Rebuilding Connection in Your Relationship
Virtual & In-Person Somatic, Trauma-Informed Counselling in Comox Valley, BC
When You Care About Each Other but Still Feel Stuck
Most couples do not struggle because they do not care. They struggle because their nervous systems are caught in patterns of protection, reactivity, and disconnection.
You may find yourselves having the same arguments, feeling misunderstood, walking on eggshells, or slowly drifting apart. Even when you want to communicate differently, your bodies and emotions may move faster than your intentions.
Couples therapy at B-rooted offers a gentle, body-based and trauma-informed way to understand what is happening beneath the conflict. We help you slow things down, build safety, and create new ways of relating that feel more secure and connected.
How Relationship Struggles Might Be Showing Up for You:
Repeating arguments that never seem to resolve
Feeling unheard, criticized, or emotionally distant
Walking on eggshells or avoiding difficult conversations
Strong emotional reactions that feel hard to regulate
Loss of intimacy, closeness, or trust
A sense that you are on different pages or moving in different directions
What Becomes Possible
Our approach to couples therapy is somatic and trauma-informed. We focus on helping each partner feel safer in their body and in the relationship so that real communication and repair can happen.
As safety and regulation increase, defensive patterns soften. You become more able to hear each other, respond with care, and work through challenges together rather than against each other.
More Emotional Safety
You begin to feel safer being open and vulnerable with each other without fear of attack, withdrawal, or escalation.
Less Reactivity and Defensiveness
Conflicts feel less intense and less personal. It becomes easier to stay present and curious rather than reactive.
Clearer and Kinder Communication
You are more able to express needs, feelings, and boundaries in ways that can be heard and received.
Deeper Connection and Intimacy
Moments of closeness, warmth, and understanding become more frequent and more accessible.
Greater Sense of Team and Trust
You feel more like you are on the same side, working together with shared care and intention.
Meet the Team
Jennifer Shillington
Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC)
Founder & Therapist
About Jennifer
I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) with an M.A in Counselling and Spirituality completed in 2012. I am the founder and vision behind B-rooted Counselling. The compass that guides my work is the notion that we are our own healers and therefore sovereign agents in our innate healing.
Lisa Kenzie
Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC)
Therapist
About Lisa
I am a Registered Clinical Counselor (RCC) with a Master's of Art's in Counselling Psychology. I believe in connection, and that the natural interrelatedness of all things invites our conscious attention. Deeply committed to the nurturance of sustainable relational landscapes, I work with those exploring intimacy, attachment dynamics, personal growth, and the complexities of human connection.
Joslyn Kilborn
Certified Canadian Counsellor (CCC)
Therapist
About Joslyn
I am a Certified Canadian Counsellor (CCC) with an MA in Psychotherapy and Spirituality. My approach is body-led and leans heavily on the gifts of the embodied imagination as a tool of inquiry. I believe in the human adventure, that people are processes, life takes practice and that our suffering has the opportunity to transform us.
Patty Rooney
Registered Therapeutic Counselor (RTC)
Therapist
About Patty
I am a Registered Therapeutic Counsellor (RTC) with the Association of Cooperative Counselling Therapists of Canada (ACCT). I believe every individual has something unique and valuable to offer the world. By embarking on a healing journey, we can reconnect with our essence. I hold an unwavering belief in each person’s inherent worth and capacity for growth.
Why B-rooted?
We offer a holistic, somatic approach to therapy that gently supports the healing of your mind, body, and spirit. Rooted in compassion and curiosity, our work honours your body’s natural wisdom and capacity to heal—guiding you back to a place of calm, connection, and inner balance.
Together, we’ll explore the patterns that may be keeping you stuck, and create space for your innate resilience, clarity, and wholeness to emerge. This is a journey back to your most embodied, authentic self.
Rooted in your healing.
Grounded in your truth.
Reach Out to Us Today
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Location
Sessions provided virtually throughout Canada
In-person sessions held at:
3091 Coburn Rd. Courtenay, BC V9N 9N8
Contact
250-531-0933
info@brooted.com