Blackbird Holistic Counselling

10/03/2025

Good afternoon! ☕️🐦‍⬛

🍂OCTOBER dates are NOW LISTED for the FREE EMDR North Shore Evacuees and Volunteer Firefighter Group Disaster Response Services provided by Nancy Lieff at Blackbird Holistic Counselling Services.🍂

What this cutting edge mental health service will provide you in just ONE session:

🍁 TOOLS that are highly effective, easy to use and are designed to provide individuals with immediate mental, emotional and physical relaxation response.

🍁 OPPORTUNITY to process distressing experiences from the recent wildfire crisis and release the emotional/psychological impact, preventing further long-term traumatic impacts of natural disaster and boosting resilience during aftermath of crisis.

🍁ACTION PLAN to take control of your mental and emotional health by using these tools in combination with receiving the benefits of processing distress from wildfire crisis.

🐦‍⬛ REMINDER: Sharing your experiences to the group is optional, NOT necessary with EMDR Group Processing. You do not have participate through sharing distressing details of your experience during the wildfire crisis to receive maximum benefits from EMDR Processing.🐦‍⬛

✨ HOW TO REGISTER:

Email: 📧

lieffnancy@gmail.com

Call or text:

709-683-1397

✨ For information on LOCATION, DATES and TIMES and other helpfup information about EMDR Therapy and how it works, please see posters in attached images below ⬇️

🍁Please share and many thanks,

Nancy Lieff, M.Ed, C.C.C., N.D.
EMDR Certified Therapist (ECT)
Blackbird Holistic Counselling

☯️ In partnership with Balance Health & Wellness Centre

09/05/2025

Good afternoon ☕️🐦‍⬛

It is September 5th, 2025 🍂

And there is still lots of time to register with Nancy at Blackbird Holistic Counselling for the FREE EMDR North Shore Evacuees and Volunteer Firefighter Group Disaster Response Service!

What this cutting edge mental health service will provide you in just ONE session:

1️⃣ TOOLS that are highly effective, easy to use and are designed to provide individuals with immediate mental, emotional and physical relaxation response.

2️⃣ OPPORTUNITY to process distressing experiences from the recent wildfire crisis and release the emotional/psychological impact, preventing further long-term traumatic impacts of natural disaster and boosting resilience during aftermath of crisis.

3️⃣ ACTION PLAN to take control of your mental and emotional health by using these tools in combination with receiving the benefits of processing distress from wildfire crisis.

🐦‍⬛ REMINDER: Sharing your experiences to the group is optional, NOT necessary with EMDR Group Processing. You do not have participate through sharing distressing details of your experience during the wildfire crisis to receive maximum benefits from EMDR Processing.🐦‍⬛

✨ HOW TO REGISTER:

Email: 📧

lieffnancy@gmail.com

Call or text:

709-683-1397

✨ For more information on LOCATION, DATES and TIMES please see posters in attached images below ⬇️

Please share and many thanks,

Nancy Lieff, M.Ed, C.C.C., N.D.
EMDR Certified Therapist (ECT)
Blackbird Holistic Counselling

☯️ In partnership with Balance Health & Wellness Centre

*Disclaimer: Blackbird Holistic Counselling Services receives no compensation or funding whatsoever from offering this service. This service is not intended to provide mental health crisis support. Please contact 811 or 911 if you are experiencing a mental health crisis. All aspects and facilitation of Group services are conducted by Nancy Lieff only, and all training required to conduct said services are in association with and up to professional and ethical standards of the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA) and the EMDR International Association (EMDRIA).

08/28/2025

🗣️NORTH SHORE WILDFIRE EVACUEES & VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS 🗣️

📍 The September dates for Disaster-Relief Group EMDR Trauma Processing sessions are NOW confirmed.

📍Evacuees session # 1 - September 13th, 2025, 10:00am-12:00pm

📍 Volunteer Firefighters session # 1 - September 20th, 2025, 10:00am-12:00pm

📍Location: Balance Wellness Centre, 22 Goff Ave., Carbonear, NL.

📣 All EMDR Group sessions are FREE of charge

📣 No referrals required

📣 Space is LIMITED

📍 TO REGISTER EMAIL 📧 :

lieffnancy@gmail.com

🗣️ For more information about this service and what to expect, please see pictures attached.

