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Your heart already knows the way home.

Compassionate counselling support for mothers, care givers, and space holders

to break free from damaging cycles of self-abandonment, anxiety, confusion, anger, collapse, overworking and grief that stand in the way of being authentic and fulfilled in life.

 

When life looks perfect on the outside yet feels like drowning, you are in the right place.

Whenever the noise gets loud and the path feels unclear, I help you slow down, listen inward, and find your way back to yourself.

A space built with care.

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Mother and 

a registered counsellor

 

MPCC-Provisional

(candidate for a full designation with CPCA)

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Trauma-Informed Practice

Individual or group

Choice of In-Person + Virtual

In Office or in Nature

Person-Centered

and Affordable

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Support shaped around where you are.

Whether you're carrying something heavy, navigating a turning point, or simply ready to understand yourself more deeply, there's a space here for you.

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Individual Counselling

1:1 support for mothers, caregivers, and women navigating anxiety, grief, burnout, and life's big shifts.

Mothers' Circle

Monthly group support for mothers to be seen, heard, and reminded they're not alone.

Workshops

Seasonal, skill-based sessions on anxiety regulation, the nervous system, NVC, and more.

Grief & Ecotherapy

Coming soon! Offering Group grief support and nature-based therapy sessions rooted in the land.

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It's about coming back to who you already are, with a newly found empathy understanding and meaning.

Healing isn't about becoming someone new.

My work is creating the space for the return to authentic Self, through presence, depth and genuine care.

Explore Our Upcoming Events

    Mother's Circle
    Mother's Circle
    Multiple Dates
    Wed, Jun 24
    Location is shared upon booking
    A weekly gathering for mothers to connect, exhale, and feel genuinely held. No performance. No advice. Just real company.
    Ecotherapy
    Ecotherapy
    Date and time is TBD
    Location is TBD
    Nature-based healing for the mind, body, and nervous system. Join the waitlist.
    Grief Circle
    Grief Circle
    Date and time is TBD
    Location is TBD
    A held space for grief of all kinds. Launching fall 2026. Add your name to be first to know when registration opens.

About

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I'm Ema.

I came to this work through my own experience of uprooting, immigrating, navigating anxiety and depression, and slowly finding my way back to authenticity, steadiness and joy.

 

Today I support women navigating the same kinds of threshold moments: grieving what's been lost or never had, navigating change, becoming a mother, losing parts of oneself in an experience or losing a place or someone you love, questioning how to find a path that resonates towards what comes next.

My approach is trauma-informed, integrative, and deeply relational. Because I believe healing happens in relationship; with yourself, with others, with the earth.
 

"I didn’t become a counsellor to tell you what to do, but to accompany
you in the discovery of your own answers."

Swaying Tall Grasses

Get In Touch

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Connecting Your Heart and Mind.

205-1005 Cook Street, Victoria, BC V8V 3Z6

Website by Aurora Brandeen. © 2026 Ema Maksimcev

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I acknowledge that I live and work on the traditional territory of Lekwungen-speaking Coast Salish peoples of the Songhees Nation,  Xʷsepsəm Nation, and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples, whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day. This is only a small part of the reconciliation efforts needed to acknowledge past mistakes, heal our relationships and live in harmony on this planet.

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