Indigenous Counselling Services | Flexible scheduling | In-person and virtual counselling

Kwe’ my name is Nancy Harn and I am a Mi’kmaq woman from Ugpi’ganjig or Eel River Bar First Nation. I am a Certified Canadian Counsellor and a professional member of the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association. I have been providing Indigenous counselling services through my position as the coordinator of the Ntulsonawt Wellness Centre at the Mi’kmaq-Wolastoqey Centre as well as the Under One Sky Friendship Centre.

The holistic counselling approach that I follow is client-centered. I truly believe that life is a journey and we, as Indigenous individuals, are the experts in our own experiences. As an Indigenous woman, I believe there is a unique understanding of what finding balance means in our own personal identity as well as navigating the balance between Indigenous and non-Indigenous worlds and world views.

I subscribe in Elder Albert Marshall’s guiding principle of Etuapmumk or Two-Eyed seeing. In Elder Albert Marshall’s words: “Two-Eyed seeing is learning to see from one eye with the strengths of Indigenous knowledge and ways of knowing, and from the other eye with the strengths of Western (and/or scientific) knowledge and ways of knowing while learning to use both of these eyes together for the benefit of all.”

I believe that we are ever-changing and are never done learning. We all have the ability to follow our own path and nothing we chose to do in life has to be done to a predetermined timeline. I also believe it is healing to be heard and understood because this is when my healing began