Katrina Moore-Pettersson Counselling
MSW, RSW
Compassionate understanding. Grounded Guidance.
Attuned Presence. Rooted in Earth Wisdom.
Please e-mail, text message, call or click the "Reach out to Book" button to schedule a
free 20-minute phone/video consultation.
*Evening Availability*
Welcome.
I'm so glad you've landed here. My name is Katrina Moore-Pettersson (she/her). I am a registered social worker offering clinical counselling for individuals and couples in-office and in the great outdoors in Nelson, British Columbia, as well as virtual and telephone sessions across British Columbia and Ontario.
I offer a compassionate space to land, talk things out and feel heard, learn practical tools and skills, feel more regulated, resilient, and empowered, explore and create new patterns in your body, deepen self-awareness, and get unstuck. Many folks also find that their relationships with themselves and those around them change for the better as a result of our work together.
My non-linear and process-oriented approach interweaves my many years of experience working in mental health settings with Somatic Experiencing® , Internal Family Systems/Parts Work, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, mindfulness methods, nature-based/adventure therapy, Attachment Theory, Systems Theory, and Polyvagal Theory.
Together, we will co-create a safe (enough), inclusive, judgment-free space for you to come as you are. My professional and personal values are rooted in social justice, and thus, I maintain an intersectional, strengths-based, relational, collaborative, and anti-oppressive lens in my practice.
I work with and welcome a variety of populations, including adults (aged 18+) and older populations of all backgrounds and gender identities.
"I know our wounds are deep as the Atlantic.
But every ocean has a shoreline
and every shoreline has a tide
that is constantly returning
to wake the songbirds in our hands,
to wake the music in our bones.”
-Andrea Gibson
I support those experiencing:
- Relational Trauma & Attachment Struggles
- Trauma & PTSD, including trauma experienced in the backcountry
- Grief, Loss, and Transition
- Anxiety & Depression
- Poor Self-worth
- Anger/cultivating empowered anger
- Eating Disorders & Body Image Challenges
-PMS/PMDD
- Relationships and Dating Issues
- High Sensitivity (Highly Sensitive Persons)
*2SLGBTQIA+ Allied
*(Dis)Ability Allied
Please note: I am not currently accepting clients who are experiencing moderate to severe suicidal ideation.
I acknowledge the tmixʷ (Syilx okanagan), snʕickstx tmxʷúlaʔxʷ (Sinixt) and ɁamakɁis (Ktunaxa) peoples, as well as many other diverse Indigenous persons, including the Metis, whose traditional and stolen territory I live, work, and play within. I offer my gratitude to these peoples who have stewarded this land since time immemorial and continue to demonstrate resilience in the face of ongoing colonialism. I continue to unlearn and decolonize my relationship with myself, with the human and more than human beings of this world, and with the land around me as part of my commitment to reconciliation.