You don’t have to face this alone. Take the next step toward the understanding, healing, and peace you deserve.
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.
Welcome
Welcome to Our Practice
We are Liona Kehler and Vern Kehler, both Canadian Certified Counsellors (CCC) holding Master of Arts degrees in Counselling. While we bring our own unique perspectives to the therapeutic process, we share a singular commitment: providing evidence-based, compassionate and trauma-informed care tailored to your unique needs. Whether you are seeking to rediscover your internal strength or navigate life’s complex transitions, we are here to offer a professional space for healing and growth.
A Step of Courage
A single step of courage today can ripple-effect unimagined potential and positive change tomorrow.
We understand that beginning this process can feel overwhelming, but you don't have to navigate it alone. We believe that the therapeutic relationship is a partnership—one built on trust, respect, and the shared belief that change is possible.
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.
The Healing Power of Being Seen and Heard
Where Your Story Truly Matters
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 compassion and understanding.
Therapy Approach and Modalities
While we utilize specialized and evidence-based techniques as essential tools for healing and recovery, our priority remains the human connection—ensuring that every evidence-based approach is grounded in a relationship where you feel truly seen and heard.
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 the quality of life you have always deserved but been unable to access due to the unique struggles in your path.
Healing Begins Where You Are Seen
Whether you're navigating trauma, self-esteem challenges, complex trauma and CPTSD, grief and bereavement, relationship issues, anxiety, 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.
Our therapists know from many years of experience that when people feel truly seen and heard, they feel empowered and motivated to grow and work towards positive change in their lives.
Your Journey, One Step at a Time
Healing often happens with a single step of courage. Start by booking a free consultation to see if we’re the right fit. From there, we’ll discuss your goals and create a trauma-informed plan at a pace that feels safe and sustainable for you.
Take the first step with a no-pressure, 15-minute chat. It’s a safe space to ask questions, share your goals, and see if our approach feels like the right fit for your journey.
We specialize in trauma-informed care, using approaches like talk therapy, EMDR, and somatic integration to help you move past "stuck" points.
Healing continues between sessions. Explore our collection of free resources and grounding tools designed to support your growth and empowerment.
Our Winnipeg Therapy Services
Contact and Booking
Learn how therapy can help you by taking the first step today—schedule a free consultation to see how we can work together toward your goals.
Areas of Service
Learn how therapy can help you by matching your specific needs with proven techniques designed for lasting emotional relief and holistic health.
Trauma and PTSD
Learn how trauma therapy can help you process distressing memories and develop healthy coping mechanisms for a more fulfilling future.
EMDR Therapy
Learn how EMDR therapy can help you finally move past what you haven't been able to "talk away."
Self Esteem
Learn how therapy for self-esteem can help you set healthier boundaries, trust your intuition, and show up authentically in your life.
Online Therapy
Learn how online therapy can help you build a powerful therapeutic connection through a flexible, modern platform designed for your peace of mind.
Therapy for Adult Individuals
Learn how individual therapy can help you process your unique challenges in a private, dedicated space where your voice and your thoughts truly matter.
Blogs and Free Resources
Learn how therapy can help you by exploring our latest insights on mental health, healing, and the science of change.
Fees and Payment Options
Learn how therapy can help you navigate the path to healing with clear, straightforward information on session rates.
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.
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 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.