Nola Hedstrom-Beblow, M.Ed., R.C.C.
Registered Clinical Counsellor (#12568)
Nola (she/her) holds degrees in Social Work and Psychology from the University of Victoria and began her career supporting children with special needs and their families. Driven by a desire to expand her expertise, she later completed a Master’s degree in Applied School and Child Psychology at the University of Calgary.
Nola is a Licensed School Psychologist with the BC College of Psychologists (#3067) and spent many years working within school settings in the Central Okanagan. Her counselling approach is collaborative and individualized—integrating a person’s strengths with their developmental and learning needs. She provides direct support to children and youth, while also working closely with their families through education and counselling.
With both personal and professional experience, Nola is especially passionate about working alongside neurodivergent individuals of all ages. She is also a Registered Clinical Counsellor with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors (RCC #12568). Nola is deeply committed to supporting wellness through practical skill development, therapeutic processing, and authentic connection.
Areas of Specialization:
- Individual & family counselling for both children and adults
- Parenting
- Executive functioning
- Interventions in areas of anxiety, ADHD, ASD & depression for children, youth, and adults
- Separation and divorce
Interventions:
- Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
- Mindfulness
- Attachment focused with a relational approach
- Trauma informed
- Developmental approach
- Targeted self-regulation and communication-based skill development
- Collaborative practice open to work an integrated team of professionals
- EMDR trained
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Nola provides screening, targeted interventions, and support for the adult, or the child and parent team. With children, the therapeutic process begins with parent-child sessions. These sessions provide the opportunity to increase connection, identify areas of challenge, engage in collaborative problem solving, and develop concrete skills. All interventions are based on the most current research within the field of ADHD
- ADHD screening
- Education and support to increase understanding of impact across settings
- Problem identification and executive functioning interventions
- Parenting support
- Concrete skill development for child and/or adult
- Sleep hygiene
- Expressive language development
- Mindfulness strategies
- Social skill development
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Nola provides targeted interventions to support to adults as well as child and parent teams. Nola begins the therapeutic process by clarifying goals and counselling needs. Assessment of an individual’s interoceptive abilities (reading the sense of the internal state of the body), social communication, and day-to-day functioning needs are determined. Collaborative parent-child, or individual sessions are offered.
- Education and support to increase understanding of impact across settings
- Problem identification and executive functioning interventions
- Parenting support
- Increased understanding the body/mind connection
- Communication based interventions
- Transitioning to adulthood
- Anxiety based interventions
- Adaptive functioning (day to day living skills) interventions
Anxiety and Depression
Nola works to identify the type and reason for the presenting symptoms. Interventions include developing a better understanding of the symptoms and effects of anxiety/depression has on one’s thinking, feeling, and behaviour. Collaborative parent-child, or individual sessions are offered.
- Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
- Mindfulness
- Education and support to increase understanding of impact across settings
- Self-regulation strategies
- Problem solving
- Parenting support
Wins Coaching with L-J
ADHD Coach
With connection being the foundation of L-J’s practise, humor, patience and resourcefulness is brought to each session. Her focus is on strengths and providing a non-judgmental space for learning and growth. She embraces the spice of neurodiversity and celebrates the unique gifts of ADHD! As a qualified ADHD coach and a mom in a wonderfully neurodiverse (“neuro-spicy”) family, she brings personal experience and professional expertise to help you navigate the unique challenges—and celebrate the joys—of life with executive functioning differences.
L-J’s coach training was completed through the ADD Coach Academy (ADDCA), the global leader in ADHD coach training. Prior to my education with ADDCA, I also completed a bachelor’s degree in business with an accounting specialty at Okanagan College.