eye movements while keeping your attention on the positive experience.
4. Check in with yourself. After a few rounds, we'll notice whether the emotional intensity connected to the memory has shifted or decreased.

The goal isn't to erase the memory or change what happened. It's to help reduce the emotional distress connected to it, so the memory may begin to feel less overwhelming.

09/15/2026

WhWhat is Brainspotting?

Brainspotting is one of those therapies that can be difficult to fully explain until you experience it.

Unlike traditional talk therapy, Brainspotting doesn’t require you to explain every detail or find the “right” words to explain how you are feeling.

It works with the connection between where you look, what you notice in your body, and what your nervous system is holding onto.

The entire therapy is based on the idea that where you look can affect how you feel.

By finding a specific visual spot called a "brainspot" connected to an emotion, memory, body sensation, or experience, we create space for the brain and body to process what may have felt stuck or unfinished.

So what can Brainspotting be helpful for? It can help support areas like:
• trauma and difficult experiences
• anxiety and overwhelm
• grief and loss
• birth and medical trauma
• perfectionism and feeling “not good enough”
• emotional triggers that feel bigger than the moment
• experiences you understand logically but still feel deeply
• feeling stuck even after talking something through many times

And Brainspotting doesn’t always mean diving straight into the hardest experience.

We can also use it to strengthen feelings of safety, calm, confidence, connection, and internal resources before approaching anything difficult.

One of the things I appreciate most about Brainspotting is that you don't have to force the process; you notice, you stay curious, and your practitioner stays alongside you. We allow your brain and body the space to process at their own pace.

Sometimes we don't need to understand it more, and sometimes we just need to let it be another way to work with what we're still carrying.

I truly love being able to offer Brainspotting and have seen such powerful changes with my clients!

09/09/2026

Am I dysregulated, or just having a hard day? The struggle is real and the question is real too how do you tell the difference?.... Here's a few ways that may help in noticing.

A hard day can feel something like this: you’re tired, annoyed, maybe teary eyed. Little things can get on your nerves, you don’t really feel like talking, and you might just want to get home, put on comfy clothes, and call it a day. Maybe you’re overthinking something that happened, feeling more sensitive than usual, or just feeling drained. But you can still think straight. You know why you’re feeling the way you do, you can still laugh at something funny, enjoy a moment with your kids, or feel better after talking to someone. The day feels hard, but you still feel like you and you know tomorrow is a different day.

Dysregulation can feel different.

Your nervous system may be reacting faster than your thinking brain can keep up.

Suddenly everything feels urgent. Someone driving too slowly makes you furious. The kids are too loud and you snap because you need the noise to STOP.

Or maybe you go the other direction. You freeze. You shut down. Your energy drops. Your mind spirals while your body feels stuck.
Most of us have experienced both.

So… now what? Information is helpful, but eventually we need something we can actually do.

Start small.

Regulation comes first.

Take a breath. Unclench your jaw. Drop your shoulders. Soften the muscles you’re holding tight.

The first step often isn’t changing the thought. It’s helping your body settle enough that thinking becomes a little easier.

And you may already do some of these things you just might not do them consistently yet.

Regulation is a skill, and skills are built through repetition.

Regulate first. Then respond.

08/25/2026

"I'm so anxious" versus "part of me feels anxious" are two very different sentences.

The first one makes anxiety feel like it's your whole identity in an intense moment, and the second one gives it a little room to exist without taking over; it's giving separation.

You have a part that worries, a part that gets short-tempered, a part that just wants to disappear into your phone and doomscroll.

None of that makes you lost. broken or bad. It makes you human, and it means you have more going on inside than one single mood.

The goal isn't to get rid of these parts. It's about understanding and becoming curious about them. Most of our parts show up through emotional dysregulation, so next time, pause and check in: what part is now becoming present, what thoughts are coming up, and what emotions are you now aware of?

08/10/2026

✨️ OUT OF OFFICE ✨️

I’m taking some time away from the office to rest, recharge, and enjoy some summer sun.

I’ll respond to all inquiries and messages when I return.

Cheers to our summer days, let's hope they slow down just a little.

See you when I get back!

08/05/2026

Sometimes our brain organizes experiences into "right or wrong," "good or bad," "success or failure." While that can create certainty, it often leaves very little room for curiosity, flexibility, or self-compassion, with our thoughts.

We all see this in our lives all the time. It's called black and white thinking or all or nothing thinking and It makes sense we do it. Our brain is going to choose the path of least resistance such as organizing it in to a neat little box because it take less energy than sitting with "it's complicated."

