Molly De Shong is a counsellor-therapist and facilitator in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Molly has worked with individuals, couples, and groups for more than 30 years, focusing on mindfulness, resilience, self-care, and communication/conflict dynamics.
Counselling and Psychotherapy
Molly integrates mindfulness with somatic, cognitive behavioural, and psychodynamic methods — all to support insight, skill-building, and resilience. Specialty areas:
- anxiety, stress management, self-care
- low mood and depression
- grief, loss, transition
- identity, self-esteem, assertiveness
- addictive patterns
- career planning
- relationships and interpersonal dynamics
- couple counselling
Couple Counselling
Bring awareness to what matters to you both—whether that’s to strengthen your connection and change patterns, or decide to separate amicably.
Mindfulness-Based Interventions
We feel at our ‘best’ when we’re aware of ourselves, including the habits and stressors that get in our way. Mindfulness helps us tap our innate awareness, strength, and resilience in meeting day to day challenges. Molly trained in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) with founder Jon Kabat-Zinn as well as Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) and Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC). She offers multi-week and introductory programs for the public and organizations.
Consulting, Facilitation, Training
For 30 years, Molly has worked with individuals and teams, offering coaching, facilitation, mediation, and training in: self-awareness and resilience, team leadership, career transition, interpersonal dynamics. Her work included conflict coaching/mediation with staff and physicians at NS Health.
Current courses include:
• Mindfulness and Resilience: 6-week opportunity to learn and practice the skills of awareness, self-care, and resilience
• Supporting Ourselves & Others: ongoing learning and practice, with peer support encouraged
• Navigating Difficult Conversations: full- and half-day course to learn/practice the skills of staying present, supportive, and creative during difficult conversations with other
Contact Molly for more information.