Brittany Rust
Registered Clinical Counsellor
Penticton | Virtual
“What is one small step I can take to support myself?”
Hi I am a counsellor, parent, spouse, friend, and motherless daughter.
Are you craving intimacy and connection?
Do you ever feel insecure, inadequate, overdrawn, or touched out?
Do you ever find yourself criticizing, avoiding conflict, or suppressing your needs?
My clients often struggle with navigating relationships and yearn to feel safe, accepted, and known.
Does this sound familiar to you?
What its like to work with me
I believe … you are the expert of your own experience, and you are naturally capable of and intrinsically drawn to growth and change.
I meet you …where you are, and my hope is that we can increase safety and security wherever that is.
I work on …Listening with empathy, identifying and voicing needs, establishing healthy boundaries, building trust, and creating rituals of connection.
What we can work together on:
Emotional co-regulation
Self compassion
Exploring values
Listening with empathy
Identifying and voicing needs
Establishing healthy boundaries
Creating rituals of connection
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My Counselling philosophy is to meet my clients with curiosity, empathy, and unconditional positive regard where they can feel like it is a space they can safely co-regulate.
I believe in relationships we create shared nervous systems. I support exploration of your values and self compassion.
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Client-centered therapy, solution-focused therapy, emotion focused therapy, compassion focused therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, somatic experiencing therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy
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Bachelor of Arts majoring in English Literative, Master of Arts in Counselling and Psychology, The Gottman Institute’s Level 2 Training
A little more about me…
Hobbies:
Exploring the Okanagan’s beaches and trails, camping, going to the gym, watching reality TV.
Family:
I have been married for five years and have two children (four and one).
Pets:
I have two dogs.
Why a counsellor?
When I met my husband and we decided to start our family, I wanted to learn how people build and maintain healthy relationships including discovering adaptive ways of creating intimacy, connection, and trust.
Additional professions:
I worked in post secondary education for eight years before I became a counsellor.
Rates
Individual - $155/ 50min
Couples - $225/ 75 minute
Availability
Monday 8:15AM-4PM,
Thursday 1PM-7PM,
Friday 8:30AM-4PM
Adult Individuals
Couples