
Counselling & Psychotherapy
Transformational Facilitators & the Creators of
LoveAlive Transformative Arts & Therapy
Our passion for healing & self development stems from our personal journeys of transforming through pain & trauma, our deep concerns for the suffering in the world, and the joy of real communion with this Sacred Gift of Life.
This inspired us to devote our lives to in depth study and practice of cutting edge, evidenced based Relational Psychology, Somatics, Ancient Wisdom Traditions, Spirituality, and the Arts.
Years ago, when we met, we were both so excited to find someone who shares this passion for healing, personal growth, creativity & community. We've been learning, growing, practicing, & creating together ever since.
Depression & Anxiety
Relationship Difficulties
Couples / Marriage Counselling
Confidence & Self Esteem
Personal & Couples Growth
Early Childhood & Family of Origin Issues
Stress, Anger, & triggers
Grief & Loss
Loneliness & Heartbreak
Trauma
Recovery - substances /compulsivity
Chronic Illness & Autoimmunity
Life Transitions
Burnout
Family Issues
Communication challenges
Spiritual & Existential Crisis
High Sensitivity

Rebecca Goutal, BFA, RTC | Relationship & Communication Educator
Specializations
As a Registered Therapeutic Counsellor and Relationship and Communication Educator, I support people - often Highly Sensitive Women and Couples - in cultivating their innate capacity for healing emotional patterns that impact wellbeing and intimacy so they can build fulfilling lives and healthy, thriving relationships. My work often focuses on anxiety, trauma, and depression, along with the deeper dynamics of reactivity, self-worth, communication, and ruptures of trust in relationships.
For over a decade, I’ve helped clients move from overwhelm, disconnection, and defence to emotional fluency, authenticity, and intimacy. With 25+ years of lived experience - including single and co-parenting, blended families, and creative community development - I bring a grounded, real-world understanding of what it takes to support personal healing, resilience, and meaningful, lasting relationships.
My highly empathic yet direct approach creates space for deep sharing and insight, while also offering experiential processes and transformational practices. If you're seeking more clarity, ease, authenticity and joy in your life and relationships, I’d be honoured to support you on your path forward.

Vince Wishart, RTC | Advanced NLP & Recovery Coach|
Specializations
As a Registered Therapeutic Counsellor and Advanced NLP/Life/Recovery Coach, I specialize in helping men develop emotional fluency, build healthier relationships, and achieve lasting excellence in recovery. With over 17 years of personal recovery experience, I understand the challenges men face in expressing emotions, breaking free from compulsive patterns, and stepping into their full potential.
I take a direct yet compassionate approach, guiding men through deep inner work to heal past wounds, improve communication, and cultivate emotional mastery. My work integrates modern therapeutic techniques with ancient wisdom, including somatic practices, Qigong, and Indigenous healing traditions. I believe that true recovery goes beyond sobriety—it’s about reclaiming your power, creating meaningful connections, and living with purpose.
If you're ready to break free from old patterns and step into a new way of being, I invite you to connect. Together, we can build the foundation for a life that is strong, balanced, and fulfilling.
LoveAlive is grounded in Transpersonal (Spiritual) Psychology, which recognizes our deep interconnectedness through Divine Source ~ a Mystery known by many names.
From this perspective, our relationships with all living beings support both life and spiritual growth, helping us cultivate empathy, compassion, and a deeper sense of connection within and around us.
Transpersonal Psychology invites us to view emotional challenges ~ both personal and relational ~ as gateways for healing, spiritual awakening, and psychological growth.
We respect & sensitively support you in your unique experience regarding gender, sexuality, race, religion, spirituality, culture, socioeconomic background, neurodiversity, body, ability - and all aspects of who you are

We are dedicated to empowering your innate capacity for the change you are seeking.
We relate from a place of personal authenticity and real connection.
We respect your unique identity & experience. With sensitivity, empathy, & compassion, we seek to understand your unique experience of life without making assumptions. We support your personal goals & process of discovery.

