Brandon Robbins, Counsellor

Brandon Robbins, Counsellor Indigenous Counsellor in the Greater Victoria Area. Helping people with adapting to Life Changes, areas of Grief.

Uses Narrative therapy and Cultural Support in storytelling. 1 hour sessions, In-Person & Online Appointments are available

01/17/2026

Exploring Loss and Change. Making it easier to process and digest

01/14/2026
01/14/2026
Sometimes when there is nothing to say because of the feeling of getting stumped by the weather. Explore those moments. ...
01/13/2026

Sometimes when there is nothing to say because of the feeling of getting stumped by the weather. Explore those moments. Whether it’s bright and sunny or grey and rainy. It’s a reason to play with your words.

It’s been raining here for over a week. I find myself exploring the thoughts of how the weather affects me. I found myself falling in love with the rain. The rhythm of the drops hitting the window, how it ripples in puddles. How drops spill into the others and cascade down the glass. How mesmerizing it is to allow myself to lose myself in those moments- yet I smile

Explore your words when you find yourself talking about the weather.

Journal Prompt- today is a good day… explore why? Explore how? What about the day sticks with you. Holds meaning…?
01/13/2026

Journal Prompt- today is a good day… explore why? Explore how? What about the day sticks with you. Holds meaning…?

My passion for Journalling started when I was a youth. It’s since grown substantially. I wonder what it would be like to...
01/12/2026

My passion for Journalling started when I was a youth. It’s since grown substantially. I wonder what it would be like to help others grow their own practice? I love the idea of writing with others. And sharing moments. Explore ideas and prompts. Using my therapy practices to help others explore a deeper relationship with themselves.
I wonder who would want to write with me?

Beginning a journal practice is easier than you think. Try and explore some ceremony to set the tone. Coffee or tea. Lig...
01/12/2026

Beginning a journal practice is easier than you think. Try and explore some ceremony to set the tone. Coffee or tea. Light a candle to gaze on while thoughts are forming.

It’s a date. But you’re dating you.

Journalling is a conversation where you get to know yourself. Make it easy on yourself and just keep it simple.

“Today is a good day… and write why.

For me I write today is a good day because everything is changing. I am changing- then I write about those changes. How, when I noticed them. What it means and how it feels.

exploring

Choosing to specialize in Grief & Loss. Has opened some doors. To knowledge and exploration into unspoken experiences pe...
01/11/2026

Choosing to specialize in Grief & Loss. Has opened some doors. To knowledge and exploration into unspoken experiences people face. The changes to one’s life and understanding the value of their tears.

One of the biggest challenges any of us might face is the loss of a parent. No matter the age we were...
01/10/2026

One of the biggest challenges any of us might face is the loss of a parent. No matter the age we were...

The loss of a parent is not a single event. It is a fracture that travels through time, reshaping memory, identity, and relationships. Whether the death comes slowly or suddenly, by illness or by accident, the death of a parent rearranges the inner world of a child—no matter that child’s age.Slo...

Exploring the Grief and loss that comes with being discharged from the Service - Duty ends too soon. What then?
01/10/2026

Exploring the Grief and loss that comes with being discharged from the Service - Duty ends too soon. What then?

Below is a clinical–narrative exploration of the grief experienced by a service member whose career ends prematurely through a dishonourable discharge, particularly when the departure is unwanted, contested, or perceived as unjust. This framing treats the event not as a single loss, but as a casca...

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Friday 11am - 6pm
Saturday 11am - 6pm
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A Simple Guide

I began my journey when I was 11 years old, but when I was 8 year I realized there was more to the world then what we normally acknowledge as a people. Having this deeper connection to the earth and I found it impossible not to step forward to cultivate a relationship with the worlds around me. I do mean worlds, there is what we can see and that we don’t see and how we interact with them depends on how we choose to live. Often our choices have impact on these places, often we don’t take notice. Only when we choose to open our eyes can we understand what I mean. When I say worlds, there are those that assume I’m speaking about the Astral plain and Netherworld. It’s interesting ... but it not what I’m talking about at all. I do work with in those realms but... that is only a facet of what being a Shaman is.

When I began my journey into Dream Work, even those I was so young. I was taught to able to understand myself better. Everything there was a part of me and helped me hear my own story. Being taught about myself, from aspects of me who often took the form of people I love and respect. Some characters took a form all their own. Together I was taught to accept my demons and see their true natures.

Of course when I say demons, I mean the shadow that lives inside us and thus my journey into Shadow Work began. Shadow and Its forms being, fear, anger, regret and pain, whatever the Shadow is for you. It is born of our choices, events that we lived and often hold us back. A great part of the work is overcoming these things that limit us, to see and accept who we are. Dreams help us see these thing about ourselves, they help us better understand the how we feel and think. In dreams you can explore a realm a possibility and discover an inner truth that exists inside you.

In answering these questions and discovering these truths inside myself helped me to better understand my connection to Spirit. To gain a deeper understanding of energy and how it moves through and around the body. How that energy relates to the rest of the world? Through working with the chakra did I begin to understand how I as a human can relate to the worlds around me, and further my understanding of life and my journey