We help people with
Unlearn invisible rules.
Discover who you could be without the script.
The first step can be one of the hardest; you're here, and we can help.
Our pledge to you:
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we provide a safe and welcoming space, free of judgement
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we work with evidence-based therapeutic approaches
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we put client care first, always
Start your journey today.
About Ashley Phillips & Associates
We're a collective of therapists dedicated to supporting you as you work through the impacts of trauma, in ways that help calm and regulate the nervous system. Each therapist holds a Master’s degree or higher along with registration through a recognized provincial or national body. You'll work with Registered Social Workers (RSW), Canadian Certified Counsellors (CCC), or Registered Clinical Counsellors (RCC). This means that your counsellor brings an evidence-based therapeutic foundation, often with advanced training in areas such as anxiety, panic, phobias, addictions, ADHD, PTSD, grief and loss, depression, and more.
Kelowna EMDR Clinic
Ashley Phillips created the Kelowna EMDR Clinic as the result of wanting to do deeper work with clients experiencing the impact trauma can have on our daily lives. An extension of the collective, ours is the first Clinic in the Okanagan that focuses on EMDR as part of trauma-centred therapy. We've built a warm, supportive environment to help you feel safe and do deep, meaningful work. All clinicians working with EMDR meet the education and training standards required for certification through the EMDR International Association (EMDRIA).
Anxiety &
Stress
Binge Eating
Emotional Eating
Stress Eating
Grief & Loss
Creating a
Balanced Life
Do you constantly worry about what may happen? Are you stressed out when things don’t work out perfectly? Does it make it difficult to get through your day? Does it prevent you from doing things or going places? If any of this sounds familiar, it might be anxiety.
There are lots of great resources to help you work through anxiety. I am here to help you look at your worries in a different way and strategies to work with the anxiety.
Do you binge on foods and feel guilty about it later? Maybe a handful of chips has turned into the whole bag disappearing? Do you think about food non-stop? Do you worry about what your body looks like? If so, we should talk.
I am trained in Mindfulness-Based Eating Awareness Training (MB-EAT), one of the only evidence-based programs developed to decrease binge eating behaviors and improve one's relationship with food.
One thing is for certain in this world - life changes; whether we are ready for it or not.
Grief and loss can look a few different ways: it can the death of a loved one, it can be an ending of a relationship - either our choice or theirs, it can be the loss of the life we once had - perhaps we are a new parent; we've moved to a new community; or we've lost our job or back at school training for a different career.
Modern life can be challenging. A woman is under tremendous pressure to be the perfect wife, mother, friend, daughter, employee… the list is endless. A man today is also under the constant pressure of expectations to be a great husband, father, provider, invincible, and stoic.
Do you find yourself in the habit of always telling others, “I’m fine” when deep
down you’re just not feeling quite right? I am here to support you in the creation of a healthy and balanced life.