Michael Dowling B.Sc.
Counsellor

Michael welcomes clients to his new office space in the woods at Happy Valley Lavender and Herb Farm.

Michael offers support in:
Grief/Loss, Relationships, Career, Parenting, Anxiety/Panic, Anger, Stress, Addictions, Abuse, Separations/Divorce, Depression, Self Esteem, and is able to refer those who need more specialized support.

A walk in the garden is therapy itself.

Life Experience

• 7 years bartending (that teaches listening skills!)
• 13 years gardening (more listening!)
• 20 years marriage (growing older and wiser together) including parenting 2 creative, intelligent, law abiding teenage children.

Michael is

• In his 4th year as a lay counsellor at the Pacific Centre Family Services Association on Esquimalt Lagoon
• In his second and final year of training in the Hakomi Method of Counselling.
• He is ready for a new stage in his life and is now opening a counselling practice.
• He holds an attitude that we are not problems to be solved, but mysteries to be lived.

Change is guaranteed
Growth is optional

Hakomi embraces non-violence, a search for personal truth and a sense of unity - we are all connected and interdependent. (My health is dependent on yours - healthy people create healthy communities.) Hakomi is a body centred therapy that holds a mindful experimental attitude.
Read more about Hakomi

Michael and his wife Lynda have been developing Happy Valley Lavender and Herb Farm since 1983, nurturing plants and people. Both support the need for a helping community.

Fees are $50 per 1 hour session.
This is negotiable.
No one will be turned away for lack of money. After volunteering at the Pacific centre Family Services Association, Michal sees the need for affordable counselling in his community.

Supporting Basic Goodness

For an appointment or information, call 250-474-5767.