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Whole Heart Counselling Therapy in Winnipeg is founded on the knowledge and belief that growth and h

09/03/2025

Snippets of summer that we carry within our hearts & mind as we move into the next season. My highlights: beautiful scenery, a new experience with my pr***en (an EPIC concert according to them 😊),
good food, lots of snuggles with my pup, a new matching tattoo with a cherished friend

What you don’t see:
- celebrating my 20th anniversary with my husband (I can hardly believe it!) 💐
- really difficult moments navigating relationships
- late nights watching reality TV and movies with my teen
- trying to find space & quiet for myself while there are always other humans in the house
- figuring out how to manage my body as age changes how it functions
- balancing home and work

Some near perfect moments and some really far from perfect moments.

Holding on to the beauty of summer and taking with me the things I have learned about myself into the fall season.

Hoping we can find a rhythm as we enter this new season that sits well with our minds & bodies.

06/24/2025

Things that just make sense in my therapist office.
1. I use mugs with kind reminders on them. Like ‘Be Curious’
2. Splashes of bright colours. To help feel grounded in moments of distress, dysregulation, or disconnection. And to bring joy into the space.
(Mini painting by )
3. Fidget toys. To help with self regulation.
4. Autumn, the comfy weighted monkey. To help with grounding and calming. And/or to help connect with our inner child.
5. Soft and textured pillows. Also to help with with grounding and calming. Or if you are so inclined, to use to lay down in session.

05/05/2025

Located in Sterling Lyon Medical Building (Winnipeg, MB).

Included in rent:
- quiet waiting area with coffee, tea & cold beverages and snacks
- accessibility via elevator
- access to kitchenette
- access to a boardroom (when available)
- WiFi for therapist & client
- bookshelf shelf for personal supplies (not locked)
- free parking lot & street parking

And the office is fully furnished and set up to be a comfortable, welcoming space.

Please contact me if you have any inquiries!

05/04/2025

It is official - I am now moved in and so excited to share this new space with you!

I truly hope that the space and feel that I have created invites a sense of warmth and safety.

501-1020 Lorimer Blvd Winnipeg, MB

12/23/2024

‘Tis the season for grief, contentment, loneliness, beauty, struggle, connection, disappointment, joy.

No matter where you are in life, it seems this season highlights it. If you experience connection and joy during this season, that is celebrated; if you experience grief or disappointment, it will be highlighted in contrast to the celebration.

And, typically, as humans we experience a combination of emotions, even if some emotions feel bigger than others.

My hope is that you can hold your experience by noticing your growth & healing from moving through another year.

How you have moved in the world is significant and I am proud of you.

Take good care of yourself.

09/07/2024

Continuing to learn & grow is not always a simple or easy task, intentional learning requires time & effort to ensure I can be present, have the time and enough energy to integrate it into my knowledge & system.

I am so grateful when all of these things line up. Today I am learning a new protocol: the Safe & Sound Protocol.

I knew from the basics of this (the nervous system & polyvagal theory) that it would fit well with how I work with my clients. And the more I learn, the more excited I get about being able to offer this as another tool for my clients.

If you have questions about this, let me know!

02/18/2023

Attended a 2 day workshop ‘EMDR & Disordered Eating’. I am incredibly grateful for being able to continue to learn and for others who have a passion & compassion to share their knowledge.

Learning allows me to slow down and take note of the work I am doing for my clients and myself.

Thank you Cassie EMDR Training & Consulting] for this workshop.

(For any EMDR therapists looking for trainings, I highly recommend EMDR Training & Consulting] - it was smooth, clear & concise and full of compassion.)

11/17/2022

Hi! It’s been awhile since I introduced myself. I’d like to welcome any new faces and thank those who’ve been around for awhile. :)

I'm Alana. I’ve been a private practice therapist in Winnipeg for 13 years, and I started Whole Heart Counselling Therapy nearly 4 years ago.

I like to think of myself as a compassionately curious person, curious about myself and other humans. As a therapist I continue to be awed by each and every one of my clients’ courage and vulnerability to show up and do the hard work of understanding themselves and choosing to care for themselves.

I work mostly with adults and tend to draw from a variety of theories based on understanding the body and how we can/need to work with our body to grow & heal (internal family systems, ego states, Polyvagal theory, EMDR) — all from a basis of self-compassion and curiosity.

I thoroughly enjoy my work and my hope is always that I create a space (whether in person or virtually) that is safe, calm and hopeful.

And, if you’re in a place right now looking for a therapist, things have shifted this fall which is allowing space for me to take on new clients.

