Counselling Insights
Episodes
A Conversation About How Place Attachment Can Strengthen Wellness
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For something a little different, Vicki and Joddie put their heads together to explore a topic new to each of them: place attachment. They unpack t...
Social Circus for Positive Mental Health
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Vicki and Hayley explore the magical world of Community and Social Circus. Hayley describes the unique opportunities that “circusing” provides for...
Decolonizing Our Minds and Roles as Helpers
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jolene and Vicki walk in a circle together, in their conversation about decolonizing ourselves and our helping work. Jolene unpacks colonization and d...
Giwiidosendamin – Decolonizing How We Walk Together
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jaicee returns for a second conversation about the exciting development of the Giwiidosendamin (we walk together) Certificate Program. Vicki learns ab...
Leading with Insight
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this special crossover episode, Vicki Enns joins the ACHIEVE Workplace Culture Podcast to explore what leaders can learn from the world of mental h...
Autism Through a Trauma-Informed Lens
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Vicki and Kathleen unpack what it means to consider autism through a trauma-informed lens. Kathleen shares specific examples of attuning to a person a...
De-escalating Potentially Violent Situations With a Trauma-Informed Lens
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Vicki and Sheri Coburn delve into the newly revised De-escalating Potentially Violent Situations workshop from CTRI. This cornerstone training feature...
Building a Foundation of Multicultural Competence Part 2
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Vicki and Krystel return for part 2 of their conversation on building multicultural skills into any counseling approach. In part 1, they explored cult...
Anger Management – Building a Toolbox
11 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Vicki sits down with Janelle Jackiw to explore anger and the new CTRI workshop providing tools for counsellors. They unpack the power of a...
Carrying a Toolbox and a Bundle
14 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Vicki explores Patricia’s lifelong journey of self-discovery, highlighting how Patricia integrated the heart-centred wisdom and healing from her Ind...
Changing the World One Girl at a Time
14 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Vicki and Kim McCabe explore Kim’s passion project, Rites for Girls, which is changing the world one girl at a time by supporting the rite of passag...
Restoring Healers’ Hearts
09 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Vicki sits down with Dr. Lorre Laws to explore her passionate pursuit of understanding what really can help restore and heal nurses and other healers ...
Leading Workplace Wellness – Preventing Burnout
13 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Vicki sits down with Manitoba Blue Cross Manager, Leader, and Therapist Jodie Voth to explore blending clinical and leadership skills to foster organi...
Music for Connection and Metaphor in Counselling
24 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Vicki and HARC Research Manager Lisa Striegler explore how creative and expressive arts provide metaphor and connection in counselling. Lisa describes...
Giwiidabindimin – Sitting Together With Two-Eyed Seeing
09 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Vicki and Jaicee explore the evolution of the Giwiidabindimin Certificate Program at CTRI. In the context of a two eyed seeing approach, Jaicee descri...
Interconnection and Trauma From a First Nations Perspective
12 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Vicki shares space with Tanya Dawn McDougall from St. Theresa Point Ansininew Nation, who shares her deepening understanding of the legacy of trauma a...
Practice Deep Listening Like a Clown
08 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Vicki dives into the unique world of therapeutic clowning with Angola Murdoch. As an aerialist, circus performer, and theatre director of Lookup Theat...
Building a Foundation of Multicultural Competence
15 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Vicki and Clinical Psychologist Krystel Salandanan explore a multicultural approach to mental health counselling. Together they explore ways to build ...
Staying Steady While Supporting People With BPD
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Vicki and Therapist Emily Bushell explore borderline personality traits – both the experience of living with them, and what it’s like to be a supp...
Co-creating Trauma-Informed Spaces
09 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Vicki sits down with CTRI Owner and Managing Director Nathan Gerbrandt to explore his evolving understanding of creating Trauma-Informed spaces and pr...
Supporting First Responders Through Traumatic Injury
04 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Vicki sits down with CTRI Clinical Director Joddie Walker to get an inside look at how first responders can be impacted by traumatic injury. Joddie de...
Becoming a Trauma-Informed Leader
23 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Vicki and former corporate leader and author Carolyn Swora discuss what it means to become a trauma-informed leader and how to apply this awareness to...
