Hands to Heart Therapy
Meghan Stewart
Registered Clinical Counsellor, Educator, Mama of Four and Auntie to Many
Specialist in medical trauma, health anxiety, gender identity, fertility journeys and complex loss and grief
At Hands to Heart Therapy, the focus is not on “fixing” you. We center on creating space for steadiness, balance, connection, and healing
We provide trauma-informed, somatic counselling for individuals and families navigating fertility and pregnancy journeys, birth and postpartum experiences, chronic illness, medical trauma, health anxiety,transplants, grief and loss, anxiety, parenting challenges,
and major life transitions.
Whether you are coping with a complex diagnosis, supporting a medically fragile child, grieving a loss, adjusting to parenthood, or carrying the invisible weight of anxiety and overwhelm, therapy can offer a place to feel supported, understood, and less alone.
Hi, I’m Meghan (RCC, M.ed, Certified Teacher) (she, her) .
I am a trauma-informed counsellor, somatic practitioner, mother, cold plunger and someone deeply shaped by lived experience within medical systems, caregiving, grief, and resilience.
My work is grounded in the belief that healing happens through safe connection, compassionate presence, and learning how to gently come back to ourselves during times of uncertainty and change.
I support individuals, parents, caregivers, children, and families who are navigating:
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fertility and pregnancy journeys
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postpartum adjustment and identity shifts
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chronic illness and pain
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congenital heart disease and complex medical experiences
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transplant journeys and medical trauma
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anxiety, overwhelm, and nervous system exhaustion
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overdose or suicide loss
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grief, loss, and changing relationships
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parenting stress and caregiving fatigue
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medical professional burnout
Together, we can create a space that honours both the emotional and physical impact of these experiences while building practical tools, nervous system awareness, self-compassion, and steadiness for everyday life.
My Approach is Compassionate and Collaborative
Therapy with me is collaborative, compassionate, and paced with care. There is no expectation to have the “right words” or to carry everything alone.
You Don't Have to Carry This Alone
Reaching out for support can feel vulnerable, especially when life already feels overwhelming. Whether you are in crisis, transition, grief, or simply feeling disconnected from yourself, therapy can provide a space to pause, process, and reconnect with
what matters most.
Next Steps
Reaching out for support can feel like a big step — especially when life already feels heavy or uncertain. You do not need to have everything figured out before starting therapy.The first step is simply a conversation.
What to Expect
A free 15-minute consultation to connect and ask questions
Space to share what has been bringing you here at your own pace
A collaborative discussion about your needs, goals, and what support may feel most helpful
No pressure or obligation to continue if it does not feel like the right fit
Whether you are navigating grief, medical experiences, parenting stress, anxiety, chronic illness, or a major life transition, therapy can offer a place to feel supported, understood, and more grounded.
How to Book
You can:
book an initial consultation online
send an email with any questions
reach out even if you are unsure where to begin
If you are feeling overwhelmed, uncertain, or emotionally exhausted, that is okay. You are welcome here exactly as you are.
Virtual and in-person counselling available for individuals, children, youth, and families across British Columbia.
Book a free consultation today and take the next gentle step toward support and steadiness.
Clients often come to therapy carrying experiences that feel difficult to explain to others. The exhaustion of being “strong,” the fear that comes with medical uncertainty, or the grief that can exist alongside love and hope.
![I am endlessly humbled to walk with those who live in bodies that ache, tremble, remember — and still, somehow, carry on.
To live with chronic illness, pain, anxiety, or the quiet ache of body grief is to move through the world with a kind of resilience that often goes unseen. Not the loud kind — but the soft, steady choosing to stay, feel and move. I know this in my own body and have learned from those who work with me in my counselling practice.
In my counselling practice, I honour the wisdom of the body and the beautiful inner strength and resilience that is sometimes hard to find.
This is the heart of embodied healing.
This is the work I’m graced to do.
If this feels like something that would be supportive for you and your lived experience, you are warmly invited to reach out.