❓🧐 Want to know more about EMDR Therapy? Please see link in comments for more.

🤦‍♀️ Can’t attend the September sessions?!! DON’T WORRY! October and November sessions for both Evacuees and Firefighters are to be announced.

❓❓❓More questions? ❓❓❓

- Please reach out to Nancy via email 📧

lieffnancy@gmail.com

🙏 Please share & many thanks,

Nancy Lieff M.Ed, C.C.C., N.D.
EMDR Certified Therapist (ECT)
Blackbird Holistic Counselling 🐦‍⬛

Balance Health & Wellness Centre

✅ All of Nancy’s training is accredited through the EMDR International Association (EMDRIA) ✅

08/26/2025

📍NORTH SHORE WILDFIRE EVACUEES & VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS:

🗣️ If you are experiencing psychological and emotional distress as a North Shore Wildfire Evacuee or Volunteer Fire Fighter and want to regain a sense of calm, self-control and comfort to help you cope through the aftermath of the North Shore Wildfires:

📍 Blackbird Holistic Counselling is partnering with Balance Health and Wellness Centre to offer a series of FREE EMDR disaster-relief trauma group counselling sessions.

🗣️ EMDR stands for Eye Movement and Desensitization Reprocessing and is a highly effective, non-invasive, trauma processing model used to treat many mental health concerns such as anxiety disorders, depression, trauma and stress-related disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), sleep disorders, chronic pain and many more.

📍 EMDR sessions are highly specialized services designed specifically to provide individuals an opportunity to process distressing experiences, preventing them from developing into trauma and stress-related mental health symptoms and/or further complicating pre-existing mental health concerns.

➡️ For evacuees, there will be a series of 3 FREE sessions.

➡️ For volunteer firefighters, there will be a series of 3 FREE sessions.

📍Evacuees and firefighters will receive treatment separately. 

🗣️There is no referral required to access this service.

📍All sessions will take place in-person at Balance Health and Wellness Centre, 22 Goff Ave., Carbonear.

🗣️ Please know, EMDR is not like talk therapy. In a group setting individuals can be apprehensive to share. You DO NOT have to share the details of your experience to process your distressing experience and find relief in Group EMDR sessions.

📍STAY TUNED for the September session dates posted on Blackbird Holistic Counselling social media page and Balance Wellness Centre page.

🗣️ SPACE IS LIMITED. When dates are released, please email me to register:

lieffnancy@gmail.com

🐦‍⬛All sessions will be facilitated by Nancy Lieff, Canadian Certified Counsellor, EMDR Certified Therapist. Nancy has received specialized training in facilitating Group EMDR Therapy as well as EMDR therapy for Anxiety Disorders, Trauma and Stress-related Disorders, Chronic Pain Disorders, ADHD and is currently specializing in treating sleep disorders with EMDR.

Please share and many thanks 🙏

Nancy Lieff, M.Ed, C.C.C., N.D.
EMDR Certified Therapist (ECT)
Blackbird Holistic Counselling

⬇️ For more information on EMDR Therapy ⬇️

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08/13/2025

From the standpoint of a Clinical Counsellor and EMDR Certified Therapist (ECT), I emphasize deeply with all who are directly and indirectly impacted by the unprecedented devastating wildfires besieging our communities at this time.

I know these experiences are distressing for all who are involved, victims, first responders (who may also be victims) and all loved ones of those affected.

As a mother, my heart goes out to all children directly and indirectly impacted. We have children who may have seen or will see their homes and communities destroyed. Additionally, we live in an era of social media where exposure to inappropriate information and graphics is highly accesible shared at high volumes.

As parents and grandparents etc., we may face uncertainty in how best to support our children and I know this topic is top of mind. We want our children to feel as secure and protected as possible.

Stay tuned for more information on supporting children’s mental health in the context of wildfire disaster. For now, consider pairing back the sharing and exposure of devastating images online. Kids are on Facebook and social media. In fact, consider how much graphic material and media yourself as an adult consumes.

For now, here is an appropriate link to inform children about wildfires.

More to come.

Take good care of yourselfs and stay strong,

Nancy 🐦‍⬛

https://www.cbc.ca/kids/watch/video/9.6413873eeeormirme dh

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