Make a Positive Shift in Life

Counselling and Art Therapy

Feeling directionless?

Unsure what your best next move is?

Not even sure how things got this complicated and off-track?

Smiling, caucasion woman with blond hair and glasses wearing a plate hat decorated with spools of thread and a measuring tape.
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Diploma of Art Therapy, Diploma of Counselling, St. Stephen's Colleg

Hi! I’m Wesdyne, counsellor and art therapist.

I help people deal with grief, health changes, loneliness, and feeling lost.

It sucks to cry suddenly in the grocery store because a song reminded you of a better time. When you were happy, you felt stable and confident. A time when you knew how not to sweat the small stuff. When you enjoyed your friends, had patience, and enjoyed life. Those days when you could work, play, take care of your home, and laughter came easily.

You’ve come to the right place. I get it. I live with a disability, learned to live after a losses that changed everything and erased the future I had planned. I can help you. I don’t have the answers to your life, but I know how to help you build a new future. A tomorrow that excites you, that you want to live, and makes the pain bearable.

Your pain is real. Healing involves learning - new ways to think, behave, and respond to life. Counselling can be hard, freeing, insightful, and sometimes fun.

“Play is our brain’s favourite way to learn” Diane Ackerman.

Wesdyne Otto, RPC-c, BA, BEd, Dip Counselling, Dip Art Therapy

  • “It’s never overreacting to ask for what you want and need.” ― Amy Poehler

    Amy Poehler

  • If you are going through hell, keep going

    Winston Churchill

  • “It seems to me that the good life is not any fixed state. […] The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction, not a destination.”

    Carl Rogers

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Pricing is a sliding scale. $35-110/50 min. session. No proof of income needed. I trust you.

    Please contact your insurance provider to see if CPCA counselling is covered.

    All counselling services are tax deductible. Receipts are provided at the end of each session, and dupicates can be issued at the end of the year.

  • Children ages 6+

    Youth 12+

    Adults 18+

    Adults with Intellectual Disabilities

  • Online. Use your cell phone, computer, or tablet. Please set the camera where you would like me to sit. Communication is more than words. Please place camera where I can see your entire body, like if we were talking.

  • Positive Shift Telehealth services are HIPPA compliant. Appointment booking information, notes, sessions, and records are secure and confidential.