The Journey Through Counselling Group

02/12/2026

We've compiled a list of therapists ready and willing to support. Please share and pass around!

02/12/2026

Tumbler Ridge Tragedy
We wanted to take a moment to reach out and acknowledge the devastating shooting that happened in Tumbler Ridge yesterday. Our worst fears as parents has become a reality for many in Tumbler Ridge and our hearts and thoughts are with them. If any of you have been affected directly by this tragedy please reach out!
After hearing about tragedies like this one, we often experience the drive to do something in the face of futility- to want to help create change, be apart of prevention. More and more as we see the rising mental health crisis in North America, we keep coming back to the importance of the family and how history and research points to the power of attachment. We need to keep coming back to working on the family unit and not dividing it and so I am grateful for every single one of you for being apart of the desire to build stronger families. Thank you for being here.

01/30/2026

Check out our Relationship Readiness Package!!

A 6-Session Relationship Tune-Up
Not just for engaged couples.
Not just for “problems.”

This 6-session Couples Compass is designed for any couple wanting to pause, check in, and move forward with clarity — before moving in together, getting engaged, blending families, or simply deepening an already solid relationship.
Using the Prepare/Enrich assessment, you’ll receive a personalized map of your relationship — highlighting strengths, growth areas, communication patterns, and stress points. Sessions are guided through an Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) lens to help you understand not just what happens between you, but why — and how to respond to each other with more care and connection.

Together, you’ll:
-Identify relationship strengths you can build on
-Understand recurring conflicts and emotional triggers
-Clarify core needs, expectations, and values
-Learn practical tools for navigating disagreements
-Create a shared roadmap for the next chapter of your relationship

This package is paid upfront, with the option to add additional sessions at the same discounted rate if deeper work is needed — including support around trauma, past relational wounds, or mental health concerns.

All sessions are facilitated by Jennifer Peters, Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) and certified Prepare/Enrich Facilitator at The Journey Through.
Sessions may be eligible for reimbursement through extended health benefits.

Investment:
$750 – 6 sessions
($25 off per session)

Book a Free Consultation to see if this is a good fit for you!

Elevate yours family’s emotional health. Secure your free consultation today. Unlock new depths of connection and communication within your family through our specialized systems thinking therapist. Individual counselling, marriage counselling, family counselling, Christian therapists in British C...

01/15/2026

🌀 NEW: Somatic Coloring Book is LIVE!

Ricky is currently in Somatic Experiencing training and wanted a creative way to help people practice regulation and grounding.

This book is built for:
✅ slowing down
✅ reconnecting with your body
✅ calming your nervous system
✅ creating small moments of steadiness

📘 Available now:

Download the free Kindle app and start reading Kindle books instantly on your smartphone, tablet or computer – no Kindle device required.

12/13/2025

Many of us spend our adult lives stuck in patterns we can’t seem to break: self-sabotage, apathy, indecision, loneliness, or the ongoing inability to name what we truly want.

We assume these are adult problems.

So we try adult solutions: willpower, discipline, productivity hacks, numbing, or Netflix.
But most of these patterns didn’t begin in adulthood.

They began at the age we first learned that our desires were too much, too selfish, or too inconvenient.

For many of us, the problems we face now come down to two missing experiences:
(A) no one helped us believe our desires mattered, and
(B) no one taught us how to develop our raw desires. We learned to silence them or feel ashamed of them.

When a child’s desires are ignored or shamed, they receive an emotional template that follows them into adulthood. They learn to mute their longings or shrink their voice. Others move in the opposite direction and become entitled, trying to secure a version of what they were once denied.
Parents often fear that responding to a child’s desires will create selfishness.

But our research shows the opposite. Having your desires supported as a child makes you 4× more likely to have a healthy, positive sense of desire as a man, and over 3× more likely as a woman.

Most adults remain stuck at the same age, and in the same emotional themes, where they were left to navigate desire alone.

Your desires are some of the most remarkable parts of who you are, but they need formation.
As a therapist, I’ve seen a lack of desire formation cost people intimacy, pleasure, money, and meaning. We assume the issue is productivity, our bodies, or our habits.

But the deeper issue is this:
We’ve never learned how to develop our desires.

If you’d like the link to read more about how to form your heart, click this link: https://ow.ly/Km2j50XHWeo

12/12/2025

Hey fellow parents! Come join our online parent group where you can access training, support and parenting coaching for free! If you have taken a parent caregiver workshop (efft) you will have a head start, but if you haven’t you are still welcome! There’s a series of videos to catch you up! If you find yourself like most of us at a loss for what to do with your child (young or adult!) and wished you could have a place to ask in the moment questions- join us! We’d love to have you

Where Parents Grow and Families Heal

12/09/2025

Resilience building at its finest!

11/30/2025

✨ New Blog Post by Emily ✨

“The Invisible Load: When One Parent Does It All (and the Other Doesn’t Notice)”

So many parents carry a weight that no one sees — the emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual work that holds a family together. In this new piece, Emily names that invisible load with honesty, compassion, and the clarity so many of us have been longing for.

If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed, unseen, or stretched thin in your parenting role, this will feel like someone finally put words to your experience. And if you’re a partner wanting to understand more deeply what your loved one carries, this is a powerful place to begin.

💛 Read the full blog here:
https://thejourneythrough.life/blog/the-invisible-load

Because when we truly see each other, the distance softens — and connection has space to return.

The invisible load quietly shapes families—one parent carrying emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual weight while the other doesn’t see it. This blog reveals why unseen caregiving creates distance, how awareness reconnects partners, and how noticing each other’s worlds becomes the path ba...

11/28/2025

We’re excited to announce something brand new — and long overdue!

Parents have told us for years that after the workshop, they leave feeling motivated, hopeful, and equipped… but as real life sets back in, it’s easy to lose momentum or forget how to apply the skills in tricky moments.

So today, we’re launching a free online parent support + learning group focused on EFFT / emotion coaching.
This space is designed to help you:
✔ Keep the skills fresh
✔ Practice using them in real-life moments
✔ Ask questions when you get stuck
✔ Build confidence and attunement over time

If you’ve ever wished for a little more guidance, a place to connect, or a way to keep strengthening those emotion-coaching “muscles,” this is it.

We would love for you to join us! https://www.skool.com/next-steps/

11/13/2025

What does this evoke in you? Listen to this in a space where you feel safe and present.

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11/12/2025

One of our therapists wrote these words after visiting many of the locations and gravesites from WWII in France in 2009. We share it to today to acknowledge the many families and communities affected. Trauma is passed down, tragedy and loss are passed down, disconnection and rupture are passed down.

A Soldier's Sacrifice (Freedom from Fear)

The eyes that crinkle
They laugh no more
The lips that spoke love
Are silenced with gore.
The ears that heard music
Are defined with explosions
The pleasure of a touch
Becomes a far off illusion
The sweetness of taste
Turns stale and dry
The smells of the world
Shrivel up and die

A SOLIDER'S SACRIFICE...

It must not be taken lightly
They gave up more than life
For you,
To be free,
with equality.

-Emily Verseveldt (2009)

10/16/2025

A big thank you to all of the parents that took time out of their busy schedules to attend our parenting workshop! It is always such an honour to witness and be a part of your journey.

Our next workshop registration is open for next year: journey-parenting.eventbrite.ca

Join our online Parenting Workshop this September 2025, where we'll explore the power of resilience and emotional validation