Only Virtual Sessions available at the moment
About me
I have been committed to growth and understanding through my therapeutic practice that spans over thirty years. I offer individual counselling and art therapy. Virtual sessions are currently available (video or telephone) in British Columbia and across Canada.
I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors (#20066), a Certified Canadian Counsellor with the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (#2132), and a Registered Art Therapist with the Canadian Art Therapy Association (#365-R-23)
My approach includes a down-to-earth, intentional, genuine way of being, offering respect and inviting curiosity, self-compassion, creativity, and self-reflection. I aim to cultivate experiential, creative, and nature-based connection, as this innately promotes healing.
I've integrated attachment theory with experiential, body-oriented, and expressive therapy approaches. Feel free to reach out if you have questions about how I work, and how I may offer a goodness of fit to support your wellness goals.
Mental Health and Wellness Counselling is eligible for health benefits coverage; check with your insurance provider. I am a Registered Provider with Telus Health and the First Nations Health Authority.
Darlene Tully, M.Ed., CCC, RCC, RCAT
I Walk Alongside
I believe that every individual is in the best position to be the expert on themselves. I practice in a way that respects where a person is at.
Together we explore resources, challenges, and aspirations. Individualized support aims to increase awareness and understanding of emotions, to build confidence, capacity, and self-compassion; this supports well-being and improved communication. As a counselling therapist I offer knowledge in a number of mental health and wellness areas. I walk alongside, I listen, attend to strengths, and I offer opportunities for perspective and growth.
I work with people of all ages living with a range of concerns, including early developmental impacts of trauma. I have supported individuals as they explore and navigate their way through experiences such as anxiety and depression, difficulty coping, grief and loss. I aim to hear and appreciate the context in which each individual lives, and through understanding the resources and challenges that contribute to the lived experience, promoting shifts toward resilience.
I believe that my greatest gifts to offer are genuineness and a spirit of compassion, curiosity, humour, and wonder. I know a little of what it is to struggle with the stressors and challenges of life. Having another person with whom to sit in that place of discomfort is a gift.
Through the safety of connection, you can shift how you experience your feelings, and how you relate to self and others. A process of noticing emotions, feelings, and the thoughts and beliefs that present, and bringing in 'updates' that fit your lived experience and strivings can promote confidence and contentment to this life of being human.
My approach involves an integration of mindfulness-based experiential cognitive behaviour therapy. Informed by a family systems and emotionally focused perspective, attachment theory features prominently. I often look to incorporate art, creative expression, and nature to support and guide the process of therapy. Through art therapy, a treasure-trove of depth can be navigated in a meaningful way, reaching beyond where words go.
Achieving Harmony
Within the therapeutic relationship individuals can develop new insights, identify and work toward goals, and create a healthy connection with themselves and with others.
Changing your relationship with the past happens in the present moment.
Nurturing Resilience
As living beings, we access what we need to survive, to heal, and to thrive.
Regardless of early experiences and life circumstances, every human has a core that strives toward that sense of aliveness and connection.
Services
Counselling 1 hour session $140
Art Therapy 1 hour session $140
Contact Information
email: darlene@art-of-being-human.com
telephone: 236-989-4500