Welcome to Five Star Wellbeing, we look forward to working with you!
Add your name to our waitlist to be notified immediately of last-minute cancellations, and please schedule an additional session(s) at weekly or bi-weekly intervals to ensure continuity of care.
Don’t have a credit card? For those seeking Financially Accessible Counselling, please email your requested date/time along with your name and phone number to info@fivestarwellbeing.com.***
We are pleased to announce that we can now directly bill the following insurance companies on your behalf through TELUS Health eClaim: Manulife, Beneva, Adjudicare, Equitable, Johnston Group, Industrial Alliance, The People Corporation, RWAM, ESC, BPA, Coughlin, Cowan, Maximum Benefit, CINUP, First Canadian, and Alberta Blue Cross (If your current provider is not listed here please check back with us as more companies are expected to be added soon.)
If you are currently a client of Five Star Wellbeing and currently a client with any of these insurance providers please send your insurance information to our administrative assistant Kate at kate@fivestarwellbeing.com. She will set up your insurance information and bill them for your next appointment. NEW CLIENTS can enter their insurance information in our intake form. Thank You
Want to be sure we’ll be a good fit to help you heal and achieve your goals? Book a free online counselling or workshop consultation.
In-Person Counselling Therapy
With therapeutic counselling, we support clients in the areas of mental health, addiction, healthy relationships, grief and loss, and career and life transitions.
Our job is to do more than help you recover, it’s to help you thrive. Whatever the challenges you face, we'll help you take stock, set goals and make the changes you need to be healthy and well.
Online Counselling Therapy
With therapeutic counselling, we support clients in the areas of mental health, addiction, healthy relationships, grief and loss, and career and life transitions.
Our job is to do more than help you recover, it’s to help you thrive. Whatever the challenges you face, we'll help you take stock, set goals and make the changes you need to be healthy and well.
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Shane is a Registered Counselling Therapist Candidate (RCT-C) in Nova Scotia, and a Canadian Certified Counsellor. Shane has extensive experience working with marginalized youth with the Department of Justice for 14 years. Doing that work, he developed the skills to help children, at-risk youth and young adults work through trauma, develop skills to manage emotions, make healthier choices, be more compassionate with themselves, and navigate their social lives.
Shane takes a strengths-based approach with the aim of building hope and lasting resilience. He draws on Narrative, Acceptance and Commitment and Dialectic Behaviour Therapy in his work.
Shane is a Registered Counselling Therapist Candidate (RCT-C) in Nova Scotia, and a Canadian Cert...
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Catherine MacDow
I am a Registered Counselling Therapist Candidate (RCT-C) in Nova Scotia.
I offer a safe, welcoming and compassionate space, while providing my expertise in an
array of therapeutic approaches. Specializing in solution-focused, cognitive-behavioral
therapy (CBT) and mindfulness-based approaches, I am able to help you explore and
find solutions that support you in your healing journey. With a focus on wellbeing, health
and connection, I create a space to reflect and discern, while offering tools to help
nurture your path of growth.
As a parent, school counsellor, and former teacher, I offer a diversity of lenses to
support youth and families. In the early stages of my career, I had the opportunity to
teach in China, Nunavut and many years for the AVRCE. Born and raised in the
beautiful Annapolis Valley, I have deep understanding of the importance of connection
to the land and community.
My interests comprise of spending time in nature, growing food and connecting with
friends and family. I am also a certified yoga teacher, which I incorporate in my daily
wellness practice. I currently live in the Annapolis Valley with my husband Shane, son
Angus, and several furry animals. Offering my services at our home office in Berwick, I
am able to provide therapy indoors, or outside, in our scenic, private setting.
