Pauline Goh, MA, RCC, FOT

Registered Clinical Counsellor — Nanaimo, BC

• Body psychotherapy • Somatic counselling • Focusing-oriented therapy 

• Music-integrated therapy • Couples counselling

• PTSD, Complex Trauma, Inner Child Healing 

 • FNHA • CVAP • ICBC

~ Couples counselling and individual counselling, in-person and online, in Nanaimo, BC, to support trauma recovery, embodiment, and a deeper connection with yourself ~

Regardless of your current challenges, you are essentially whole as you are.  Life experiences such as intense grief and loss, ‘hitting rock bottom,’ overwhelm, stuckness, or burnout can be catalysts for transformation in our lives.

My role as the therapist/counsellor is to support you to slow down, and to facilitate a safe space, so that you can connect the dots, resource, and find answers from within.

Primarily working from a Focusing Oriented Therapy (FOT) model, I provide somatic (body-based) counselling for adults who are ready to explore their depression, anxiety, PTSD, complex trauma, and relationship and/or inner child wounding. I like how Focusing works gently with what is in the ‘here and now,’ to access new possibilities. It engages whole brain approaches in clinical practice – using empathy, emotion, attachment theory and relational aspects in psychotherapy.

I also offer Music Integrated Therapy, effective for trauma release and connecting the mind and body. I am very comfortable with voice and sound, rhythm, and movement, and trust the body’s intelligence to unpack, and to flow towards well-being.

Trained in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT) and Gottman Couples Therapy, I have enjoyed my role as a couples counsellor (working with opposite and same sex couples). As a person of colour who has navigated different cultural landscapes across the globe, I bring with me embodied experiences to support nuances, such as mixed race dynamics, and acculturation gaps.