A SANCTUArY OF HEALING

Nature Counselling
& Reiki Sessions

Welcome, I’m Britta

 

Registered Counsellor

Nature Counselling

As a registered counsellor, I offer a unique approach to emotional healing—combining traditional therapy with the calming presence of horses, alpacas, and goats (over the fence). These gentle animals create a safe, non-judgmental space to explore anxiety, shame, suppressed anger, relationship struggles, and family conflicts. Their intuitive nature helps lower defenses, allowing deeper self-awareness and growth.

Whether you’re seeking clarity, emotional release, or healthier connections, we’ll work together—guided by nature—toward empowerment and peace. Take the first step toward a lighter, more connected you. (1 hour – $130 CAD. Your session may be covered by extended health insurance.)

Reiki plus Counselling

This transformative 2-hour session combines the healing power of Reiki with compassionate counselling to address anxiety, loneliness, shame, or relationship challenges. Reiki eases emotional weight and elevates your inner energy, while tailored counselling helps you navigate personal struggles and find clarity. Together, these modalities create a safe, supportive space for healing and self-discovery, empowering you to move forward with confidence and deeper self-understanding. (2 hours – $200 CAD).

Reiki

Reiki helps restore a sense of connection and ease when emotional loneliness takes over. This gentle energy work triggers the release of oxytocin, the “tend and befriend hormone,” fostering empathy and social bonds. Reiki aids in releasing stress and unhelpful emotions, stimulating spiritual healing, and elevating your vibration. The session gently guides you toward greater peace, lightness, and fulfillment, helping you embrace life with renewed vitality (1 hour – $90 CAD).

IMAGINE THE possibilities

Nature’s Wisdom, Your Healing, Together

Find answers to your questions, gain clarity about your next steps, and discover the courage to grow in a new direction.

Taking a deeper journey within not only allows you to heal the relationship with yourself, but also to transform the ones with others, like your partner, kids, job, or your animals. Visit us at our very private Serenity Hill Farm, located on one of the Gulf Islands in BC, Canada. Together we’ll find a way to restore your wellbeing and to make your life more enjoyable again.

Get In Touch

    • britta.zeimer@gmail.com
    • +1 604.561.6693

At A Glance

    • Registered Counsellor (ACCT)
    • Reiki Practicioner
    • Attachment Based Approach
    • Guided Meditation and Practices

What is Reiki

Reiki is a gentle touch healing modality that helps restore a sense of connection and balance within ourselves. As human beings, touch and connection are essential to our well-being, and Reiki provides a nurturing space to replenish this need. The gentle touch in Reiki sessions stimulates the release of oxytocin, often called the ‘tend and befriend hormone.’ Oxytocin promotes feelings of trust, connection, and well-being, similar to the joy we feel when we spend time with those who uplift us, share meaningful moments, or offer a comforting embrace.

Reiki also addresses the accumulation of stress and frustration that can weigh us down and block our natural energy flow. Through this healing practice, negative emotions and tensions are gently released, fostering a sense of calm and clarity. Reiki supports spiritual healing and raises your vibration to a healthier, lighter, and happier state—helping you reconnect with your best self and the world around you.

Reiki is a gentle touch healing modality and is done fully clothed – so just wear your most comfortable clothing.

Nature Counselling

Choosing counselling means investing in your emotional and mental well-being.

As a registered counsellor, I offer a unique approach to emotional healing—combining traditional therapy with the calming presence of horses, alpacas, and goats (over the fence). These gentle animals create a safe, non-judgmental space to explore anxiety, shame, suppressed anger, relationship struggles, and family conflicts. Their intuitive nature helps lower defenses, allowing deeper self-awareness and growth.

Sessions may be covered by extended health insurance, making this supportive experience accessible. Whether you’re seeking clarity, emotional release, or healthier connections, we’ll work together—guided by nature—toward empowerment and peace. Take the first step toward a lighter, more connected you. Reach out today.

If you’re hesitating, remember: reaching out is a strength, not a weakness. Start thriving, not just surviving.

My Story

Hey, nice to meet You!

My name is Britta and what I’m really passionate about is to inspire you to finally prioritize yourself and your own wellbeing. Which in turn will naturally improve all of your relationships. In my sessions I’m combining the best methods from different healing approaches like attachment theory, nonviolent communication, as well as guided meditations and more to find the ones that work specifically for you.

When I now think about which three things define me most (so that you know who you’ll meet) then it would be: I believe all animals are sentient beings; everything about relationships fascinates me; and I always need to try out something new. That combination caused some ‘interesting’ turns in my life: I became an author, a farmer, lawyer, mother, traveller, vegan, counsellor, and German teacher. I’ve worked in animal shelters, moved 21 x including to another continent, and also work on TV shows as German dialect coach. I am looking forward to meeting you!

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What is your professional Background?

Degrees & Certificates

Registered Counsellor with ACCT, Canada. 2-year training and certification as Equine Facilitated Wellness Professional with Pro-EFW. B.Sc. Psychology, University of Hagen, Germany. LLM eq, University of Frankfurt, Germany. 2-year Mediation & Conflict Resolution advanced training program, Justice Institute, BC, Canada. Certified Reiki Practitioner for People & Horses (Whispering Equine, AB, Canada), Trained Coach, CTI. ASD Certificate, Popard, BC, Canada. Trust Technique and Animal Communication (James French & Shelley Slingo).

