Welcome to Tender Roots.

Your place to feel grounded, supported, and free to grow.

At Tender Roots Therapy & Wellness, we believe healing happens in connection. Whether you're navigating anxiety, relationship challenges, grief, burnout, life transitions, or simply feeling disconnected from yourself, you don't have to carry it alone.

We created Tender Roots as a space where people can slow down, feel seen, and reconnect with what matters most. Our approach is grounded in compassion, authenticity, and the belief that every person already holds the capacity for growth and healing. Sometimes we simply need the right support, environment, and relationships to help us access it.

Just as healthy roots provide stability, nourishment, and resilience for a tree, strong foundations can help us weather life's storms while continuing to grow. Therapy offers an opportunity to better understand yourself, explore patterns that may no longer serve you, strengthen your relationships, and cultivate meaningful change at a pace that feels right for you.


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"A tree has roots in the soil yet reaches to the sky. It tells us that in order to aspire we need to be grounded and that no matter how high we go it is from our roots that we draw sustenance."

— Wangari Maathai

Our Approach to healing

Learn to navigate your own mind. Discovering your cognitive patterns. Learn how to combat maladaptive patterns and form new healthy mental patterns.
Learn to regulate your emotions and mood by increasing emotional literacy, emotional expression and processing.

Mind

Body

Nervous system regulation is the key to healing and internal safety. In the modern day, our bodies are under constant micro-stressors and we never truly relax. We are susceptible to stress and burnout.
Therefore, we need to learn how to relax, to rejuvenate, to tune into our body’s messaging. Learn how to self-soothe and regulate. Learn how to release somatic trauma and tension.

Spirit

Who are you outside of what society and others wants you to be? 

Authenticity and connecting with your true Self is the basis of self-worth, self-confidence, self-esteem, the ability to be assertive and set boundaries. We will help you explore your identity, understand your values, and align yourself with who you are and want to be.
Evolutionarily, we are social creatures. The way we love and receive love, our values, mental patterns, self-worth, our felt sense of safety, and trust in others and in the world were all formed in relationships. 
As children, the trauma of social rejection, abandonment, and neglect was internalized and still lives inside us. As we age, we need to learn about our core wounds and heal our inner child.

Love

What Modalities do we offer?

Modalities are the different approaches therapists use to support healing. They shape how therapy feels and the tools used along the way. Check out this list of our modalities to learn more about which therapist could be the right fit for you. Below you can see our team and the corresponding modalities.

Too overwhelming? Book a free 15-minute consultation and we’ll walk you through it!

  • CBT & DBT

    CBT & DBT

    Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy offer science-backed practical tools for:

    • Combating maladaptive thought patterns, such as rumination, racing thoughts, fixations, and negative self-talk.

    • Emotional processing.

    • Making behavioural changes.

    • Distress tolerance and self-regulation.

    These modalities are great for beginners, those who like practical solutions, structure and homework.

  • Somatic Therapy/Polyvagal

    Nervous-system regulation is the key to healing. We use a polyvagal approach to somatic therapy that includes.

    • Stabilization: Creating calm and safety within the body through

    • Breath-Work

    • Guided-Meditation

    • Grounding Exercises

    • Gentle Movement

    Somatic work is essential for anyone dealing with anxiety, stress, trauma, OCD and depression.

  • CPT

    Cognitive Processing Therapy is an evidence-based approach that helps individuals process trauma and challenge the thoughts that may be keeping them trapped in patterns of fear, shame, guilt, or self-blame. Through CPT, we work to:

    • Identify Stuck Points – Recognizing beliefs and thinking patterns that developed after difficult experiences.

    • Challenge Unhelpful Thoughts – Examining thoughts with curiosity and developing more balanced perspectives.

    • Create Meaning & Move Forward – Develop new perspectives, build a healthier understanding of yourself, experiences, and future.

    CPT is particularly effective for trauma, PTSD, childhood adversity, moral injury, grief, anxiety, and experiences involving guilt, shame, or self-blame.

  • Attachment-based/EFT-I

    Our relationships shape how we experience safety, connection, and belonging. When these needs are threatened, we can become stuck in patterns of conflict, withdrawal, anxiety, or emotional disconnection. EFT helps uncover the deeper emotions and attachment needs beneath these patterns.

    Together, we work to:

    • Understand Relationship Patterns – Identifying the cycles that keep us feeling disconnected from ourselves or others.

    • Explore Core Emotions & Needs – Accessing the feelings and attachment needs hidden beneath protective reactions.

