Rich Connections

12/30/2024

Once again, Rich Connections popped up today, after time has lapsed, so here is an update:

Stacey Kirkpatrick and I are doing very well in our practices! My colleague Yolande Herbst of Pure Consciousness, has been very busy setting up online services and Hypnosis recordings for sale. I will post her link below.

I have managed to build a very healthy number of clients, who see me regularly. We have also written published stories. Mine are within colleague 's books as contributions and Stacey has continued writing, also attending more Jack Canfield writing retreats.

Serge and I moved 2 months ago, to Clayton, near Almonte and I plan to run a very simple getaway retreat cottage on our 3.12 acres of forest. I am still using my Kanata office all day from 8 a.m to 7 p.m each Tuesday and Thursday and I may open an Almonte office, too, a bit later.

We are calling the place Bluejay Chalet and have plans for the outside and inside of our new home, which is really beautiful and charming.

We love this area deeply and we are making wonderful friends already, even a fellow South African who has the same family name as my mother and who knows my cousins near the Kruger National Park. It really is a small world! 🌎

Here are a few Before photos of our future retreat:

11/02/2022

Thrilled to announce the launch of my book!

IT’S LAUNCH DAY!!!

Here is where you can purchase your copy of Milk & Cookies!! 🥛 🍪

AVAILABLE ON AMAZON NOW!!! 👇👇👇

Canada: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1957124032

US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1957124032

UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1957124032

France: https://www.amazon.fr/dp/1957124032

Italy: https://www.amazon.it/dp/1957124032

Australia: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/1957124032

A portion of proceeds from each copy sold will be donated to Voice Found, a national organization that helps survivors of childhood sexual abuse.

Thank you all so much for your support!!

05/03/2022

Hi, everyone!

Rich Connections popped up for me today, when someone viewed the page.

So, after AGES of no posts, here is an update for Stacey Kirkpatrick and myself, as I have a little time on my hands this a.m. Serge and I are headed to Spa Nordik tomorrow, (a gift from our daughter and our SIL), for our 31st Wedding Anniversary. Whoo-hoo! We have both taken off Thursday, too, to rest, thank goodness.

Stacey has written a book, which will be published this year, over and above seeing many clients. I shall leave her to update you with the details when the book drops. Very exciting!

We are still close office neighbours in Kanata Office Centre and it'll be 5 years since we first moved in! I share mine with Yolande Herbst of Pure Consciousness, a fantastic pairing of 2 Brit- influenced South Africans. Very quirky, indeed! Yolande has had our office Feng-shui'd again and we are now the proud parents of a Beta fish called Lady Camden from the Ru Paul show. I call her Foo Fighter.

Stacey, Yolande and I keep in touch and we are overdue for a lunch check in. We have welcomed more and more Psychotherapists and Psychologists to our premises and we work very collaboratively. Soon, we will be able to resume our monthly in person meetings in our Boardroom. We can also get together at the Bistro downstairs at Head Office.

We founded our FB group, Kanata Carleton Therapist Network, which has over 100 members now and I have 165 plus active clients, some having a "top up" of Hypnotherapy a couple of times per year and others wanting to book me throughout the whole year. I am still mindful of my own Self-care, though.

A HUGE shout out to my amazing clients, who always send me referrals through word-of-mouth. I do not advertise, but I still keep my Psychology Today listing as a Verified Practitioner, which really helps with insurance companies.

The last couple of years have been challenging to all of us, as we are bombarded with all sorts of situations that you could not even make up! So many of us are finding that 2022 is challenging us on all levels, as we grow rapidly from it all. We are not only coping with our Selves, but with family members going through Mind, Body and Spirit issues, too.

We are Holding the Space and Shining our Light. Universe sent my family the greatest gift of all: our first grandchild. Ecstatic does not even cover our feelings. We are thrilled that he is such a happy, hilarious character, over 1 year old already, who stays over with Granny Fifi and Grandpapa on weekends.

My heart is full to overflowing, with gratitude.
May you all be as blessed.
Love and much Light.
Vivienne Filiatreault RP
💜❤💙💚🧡💛

09/30/2021

September 30, 2021 marks the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Today is not a holiday but rather a day of memorial.
Today commemorates the tragic, painful history and ongoing impacts of residential schools on the indigenous population.

Today take time for reflection, learn about our history and support indigenous organizations and businesses. Share with us how you plan to commemorate this day.

11/21/2020

This is a discussion with important information for everyone. Childhood sexual abuse can happen anywhere and we will discuss some of the ways predators groom not only children, but also the adults around them. We will talk about the effects this abuse has on a person for the rest of their life. You may think this doesn’t touch your life, but I guarantee that someone in your school, your workplace, your neighbourhood, your church or your group of friends and family have experienced childhood sexual abuse. This touches men and women. Derick Fage will be our moderator and myself and Peter Hamer will be discussing our personal experiences and educating on prevention, support and advocacy. .
Please join us!

An incredibly big thank you to Quitters Coffee for hosting - A Conversation About Childhood Sexual Abuse.

We are still being socially safe, so everyone can attend virtually for an incredibly important discussion.

We will cover what happens to abuse victims as they grow into adulthood. What is the cost of keeping secrets?
And why the silence?