But most of life lives in the mess, maybe you have heard your self or someone say this before.

" I cant have a hard conversation with my partner I feel like a failure"
"I messed up that presentation, I'm bad at my job."
"I lost my temper, I'm a bad parent."
"I skipped my workout, the whole week is ruined."

Notice how one moment gets used as evidence for a whole identity. That's a mind trap.

CBT work isn't forcing yourself to think positively. It's making room for the middle. You can be someone who lost their temper and still be a good parent. Both things can be true at once.

What does it sound like to be curious with yourself? Maybe start with this next time: What else might be true here? That question alone can loosen a belief that's been running the show for years. I know you have the power to ask yourself that next time!

07/27/2026

Sometimes the most powerful therapy isn't learning new words. It's finally understanding what those words mean in your everyday life.

We hear them constantly:
"Set boundaries."
"Regulate your nervous system."
"Process your emotions."
"Heal."

But somewhere along the way, the words became the goal instead of the experience.

Healing isn't memorizing therapy language, or never feeling triggered again.

It's asking yourself:

What am I avoiding?

What am I feeling underneath the anger, the busyness, the perfectionism, the people pleasing?

What keeps showing up in my life that I haven't been ready to look at yet?

Real healing happens in subtle ways, and in small steps.

It's apologizing when you're wrong, not over apologizing when you think you should be.

It's letting yourself rest without earning it.

It's crying instead of pretending you're okay.

It's choosing a different response than the one your protective parts taught you.

It's learning you don't have to abandon yourself to be loved.

The deepest healing rarely happens in one breakthrough.

It happens in hundreds of ordinary moments, choosing yourself with honesty, courage, and compassion.

Maybe healing isn't becoming someone new.

Maybe it's about coming home to who you havs always been underneath the survival.

Because who you are is someone really amazing.

07/21/2026

How did one year go by?

I keep staring at that sentence, trying to make it feel a little more real. One year ago, I started this journey on my own building the vision of Wellaura Counselling, not fully knowing what I was creating. I just knew I wanted a space where people could show up exactly as they are. I knew in my heart and soul this is what I needed to create for my community, my family and for myself.

Today, I'm sitting with more gratitude than I know how to put into words. But I'm going to try, the best I can. This year taught me more than I ever could have imagined. It taught me that being a good counsellor has always started at my heart center and building Wellaura helped me feel, wholeheartedly, the power of that. Something that was inherently within me all along, and sometimes overlooked because my own self-doubt could get so loud. My healing isn't a straight line, and neither is my clients. But mostly, this year taught me about courage. About trusting myself. About understanding that it's more important to just try than not to try at all that you don't have to fear failing, because you did it. You tried.

To every single person who has sat across from me, whether in person or on a screen: thank you. Thank you for trusting me with the parts of your story that aren't easy to say out loud. Thank you for showing up on the hard days, even when it would have been easier not to. Reaching out for support, admitting something isn't okay, choosing to do the work of healing that is one of the bravest things a person can do. I don't take it lightly. I never will. I will keep showing up with compassion, care, and understanding, and I will keep challenging you too. I will keep making space for whatever season you're in, without judgment.

Here's to the year behind us, and to everything still ahead. To all my clients thank you, from the bottom of my heart, even though that still doesn't feel like enough!

Thank you for being part of this first chapter. I can't wait to see what the next year holds.

With love - Amy Rabe 💖

07/13/2026

It's summer... The kids are home... The routine is gone... And some days you feel like you're failing at this "having a fun summer" everyone talking about.

If Today was more "I am only a few weeks into summer break" than "cherish every moment." Please know that is normal. Summer parenting is a different kind of tired. You don't have to be a Pinterest mom all the time. You just have to be there. And you are.

Most importantly make sure you take that five or ten minutes even if it's an escape to the bathroom. It doesn't change what's happening outside of you, but it supports you when you may really need it.

Small ways to come back to yourself in those minutes:

Breathe slow, in for 4 out for 6 this tells your nervous system the emergency is over, even when your brain hasn't caught up yet.

Splash cold water on your wrists or face it's an actual reset button for your body, snapping you out of fight-or-flight.

Name one thing you did ok today, out loud because the noise in your head rarely gives you credit, so you have to hand it to yourself.

SUMMER PSA... You're allowed to refill before you pour again.

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Monday	10am - 3:15pm
Tuesday	9am - 3:15pm
Wednesday	10am - 3:15pm
Thursday	1:45pm - 7:30pm

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https://www.wellauracounselling.ca/

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