Sonia is a Registered Therapeutic Counsellor who provides Walk-and-Talk and outreach counselling. She holds a BA in Child and Youth Care and is pursuing an MA in Child, Youth, Family, and Community Studies. She supports children (ages 9+), youth, and adults with emotional regulation, relationship issues, and life transitions. Her practice uses nature-based, relational, mindfulness, and experiential approaches. Sessions include gentle somatic tracking, breathwork, and co-regulating tools to strengthen boundaries and shift unhelpful patterns.
Sonia has over a decade of experience supporting young people in care, on youth agreements, and transitioning to independence. She provides advocacy-informed life skills, communication, decision-making, and crisis response support. Sonia is formally trained in mindfulness meditation, Nonviolent Communication, suicide intervention, and crisis de-escalation.
Sonia is a mother, social justice advocate, and moss enthusiast. She values the quiet wisdom of small living things and believes in our interdependence with place, relationships, and the more-than-human world. Sonia lives and acts with respect and humility on the unceded territories of the Quw’utsun Peoples.
Website: https://www.powerscounsellinglifeskillsdevelopment.com/
Sonia is a Certified Nature-based therapist, level 1.