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Meet Sunny Qiu, RSW! 🌿We are so excited to introduce the newest member of the Orchard Valley Counselling Services team, ...
02/04/2026

Meet Sunny Qiu, RSW! 🌿

We are so excited to introduce the newest member of the Orchard Valley Counselling Services team, Sunny Qiu!

Sunny is a Registered Social Worker dedicated to providing a safe, inclusive, and compassionate space for healing. Whether you are navigating the complexities of daily life or working through deep-seated hurdles, Sunny is here to support your journey toward mental wellness.

✨ Sunny’s Areas of Focus:

* Anxiety & Stress Management – Finding calm in the chaos.

* Trauma Recovery – Healing through a trauma-informed lens.

* Relationship Support – Building healthier connections with others and yourself.

* LGBTQ2IA+ Community – Providing affirming and specialized care for diverse identities.

Sunny believes that therapy should be a collaborative partnership, and she is ready to help you thrive.

📞 Ready to start?
We know finding the right fit is everything. That’s why Sunny offers a FREE 20-minute phone Meet & Greet to answer your questions and see if you’re a match!

How to book:

🔗 Click the link in our bio
📩 Send us a DM
🌐 Visit orchardvalleycounselling.ca

02/04/2026

Meet Sunny Qiu, RSW! 🌿

We are so excited to introduce the newest member of the Orchard Valley Counselling Services team, Sunny Qiu!

Sunny is a Registered Social Worker dedicated to providing a safe, inclusive, and compassionate space for healing. Whether you are navigating the complexities of daily life or working through deep-seated hurdles, Sunny is here to support your journey toward mental wellness.

✨ Sunny’s Areas of Focus:

* Anxiety & Stress Management – Finding calm in the chaos.

* Trauma Recovery – Healing through a trauma-informed lens.

* Relationship Support – Building healthier connections with others and yourself.

* LGBTQ2IA+ Community – Providing affirming and specialized care for diverse identities.

Sunny believes that therapy should be a collaborative partnership, and she is ready to help you thrive.

📞 Ready to start?
We know finding the right fit is everything. That’s why Sunny offers a FREE 20-minute phone Meet & Greet to answer your questions and see if you’re a match!

How to book:

🔗 Click the link in our bio
📩 Send us a DM
🌐 Visit orchardvalleycounselling.ca

👋 Get to know Sunny Qiu, a Registered Social Worker and therapist passionate about helping people find calm, confidence,...
01/28/2026

👋 Get to know Sunny Qiu, a Registered Social Worker and therapist passionate about helping people find calm, confidence, and connection in their lives.

She specializes in supporting individuals who are kind to everyone but themselves, those who care deeply for others yet struggle to show the same compassion inward.

✨ Sunny helps clients work through anxiety, trauma, self-criticism, people-pleasing, emotional overwhelm, and relationship challenges. She also works with couples who love each other but feel stuck, helping them rebuild trust, communicate openly, heal from past hurts, and strengthen emotional intimacy.

Sunny offers a calm, compassionate space where clients can feel fully accepted without judgment. She believes healing begins when people feel truly seen, heard, and understood. Her work focuses on helping clients who want to understand parts of themselves that feel anxious, avoidant, or self-critical. These parts have been trying to protect them for a long time. Through this process, Sunny helps clients work with themselves rather than against themselves, fostering curiosity, kindness, and self-compassion.

Her approach is gentle, relational, and trauma-informed, integrating EMDR, DBT, CBT, parts work (IFS-informed), mindfulness, and the Gottman Method for couples. Drawing from Polyvagal Theory, she helps clients regulate their nervous systems, reduce emotional triggers, and feel safe in their bodies.

Areas of Focus:
🌟 Anxiety
🌟 Trauma
🌟 Relationship Challenges
🌟 Attachment Issues
🌟LGBTQ+

Book in with Sunny: https://orchardvalleycounselling.ca/contact-us/

💸 Feeling the weight of post-holiday financial stress? You’re not alone.�Once the holidays wrap up, January often brings...
01/21/2026

💸 Feeling the weight of post-holiday financial stress? You’re not alone.
�Once the holidays wrap up, January often brings a different kind of pressure - catching up on bills, reassessing spending, and carrying the emotional load of financial uncertainty.

At Orchard Valley Counselling, we see how financial stress often overlaps with anxiety, burnout, relationship tension, and feelings of overwhelm. Money worries don’t exist in isolation — they affect your nervous system, your sleep, and your sense of safety.

Here are a few supportive ways to begin easing that stress:

✨ Name the stress - Avoiding money worries can make them feel heavier. Acknowledging them is the first step toward relief.

✨ Shift from perfection to progress - Small, realistic steps create more calm than drastic financial pressure.

✨ Return to regulation - Re-establish routines that support rest, movement, and grounding to help settle anxious thoughts.

✨ Get support - Financial stress often carries emotional weight. Talking it through with a counsellor can help you feel more grounded, clear, and supported.

💛 You don’t have to navigate this season alone. If financial stress is impacting your mental health, relationships, or sense of peace, our team is here to help.

👉 Schedule a free consultation

https://orchardvalleycounselling.ca/contact-us/

01/19/2026

STOP SCROLLING: Meet your new mental health ally in the Okanagan. 👋⛰️

​Finding a therapist who actually “gets it” shouldn’t be the hardest part of your week.

Meet Sunny Qiu, a Registered Social Worker at Orchard Valley Counselling Services.

​Sunny isn’t just a listener, she’s a change-maker. Whether you’re navigating the high-pressure lifestyle of Kelowna or looking for a safe space in West Kelowna, Sunny provides:

​✨ Thoughtful & Deep Insight – No cookie-cutter advice here.

✨ Radical Warmth – A space where you feel seen, not judged.

