Professional Counselling & Holistic Therapy
Personalised care for the next chapters of your life.
Feel Safe
& Supported
Therapy offers a supportive space
to slow down, feel understood,
and explore your experiences
without judgment or pressure
Understand Your Emotions
Explore emotional patterns while understanding them as meaningful, adaptive, helping build clarity, insight,
and self-compassion
Build Authentic Connections
Feel grounded, connected to yourself, confident in your relationships,
and authentic in your choices
without losing yourself
Nadine Ferguson, MACP, RN, RCC
Registered Clinical Counsellor
& Registered Nurse
Many people come to counselling seeking a space where they can feel genuinely seen, heard and supported. Often, that search holds layered stories, long-held strengths and quiet questions about identity and direction. My work offers a steady space to explore these with care.
Our time together is relational and collaborative, grounded in the belief that healing unfolds through connection, curiosity and safety. Sessions are guided by careful presence and non-judgement, with attention given to current challenges alongside resilience, insight and the potential for growth.
Those seeking support often arrive carrying experiences of crisis, vulnerability and transition. My experience in nursing and mental health services, spanning nearly 30 years, allows these moments to be met with steadiness and care. This has shaped an integrative and holistic approach that attends to emotional and physical experience, as well as how we navigate connection.
Clients often describe the therapeutic space as grounded, compassionate and human. Gentle humour and warmth are intentionally woven into sessions, supporting exploration that feels safe and meaningful. The work is trauma-informed and empowering, with pacing that respects each person’s nervous system and lived reality.
Sessions balance thoughtful exploration with practical support. Alongside reflection and insight, there is a focus on developing tools that support everyday life and relationships. Conversations are collaborative, honest and forward-moving.
At Shapes of Water Wellness, well-being is understood as fluid rather than fixed. Like water, we adapt and take shape through life’s changing conditions while remaining connected to what grounds us. A complimentary 20-minute virtual consultation is available to explore fit. Individual and relationship counselling is available virtually.
Education
Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology with Distinction
Bachelor of Nursing with Great Distinction
Critical Care Nursing Specialty with Distinction
Certifications and Training
Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP)
Emotionally Focused Therapy (Individuals and Couples)
Internal Family Systems (IFS) Informed
Observed Experiential Integration (OEI)
Trauma-Informed Practice
Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)
San’yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Training
Not Sure
Where to Start?
That’s Okay.
We’ll begin right where you are
Experiencing
Change?
We can help find steadiness,
direction and meaning again
Relationship
in Trouble?
Let us help you get
your love back on track
Shapes of Water Can Help
Anxiety
Develop steadier ground and clearer perspective.
Depression
Reconnect with energy, meaning, and momentum.
Grief
Move through change while honoring loss.
Shame
Build self-understanding and compassion.
Relationship Challenges
Shift patterns and strengthen connection.
Substance Use
Explore relationships with substances using curiosity.
Life Transitions
Find footing, clarity, and direction as life reshapes.
Adolescence
Grow into yourself while navigating change.
Identity
Clarify who you are and who you are becoming.
Parenting
Hold steadiness while supporting others.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Online and Walk and Talk counselling for adolescents, adults, and couples across British Columbia and Canada.
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Reach out through the contact form, phone, text or email.
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I bring a background in emergency and mental health nursing to my counselling work, along with advanced training in attachment and trauma-informed therapy.
I am steady, present, and direct. I pay close attention to how stress and past experiences live in the body and in relationships.
You leave sessions with understanding and tools that support lasting change.
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Reach out through the website contact form, phone, text 250-702-7008 or email shapesofwater@gmail.com. We will get back to you as soon as we can.
If you require urgent support, please contact one of the following resources:
9-8-8
Call or text the Canadian National Suicide Crisis Helpline310-6789
BC Mental Health & Crisis Response (no area code needed)1-800-784-2433
BC Suicide Prevention and Intervention Line604-872-3311
Vancouver Coastal Regional Distress Line -
Individual and Couples sessions: $150
Receipts are provided for insurance reimbursement where applicable.
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Working with me is often described as steadying, spacious, and quietly transformative. There is room to exhale here. Sessions tend to feel calm and grounding, with moments of lightness and humour when they naturally arise.
I listen closely, not only to what is said but to what is felt, noticed, or just beneath the surface. Together, we slow things down so patterns can become clearer and new possibilities can emerge. You do not need to perform, explain yourself perfectly, or have it all figured out.
Our work is collaborative and responsive. We attend to your thoughts, emotions, and the signals of your nervous system in real time, allowing insight to connect with lived experience rather than staying only in words. Over time, this creates a different kind of understanding, one that feels more integrated, more embodied, and more your own.
These resources offer evidence-informed information about attachment, emotional regulation, parenting and relationship patterns to support reflection and learning.
They are intended for educational purposes and are not a substitute for professional counselling.
Learning and Reflection
Contact Us
Considering Counselling or Neurofeedback?
Have questions?
We offer a free 20-minute consultation to help us determine if we’re a good fit for each other.
Please contact us to set up a time using the form below, by email or call (250) 702-7008
