Your life, your truth, and a conversation designed for you.
NARRATIVE - HYPNOTHERAPEUTIC - HUMAN CENTERED - NEURODIVERSE - ATYPICAL - SOMATIC - JUNGIAN - RADICAL
Fern Creek operates on the unceded, stolen territories of the Hul'qumi'num and SENĆOŦEN speaking peoples, the rightful knowledge keepers of these lands. I am a settler here and working to unlearn internalized colonialism.
My name is Helena, welcome.
I am here to walk with you through conversations that take courage.
Working together means combining wisdom from your lived experience with creative, evidence-based insight.
I have been in practice since 2022, working with teens, adults, and elders of diverse lived experiences. I love what I do — I look forward to getting to know you and supporting you.
origins
I began Fern Creek Counselling in Nelson, on Sinixt Territory, in August 2022, after practicum and supervision with my mentor and Narrative Therapist Sarah Beth Hughes. Prior to counselling, I taught Grade 6, 7 , 8, and 9 and was a school counsellor as well.
I still work with clients in the Kootenays as an online practitioner and would love to work with you on Zoom no matter where you live. I currently work in person on Salt Spring Island, land of Hul'qumi'num and SENĆOŦEN speaking peoples, so if you are here too — please come hang out in my office!
Fern Creek Counselling is named after combining the two streets I grew up on. Ferns are ancient, lore-rich, resilient, mysterious plants that show us the power of adaptability and enduring power. (Their “seeds” can also make you invisible, should you need).