Register for the event here: https://voicefound.ca/events/nolongersilent/

09/10/2020

Hello, everyone!

I hope that you are all doing well and are taking the very best aspects from this very unusual growth time and learning where to place your focus, such as Self Care and personal growth and success. We as a team certainly are!

Yes, you have not heard from us for so long now, because we have been so busy, pivoting and adapting. I have an update.

Stacey Kirkpatrick is in her own office next door to mine and our other colleague, Yolande Herbst, is growing her business beautifully, so we are thinking of expanding in our section of the Kanata Office Centre. As a Senior Supervisor, I am always being approached to supervise Registered Psychotherapist Qualifying interns and I am looking to take on maybe two more within these next months, to grow our wonderful team.

I approached Algonquin College final year computer studies students, who were offering to design websites/ pages for free, to work with us on improving our internet presence. This has been the idea for a while and now it's time. This will take the form of keeping this page and maybe even the name, but making it into an umbrella of services of therapists, who work with us collaboratively, yet independently.This model has really worked for us.

If you are a local therapist of any kind yourself, please also feel free to join the FB group we started, called Kanata Carleton Therapist Network. Stacey runs monthly online meetings at present to discuss all sorts of issues concerning tips to run a successful practice, case consults etc, all free of charge. We also refer to each other, because we champion collaboration.There is more than enough work for everyone!

I want to thank my wonderful, loyal clients and all of my new clients, for their ongoing support of local small businesses. We are 3 years old already! I really feel deeply blessed by the abundance in my life and the fact that I can keep my gorgeous office, which I use as my sanctuary,too.Hahaha!

'Build it and they shall come!'
Indeed, you have all come to visit and I so enjoy that! I am appreciating every moment of being your support person during these interesting times.

I am now seeing a few vulnerable clients in the office, following safety procedures and I also offer online Zoom and 'phone sessions, too.

I am a Board Member of the Single Mom's Buddy Program, a network created by Natasha Rose, a Life Coach, for single moms during Covid-19.Each mom gets a Buddy / support person and many resources are shared. If you need support as a single mom in Ottawa, please join this group FB! At present, it is also a Non-profit Organization.

Onwards and Upwards from here, folks! May we continue to build from strength to strength. I have the best colleagues and clients ever!💜

Love and Light,
Vivienne Filiatreault RP

05/30/2020

Announcement: I am now an Executive Board Member of SMBP, Single Mom's Buddy Program, a new Non - Profit, founded by Natasha Rose, a Life Coach.
I still have my private practice, which will be up and running again, when it is safe to do so.💜
Vivienne Filiatreault RP

12/31/2019

I will lose weight. I will start going to the gym. I will spend less time on social media. I will go back to school. I will get a new ...

12/22/2019

May you all make the best holiday season, filled with peace, love and joy. 💜

12/11/2019

Hi, everyone!
I am getting ready to go on a beautiful vacation, with only just over a week of work left! I have really been enjoying my chosen schedule, as well as my delightful clients, working in the office on Tuesday, Thursday and then Friday a.m.'s and working at home on Mondays and Wednesdays, doing all the admin.that goes with the territory. This is my ideal life / work balance, which suits me perfectly and gives client time in the office for my intern, Yolande.
Kyle Bellehumeur, my previous MACP and RP Qualifying intern, has just announced that he has passed his Registered Psychotherapist examination for CRPO and will have his hours by Spring next year, which is spectacular news! I would like to thank Rachel Sturgeon, of Sturgeon Counselling, for co - supervising and then later taking him on as his main supervisor. Our team will definitely celebrate this win!
I want to announce that we are going to reconfigure Rich Connections into an umbrella of / a directory of local practitioners, who are our collaborative colleagues. We are going to discuss this soon, but we have been rather busy. Stay tuned and we will be back in the new year. 2020 looks very exciting for us, Stacey Kirkpatrick, myself and Yolande Herbst, as we have all evolved even more, specializing in different, exciting areas. More news later.
Make a wonderful, loving Christmas / holiday with family and friends. 💜
Love and Light,
Vivienne Filiatreault RP

10/29/2019

Hi, everyone! It's been an amazing time business - wise! Growing and growing, as word spreads. We both wanted our names attached to our businesses, as that is far more effective, so we did that. Stacey has her office next to mine and my intern, Yolande, is planning on taking the other office next to mine. We envision a team of therapists working in that whole, quieter section of
Kanata Office Centre, in a very co - operative manner.
Our volume has increased, so we all use OWL Practice, a welcome electronic system, specially designed for therapists. It's so much fun to use, too and it saves us lots of time. Automated appointment times, invoices and receipts go out to clients and it's PHIPA safety / confidentiality approved.
The FB group I founded, Kanata Carleton Therapist Network is coming along, with around 55 members already and I am taking on two more Registered Psychotherapist Qualifying interns within the next few months.
We will update you when we have a moment.
💜
Vivienne Filiatreault RP
Senior Supervisor to Registered Psychotherapists Qualifying.

08/28/2019

Hi, everyone!
Stay tuned for some announcements and updates, as to where our work is taking us.These are very exciting times! 💜
Vivienne Filiatreault RP