Counselling Insights

Feb 14 2025 35 ep. 50 mins 27

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Looking for inspiration and insights to help you with your counselling work? Listen as Vicki Enns interviews experienced counsellors and professional helpers to explore a variety of counselling topics. Through these conversations, listeners will hear the unique perspective of the guests, as well as Vicki’s insights on the topic. Vicki is a therapist with over 25 years of experience, the Clinical Director of the Crisis & Trauma Resource Institute, and editor and a contributing author of Counselling Insights and Counselling in Relationships.

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Changing the World One Girl at a Time

Feb 14 2025 48 mins

Vicki and Kim McCabe explore Kim’s passion project, Rites for Girls, which is changing the world one girl at a time by supporting the rite of passage into puberty with safety and connection. Kim shares stories of girls becoming true to themselves through ongoing groups and deepened connection with the adult women around them. She describes her passion for inspiring women and supp

Restoring Healers’ Hearts

Jan 09 2025 54 mins

Vicki sits down with Dr. Lorre Laws to explore her passionate pursuit of understanding what really can help restore and heal nurses and other healers from the unresolved trauma from their work. They unpack how these unhealed “bits of wisdom” can guide healers to develop their own Innate Care Plan, as described fully in her new book. Dr. Lorre also gives examples of micro-practi

Leading Workplace Wellness – Preventing Burnout

Dec 13 2024 54 mins

Vicki sits down with Manitoba Blue Cross Manager, Leader, and Therapist Jodie Voth to explore blending clinical and leadership skills to foster organizational wellness. They discuss common signs of burnout and key steps for avoiding the deep end of the “burnout pond.” Jodie describes her favourite strategies for both individuals and teams to build resilience and sustainable wel

Music for Connection and Metaphor in Counselling

Oct 24 2024 53 mins

Vicki and HARC Research Manager Lisa Striegler explore how creative and expressive arts provide metaphor and connection in counselling. Lisa describes the process of running a drumming group in her small town setting. Her and Vicki also discuss the framework of combining talk therapy with rhythmic music to explore topics such as boundaries and forgiveness. And she teaches Vicki a r

Giwiidabindimin – Sitting Together With Two-Eyed Seeing

Oct 09 2024 49 mins

Vicki and Jaicee explore the evolution of the Giwiidabindimin Certificate Program at CTRI. In the context of a two eyed seeing approach, Jaicee describes her journey to become part of this program and the deepening development of her own two-eyed seeing. Drawing on her heart space and Indigenous lens alongside Western Eurocentric mental health models, Jaicee shares her passion and

Interconnection and Trauma From a First Nations Perspective

Sep 12 2024 34 mins

Vicki shares space with Tanya Dawn McDougall from St. Theresa Point Ansininew Nation, who shares her deepening understanding of the legacy of trauma and resilience in the children she supports in her community as a mental health advocate. Tanya discusses teachings and three key areas she considers that leave her hopeful about the possibilities of engaging with trauma as a teacher a

Practice Deep Listening Like a Clown

Aug 08 2024 49 mins

Vicki dives into the unique world of therapeutic clowning with Angola Murdoch. As an aerialist, circus performer, and theatre director of Lookup Theatre, Angola describes her passion for creativity, movement, and serving people through therapeutic clowning. Together they explore the unique client-led process that unfolds in a hospice setting, where “Mabel” the clown connects, s

Building a Foundation of Multicultural Competence

Jul 15 2024 47 mins

Vicki and Clinical Psychologist Krystel Salandanan explore a multicultural approach to mental health counselling. Together they explore ways to build a strong multicultural foundation into any counsellor’s practice, emphasizing the ethical importance of making this an everyday and ongoing part of learning. And they discuss concrete strategies linked to cultural humility and inter

Staying Steady While Supporting People With BPD

Jun 12 2024 54 mins

Vicki and Therapist Emily Bushell explore borderline personality traits – both the experience of living with them, and what it’s like to be a support. Emily describes foundational strategies for getting started on building stability for those with borderline traits, and offers her two favourite strategies for helpers to stay grounded and steady in this work. Through a healing s

Co-creating Trauma-Informed Spaces

May 09 2024 63 mins

Vicki sits down with CTRI Owner and Managing Director Nathan Gerbrandt to explore his evolving understanding of creating Trauma-Informed spaces and practices. They discuss moving beyond awareness in order to co-create safety with individuals and organizations. Nathan shares practical suggestions for seeing strengths and success as part of trauma awareness. And he highlights the inf