BEyond Therapy Counselling & Holistic Services

11/11/2025

Understanding does not negate the impact… we can understand something or someone, and acknowledge pain, while setting healthy boundaries.





11/11/2025

Understanding does not negate the impact… we can understand something or someone, and ack and pain at the same time.
There’s room for both.

11/08/2025

11/05/2025

I’m feeling really honoured to share that I’ve been nominated for “Best Counselling & Therapy” and “Best Holistic Wellness” in the 2025 Grande Prairie Community Votes campaign.

Thank you to everyone who saw value in the work I offer and took the time to nominate me.

This work is deeply meaningful to me, and being recognized within the community I love alongside such dedicated professionals in our community is something I hold with a lot of gratitude and tenderness.

If you feel my work has supported you, inspired you, or has been meaningful in any way, I would be honoured to receive your vote in one or both categories! Thank you!!

(Click on “healthcare” and then both categories are nested under that heading)

https://grandeprairie.communityvotes.com/?fbclid=IwRlRTSAN4blZleHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeExYKPFDyn4fsBo3KB7MrBxFiheqd2TpQMcYvy3wcEnn3xzYvpdkotxXA8NI_aem_VBDY8ZpFZiQTNvpmfGOaIA

11/05/2025

I’m feeling really honoured to share that I’ve been nominated for "Best Counselling & Therapy" and "Best Holistic Wellness" in the 2025 Grande Prairie Community Votes campaign.

Thank you to everyone who saw value in the work I offer and took the time to nominate me.

This work is deeply meaningful to me, and being recognized within the community I love alongside such dedicated professionals in our community is something I hold with a lot of gratitude and tenderness.

If you feel my work has supported you, inspired you, or has been meaningful in any way, I would be honoured to receive your vote in one or both categories! Thank you!!

(Click on "healthcare" and then both categories are nested under that heading)

Official 2025 Community Voting Awards Platform for Grande Prairie, AB. Where the community votes for their favourites every year.

11/02/2025

10/25/2025

Feeling ungrounded, heavy, or "off" lately?

Many people are noticing more fatigue, heaviness, and emotional tension as we move into the colder months. The body starts to slow down - but the mind doesn’t always follow!

If you’ve been feeling drained, disconnected, restless, or like you can’t quite “reset,” this is your cue to pause and restore.

An Integrative Reiki Session using my unique, blended approach helps you release what’s weighing you down and realign your energy so you can feel grounded, clear, and calm again.

A client shared:

"My Integrative Reiki session with Andrea went far beyond a typical experience! By the end of the session, I felt lighter, more balanced, and refreshed. I highly recommend this unique healing experience!"
— Robyn Belcourt

You don’t have to push through... your body is asking for care, not more effort!

📅 Limited fall sessions available.
Book your reset here:
🔗 beyond-therapy.janeapp.com

-Individual and couples counselling for ages 16+ using an integrated approach that utilizes a variety of theories and approaches to help clients navigate life's challenges.

10/21/2025

Your imagination can help heal your trauma.
Not by escaping reality—but by rewiring it.

Most people think healing only happens through what’s real—what we do, say, or experience in the outside world.

But neuroscience shows something extraordinary: your brain responds to vividly imagined experiences in many of the same ways it does to real ones.

That means you can start forming new neural pathways of safety and connection even before those experiences happen in real life.

✨ Imagining being held by a caring figure can calm the amygdala and activate oxytocin pathways.
✨ Visualizing yourself setting a boundary or speaking up can strengthen prefrontal circuits involved in self-agency.

While imagination doesn’t fully replicate lived experience, research shows it can activate enough of the same neural pathways to begin changing how the brain encodes safety and connection.

This is what makes imagination one of the most powerful ways to create corrective experiences in trauma healing—moments where your brain and body get to feel, even symbolically, what should have happened but didn’t.

Because trauma locks the brain into rigid patterns—hypervigilance, shutdown, shame loops. Imagination reintroduces flexibility.

Even something as simple as imagining yourself moving, running, or being protected can begin to complete the defensive cycle your body never got to finish.

In that imagined movement, your brain begins to relearn: I can act. I can choose. I’m not frozen anymore. And as those images become felt in the body—not just seen in the mind—they begin to anchor a new sense of safety.

Over time, these imagined experiences activate neuroplasticity—carving new neural pathways that anchor safety, power, and connection where fear once lived.

So when you close your eyes and picture a new ending, don’t dismiss it as “just imagination.”

That’s your brain—and your body—practicing healing in real time.

10/14/2025

There comes a moment, quiet but powerful, when something shifts.

Not because the fear is gone.
Not because the path is clear.
But because you’re just- done.

Done with the same cycles.
Done carrying what isn’t yours.
Done living small to keep the peace.

Real change doesn’t come from motivation… it comes from exhaustion with your own patterns.
And from the brave decision that the discomfort of growth is worth more than the pain of staying the same.

I work with people at that threshold.
And if that’s where you are… I see you.
It’s not easy, but it is worth it and you don’t have to navigate alone.

Feel free to reach out if you're ready to explore what this could look like for you!

I’m a counselling therapist and trauma-informed practitioner with over 15 years of experience supporting individuals through burnout, trauma, life transitions, emotional overwhelm, and self-discovery. But more than that—I’m someone who genuinely believes in the power of honest conversation, ne...

10/05/2025

2 cancellation spots have come up for this week and next!
If you are looking to snag one, here is the booking link!

-Individual counselling for ages 8+ using an integrated approach that utilizes a variety of theories and approaches to help clients navigate life's challenges.

10/03/2025

Welcome to my new office space!

Just a reminder to all current clients that Beyond Therapy has moved!!

Please be sure to check confirmation emails for new address and details about accessing the building for upcoming appointments!

09/07/2025

There comes a moment — quiet but powerful — when something shifts.
Not because the fear is gone.
Not because the path is clear.
But because you’re just… done.
Done with the same cycles.
Done carrying what isn’t yours.
Done living small to keep the peace.
Real change doesn’t come from motivation — it comes from exhaustion with your own patterns.
And from the brave decision that the discomfort of growth is worth more than the pain of staying the same.
I work with people at that threshold.
And if that’s where you are — I see you.
It’s not easy… but it is worth it.
Feel free to reach out if you're ready to explore what this could look like for you.

I’m a counselling therapist and trauma-informed practitioner with over 15 years of experience supporting individuals through burnout, trauma, life transitions, emotional overwhelm, and self-discovery. But more than that—I’m someone who genuinely believes in the power of honest conversation, ne...