I am an eager life long learner
who loves to incorporate new tools into my life and with my clients
Kimberly Castle R.T.C, CAMC
Registered Therapeutic Counsellor, Certified Anger Management Counsellor
I am an eager life long learner who loves to incorporate new tools into my life and with my clients.
I love the outdoors, travelling, fresh food and cooking, camping, cheering my children on at sports events and new adventures. I am a dedicated wife and mother on the quest to improving my relationships everyday.
Education
Clinical Supervision Training, Sandy Joy, In progress 2024
Somatic Experiencing (Dr.Peter Levine), in progress 2023-2025
Compassionate Inquiry (Dr.Gabor Mate), in progress 2024-2025
Internal Family Systems Intro (Risa Adams & Marina Hazan), March 2024
Somatic Sex Educator, Core 1 & Core 2, ISSSE (2023-2024)
Integrative Sex & Couples Certification, Tammy Nelson, 2023
Irene Lyon, Smartbody Smartmind 2023
Dialectical Behavioural Therapy, 3 day training, 2022
Relational Life Therapy Level 1, 2021
Trinity Western University, various courses 2020-2021
Certified Anger Management Counsellor, Anita Avedian Anger Management (2020)
Registered with Association of Cooperative Counselling of Therapists of Canada (ACCT 2019)
Vancouver College Of Counsellor Training – Professional Counselling Diploma, graduated with honours.(2018)
Okanagan College - Early Childhood Education Diploma, graduated with honours
My Core Beliefs
The quality of our lives is based partly upon the quality of the questions we ask ourselves daily. If you are not inspired about your life or if you are not living the life you truly dream of, it may depend on the type of questions you are asking yourself.
I hold a core belief in the power of people and relationships to heal and transform. I think that nothing should be labelled as good or bad, right or wrong, it is simply effective or ineffective.
Our services are strength based through individual empowerment, founded in mindfulness and awareness, Client Centered, Somatic healing, Relational Life Therapy, Internal Family Systems, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy(CBT) and other modalities.
Focusing on my work with couples through Relational Life Therapy(Terry Real) & PACT(Dr.Stan Tatkin). I work with each couple to change their negative emotional patterns and create a closer connection, along with teaching them skills and tools for managing conflict more effectively.
My Journey In Becoming A Counsellor
I began my career as an Early Childhood Educator and owned a successful bilingual preschool for almost 10 years.
As I began to have children of my own, I quickly discovered that I was being drained emotionally, physically, and socially working with other children.
I then changed my focus after I went through a process with Dr. Demartini and really honed in on my highest values. I always knew that relationships and communication were very important to me but I had never linked them to a career. My relationship suffered for several years after the sudden loss of my husband’s brother.
We struggled to keep our relationship intact as we went through several stages of grief all while becoming new parents. As we invested in our personal development, we quickly saw massive shifts in our relationship and we are now thriving. It was then that I decided I wanted to help other couples who are struggling in their relationships to gain some tools and insights in helping them move forward.