About us
Streams Counselling helps people in crisis or who are facing life challenges, understand, adapt, change their perspective and develop strategies to overcome those challenges and achieve their desired results.
Anne Brodbeck uses empathy and skilled listening techniques to help people work through and understand their emotions and challenges. Her goal is to help a client discover that “Eureka Moment” that is often elusive when people are in the middle of difficulties or life transitions.
Anne is a Registered Therapeutic Counsellor that brings a lifetime of experience and training to each of her sessions. She views counselling as a collaborative effort. It is important to understand that working through challenging life issues is just that – work! Anne believes that a successful counsellor helps a client achieve his or her desired goals, or if it is a couple, their mutual goals.
Oftentimes, a client will find success through counselling merely by understanding and learning how to articulate what their actual goals are. It is understanding the destination that often enables people to see and navigate the path. One of Anne’s favorite quotes is from C.H. Spurgeon where he said;
Counselling is for everyone.
Asking for help is sometimes the first step. This is the beginning of a journey full of new possibilities.
Disclaimer: Please be aware that the following video contains scenes that may trigger anxiety. Viewers discretion is advised.
“Discernment is not knowing right from wrong, but knowing right from almost right”
Strength & Courage
Courage is often seen as the catalyst for action. It is the willingness to confront our fears and step outside our comfort zones. Courage enables us to take risks, make difficult decisions, and embrace change.
Without courage, we may find ourselves trapped in a cycle of stagnation, unable to move forward in life. Strength is not merely a physical attribute; it is a mental and emotional fortitude that enables us to endure and persevere. It is the ability to face adversity head-on, without succumbing to fear or doubt. Strength allows us to rise above the challenges that life throws our way, enabling us to strive for success and personal growth.
Mental illness affects everyone.
Mental illness is widespread, but it isn’t always discussed openly. We all need support, whether we suffer from illness ourselves or have a loved one suffering.
This video presents the perspective of a caregiver. A contrast is presented between different abilities and the necessity of advocacy. Let’s start that conversation!
Perspective opens up possibilities
There are times when a road block appears to be the end of the story. The potential is out of sight and the effort seems pointless. What you know if what you see, until you see something different. It is sometimes necessary to adapt our perspective in order to see the bigger picture.
A successful journey feeds hope and confidence to try again and believe “The sky is the limit.” What seemed to be the end is actually a brand-new beginning.
Anne believes that if a client is willing to work, their desired results can be achieved. After all, responsibility is really a response to your ability. Helping a client to be “able” to chart a path towards success and helping them find the tools to navigate the challenges they face, is the favored result for any well-trained and effective counsellor.
She views her counselling as empowering people to become self-directed , but she brings plenty of experience based tools to each session to help her clients achieve success. Her goal is optimum results for each of her clients and she finds great satisfaction in watching them achieve success! These optimum returns for her clients are achieved by utilizing tools, discernment, alternating points of views and self discovery.
If you are facing a life transition such as divorce, career change, empty nest syndrome, retirement, career change, boundary issues, anxiety, death of a loved one or simply want to better yourself, Streams Counselling and Anne Brodbeck would love to help.
If your challenge is a relationship, perhaps with a spouse, child or other loved one. Working through those relationships with an experienced and caring counsellor can help save or reconcile your relationships.
Grief is a process.
Disclaimer: Please be aware that the following video contains scenes that may trigger anxiety. Viewers discretion is advised.
Counselling Resources
Streams Counselling is made of a group of professional to help in a full spectrum of issues. Bea Bussieres is a professional with the Streams Counselling team that specialize in grief care, addiction and anxiety.
When Anne determines that a client or potential client needs to speak with or utilise different resources, she is able to make a referral. Streams Counselling does not provide medical prescriptions or advice.
Anne meets her clients in Saanichton/Sidney (SȾÁ,UTW̱ territory) by appointment and can even meet clients electronically through Zoom and FaceTime video chat. CLICK HERE to contact and schedule an appointment with Streams Counselling.