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Compassionate Rise

About

Welcomed into steadier ground.

Compassionate Rise exists for the moment someone is tired of forcing themselves to change. This work is trauma-informed, somatically paced, and spiritually inclusive — built on safety, consent, and practical steps that hold under stress. You are not asked to perform wellness here. You are welcomed into steadier ground.

Values

Safety

Creating nervous-system-safe space where your pace is respected.

Compassion

Self-compassion as a boundary against internalized cruelty.

Agency

You are the expert on your own life; you choose your next step.

Integrity

Clear scope, no exaggeration, no pressure tactics.

Approach

  • I do not fix. I companion.
  • This is co-journeying, not instruction.
  • Presence and witness — then practical steps.

Meet Kevin

A short bio from Kevin is on its way. In the meantime, the values and approach above are the spirit of the work.

What this work is and isn't

Compassionate Rise provides counselling and coaching support focused on nervous-system safety, self-compassion, and practical change. This space is not emergency or crisis care, and it is not a substitute for medical or psychiatric treatment. If you are in immediate danger or need urgent support, contact emergency services or a local crisis line in your area.

  • · Counsellor and coach in private practice, Vernon, BC
  • · Full credentials, registrations, and training detail will be listed here in full

Counselling and coaching — two distinct lanes

Counselling

Healing, regulation, working with what has shaped you. Deeper processing kept grounded in safety and pacing.

Coaching

Growth, practical direction, values-aligned action — built on your strengths, not on urgency or shame.

Common questions

  • Is this faith-based?
    Faith-based perspectives are available if you'd like them and never assumed if you wouldn't. The work itself is grounded in trauma-informed practice, not doctrine.
  • Who is this for?
    Adults navigating trauma recovery, burnout, anxiety, people-pleasing patterns, codependency, or life transitions. There's a specific track for men 30–55 — but that's one offering, not the front door.
  • Is this therapy?
    Counselling and coaching are offered, with clear scope and boundaries. This is not crisis care, and not a substitute for medical or psychiatric treatment.

A next step, paced to your nervous system.