Rising Self Counselling Services is committed to offering compassionate, non‑judgmental, and person‑centered counselling to individual adults and youth ages 15+. After more than a decade of experience across diverse areas of social work, I, Michelle Maillet, MSW, RSW (15813), founded Rising Self out of a deep passion for supporting people through therapeutic work. You can learn more about me and my approach on the About page.

Rising Self is grounded in anti‑oppressive, trauma‑informed, gender‑affirming, decolonial, and culturally safe practice. I work with individuals navigating a wide range of human experiences, including but not limited to:

• Anxiety  

• Depression 

• Substance use 

• Addictions 

• Trauma 

• Grief and Loss 

• Stress and Burnout 

• Gender  

My therapeutic approach is largely informed by Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS), Narrative Therapy, Mindfulness‑based approaches, Polyvagal Theory and incorporates somatic experiencing. These modalities support a holistic, compassionate, and collaborative therapeutic process.

At Rising Self, change is the outcome of therapeutic processes that support your attunement with your inner world from a compassionate and curious space, while increasing your capacity to attend to your inner world. As capacity for attunement and attending increase, there is greater space for your fullest, most genuine and aligned self to show up in your daily life.

I welcome you to reach out with any questions!