Reveal Your Inner Strength

Counselling for Narcissistic Abuse, Codependency/Relationship Addiction, Grief and Loss

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I offer empathetic counselling services to reveal your inner strength and pave the way for growth and healing.

About Counselling

Do you feel anxious in relationships? Do you feel obsessed about a relationship in your life? Do you know the relationship you are in is not good for you and you stay anyway? Have you experienced a relationship that was abusive? Do you feel alone and need a safe space to process the challenging relationship(s) in your life? Do you love someone with substance abuse disorder or addiction and wish they would just stop or get help?

Our relationships sometimes bring out the worst in us and these relationships compel us to make choices that are not aligned with who we are. And we feel helpless and ashamed. We develop protective layers around us to shield ourselves from the pain our relationships cause us. And at the same time, we seek out these relationships to relieve the discomfort we feel inside. We become isolated and alone. We put on a brave face and yet we are experiencing so much internalized pain.

My non-judgemental and empathetic approach to counselling will allow you explore ways to improve your inner and outer worlds. We see what we want to see when we are ready to see it and yet not all the time. This process is not a straight line and, in fact, can have many twists and turns. Your life is worth it. I am here to invite you on a journey of self discovery, as there is freedom and possibility when we reveal our inner strength to ourselves.

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For all new clients, please complete the Intake Form to book a complimentary 30 minute connection call.

Christine Ellis

Registered Therapeutic Counsellor, RTC, RPC-C

My experience with Narcissistic Abuse and Relationship Addiction began in my childhood and has been a common theme throughout my life. It set me up for a lifetime of unhealthy intimate partner relationships, each getting progressively more abusive as my tolerance for abuse increased. I struggled with symptoms of codependency that presented as people-pleasing, covert manipulation tactics, high control needs and a lack of boundaries.

After years of self-reflection, I finally had my awakening. The recognition of the unhealthy relationships in my life washed over me. It required radical acceptance for me to break the cycle of abuse in a number of key relationships in my life. Then real work began for me to peel back the layers back to my own Self-Energy.

The journey back to my own inner strength inspired me to return to school at Rhodes Wellness College to get my counselling accreditation with the Canadian Professional Counselling Association to support others in their unique journey of awakening in a holistic person-centered approach. My experience on the front line at transition houses for women and children fleeing domestic abuse has broadened my knowledge of abuse while supporting marginalized women from a feminist, woman-centered perspective. I welcome people of all genders, and BIPOCs to contact me to explore their relationship challenges.