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Your path towards
self-discovery and growth

What hurts us the most can show us what we care about most.
Counselling with Compassion will help you turn towards your pain and discover what’s meaningful in your life.

Your Therapy Experience

Every person is unique and so even though you might be struggling with something “common,” I believe in tailoring therapy to your unique needs and challenges. In an encouraging, friendly, and compassionate manner we will collaboratively work towards your goals. My flexible approach integrates various well-researched psychological theories and processes such as self-compassion, positive psychology, family-systems, mindfulness and acceptance, to help facilitate the meaningful change you seek.

My clients are people suffering with a variety of issues including: life transitions, anxiety, depression, bipolar, trauma, relationship challenges, communication and intimacy, low self-confidence, identity questions, unresolved grief, and chronic pain. I would be happy to have a complimentary meeting with you to explore if working together is right for you.

I look forward to hearing from you as you take the next step on your path towards self-discovery and growth.

Therapy could be the next step on your path.


Compassion

“Compassion involves the recognition and clear seeing of suffering. It also involves feelings of kindness for people who are suffering so that the desire to help – to ameliorate suffering – emerges. Finally, compassion involves recognizing our shared human condition, flawed and fragile as it is.”

– Kristin Neff, “Self-Compassion” p. 10

About Your Therapist

Hi, thanks for reading about me. I would like you to know that I firmly believe in the power of counselling and psychotherapy and have seen remarkable changes in the lives of my clients. I am a Registered Psychotherapist (#006647) with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO).

I am a professional member of the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA) and the Association for Contextual Behavioural Science.  I have taken additional training for clients suffering with chronic pain and trauma as well as on using Mindfulness techniques through the lens of ACT: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.

I have a Master of Arts degree in Counselling and Spirituality and I am committed to constant improvement in my skills to best serve you.

I look forward to learning about you.

Sofia in the News

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Metro News: Ottawa-based therapist touts the power of to-do lists in combatting anxiety

By: Evelyn Harford For Metro To-do lists – we all make them. Whether they’re scribbled on a dirty napkin or typed feverishly into your scheduling app, they help make life a bit more manageable. But one Ottawa-based therapist wants to…
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CBC All in a Day: Much ado about “to do” lists

Mental health counsellor Sofia Lopoukhine on what your "to do" list reveals about your inner self, and how to use those lists to reduce stress.

Need help with

What’s keeping you stuck? Below is a sampling of what you may be suffering with and how I would like to help…

Anxiety

Feeling stuck in your fearful thoughts about the future or do you find yourself reviewing your past mistakes? Need help to calm your symptoms like your heart racing, shortness of breath or difficulty sleeping?

Chronic pain

Is your persistent or recurrent physical pain or illness shrinking your life? Are you looking for someone empathetic to listen to your struggles and help you find hope again?

Interpersonal conflict

Do you find yourself in conflict with people who are important to you? Looking for another way to interact and change your pattern of relating with others, especially family members?

Depression

Are you caught in a cycle of depressive thoughts and feelings that are keeping you from moving forward in your life? Seeking a way to feel less discouraged about the future, yourself and the world?

Low self-confidence

Are you your own worst critic? Do you ever feel “good enough” or like you are invisible? Looking for help to build your inner-strength and self-empowerment?

Trauma

Have you experienced traumatic events in your life that seem to be holding you back that you just can’t fully face on your own? Need someone to hear your story about what you’ve endured and survived?

Let’s connect

Contact Sofia

Please give me a call or send an email.  I’m looking forward to hearing from you.

Sofia Lopoukhine:  Sofia@CounsellingWithCompassion.com

Centretown:
427 Gilmour St
Ottawa, ON,
K2P 0R5
613-706-3853

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It would be a privilege to accompany you on your path towards self-discovery, growth and healing.

Together we can take steps towards enhancing your life and your well-being.



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