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When Someone You Care About Isn’t Ready for Counselling: Supporting Without Pushing

When Someone You Care About Isn’t Ready for Counselling: Supporting Without Pushing

Mar 9, 2025 | Communication, Counselling, Relationships, Marriage, Couple Counselling

There are few things more painful than watching someone you care about struggle—seeing the weight they carry, knowing support exists—and recognizing they are not yet ready to reach for it. Our impulse to help comes from love. But beneath reluctance, there is almost...
If You’re Unsure About Therapy, You’re Not Alone

If You’re Unsure About Therapy, You’re Not Alone

Feb 16, 2025 | Counselling, Feeling good about yourself

Therapy: A Different Kind of Conversation The idea of therapy stirs mixed reactions. For some, it’s curiosity. For others, hesitation. There can be skepticism, protectiveness, or the imprint of past experiences that didn’t feel helpful or safe. Therapy is often...
Before We Begin: How to Approach Your First Counselling Session

Before We Begin: How to Approach Your First Counselling Session

Oct 22, 2024 | Counselling, Feeling good about yourself

Preparing for Counselling: Orientation, Not Performance Many people arrive at a first session unsure where to begin. If you are reading this, you already have. Something in you is seeking change, understanding, or relief — and that movement matters. It is normal to...

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I work with individuals and couples as they move beneath the surface and engage the inner patterns shaping their lives. Grounded in clinical training and informed by symbolic and Jungian understanding, my practice offers a secure, containing space to stay with what is difficult and follow what emerges.

Based in Nanaimo, serving clients across British Columbia.

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John Taylor, MA, RCC — Registered Clinical Counsellor · Registered Psychotherapist
2B-6135 Metral Drive
Nanaimo, BC
V9T 2L7

Phone: 250-618-0216


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