A process of seeking to understand the life experience, difficulties, gifts, patterns, & coping mechanisms in the family and passed down through generations in order to honour, heal, & grow in a connected way.
Mental Health grounded in the Neurobiology of the Body - Scientific understanding of the Mind/body Connection & how Sensations, States, Emotions, thoughts, stories, perception, & behaviour inter-relate.
understanding that our drive for connection and our drive for survival are woven together ~ Clarifying the basic building blocks of healthy relationships, the patterns that show up to cope with disruption, & how we can learn to repair our experience of relationships.
that go beyond talking about things. Experience is how we discover, learn, and create new neural pathways and patterns of behaviour.
Connecting with and caring for internal parts, creating more inner harmony, self-compassion, and Self leadership from core Self. An internally relational approach to softening defensive and self sabotaging parts, unburdening painful exiled parts, and deepening grounding in Authentic Self.
Developing Awareness of how our thoughts, beliefs, emotions, and behaviour influence one another & offering techniques to shift thinking and self talk to improve our emotional experience of life.
Transformative Art works through the understanding that Creativity has the power to transform & uplift consciousness.
At LoveAlive, we see the Arts & Creativity as a Divine gift; an ancient, natural way humans
harmonize the potent experiences, emotions, and intentions of our Minds, Hearts, Bodies, & Spirits.
The Arts can offer a path toward coherence of being; A state of flow that is the hallmark of a healthy vibrant life.
Helping people remember how to connect with their Creativity as a Resource
Empowering people to be Creators in their own Life
Transformative Arts Techniques & Events
Creating Connection & Coherence inside and out
As seasoned Artists, we have rooted LoveAlive in the principals of Transformative Arts, understanding that, the Arts are a way people can explore & express their depths, tap into new potentials, awaken to the vastness of our interconnected being, and experience the true treasures of our existence.
"For eons of time we humans have danced, tranced, and sang the songs of our hearts; we have painted, sculpted, and woven Sacred stories of future remembering and, in this way, we continue to Enliven the Majestic Beauty and Meaning in this Sacred Gift of Life." ~ Rebecca Ruth Goutal
Words hold the power to open or close hearts—to create connection or deepen division. Conscious Hearted Communication is a model developed by Rebecca Goutal to foster true understanding, compassion, and healing in the relationships that matter most.
Rooted in years of study, lived experience, and a vision for kind, generative relationships, this approach weaves together three foundational pillars of knowledge and practice. It offers practical tools to help you communicate with greater clarity, empathy, and confidence—so you can build healthy, thriving connections.
We invite you to explore our services and discover the support, tools, and connection that can help you create meaningful, lasting change.
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We honour the dignity of all people, treating people with care and promoting self respect. Humility is a state beyond self orientation, an empathic awareness of the life that surrounds us, leading to an energy of Reverence, Wonder, and Grace. Holding a perspective of non-assumption; an attitude of seeking to understand.
We live by our Values and follow through with commitments. Integrity is when our actions are congruent with our words and energy. Speaking and inner reflection guided by Truth and Love.
We promote and cultivate emotionally responsible relationships
~ taking 100% responsibility for how we choose to respond to our experience.
We cultivate Vulnerable Leadership and Authentic Connection.
We value Balance in relationship ~ to honour the feelings and needs of both self and other
Spirit flows through all life. We all rely on one another to live, including the elements, plants, and animals, and unto the Great Mystery of the universe.
We are all a part of One Whole Being. With appreciation for the Gift of Life,
we cultivate active compassion for All our Relations.
Giving and Receiving are 2 parts of one cycle.
We honour the cycles of seasons, life & death, elements, & polarities. We honour all aspects of human being - mind, heart, spirit, & body and the spectrum of human feeling;
acknowledging the roles of these in harmony.
We seek to understand the hidden workings of ourselves, our lives,and the mysteries; to ponder more deeply, (“get curious” about) that which we may have taken for granted or assumed about what reality is and our role in creating our experience of it.
We embrace the medicine of laughter, humour, and play.
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