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Sun & Clouds Counselling

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Sun & Clouds Counselling

Jess Holtslander, MSW, RSW, RCC

07/07/2023

Loving my new office location!

I also got to participate in a research project initiated by BC Centre for Palliative Care and Kelowna Homelessness Research Collaborative last month.

More exciting projects ahead!!

11/07/2022

It’s official! I am now a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) and a Registered Social Worker (RSW) — I hope this helps those who have insurance that covers services provided by one and not the other.

I am also still accepting new clients: individuals, including adults and adolescents, as well as couples, for grief and loss therapy and neurodiverse-affirming counselling.

Visit https://sunandcloudscounselling.com for more info.!

10/30/2022

Art Reveal: Part 4 🌤️

I love how the colours blend. There’s yellow in the blues, like sun peaking through breaks in the storm, and blue in the yellows, like clouds in the distance on a summer day.

This is life! There can be beautiful moments and memories that arise in the “gloominess or sullenness”, and there can be a looming sense of doom when life seems to be “pleasantly smooth and soft”.

Loss changes us, I believe for the better. Sometimes, it’s hard to see the light when we’re deep in the dark, but there is hope, and it can get better. We all have the potential to grow.

10/24/2022

Art Reveal: Part 3 🌤️

I love the contrast, the balance. It leads me to reflect on the transformation that can happen when we work through our grief.

In so many ways, grief is a mystery. Our moods change unpredictably, and it’s easy to lose our sense of control, to feel weighed down, and to feel all types of sadness.

Then, with time (used wisely), safe space, tools that work, and individualized support, we learn from our experiences, we mature and soften, and we grow.

10/17/2022

Taking a quick break from talking about art to talk about… more art! This quote is part of a poem called “Go to the Limits of Your Longing” which I first heard on the podcast Terrible, Thanks For Asking by Nora McInerny.

What a challenge — to “let everything happen to you”. We don’t have control over things happening to us, of course, but we do like to think we have control over our lives. Then, when we’re hit with such intense loss (or loss after loss after loss), we come face to face with reality: we are not in control. Life just happens, and this is often difficult to accept for many of us. It’s terrifying but can also be beautiful.

“No feeling is final.” It’s true, yet the fear of getting stuck in a feeling is very real. While feelings may last a long time, they change; we change. Although feelings change and end, that does not mean they aren’t valid or important.

Grief can look like longing for what was, longing for the feeling of being in control, and all the beautiful and terrifying feelings that longing brings out.

Have you gone to the limits of your longing? 🌤️

10/10/2022

Art Reveal: Part 2 🌤️

Then, I found Angie Marchinkow and her captivating art. It was clear as day to me — I needed her to design the art for my office, art that would say to each person that walked in (including me), “You, along with all your emotions and feelings, are welcome here.”

When I see the blues, I think “moody”: “unpredictable changes of mood, especially sudden bouts of gloominess or sullenness”; “an impression of melancholy or mystery”.

Then, when I see the yellows, the word “mellow” comes to mind: “pleasantly smooth or soft; free from harshness”; “softened or matured by age or experience”.

Thank you, , for creating these magical, emotion-filled pieces.

10/03/2022

Art Reveal: Part 1 🌤️

I’ve been asked quite a few times now: “Where did the inspiration for the name ‘Sun & Clouds’ come from?”

Surprisingly for some, it did not come from the song My Girl by The Temptations (“I’ve got sunshine on a cloudy day…”).

From what I can remember, the name just came to me, but to be honest, I can’t remember if I came up with it or if someone else pitched it to me.

Regardless, I think it perfectly represents what my practice is about: exploring and feeling all of the emotions, the ones we label as “positive” (sun) and the ones we label as “negative” (clouds).

All emotions are needed and valuable, and we experience so many feelings when we grieve after a loss. I wanted a name that reflected this.

09/26/2022

Grief-focused couples counselling sessions are now available with Sun & Clouds Counselling! 🌤️

These sessions can be in-person or virtual for couples who want to grow through the pain of grief together and learn how to better support each other through their grief.

Questions? Visit https://sunandcloudscounselling.com to learn more/contact me directly.

09/20/2022

Sometimes, the people that we love the most — the people that we need the most — don’t show up for us, let us down, or leave us (physically and/or emotionally). When there is a pattern of physical and/or emotional neglect, there is significant loss and grief.

This type of grief can feel like reaching out for someone who has never been there for you, who is still not there when you need them one more time.

While normal and natural, feeling this type of grief can be painful, lonely, and isolating. There is hope though! We can learn to grow through the pain. 🌤️

09/05/2022

Grief is the normal and natural reaction to change or loss of any kind; it is also the conflicting feelings caused by a change in or the end of a familiar pattern of behaviour.

Especially when you have lost a loved one (through a death, divorce, breakup, or otherwise), it can feel like reaching out for someone who has always been there for you that is no longer there when you need them one more time.

This is painful. This is lonely. This is isolating.

Feeling this way is also normal and natural. Feeling this grief is even helpful if we can move forward with it. 🌤

08/29/2022

“You need to move on…” is what a lot of my clients are told (in different ways).

To me, “moving on” means leaving behind — forgetting and living life as if that person/pet/relationship never happened.

But that’s impossible! Human beings don’t work like that.

Even when a relationship ends, it continues. We carry that person/pet/relationship with us in our memories, reactions, personality, stories, identity, and emotions.

“Moving forward” is different. It’s sitting with our feelings; acknowledging and addressing the pain, isolation, and loneliness; and letting grief be a part of our lives.

It’s difficult, but it’s easier than trying to do the impossible.

08/22/2022

Hi! I’m Jess, the person behind Sun & Clouds Counselling. 🌤

Before starting Sun & Clouds Counselling, I worked with individuals of all ages who had neurodevelopmental disabilities, disorders, and/or mental health challenges in their academic and vocational pursuits.

I still enjoy working with individuals specifically with Autism and ADHD, but I am also super passionate about helping individuals, with or without diagnoses, navigate grief!

A little more about me personally: I have lived in Kelowna since 2008 (14 years now!), I have a 4-year-old son, and I discovered aerial fitness about a year ago and love it.

If you would like someone to walk with you on your journey of grief (or know someone who would), feel free to reach out!

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206-347 Leon Avenue
Kelowna, BC
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Monday	9am - 5:30pm
Tuesday	9am - 5:30pm
Wednesday	9am - 4pm
Thursday	9am - 5:30pm
Friday	9am - 5:30pm

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http://sunandcloudscounselling.com/

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