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“The more we know about our families, the more we can know about ourselves, and the more freedom we have to determine how we want to live.” ~Monica McGoldrick, author of You Can Go Home Again

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About Me

I have BA in English and a MA in English and Creative Writing and have been an educator for over 50 years where I have worked in a variety of learning settings. In 2014, I was a senior peer counsellor in Courtenay and in 2017 I completed the Cowichan Family Life Peer Counselling Training where I completed more than a 100 hours of client hours. I received a Diploma in Counselling from Vancouver College of Counselling in 2023. I currently work in a nonprofit mental health agency as a Family Educator where I support clients and families facing the challenges of mental health and addiction. In my private practice I have special interest in family of origin work, mental health and addictions. I am in the process of becoming a Registered Therapeutic Counsellor. In 1987 I had a poetry book, Future Rivers published in Canada. In 2026 my first novel, A Corner of the Earth, will be published. My writing focuses on family of origin work and the consequences of intergenerational trauma.

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CONTACT FOR MORE INFORMATION

Janet Simpson-Cooke, BA, MA, Professional Counselling Diploma

250-703-6525

audreywain@gmail.com

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“I refuse to live

locked in the orderly house of

reasons and proofs.

The world I live in and belief in

is wider than that. And anyway,

what’s wrong with Maybe?

You wouldn’t believe what once or

twice I have seen. I’ll just

tell you this:

only if there are angels in your head will you

every, possibly, see one.”

Mary Oliver, Writer

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