Counselling Services in Salmon Arm
Therapy Garden Counselling provides compassionate counselling for children, youth, adults, and families in Salmon Arm and online throughout British Columbia.
Ella LaFleur supports clients with anxiety, stress, trauma, grief, emotional regulation, parenting challenges, relationship concerns, school issues, and major life transitions.
Support tailored to your age, needs, and goals
Counselling is not one-size-fits-all. Each client brings their own experiences, strengths, relationships, challenges, and hopes for change. Ella’s approach is warm, collaborative, practical, and trauma-informed, with sessions shaped around what feels most helpful for the client.
Whether you are looking for support for your child, your teen, yourself, your relationship, or your family, counselling can provide a steady place to feel heard, better understand what is happening, and build tools for moving forward.
Counselling for children, youth, and adults
The Therapy Garden supports clients across different stages of life, with counselling adapted to each person’s developmental needs, communication style, and goals.
Children’s
Counselling
Children aged 5–11
Children may not always have the words to explain what they are feeling. Counselling can help children express emotions, build regulation skills, process difficult experiences, and develop healthier ways to cope.
Support may include:
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emotional regulation
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anxiety and worry
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school-related stress
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social challenges
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grief and loss
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trauma
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life transitions
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self-harm concerns
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disordered eating concerns
Youth
Counselling
Youth aged 12-18
Youth counselling provides a supportive space for teens to talk through what they are experiencing, understand their emotions, and build practical tools for managing stress, relationships, identity, and change.
Support may include:
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anxiety and stress
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depression or low mood
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emotional regulation
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school pressure
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peer relationships
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family conflict
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grief and loss
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trauma
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self-esteem
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self-harm concerns
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disordered eating concerns
Adult
Counselling
Adult aged 19+
Adult counselling can support people who feel overwhelmed, stuck, disconnected, grieving, anxious, burned out, or unsure how to move forward.
Support may include:
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anxiety and stress
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depressive symptoms
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grief and loss
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separation or divorce
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trauma
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burnout and overwhelm
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parenting challenges
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workplace stress or conflict
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relationship concerns
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existential questions
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life transitions
Areas of Counselling Support
Many clients come to counselling because something in life has become difficult to manage alone. Ella offers support for a range of emotional, relational, developmental, and trauma-related concerns.
Anxiety & Stress
Counselling
Anxiety and stress can show up as constant worry, overthinking, panic, tension, irritability, perfectionism, avoidance, or difficulty relaxing. Counselling can help you understand what is contributing to your anxiety, recognize patterns that keep you feeling stuck, and build practical coping strategies so you feel more grounded, capable, and in control.
Trauma Counselling
Trauma can affect emotions, relationships, sleep, concentration, sense of safety, and the body’s stress response. Ella provides trauma-informed counselling for painful or overwhelming experiences, with a focus on safety, stability, trust, and healing at a pace that feels manageable.
Grief & Loss Counselling
Grief can follow death, separation, divorce, illness, family disruption, major change, or other forms of loss. Counselling offers a supportive space to process grief, make sense of change, and move forward without minimizing what has happened or rushing the healing process.
Emotional Regulation Counselling
Emotional regulation counselling can support children, youth, and adults who experience intense emotions, shutdown, anger, anxiety, overwhelm, impulsivity, or difficulty calming their body and mind. Counselling can help clients understand triggers, build coping tools, improve communication, and respond in healthier ways.
Parenting Support
Parenting can feel especially difficult when children are struggling emotionally, behaviourally, socially, or developmentally. Counselling can help parents better understand their child’s needs, strengthen connection, support emotional regulation, and respond with more confidence during difficult moments.
Online Counselling in BC
Online counselling provides flexible access to support from the comfort and privacy of home. Virtual sessions may be a good fit for clients across British Columbia who live outside Salmon Arm, have limited appointment time, or feel more comfortable attending from home.
Specialized and trauma-informed counselling
Ella’s work is grounded in a trauma-informed, client-centred approach. Depending on the needs of the client, counselling may include conversation, practical coping tools, emotional regulation strategies, values-based work, creative expression, play-based support, and support for processing difficult experiences.
Counselling is adapted to the age, goals, comfort level, and lived experience of each client.
Specialized support include:
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trauma and abuse recovery
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child and youth sexual abuse therapy
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support after accidents or disasters
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emotional regulation skills
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neuro-affirming support
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expressive arts and play-based counselling
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support for survivors of sexual assault
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grief, loss, and major life transitions
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family and parenting support