Lupine Clinical Counselling

03/01/2026

Longing for more support & empowerment in parenting your young child? Join our Rest Play Grow Book Club to deepen your understanding of your child and unlock the power of connection. Gain insight, build confidence, and learn to trust your intuition as a parent. Facilitated by Shayna Strauss. Geared to parents of children up to 7 years of age.
Read along in the book and unpack your readings together over the ten weeks of Wednesday sessions. Starting April 8th until June 10th from 10-12pm weekly.
Register through this link: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=sePS8qyuRUiHAh7U5ZLlfn5mjlrzwAdPhytKzidge7tUOEpBV1VMNVJCQzI4NFhPT0JTSk5TQ09DQi4u

01/21/2026

Such an important offering…

Our next grief group offering will focus on the particular grief that occurs after a traumatic death. Because this can be a difficult loss to navigate, it is important that there be dedicated space for survivors of traumatic death to share their stories in a safe and supported way.

This group will be facilitated by a very dedicated Nelson Hospice volunteer and narrative therapist Sarah Hughes and Jenna Seymour, one of her Masters students. We hope it will bring some healing to the many people who suffer loss after a death by su***de, homicide, accident or toxic drugs.

Please call 250-352-2337 or email jane@nelsonhospice.org to register.

01/18/2026

Lupine Clinical Counselling is excited to offer "BEFORE BABY COMES: Building Healthy Boundaries Together".

This FREE 2-hour prenatal workshop is focused on helping couples navigate changing needs in their routine, life, and relationships through collaborative boundary-setting as they prepare for new parenthood!

Facilitated by our Master's of Social Work student, Jessica Dillon, this workshop will be offered three times over the winter months, and registration is limited; for more information OR to sign up and secure your spot, follow the link here: https://lupineclinicalcounselling.janeapp.com/ #/staff_member/4/treatment/85

*please note: this is a stand-alone 2-hour workshop; registration for *one* date only is required!

01/08/2026

Happy New Year! Lupine Clinical Counselling was excited to receive this update from Jane showing us that we are meeting our goal of increasing mental health supports for Women’s Reproductive Health and for young families in the West Kootenays! Jane shows us that we had an increase of 77 counselling sessions and 29 more clients in 2025 over 2024! We are hopeful with the addition of Andrea Onofrio and our intern program we can continue to increase our capacity and eliminate our waitlist in 2026! Sessions available now so please be in touch!

12/19/2025

It has been another busy and exciting year for Lupine Clinical Counselling and we are looking forward to some time away from the office to rest and recharge before jumping into the new year!

Please note our office will be closed until January 2, 2026!

Andrea Onofrio has availability for new clients as early as January 6th and Jessica Dillon, our MSW student is offering low cost in-person and virtual sessions until April 2026 both in our Nelson office and online.

Sessions are now live for booking. Please follow this link for booking:

https://lupineclinicalcounselling.janeapp.com

Happy Holidays and we look forward to support you in 2026!

11/27/2025

Our MSW student, Jessica, still has low-cost sessions available before the end of the year and the busy holiday season! Offering reduced rate counselling for individuals and couples navigating pregnancy, birth and postpartum challenges!

To learn more or to schedule an appointment, visit:

Jessica Dillon, a MSW practicum student with Lupine Clinical Counselling, offers mental health and perinatal support services in the Kootenays. Schedule today.

11/25/2025

11/25/2025

Lupine Clinical Counselling is “gently” looking for new clinic space. 2-3 large offices with windows, a waiting room and access to a washroom within the city limits. Like businesses as neighbours a must! If you are a client please know we are staying put until we find a perfect and beautiful space for you! msg us if you have any leads on fabulous space!

11/06/2025

beginning this afternoon!

11/05/2025

We’re thrilled to welcome Andrea Onofrio to the Lupine Clinical Team! Andrea will be available for appointments and consultations starting mid-November 2025.

With over a decade of experience in mental health support, Andrea brings a compassionate, holistic approach to her work as a therapist. Andrea’s trauma-informed, mindfulness-based practice helps individuals and families navigate emotional challenges and life transitions with care and clarity.

Andrea offers individual and relationship therapy, as well as group support, focusing on anxiety, depression, grief, and identity exploration. She creates an inclusive, supportive space where clients feel heard and empowered. Through one-on-one sessions or collaborative workshops, Andrea helps people deepen self-awareness, reconnect with purpose, and strengthen emotional well-being.

Please visit our website www.lupineclinicalcounselling.com to learn more about Andrea, and to book a FREE Consultation.

10/09/2025

What a beautiful offering for Nelson families in Everest’s memory.

The Everest Legacy Fund provides free counseling sessions for children, youth, and families in the Nelson area.

09/09/2025

🌱Registration open for a FREE Art Therapy Group for Parents🌱

Parenting calls on every part of us—our strengths, our challenges, and the pieces of our past that shaped us. This free group, open to parents living in the West Kootenays, is an invitation to use creativity as a way to:

🎨 Foster self-compassion
🌿 Understand how your past may impact your parenting
💫 Integrate unresolved experiences and make new choices

We’ll draw on principles from NARM (NeuroAffective Relational Model) to explore the adaptive survival strategies we developed in childhood—so we can move toward more authentic connection.

✨ “Connection is our deepest longing and greatest fear.” – Laurence Heller

📍 This is a free art therapy group for those living in the West Kootenays, funded by Ministry for Children and Family Development
🌄 Open to parents living in the West Kootenays
🎨 No art experience necessary

👉 Join us in discovering how to parent with the whole self. https://www.kutenaiarttherapy.com/parenting-group-online