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Relational stress often doesn’t come from one place — it builds slowly over time, through exhaustion, emotional labour, and the quiet habit of putting others first.
You spend your days holding so much for other people. Who is holding space for you?
I’m a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC), and I wanted to share that the BCNU/NBA Supplemental Mental Health Benefit offers up to $5,000 in lifetime coverage through Pacific Blue Cross for counselling with RCCs like myself.
This benefit is available to all active, dues-paying BCNU members, including full-time, part-time, casual, and some retirees who are still working.
For many people, this can support several months of regular therapy — often around six months of weekly sessions, or longer if sessions are spaced further apart.
To access it, you can:
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Enrol through the BCNU Member Portal
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Receive your Pacific Blue Cross ID card
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Submit claims using the receipts provided after each session
I’ve worked with many nurses carrying the weight of burnout, compassion fatigue, and the emotional intensity of care work. Often, what brings people to therapy is not something “wrong,” but the simple reality of being stretched for too long without enough space to come back to themselves.
You are not alone in that. And nothing about your exhaustion means you are failing — it means you have been carrying a lot, for a long time.
My practice, Wise Body Counselling, is located near RJH and offers trauma-informed, somatic, and relational therapy. Online sessions are also available for those who prefer or need remote support.
If you’re considering counselling, you’re welcome to reach out. Whether individually or as a couple, this work can offer a place to soften, to breathe again, and to slowly reconnect with your own needs, boundaries, and inner steadiness — and to begin trusting your body’s quieter sense of what you need.