Professional Experience

Self-employed since 2008 as counsellor and coach. German dialect coach for international film and TV projects since 2014. Junior lawyer (Justice Institute in Germany and in London, UK). Human Resources Consultant (Telekom, Germany). Project Manager (IIR International, Germany). Book: (published in German): Evolution & Selflove – The Normativity Hypothesis of the Attachment Theory under Critical Consideration of Cultural and Evolutionary Perspectives.

For whom are the Sessions ideal?

Nature Counselling is for everyone who loves horses, but never had the chance to meet or really connect with them. We’ll talk about e.g. horse behaviour, grooming, feeding, differences in their personality, and how to recognize signs of stress. This is not a riding or natural horsemanship session. With these sessions I’d like to introduce you to a very different, deeper way of being with horses, a way, that I call ‘Peaceful Togetherness with Horses’… so come and meet the minis.

Wellness sessions are ideal if any of this sounds familiar to you: constant worries about daily life events, ‘what if’ questions, stress, list making, perfectionism? Or is your life about to change and you feel uncertain about or even overwhelmed by it (e.g. empty nest, retirement)?

Do you feel your life is like on autopilot, that your thoughts are more in the future and in the past, than in the ‘now’?  Do you sometimes feel you’re missing out on life? You find yourself a lot of time distracting yourself by watching news, or spending time on social media? But at the same time you feel like you’re always in a rush and don’t seem to have time to take a break and/or you have difficulty sleeping? Are you often frustrated about your situation, and you would like to give your life a new direction, but don’t know what that might be or how to achieve it (e.g. self employment, better work-life-balance)?

The sessions are also ideal if you have difficulties in your relationships. It might be, that our partner isn’t emotionally involved into your relationship anymore, insensitive, and unresponsive to your needs? Or do you have difficulties to say no, and always put the needs of others, e.g. your child’s or parent’s needs ahead of your own? Or are there control issues, that your partner is enmeshing in your life, maybe even to the point of trying to take complete control, like checking your phone and constant calls?

Do you feel uncomfortable around other people, or do you feel different and that you don’t really fit in anywhere (e.g. being highly sensitive or neurodivergent) or do you feel no one understands or even attacks you for your ideas and world view – or the causes you campion. Then I would be very happy to meet you.

However, I’m not qualified to work with you without the support of a qualified professional on issues like e.g. schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, severe major depression, personality disorders, autism as well as severe phobias, panic disorders or OCD. The same is true for people who have substance abuse & addiction issues or eating disorders. I’m also not qualified to work with clients who experienced severe physical or mental abuse. However, equine and alpaca facilitated wellness sessions can be a wonderful accompanying therapy for you.

What happens during a Reiki Session?

NEW: Home Visits on Mayne Island – just contact me!

Reiki is an energy healing modality and a treatment usually consists of placing hands on or over the part of the body that needs healing. This can be done by placing the hands directly on the body, but depending on the situation and your wishes the hands can also hover a few centimeters above the body without direct contact. Reiki is done fully clothed. During the treatment life energy flows, however, the energy does not come from the practitioner, we are only a channel for the universal life energy. Reiki teaches that life energy always flows to where it’s needed. The hands are placed on the area that is at ‘dis-ease’, but the energy itself will find the place where it’s needed the most. That’s why Reiki doesn’t require a diagnosis, in Reiki, we intuitively assess where there might be an energetic imbalance. When in doubt, I would always recommend seeing a medical professional. We offer Reiki for people and horses, in person as well as distant Reiki.

What is my Investment for a Session?
  • Nature Counselling (1h) – $130
  • Reiki (1h) – $90 CAD
  • Reiki Package 5 treatments – $420 CAD
  • Counselling with Reiki (2h) – $200 CAD

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    Reiki can be done via Zoom or in person. Just contact me for a time that suits you.

    If you live in BC, Canada our sessions may be covered in full or part by your health insurance or employee benefit plan.

    Payments are due at the end of each session and can be made by cash, check, credit card or e-transfer to: britta.zeimer@gmail.com.

    Coverage

    If you live in BC, Canada our sessions may be covered in full or part by your health insurance or employee benefit plan. Please check with your insurance provider or employer in advance whether counselling services are covered. The following insurance companies and benefit providers in BC have agreed to reimburse my services for plans that include counselling services: SunLife, Pacific Blue Cross, Green Shield, Manulife, and Claim Secure.

    Sliding Scale

    I have a limited number of sliding scale spots available for those who would not otherwise be able to attend therapy. Please speak to me directly if you face financial barriers to therapy and we can discuss how it might be made more accessible to you.

    Cancellation

    We understand that plans can change. However, to ensure we can accommodate all of our clients, we kindly request that you adhere to our cancellation policy:

    1. No-Show: If you’re unable to make it to your appointment and don’t notify us in advance, you will be charged the full price of the session. This helps us manage our bookings and availability more effectively.
    2. Late Cancellations: If you need to cancel less than 12 hours before your appointment, a fee of 50% of the session cost will apply.

    We appreciate your understanding and cooperation. Thank you for helping us ensure that we can offer the best service to all our clients!

    Location

    We’re located on Mayne Island, so when you live in (or visit) Vancouver or Vancouver Island BC, Canada, and you’re willing to travel to the Gulf Islands, which are about an hour’s ferry ride away from either Vancouver or Victoria then we would be very happy to welcome you here. We’re already looking forward to meeting you.

    We are fully insured.

    Your Message for me

    More Questions or want to book a Session? Just send me an email to britta.zeimer(at)gmail.com or call or text me at 604.561.6693