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THERAPUTIC OFFERINGS
Chronic Illness, Medical Trauma, Diagnosis & Resilience
Living with chronic pain, illness, or medical trauma can shape how we move through the world. The unpredictability of pain often brings a steady undercurrent of uncertainty, fatigue, and overwhelm. I honour how this lived experience affects both mind and body — and how stress can deepen physical limitations and impact daily life. Together, we can gently explore what support looks like from a place of compassion and awareness.
Family and Group Therapy
Family therapy with Meghan Stewart offers a compassionate, grounded space for families to heal together. Drawing from relational and somatic approaches, Meghan supports families navigating grief, addiction, sudden loss, and ruptures in connection. Sessions focus on restoring safety, understanding patterns, and repairing relationships—helping each person feel seen, heard, and supported from the inside out.
Fertility and Birth Stories
If you are navigating fertility challenges, considering pregnancy or have experienced a traumatic birth story or loss, you may be carrying fear, grief, or uncertainty about what comes next. Counselling can be supportive to your own unique journey where there is space for all your feelings and experiences.
These sessions usually includes somatic work as the body holds your birth and fertility stories and also needs to move through and process pieces you might not even be conscious of. Therapy can be deeply supportive because integrating somatic approaches helps individuals process stress, trauma, and bodily signals, fostering a sense of safety, regulation, and connection with their changing or changed bodies during this vulnerable journey.
LGBTQIA+ Relationships and Transitions
At Hands to Heart Therapy, all LGBTQIA+ identities and relationships are welcomed and honoured. I recognize the deep impact of historical and ongoing discrimination, and I hold space for the grief, resilience, and complexity that can come with that. My practice is rooted in creating an affirming and inclusive space — one that values your uniqueness and lived experience.
Parenting, Co-Parenting, RELATIONSHIPS and Family Systems Work
Family systems therapy begins with the understanding that we are wired for connection. The attachments we form within our families shape how we relate, regulate, and make sense of the world around us. It's natural for tension, disconnection, and miscommunication to arise... these moments can create patterns that ripple through the family system. In this work, we gently explore these patterns, with curiosity and compassion, to support deeper understanding and more intentional connection between all members.
Child and Teen Anxiety, Grief and Trauma
When we support children and teens in meeting big feelings, discomfort, or dysregulation with care, we walk beside them as they grow. In this space, they begin to build inner connection, resilience, and a felt sense of safety — foundations that allow them to show up fully and authentically as themselves.
Rahul Minhas
Counsellor and Author
Meghan's expertise in pediatric medical trauma shows her exceptional dedication to supporting children and families during their most challenging moments. Her compassionate approach and deep knowledge make her a trusted leader in this specialized field.
Nita Augustin (Counsellor)
"Meghan offers something truly special in the world of counselling... Her deeply attuned, gentle presence is paired with both lived and professional experience, especially when it comes to helping folx navigate medical trauma. I so appreciate Meghan brings her heart, groundedness, and a deep respect for the stories clients carry. Her understanding of grief, chronic pain, and early medical experiences isn’t just theoretical, it’s truly personal and embodied, which makes her care feel safe, validating, and real... I highly value Meghan’s work, it’s the kind that makes a difference...."
Amy Thorne-Broderick
Child Counsellor
Meghan is a warm and experienced educator and counsellor. She supports people of all ages, especially with medical trauma and developmental experiences. Her strength based approach helps clients harness their own strength and peace. Meghan is a gem!
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Read my Newest Blog on Grief
"In my own life, loss ebbed and flowed. I carry the grief of losing a sibling, my father, my cousin, grandparents, friends, and people I’ve walked alongside as clients and students. Each of them holding a space in my heart. Each death has been so unique in how I have grieved teaching me how there is no pattern or process that is normal."
As a settler, I gratefully and humbly acknowledge that I live and work in North Vancouver, British Columbia on the unceded territories of the Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh)I work to create an authentic, sensitive and healing space attuned to diversity, 2SLGBTQI+ rights and the uniqueness of each child, teen and adult.
