Look within, the secret is inside you —Huineng

Hello and welcome.

My name is Staci Schaitel. I am trained as an integrative therapist, spiritual counselor and mindfulness facilitator. I offer mindful, somatic, nature- and trauma-informed assisted self-study for individuals interested in personal growth
 and meaningful change. I consider it a privilege to accompany individuals as they explore what matters most deeply to them.

Early summer Swift Current | Photo © Milan Yeo

This process of mindful, somatic, assisted self-discovery has the capacity to gently shift long-held patterns and limiting beliefs that no longer serve you.

I provide an attuned presence and gentle guidance towards uncovering your own inner wisdom, compassion and capacity, and cultivating an expanded self-awareness that enables meaningful shifts.

The full spectrum of human experience is welcomed into our sessions together:

body, mind, spirit, nature, community

Our sessions facilitate important insights and take care to unfold at a pace that feels grounded, allowing time for integration and supporting sustainable change.

I come to this work not only as a facilitator and guide, but as a fellow human shaped by challenges, mistakes, and ongoing learning. It is from a place of compassion and shared humanity that I approach our therapeutic relationship.

I do not approach counseling as a way to diagnose, fix or shame, but rather as a relational exploration into and unfolding of human experience.

If you’re curious about this approach and whether it might be a good fit for you, I invite you to reach out for a complimentary twenty minute meeting session. Please read more about what our sessions may look like below and feel free to schedule a consultation with any questions you might have.

Inquiry session


I look forward to meeting you.

“As someone seeking greater spiritual awareness, I really appreciate your ability to create a space where I can be vulnerable and explore what’s really going on beneath the surface. You have a way of listening without judgment, which gives me the confidence to go deeper than I might otherwise allow myself to go. There’s a gentleness in how you hold and guide our conversations, and it helps me understand my situation with more clarity and compassion.”

“Staci brings qualities to counselling that have created the conditions for profound inner shifts. Her ability to hold space, to attune and listen deeply, and to offer reflections that are intuitively healing and strengthening, have been life-changing for me. She meets me without judgment, without any sense that something needs to be “fixed”.

With Staci, I trust that I am being guided not toward some formula for life or an outside agenda, but back toward my own inner knowing. Her skill and depth of knowledge have helped me relearn how to listen to my soul’s messages. This has brought greater freedom, curiosity, and confidence into my daily life.”

    • limiting beliefs and patterns

    • gifts and talents

    • night time dreams

    • expansive and afflictive emotions

    • challenging situations



    • what you’re trying to shift

    • what you’re longing for

    • what scares you



    • what compels you

    • what is lighting you up

    • what is depleting you



    • what confuses you

    • what nourishes you



    • your inner wisdom and unique intelligences

    • the intelligent and compassionate nature of your defences, fears, anger, sensitivity

    • ancestral memories

    • imaginal realms

    • intuitions

    • altered states of perception

    • your spirituality

    • your relationships to others

    • your relationship to nature

  • In our sessions, I may introduce exercises and practices that support you to:

    • tend to your emotions

    • tune into what’s happening in the body

    • attune to thoughts and feelings as they arise



    • access a sense of steadiness when navigating difficulty

    • foster supportive relationship with the natural world



    • deepen compassion and loving-kindness

    • cultivate inner balance and steadiness in the face of life’s ups and downs



    • rest more deeply

    • gather a scattered mind



    • express yourself in creative therapeutic ways

    • deepen a sense of inter-connectedness and belonging

  • In our work together you may begin to:

    • 
make choices and move in directions that feel nourishing and in alignment with your authentic self

    • feel more seen, heard, witnessed

    • understand yourself better

    • articulate more clearly what is most meaningful to you



    • feel a growing sense of support from within

    • deepen connection to and clarity of your inmost experience

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    • strengthen relationship with your own spirituality

    • feel an increased sense of embodied aliveness

    • feel an increased trust in your own capacity

    • attune more deeply to your own innate guidance and wisdom

    • experience enhanced compassion for yourself and others, both gentle and fierce

    • gain increased insight into your own fundamental goodness

    • access a sense of inner spaciousness

    • gain confidence that you can weather the ups and downs of life





  • Each session is 60 minutes in length and is delivered virtually via Zoom. Sessions cost $175 CAD. A limited number of spots are available with reduced-rate fees in support of accessibility.

    New clients please schedule an initial consultation. There is no fee for this 20 minute session in which we can learn a bit about one another and determine whether my therapeutic approach aligns with your needs.

    The approach is non-clinical, non-diagnostic, contemplative, holistic, and oriented toward personal exploration and growth. Coverage for this type of work varies across extended health plans. Please check with your provider. Look for available reimbursement under categories such as counselling, coaching, spiritual care, or complementary/holistic services.

“Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It's a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.”

‍ ‍ ― Pema Chödrön, The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times