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, sexuality, and couple counselling
- communication and conflict dynamics
Couple Counselling
Bring awareness to what matters to you both—whether that’s to strengthen your emotional connection and change patterns, or deciding to separate.
Mindfulness-Based Interventions
Mindfulness helps us become aware of body-mind habits and stressors, and tap our innate strength and resilience. 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). Molly offers multi-week and introductory programs for the public and organizations.
Consulting, Facilitation, Training, Mediation
For 30 years, Molly De Shong has assisted individuals and organizations with:
- personal coaching /counselling in self-awareness, wellness, leadership, career development, and communication /conflict dynamics (including conflict mediation)
- consulting and training in team cohesion and communication
Molly offers programs in self-care and resilience, as well as communication/conflict dynamics (“Navigating Difficult Conversations”). She supported the Conflict Resolution program at NS Health, offering conflict coaching and mediation to staff.
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