✨ Effective Results – Evidence-based care that actually moves the needle.

✨ Pure Empathy – Because your story deserves to be heard.

​📍 Where to find her:
In-person sessions available in Kelowna and West Kelowna, plus virtual care for the entire Central Okanagan.

​Don't wait for "someday" to feel better. Sunny is ready when you are.

​🔗 Link in bio to book your initial consult with Sunny Qiu today!

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✨ A New Year, A New Way to Care for Yourself As we step into 2026, consider this your gentle reminder: you don’t have to...
01/14/2026

✨ A New Year, A New Way to Care for Yourself

As we step into 2026, consider this your gentle reminder: you don’t have to carry everything alone. A new year doesn’t need a new you, it needs a supported you. One who prioritizes rest, healing, and emotional well-being. 💛

At Orchard Valley Counselling, our team is here to walk alongside you with services that meet you exactly where you are:

🌱 Individual Counselling: Support for anxiety, depression, stress, boundaries, grief, life transitions, identity, and more.
�🌱 Couple & Family Counselling: Strengthen communication, rebuild connection, and navigate challenges together.
�🌱 Child & Youth Counselling: A warm, development-focused space helping children and young people navigate emotions, build coping skills, and feel supported at home, school, and in relationships.
�🌱 Teen Counselling: Confidential, judgment-free support for teens navigating identity, stress, friendships, school challenges, family dynamics, and major life shifts.
�🌱 EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing): A trauma-informed therapy that helps reprocess painful or overwhelming memories, reduce emotional reactivity, and foster deep healing and resilience.

📍 Virtual & In-Person Sessions – Flexible care that fits your life.
If your goal this year is to feel more grounded, supported, and connected, our counsellors are here to help.

🌟 Reach out to book a session or schedule a free consultation: https://orchardvalleycounselling.ca/contact-us/

Your healing can start today. 💛✨

Now that the holidays are behind us, many people are finally exhaling and also noticing why time with certain family mem...
01/07/2026

Now that the holidays are behind us, many people are finally exhaling and also noticing why time with certain family members felt especially hard this year.

The holiday season has a way of amplifying dynamics that already exist. Several factors tend to contribute:

✨ High Expectations — The holidays come with cultural pressure to be cheerful, grateful, and emotionally available. When reality doesn’t match those expectations, frustration increases.

✨ Old Family Patterns Resurfacing — Holidays tend to bring people back into childhood environments, roles, and memories—both good and bad. Old patterns get reactivated quickly.

✨ Increased Stress & Fatigue — Travel, financial pressure, meal-planning, and crowded schedules make everyone more reactive.

✨ Alcohol Consumption — When alcohol lowers inhibitions, conflict may escalate.

✨ Unresolved Issues — Any unresolved tension between family members can resurface in emotionally charged moments.

💭 Understanding why these interactions feel heavier is the first step toward changing how you experience them going forward.

Swipe through to find 20 expert-backed tips for handling challenging family members - not just during the holidays, but year-round, and make sure to read our new blog post to explore each expert tip in depth and start setting healthier patterns for the year ahead.

https://orchardvalleycounselling.ca/relationships/how-to-deal-with-difficult-family-members/

If you're working through anxiety, trauma, stress, or big life transitions, the right tools can make a meaningful differ...
12/31/2025

If you're working through anxiety, trauma, stress, or big life transitions, the right tools can make a meaningful difference, but understanding why they work is just as important. 💛

As we head into the new year, we’ll be sharing practical, evidence-based tips you can use in your daily life, and the science behind why these strategies are so effective for the brain and nervous system. 🧠✨

To start, we’d love to hear from you:

What’s one area you want more support with - anxiety, stress, relationships, boundaries, trauma healing, or something else?

Tell us in the comments so we can tailor our posts to what you need most. 💬

For more mental health resources, visit our website:�👉 orchardvalleycounselling.ca

Stay tuned, and stay kind to yourself. ✨

Feeling Stuck in "Survival Mode"? Understanding Nervous System Dysregulation​Is your body reacting to a "lion in the roo...
12/30/2025

Feeling Stuck in "Survival Mode"? Understanding Nervous System Dysregulation

​Is your body reacting to a "lion in the room" when you’re just trying to answer an email? 🦁

You might be experiencing Nervous System Dysregulation.

​What is it? 💡
​Your nervous system is your body’s command center. When it’s regulated, you move fluidly between rest and action.

When it's dysregulated, you stay stuck in "survival mode"—either high-alert (anxiety/fight-or-flight) or completely shut down (depression/freeze).

​How does it happen? 🌪️
​It’s rarely one single thing. Dysregulation is often the result of:

​Chronic Stress: Long-term pressure at work or home.

​Unresolved Trauma: Past experiences that your body hasn’t "let go" of.

​Grief: The physical weight of loss.

​Burnout: Ignoring your body's "low battery" signals for too long.

​How to start healing on your own 🌿

​Box Breathing: Inhale for 4, hold for 4, exhale for 4, hold for 4.

​Vagus Nerve Stimulation: Gentle neck stretches or humming can signal safety to your brain.

​Grounding: Place your bare feet on the grass or name 5 things you see right now.

​How we help at Orchard Valley Counselling Services 🤝

​Sometimes, the "wiring" needs professional support to find its way back to calm.

Our team in the Okanagan specializes in:

​Somatic Approaches: Learning to listen to your body’s physical cues.

​Trauma-Informed Care: Processing the "why" behind the "wire."

​Self-Esteem & Growth: Building a resilient foundation for the future.

​Ready to find your calm again?

We offer phone consultations to help you decide if we are the right fit for your journey. Email: Admin@ovcs.ca or

​✨ [Link in Bio to Book a Consultation] ✨

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Tuesday 10am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 10am - 4:30pm
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