"Moving forward by healing from your painful past and investing in your health and well-being is the best gift you can give yourself. Today is always the best day to get started" — Liona Kehler

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Welcome to
Empower Counselling Services

“A single step of courage today can ripple-effect unimagined potential and positive change tomorrow”
— Vern Kehler

Taking that first courageous step—whether it’s reaching out for support, exploring your emotions, or simply acknowledging that you want something to change—can be transformative. It’s often in these moments of bravery that meaningful change begins.

Begin Your Healing Journey

Compassionate Support for When Life Feels Overwhelming

At Empower Counselling Services, we provide compassionate, evidence-based therapy to support healing, growth, and emotional well-being. Life can leave us feeling unseen, unheard, or misunderstood.

Whether you’re navigating trauma, self-esteem challenges, complex trauma and CPTSD, grief and bereavement, relationship issues, anxiety, depression, or simply the weight of daily life, we are here to support you on your journey. You don’t have to go it alone. Life can be challenging enough without having to navigate it all by yourself.

Sometimes, even when you’re doing your best, your emotions can feel overwhelming or confusing. You might not understand why you react the way you do—or you may find yourself blaming yourself for not “trying hard enough.” But healing doesn’t come from effort alone; it begins in the safety of being truly seen and understood.

The Importance of Feeling Seen, Heard, and Understood

Therapy is a space where your story matters—every. single. piece. of it. While a therapist’s credentials, training, and experience are essential foundations for meaningful and safe therapy, effective therapy is about more than techniques or theories. It’s about connection, presence, and the courage and vulnerability to allow yourself to be fully seen. In that space, change becomes possible—not because you’ve been “fixed,” but because you’ve been met with understanding and compassion.

Our therapists know from many years of experience that when people feel truly seen, heard, and understood, they feel empowered and motivated to grow, heal, and work towards positive change in their lives.

Specialties & Modalities

We specialize in trauma-informed care and utilize approaches such as:

Talk Therapy – to explore thoughts, feelings, and patterns with care and curiosity.
EMDR therapy – to process and release traumatic memories at the body-level.
Somatic Integration – to reconnect body and mind for deep, lasting healing.

Our goal is to create a safe, nonjudgmental space where you can explore your experiences, build resilience, and move toward a more balanced, fulfilling life.

Take the Next Step

You don’t have to face this alone. Take the next step toward the understanding, healing, and peace you deserve.

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Our Winnipeg Therapy Services

Contact and Booking

Taking the first step is often one of the hardest parts, but we are here to make starting as easy as possible for you.

Areas of Service

Our areas of service include therapy for trauma & PTSD, complex trauma & C-PTSD, EMDR, self esteem, anxiety, and more.

Trauma and PTSD

“Trauma is hell on earth. Trauma resolved is a gift from the gods” — Peter A. Levine

EMDR Therapy

"Changing the memories that form the way we see ourselves also changes the way we view others." — Francine Shapiro, PhD, developer of EMDR therapy

Self Esteem

Confidence isn’t about being perfect—it’s about finally feeling good enough.

Online Therapy

Support is just one click away—healing can begin right where you are.

Therapy for Adult Individual

"To embrace therapy is to invite change. It takes courage to change. Courageous steps often grow resilience. Embrace therapy and experience positive change." — Vern Kehler

Blogs and Free Resources

“Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.” — Mason Cooley

Fees and Payment Options

“There is no more profitable investment than investing in yourself.” — Roy T. Bennett

About Liona Kehler

Hi, I’m Liona. If you’ve been looking for a Winnipeg therapist, I hope that simply being here today can create a spark of hope again.

I believe in the resilience already within you.

We all find ways to navigate life’s hardest moments—to survive, to adapt, to keep going. But healing isn’t something we’re meant to do alone. Sometimes, what we need most is a safe space to pause, to be seen, and to rediscover the strength that’s been there all along.

Therapy is an opportunity to gain clarity, reconnect with yourself, and step toward growth in a way that feels right for you. You are not broken. You are not too much. You are in the process of becoming.

If you’re ready to take that next step, I’d be honoured to walk alongside you.

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About Vern Kehler

Hi, I’m Vern. If you’ve been looking for a Winnipeg therapist, I’m so glad you’re here today. Being here shows your incredible courage and resilience.

Seeking support isn’t always easy, and maybe even finding yourself on this page was a quiet act of courage. But you don’t have to navigate this alone.

Healing happens in spaces where you are truly seen—without judgment, without expectation. My goal in therapy is to create that space for you. A place where you feel safe enough to explore, supported enough to grow, and understood enough to take the next step forward.

Resilience isn’t about never struggling—it’s about finding your way through. And if you’re ready, I’d be honoured to walk alongside you.