Katrina Moore-Pettersson Counselling

11/03/2025

Hi!

I am a Registered Social Worker offering in-office, virtual, and nature-based counselling. I’m currently welcoming new clients this fall at my established practice in Nelson and virtually across British Columbia and Ontario 😊

My approach comprises:

*a trauma-informed, relational/attachment lens
*Somatic Experiencing, IFS/Parts Work, and nature-based therapy
*gentleness, compassion, sensitivity, warmth
*practical steps you can take home with you

I support folks with:

*emotional regulation (anxiety, depression, anger, etc.)
*shock and relational trauma
*grief
*navigating high sensitivity
*PMS/PMDD
*eating disorders/body image concerns
*relationship struggles

The approaches I draw upon are designed to get to the root of your challenges and support you in cultivating lasting relief, integration, and resilience in your nervous system.

**As a Registered Social Worker, my services are covered by most benefits plans

If my approach resonates and you feel you might benefit from some support this fall, I would be delighted to connect over a free 20-minute consultation so you can sense if we would be a good match. I invite you to DM me, email me at katrinamoorepettersson@gmail.com, or visit www.katrinamoorepettersson.com to get in touch.

Katrina-Moore Pettersson Counselling based in Nelson, British Columbia offers in-person, virtual, and telephone appointments for a variety of populations. We are trauma-informed, compassionate, empathetic, and rooted in social justice values.

10/14/2025

I’m here to talk a bit about fractals. What are fractals you ask? Fractals are repeating patterns found in the natural world. And the cool thing is, that noticing them can actually help reduce stress, ESPECIALLY for us highly sensitive folk who find chaos particularly overwhelming.

I went on a little solo road trip this weekend and was noticing allll the fractals. These repeating patterns, of course, are ever-present in nature but with the brightness of colour all around it’s hard to NOT see them. My nervous system took a breath of relief.

On those days that you’re feeling especially sensitive or dysregulated or overwhelmed or just OFF, try noticing some of these repeating patterns, these fractals in your environment, track your inner experience and see what happens. I’d love to hear how it goes for you!

If you are a highly sensitive person looking for some support with navigating this special trait, I am here for you and have more tips and tools to share. Feel free to DM or click link to book in bio.

09/22/2025

I was sitting in the forest yesterday morning as I typed this, on the last official day of summer, peering around, noticing changing colours, crispier leaves, coolness on my feet.

Often, we humans subscribe to the belief that we are meant to feel the same and be the same all the time. This is capitalism's wish for us, to encourage consistent productivity.

Yet, we are inextricably part of the natural world, which is ever-changing, with Autumn being one of the most iconic representations of this. Nature begins to slow down and turns more inward this time of year and I am here to tell you that it's okay if you're feeling more tired, more slow, more tender than at the height of summer.

When you notice a voice inside that expects you to show up with the same energy, the same mood, the same temperament, I invite you to remember the ever-changing-ness that defines nature. The natural world isn't meant to stay the same; thus, neither are we. Allow the ebbs and flows, they are human. 💕

09/09/2025

Hi Nelson!
I am a Registered Social Worker offering in-office, virtual, and nature-based counselling. I’m currently welcoming new clients this fall at my established practice in Nelson 😊

I work from a relational/attachment lens and offer Somatic Experiencing, IFS/Parts Work, and nature-based therapy to support you with emotional regulation (anxiety, depression, anger, etc.), processing shock and relational trauma and grief, and navigating high sensitivity, PMS/PMDD, and eating disorders/body image concerns. These approaches can be helpful if you have tried talk therapy and found it didn’t lead to lasting change or address the root of your experience. They are designed to support you in cultivating lasting relief, integration, and resilience in your nervous system.

Together, we will co-create a safe enough, compassionate space where all of you is welcome. I am grounded, gentle and warm in my approach and as a Registered Social Worker, my services are covered by most benefits plans.

If my approach resonates and you feel you might benefit from some support this fall, I would be delighted to connect over a free 20-minute consultation so you can sense if we would be a good match. I invite you to DM me, email me at katrinamoorepettersson@gmail.com, or visit www.katrinamoorepettersson.com to get in touch.

Katrina-Moore Pettersson Counselling based in Nelson, British Columbia offers in-person, virtual, and telephone appointments for a variety of populations. We are trauma-informed, compassionate, empathetic, and rooted in social justice values.

07/16/2025

In this fast-moving world, who has time to slow down and peer into the intricacies of a mossy micro ecosystem, to pause and feel the kiss of a breeze on our skin, or to sense how nature may guide us in navigating a current challenge in our lives.

Certainly, this was a common sentiment among those of us who participated in a nature-based therapy training a couple of weeks ago. And…we all changed our tune by the end, recognizing the power in our healing journeys of doing so.

Nature-based therapy invites Mother Nature to be a "co-therapist", and having personally experienced the power and richness of this, I can attest to the magic of this process. While indoor spaces can offer a sense of containment and safety in therapy, which is sometimes needed, having sessions in the forest or by the water and relating to nature as our mentor, resource, and guide can offer space for profound insights and deep healing.

I am excited to be offering regular nature-based therapy sessions in the Nelson area! Within these sessions, I combine nature-based therapy, Somatic Experiencing, parts work/Internal Family Systems, psychoeducation about our nervous systems, and a space to be seen, felt and heard. Dm me to book 🦚😊 or click to link in my bio.

07/16/2025