I can offer daytime (9am-4pm) sessions Monday, Tuesday or Wednesdays, mostly virtual with the potential of some in-person sessions (on Mondays). If you’re curious about therapy or would like to book a session, feel free to reach out to me -- you can click on my website link in my bio.

Be well.

[Pictured: Alana and her goldendoodle pup, Einstein]

11/09/2022

It's 11pm. I'm exhausted and just turned off my light for the night. My kid comes in. They apologize for disturbing me when they know they should be sleeping / would like to be sleeping. They say, “I’m sorry but I would like a hug.”

My first response is “of course.” I am exhausted but because they feel safe enough to come to me with this vulnerable need, I am not going to turn them away.

My second response is “please don’t apologize.” They are asking for a need to be met and I know they've considered the time and how I might be feeling as they are apologizing for interrupting my sleep.

I have been firm now in letting my kids know they can come to me any time and without an apology.

I feel so intensely grateful that my children have the freedom to ask for their needs to be met because they know it is safe for them to do so. Is my parenting perfect? Hardly. Do I mess up? Yup. But underneath there is safety and connection and I will keep doing my work, learning and growing, apologizing and shifting to keep the safety and connection there.

Are you able to ask for your needs to be met? If it is a struggle (as it is for many), I encourage you to be curious about that struggle. What emotions and thoughts come up for you when you think about asking for a need to be met? How does that feel in your body? Does it feel safe or scary or a mix?
You and your needs are important and deserve to have them met.

10/22/2022

Life Lessons from an 8-year-old. Episode 4. / Thoughts on emotional safety.

My daughter and I were watching a show she loves and wanted to share with me. I picked up my phone as I heard a text notification. Once I read the text, I absentmindedly began scrolling social media.

She gently patted my arm to bring my attention back to the moment, back to her, back to the connection of me & her enjoying a moment she wanted to share with me.

She was not upset nor made any comment to me. But I knew the meaning:
Mommy, be here with me, right now in this moment. I/we are important.

There may be some who think connecting via a show isn’t important. But in this moment it was everything to her — she was vulnerable in sharing with me her emotions (excitement) and courageous in reminding me what she needed (my attention & connection).

When are moments you would have liked to ask for your needs to be met? Was it safe growing up to ask for these needs to be met? If it didn’t feel safe to do so, you may still struggle to express your needs as an adult. Know that it takes patience & practice to shift our nervous system into safety. But I promise you it is worth it.

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10/04/2022

Breathe.

An act our body engages in every moment of the day.

Also a way of connecting to our present being.

This season of life for me has been about intentional focus on breath -- noticing the moments of calm & quiet in my body and around me.

Noticing moments of beauty — a sunset, or the sunflowers in my backyard looking up at the sun, a friend connecting with me, a kid telling me how awesome their day was at the new school, quiet in the house wh

In these moments, I am in the present. I can breathe deeply and feel my body at ease.

This has taken practice. And it is not always easy and I don't always remember (or want to remember) to do this practice. Especially when the broader world is in a such a state.

But this practice. It helps me feel grounded and in the present so that I can take care of myself, and take care of those around me and the world at large.

What are some things that help you remember you are in the present and to breathe deeply?

01/31/2022

Life Lessons from an 8-year-old. Episode 3.
(It’s been a few years since I posted one of these… the last time it was life lessons from a 5-year-old!)

My daughter has been growing out her hair, and as you can see it’s quite long. And, as is familiar to many caregivers, there’s a lot of crying over brushing her hair. We’ve lost count of how many times we’ve reached the meltdown stage of knots in all her long hair.

Tonight we reached our wits’ end. It was either we brush this hair well or it will need to be cut so we can care for it without so much pain and so many tears.

In the world of this 8-year-old, it was a crisis brimming with emotion.

My daughter made a choice. Without prompting, she sat in front of me and began to take deep breaths. Along with these breaths (I learned after the brushing), she was clenching and unclenching her fists in rhythm with her breathing.

And we made it through.

After brushing, she said, “It didn’t hurt as much.” She explained how she found a way to regulate her emotions (yes, she used the word regulate!). And we had a conversation about how amazing our mind & body is — that regulating our emotions can help with physical pain.

What she is learning and connecting with at age 8, I only began to recognize in adulthood.

She focused on her emotions and gave her body self-compassion through breath. And it soothed her.

Instead of fighting (which is the body’s natural inclination — something hurts, we need to get away from it), she acknowledged it and gave herself care in the midst of pain.

We all deserve this kind of acknowledgement and care. I hope you are finding ways to do this for yourself.

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Winnipeg, MB

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Tuesday	9am - 5:30pm
Wednesday	9am - 8:30pm
Thursday	9am - 3pm

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+12042956391

Website

https://wholehearttherapy.ca/

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