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About

                                   Shannon MacGregor, MTC, RCS, NARM

                                    My whole life, I have felt a clear calling toward healing and supporting others. 

                                    This calling has shaped both my personal journey and my professional path, 

​                                    guiding me toward work that honours depth, resilience, and the inherent

                                    wisdom of the human spirit.

As a mother, I took an alternative approach to my education so that I could work, raise my child,                                                                        and continue my studies simultaneously. While my son is now in his 30's and living away from home,

that chapter of my life profoundly shaped my values, my compassion, and my respect for the many                                                                          ways people learn, grow, and adapt.

I have always been deeply interested in both spirituality and psychology, and combining the two felt natural and necessary. My pursuit of healing has taken many forms, guided by a desire to integrate mind, body, and spirit rather than treating them as separate parts. Academics were not always easy for me due to dyslexia, which led me to pursue my training through alternative schools and methodologies—approaches that emphasized lived experience, embodiment, and relational learning. This path continues to inform the way I work today.

Professionally, I have been a Certified Life Coach since 1998 and a Transpersonal Trauma Therapist since 2008. In 2025, I completed training as a NARM Master Therapist (NeuroAffective Relational Model), a model designed to support healing from complex and developmental trauma through relational and nervous-system–informed care. I am also a Master Therapeutic Counsellor (MTC) and Registered Counselling Supervisor (RCS) with the Association of Cooperative Counselling Therapists of Canada (ACCT) (Registration #2027), and I am bound by their Ethical Practice Standards.

I specialize in working with childhood trauma, relationships, anger management, and life transitions. My approach is integrative and experiential, shaped by both professional training and lived experience. I hold a deep respect for the tenderness and resilience of the human system, and I strongly believe in the principle “Therapist, heal thyself,” remaining committed to my own ongoing personal and professional growth.

Nature is central to my life and wellbeing. I have a deep love of the natural world and spend time backpacking at least once each year. I also enjoy mountain biking, kayaking, paddle boarding, hiking, skiing, and gardening. Nature is my church. Movement nourishes me, and tending the land grounds me.

Nature-based therapy is a passion I love to share with others, and when appropriate, I enjoy weaving these elements into my work—supporting healing through connection with the natural world, the body, and the rhythms of life.

If you feel a resonance with my story or my way of working, I invite you to explore the Approach page or reach out to begin a conversation.