Therapeutic Letter Writing
05 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Vicki and John explore the art of therapeutic letter writing as part of facilitating connection, charting progress, and supporting the client’s stre...
High Intensity Self Care
08 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Vicki and Tom Walker dig into the connection between adverse childhood experiences and long-term patterns of holding stress. Tom shares his lifelong j...
Self-Care Transformed
10 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Vicki and Marwa Fadol share stories and excerpts from their upcoming book, Self-Care Transformed. They discuss their hope to bring new life to the con...
Land-based Wellness Practices
07 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Vicki and Melanie Bazin explore land-based wellness practices – a wholistic approach to healing and self-awareness. Melanie describes how to prepare...
Seriously Therapeutic Play – Listening With More Than Our Ears
09 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Vicki and Kristen Klassen discuss Seriously Therapeutic Play – using LEGO® bricks to build metaphorical models. They explore how this process helps...
Illustrating Vicarious Trauma – The Importance of Art and Play
12 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Vicki and Rebecca Bloom explore vicarious trauma and why it's gotten more intense for helpers since the pandemic. Rebecca delves into her book, Vicari...
De-escalating Potentially Violent Situations
12 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Vicki and Shelly Qualtieri discuss the process of de-escalating potentially violent situations and how we need to start by learning to de-escalate our...
Internal Family Systems – The Parts and Goals
11 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Vicki and Michelle Gibson unpack the Internal Family Systems counselling model. Michelle describes how parts make up the internal systems of who we ar...
Adverse Childhood Experiences – From Awareness to Freedom
13 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Vicki and Jennifer Slay explore the research on adverse childhood experiences and discuss the power of greater awareness of one’s past life story to...
Dementia Care – Using Colour, Music, and More
08 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Vicki and Family Therapist Wilma Schroeder discuss the growing area of dementia care. They explore a perspective shift from valuing others for their c...
Burnout and Boundaries
09 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Vicki and David Jung explore the experience of burnout in a counselling role and how we often only notice it once it has already arrived. They unpack ...
Psychedelics and Counselling
12 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Vicki and Kelly Smith discuss the growing interest and research around psychedelic-assisted counselling. Kelly describes what a typical process is lik...
Journaling for Client and Counsellor Wellness
08 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Vicki and International Association of Journal Writing Director Lynda Monk discuss the power of journaling both in a personal reflective practice and ...
Using Photovoice in Counselling
10 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Vicki explores the use of photovoice as a counselling technique with Briar Shulz, who describes five accessible ways to use photos and images in the c...
A Multicultural Approach to Mental Health
13 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Vicki has a conversation with Krystel Salandanan, PsyD. They explore what a multicultural view of depression may look like and consider the example of...
Blending Western and Indigenous Counselling
07 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Vicki interviews elder, Louise McKay. They explore blending Western clinical counselling approaches with traditional Indigenous practices. Louise desc...
Experiencing More of the Positive
11 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Vicki interviews counsellor and trainer, Galya Chatterton. Together they explore the powerful impact of experiential work, and the importance of using...
Decolonizing Mental Health
06 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Vicki interviews Noela Crowe-Salazar – trainer, counsellor, author, and Kookum. They explore Noela’s life long learning for balancing Western ment...
Sexuality, Culture, and Identity
08 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Vicki interviews counsellor, author, and trainer, Dr. Reece Malone. They discuss how sexual health contributes to overall mental health and how it lin...
Asking Great Questions
12 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Vicki interviews counsellor and trainer, John Koop Harder. They explore how to get good questions flowing in counselling, and the central role values ...
The Power of Play
07 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Vicki explores play therapy and supporting children with Tanya Hoover, a Registered Social Worker and Certified Play Therapist. They talk about the im...
Befriending Imposter Syndrome
10 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Vicki interviews Marwa Fadol, a Registered Psychologist and trainer with Crisis & Trauma Resource Institute. Vicki and Marwa explore Marwa’s jou...
Welcome to Counselling Insights
04 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this short episode, host Vicki Enns previews what this podcast is about and what you can expect for future episodes.