NATALIE MAXSON, MACP, RCC

I treasure the privilege of getting to know someone’s journey and witnessing the ways they come to heal, grow and deepen into who they are. My role as a counsellor is to support, listen and encourage you. I hope to provide a safe harbour in whatever waters you are navigating in your life by being an anchoring and steady presence.

Are you wondering about how to navigate feelings of loss, loneliness or overwhelm? Do you feel resentment in your relationships and wonder how to shift this? In your relationship with yourself, do you feel like you should ‘be better,’ or be ‘doing more’ in your life? I accompany those going through life transitions, searching for meaning, experiencing grief, depression, anxiety, including climate anxiety, religious trauma, chronic pain, burn out or the impacts of systemic oppression.

I am a middle-aged, cis-gender woman, parent and settler in the Syilx territory – a region where I have spent much of my life. I have been deeply shaped by social movements for justice and liberation in my personal and professional life. As such, I am deeply committed to anti-oppressive values and deepening my own understandings of myself and each person’s unique experiences and worldviews.

Outside work I enjoy spending time with my family, biking, gardening and reading. I dedicate myself to practices, such as walking, prayer and making art, to feel spiritually grounded and fully available to be present for others.

I draw on different therapeutic modalities such as existential, feminist, solution focused, mindfulness and emotion-focused therapy.

I hold a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology (MACP) from Yorkville University (2024) and an MA in Social Justice Education (OISE) from the University of Toronto (2012). I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) with the British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors (BCACC ). 

Walk and Talk Therapy

Do you want to take your counselling session outdoors?  I walk with clients along part of the KVR trail in Penticton. This offers a chance to move your body and take in the beauty of the land while processing what is going on for you. The combination of movement and connecting with nature can allow for deep shifts for many clients. During the session, I walk at your pace. Please call ahead for more information and to book.

Additional trainings include:

• Solution Focused Therapy Level 1 and 2 with Association for Psychological Therapies (UK)

• Soul Guiding, 2-year spiritual direction training with Pacific Jubilee

• SoulCollage© facilitator training with SoulCollage Inc.

• Champions of Change, creative indigenous-based leadership training with IndigenEYEZ

• Transforming Trauma with James Finely

• Dr. Sue Johnson’s Emotionally Focused Therapy: Attachment-Based Interventions for Couples in Crisis