RE-IGNITE • DEEPEN • FLOURISH
Into the agentic, purposeful, and truest You.
Counselling and Psychotherapy services located in Abbotsford, BC and online.
Life moves fast.
Kids are growing up.
Are you left wondering, “Who am I?” and “What happened to me…?”
You’re on an autopilot with your life’s obligations and responsibilities with no time or space for you.
Meanwhile your body is tired, tense, and in pain. Is it possible that your body is alerting you to slow down, listen and take care of you?
Evidence-Based Counselling & Online Therapy in Abbotsford, BC
Rooted in kindness, authenticity and integrity, we show up as humans first, supporting another human by undoing aloneness. Experiential approaches, evidence-based psychotherapy for children, youth, and adults facilitating the healing of mind, body and soul.
Individual Therapy (Ages 18+)
At RenHaven, we specialize in experiential or aka ‘bottom-up’ approaches of therapy as you navigate various challenges of your life. This means that we guide you to slow down and notice what’s happening internally so that we can listen to the wisdom of your body and come to a place of clarity and direction.
Counselling for Children (Ages 6-11)
Play is the language of children. Children process their life experiences through play and imagination. Our specially trained therapist will create a safe place for children to explore their inner world through expressive play and art. We believe in fostering positive attachment with the caregiver in order to facilitate our work with children.
Therapy for Youth (ages 12-18)
Youth are facing significant demands and expectations of our fast-paced, tech-heavy, socially-isolating world to keep up with their status in life. Our specially trained therapists are mindful of the unique challenges youth faces today and offer compassionate, non-judgmental space, where their emerging true self is valued, appreciated and nurtured.
Why RenHaven?
Experiential, evidence-based healing
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Our counselling is more than good listening or talk therapy. We guide you to explore your inner emotions you’re stuck in feeling, helping you to unstuck so that you can process your emotions to completion. We accompany you in your experiences in our boldly relational ways. We specialize in somatic, body-based modalities such as AEDP, EMDR, IFS and Art Therapy.
Holistic, whole-person healing, nurturing Your mind, body, and soul.
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When you come in and share your struggles with us, we are trained to understand and conceptualize your mind, your body, and your soul and how they intersect with one another as well as how your past impacts the present, and the future. Whether it is emotions you’re trying not to feel, chronic pain or difficulty coming to reconcile with your faith and understanding, we are here for all parts of you.
A community of benevolence and refuge
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We value “ren仁” – benevolence – an act of kindness. Rooted in kindness for co-humanity, we offer a safe place where you can put your guard down and begin to unfold the various layers of defenses you’ve had to develop over the years that no longer serve you.
Meet Our Team
Yoko Gifford, MCP-AT, RCC, CCC, Prof. Art Therapy
I bring my whole authentic self to create a safe, trusting alliance with you. This means that I honour and welcome who you are, all parts of you in our space together in a compassionate and non-judgmental way. I believe that we are biologically wired for healing. By healing, I mean by integrating your heart, your mind, your body and your spirit, we learn to become whole. By tuning into the inner wisdom of our body, together we can begin to make sense of how you experience life.
My unique approach is informed by my own healing journey and discoveries after leaving home at 15 on my own, and moving to a part of the world that required me to acquire a new language. While your story is not the same as mine, identifying as a minority in most places I have lived, my life experiences and struggles allows me to relate to your struggles.
Kathryn Shaw, B.Ed, Student Intern
I take a relationship-first, humanistic approach that honours each client’s unique story. I am especially passionate about working with children and youth, and I believe that providing them with space, safety, and genuine connection is essential to working through challenges. Alongside talk therapy, I often integrate experiential learning and movement-based approaches to help clients connect more deeply with themselves.
Are you ready to make you the priority and flourish into the truest you?
Book now for a free 20-minute phone consultation and get started today.