Whitestone Counselling is committed to helping a diverse population of people and couples of all ages to navigate the challenges associated with their mental health, their relationships, and their purposes.

Barb Borthistle is a Registered Professional Counsellor with the Canadian Professional Counselling Association, as well as an Art Therapy Practitioner. She is dedicated to supporting a diverse range of women and men across all ages as they navigate challenges related to mental health, relationships, and personal purpose. She provides individual counselling for concerns such as relational difficulties, anxiety, depression, grief, identity development, trauma, and spiritual formation. She also offers relationship counselling for individuals and couples who are preparing for a committed partnership or marriage, as well as those seeking guidance in their current relationship. In addition, she facilitates women’s groups that offer a safe and supportive environment to explore identity, meaning, and purpose. This is supported by her MA in Leadership.

She has been married to Garth for 35+ years, they have 4 beautiful children, 3 in-laws, and 4 grandchildren!

Counselling Style

I aim to provide an environment of safety, confidentiality, and acceptance, so you are able to share your story with honesty and openness. I collaborate with you to create reachable goals to target constructive change and move toward a healthier, holistic life, connecting body, soul, and spirit. I counsel men and women through issues such as stress management, relationship conflicts, anxiety, depression, grief, loss, spiritual formation, self-discovery, work-life balance, creating a personal declaration, and parenting.

I use an integrated approach to counselling - facilitating self-awareness, understanding core values, offering practical life skills, person-centered talk therapy, gestalt therapy, CBT, art, spiritual formation, prayer counselling, grief therapy, solution-focused therapy, somatic therapy, IFS, and appropriate client interventions. I am an Art Therapy practitioner, so I utilize visual arts, movement, and music in my counselling style.

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Individual counselling services (online counselling) - $95/hour.

Relationship Counselling (online counselling) - $135/75 min. session plus the Prepare/Enrich Assessment ($60), this covers communication, conflict resolution, family dynamics, personality assessments, healthy sex, financial budgeting, and honest discussion.  

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Individual Mentoring services for women (online mentoring) - $95/hr. for personal mentoring with the At the Table Mentoring curriculum.

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The Canadian Professional Counsellors Association (CPCA) is a nationally recognized, independent, self-regulated, non-profit organization registered in accordance with the National Corporate Registry of Canada. The Association is governed by a National Board of Directors which is elected annually by its members.

CPCA Members are Registered Professional Counsellors and Master Practitioners in Clinical Counselling who are regulated and have received the RPC and/or MPCC designations upon meeting the competency-based criterion for membership.