
Inspiring stories. Practical advice. Local support.
Scroll below to find links to practical tools, local resources and wellness webinars based on the course I regularly run for the Canadian Mental Health Association.
From tight deadlines to conflicts with your neighbour, obstacles come in all shapes and sizes. The biggest one I’ve ever faced was an aggressive cancer.
At first I felt outmatched and unprepared. But as my treatment got underway, I discovered I had plenty of coping skills and tools I could leverage — acquired through a lifetime of blunderful misadventures.
And that’s what these resources are all about: the little things you can do and the inner qualities you can cultivate to make whatever challenge you’re facing a little bit easier.
— Josh
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Homecoming Integrative Counselling
Are the same patterns of self doubt & criticism holding you back and wearing you down? I know a fuller life is waiting for you on the other side of the stuckness and strain!
I’m Carly, a Vancouver-based RCC who has had the honour of running a thriving private practice for the past 7 years, helping clients with Adult ADHD, Anxiety, Burnout, Trauma & CPTSD, Grief and Perfectionism. I practice relationally, from an unyielding belief in human resilience and potential. My style is warm and patient. I use evidence-based modalities grounded in neuroscience & practical resilience strategies (DBT, CBT, IFS and Narrative Therapy).
I offer 20-minute introductory consultations to all new clients!

Bloom Counselling
We’re a team of BIPOC Registered Clinical Counsellors dedicated to creating a space where you can show up, just as you are.
Specializing in trauma, anxiety, relationships, burnout & personal growth, we blend evidence-based approaches with lived experience to offer warm-hearted, effective therapy.
Our approach seeks to honour the richness of your identity, including pieces like culture, gender and sexual orientation. Whether it’s healing trauma or figuring out your next step, we’ll approach it together, with curiosity, honesty, and a bit of humour along the way.
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Wellness Webinars
Rev up your resilience while enjoying a few laughs with this 16-part webinar series. Each module offers funny and heartfelt video lessons, reflection questions and practical tips and tools on how to make the tough times in life a little less tough.

Resilience Toolbox
Access dozens of how-to wellness guides and activities — including breathing exercises, motivation maximizers, mindfulness practices and more. Because prickly problems demand well-equipped problem solvers!

Simply Blunderful
Funny stories. Good advice. Oodles of doodles. Enjoy this illustrated guide to flaming tennis balls, camping catastrophes and the many obstacles life throws your way.

Little Lauryn Lollipop and the Long Road Home
Discover wellness tips and tools wrapped inside a fantastical adventure for all ages.

Fireflies: Small gifts of gratitude
What fireflies light your skies? An inspirational poem about life’s everyday awesomeness.

Book Josh as a virtual guest speaker
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Directory of local supports
We can all use support from time to time. And throughout the Vancouver area, you’ll discover all kinds of people ready to lend a helping hand. Explore the directory below to find local therapists and other wellness experts in the community. Got a suggestion to add to the directory? Let me know at joshmartinink@gmail.com.
Mental wellness resources
Affirming Art Therapy & Counselling Services
Amy Johnston, Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW
Chipperfield Mobile Physio & Wellness
Expressive Wellness Counselling + Consulting
Homecoming Integrative Counselling
In Process Clinical Counselling
Ksenia Belova, Counselling & Psychotherapy
Life as Ceremony mentorship programs
Lourdeaux Counselling & Supervision
My Wise Self Counselling & Consulting
Quoin Counselling — Relationship and Family Therapy
Rhett-Lawson Mohajer, Registered Psychotherapist
Soul Puzzle Clinical Counselling
SpeakEasy Counselling & Psychotherapy
The Centre for Gay Counselling
The Sereda Psychotherapy Group
Thrive Life Counselling & Wellness
Vancouver Eating Disorder Counselling
Virginia Chomley, Registered Clinical Counsellor
West Coast Centre for Sex Therapy
Willful Minds Counselling Services
For more options, visit PsychologyToday.
Physical wellness resources
Elements Wellness Centre & Studio