    • Build Secure Connection – Developing healthier ways of expressing needs, fostering trust, and creating emotional safety.

    EFT and attachment-based approaches can be helpful for couples, relationship challenges, anxiety, self-esteem concerns, grief, trauma, and difficulties with emotional connection.

  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)

    We all have different parts of ourselves that emerge throughout life. Some parts protect us from pain, while others carry wounds from past experiences (Inner child or exiles). IFS helps us understand these inner experiences with curiosity and compassion rather than judgment.

    Through IFS, we work to:

    • Identify Protective Parts – Understanding the thoughts, emotions, and behaviours that help us cope.

    • Heal Wounded Parts – Supporting the parts of us carrying hurt, shame, fear, or unmet needs.

    • Strengthen Self-Leadership – Cultivating greater confidence, clarity, compassion, and inner balance.

    IFS can be particularly helpful for anxiety, trauma, self-criticism, relationship difficulties, emotional overwhelm, and building self-worth.

  • ACT

    ACT helps tolerate difficult emotions through acceptance and helps individuals build resilience, flexibility, and a deeper connection to their values:

    • Develop Psychological Flexibility through acceptance.

    • Clarify Personal Values – Identifying what truly matters and the person you want to be.

    • Take Committed Action – Building practical habits and behaviours that move you toward a meaningful and fulfilling life

    ACT can be especially helpful for those undergoing identity issues and struggling with anxiety, depression, OCD, stress, perfectionism, life transitions, chronic pain, and improving overall emotional well-being.

  • Emotion Focused Therapy (Couples)

    Healthy relationships are built on emotional safety, trust, and connection. EFT helps couples understand the deeper emotions and unmet needs that drive conflict, allowing them to create stronger and more secure bonds.

    • Understand Conflict Patterns

    • Identify Underlying Emotions & Attachment Needs

    • Build Safety, Trust & Lasting Connection

    EFT is particularly helpful for couples experiencing communication difficulties, recurring conflict, emotional distance, trust concerns, life transitions, and a desire to deepen their connection.

  • Narrative Therapy

    The stories we tell about ourselves influence how we understand our experiences and navigate life's challenges. Narrative Therapy helps people separate from problems, recognize their strengths, and create more meaningful and empowering stories about who they are.

    Externalize the Problem – Learning to see the problem as separate from your identity.

    Discover Strengths & Values – Identifying moments of resilience, courage, and personal meaning.

    Rewrite the Narrative – Building a story that reflects your hopes, strengths, and preferred way of being.

    Narrative Therapy can be especially helpful for anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, self-worth concerns, and major life transitions.

  • Gottman Therapy (For couples)

    Evidence-based techniques and interventions to help couples with conflict resolutions, repairing ruptures and increasing connection and intimacy.

    Great for couples seeking help with

    • Disconnection

    • Constant fighting

    • Infidelity

    • Separation

    • Co-parenting

Meet the team & their specialties

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Stephanie Sellars

CBT, CPT, EFT-I, IFS

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Karen Veinot

IFS, Somatic, ACT

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Curtis Boehm

EFT, IFS, Narrative

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Leandri Keeve

CBT, DBT, ACT, Gottman, Play Therapy

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Join Our Team

Rebecca Vinci

EFT, CBT, DBT, Polyvagal, IFS, Gottman

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Yes. We work with couples seeking to improve communication, rebuild trust, strengthen connection, navigate conflict, or prepare for significant life transitions.

  • Yes! We offer coverage and direct billing for most insurance companies covered under Telus Health and Bluecross.

  • We offer a complimentary 15-minute consultation with our trained admin team who will answer any questions you have, discuss your goals and symptoms, and help determine if one of our therapist are a good fit.

  • We accept major credit cards, e-transfer, and other electronic payment methods.

    You can pay directly through the Jane app (once you sign up you will be prompted to enter a credit card). Or we have a card reader in the office that accepts debit and credit cards in person.

  • Yes! We offer discounted rates to Health care workers, students, and those with Low socioeconomic status (SES) or no insurance coverage.

  • Yes. We offer secure online therapy for clients who prefer the convenience and flexibility of meeting from home.

    We also offer in-person and recommend this as the preferable mode.

  • Absolutely! Finding the right therapeutic relationship is like finding a friend - there are so many factors and not every match will be right for you! If you find your first match is not compatible we will re-match you at no charge to you.

  • We require at least 24 hours' notice for cancellations or rescheduling. Appointments cancelled with less than 24 hours' notice may be subject to the full session fee. Cancellation fees are up to the discretion of your therapist.