About
As Your Wings Unfold
I’m Anita Collins, a Registered Social Worker (MSW, RSW), Psychotherapist, holder of a Bachelor of Science in Psychology (BSc.), and a qualified Clinical Hypnotherapist (C.Hyp™ practitioner). I offer virtual counselling for adults and professionals across Ontario. My work is guided by compassion, clarity, and a deep respect for the quiet strength each person carries within them. I am also a verified member of Psychology Today.
I support individuals through Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), trauma‑informed counselling, trance‑based mindfulness, and gentle clinical hypnotherapy. I walk with those navigating anxiety, depression, grief, substance‑use recovery, and the everyday pressures that slowly weigh us down. When life feels heavy or uncertain, I offer a calm, steady place to land — a space where your breath can settle, your body can soften, and you can begin to feel your wings again.
My approach honours the whole self: mind, body, heart, and spirit. Sessions move gently, at a pace that feels safe. You don’t have to push or perform here. You simply get to arrive as you are.
Hypnotherapy weaves naturally into this work — helping you access deeper layers of your inner world with softness and intention. Through guided imagery, breath, and calming language, we create a space where old patterns can loosen, the nervous system can settle, and the younger parts of you can feel seen and supported.
A Bird‑Rooted Way of Working
The name Take Flight Counselling reflects the natural rhythms of healing: moments of rest, moments of reflection, and moments of quiet lift. I often use gentle bird imagery — settling, perching, softening wings, sensing lift — because it mirrors the way many people move through change.
Some days you glide. Some days you flap hard just to stay in the air. Some days you need a safe perch to rest and gather yourself.
Therapy becomes that perch — a steady branch where you can pause, breathe, and reconnect with your own inner direction. Hypnotherapy and guided imagery deepen this process, helping your mind and body shift into a state where healing feels possible again.
My Approach: My approach is gentle, collaborative, and grounded in trauma‑informed care. I weave together CBT, mindfulness, clinical hypnotherapy, and nature‑rooted imagery to support the whole self — mind, body, heart, and spirit. We move slowly, with steadiness and respect for your nervous system, always at a pace that feels safe for you.
What a Session feels like: Sessions are calm, spacious, and unhurried. We begin by settling your breath and grounding your body, then explore whatever feels present for you that day. You’re never pushed or rushed — just gently supported as you reconnect with your inner direction, one soft wingbeat at a time.
Group Support
In addition to individual counselling, I also facilitate group therapy — supportive circles where people learn, connect, and rise together. These groups offer a sense of community and shared strength, especially for those who feel alone in their struggles.
At the Heart of My Work
t the heart of my work is a simple truth: Healing unfolds when you feel safe, seen, and supported.
My role is to walk beside you as your wings slowly unfurl — helping you settle on a steady perch, gather your strength, and rise again in your own rhythm and your own time.
I live and offer virtual counselling from Kawartha Lakes, on the traditional territories of the Michi Saagiig (Mississauga) Anishinaabeg, covered by the Williams Treaties. These lands, waters, and skies have been cared for by Indigenous peoples since time immemorial.
I honour the Michi Saagiig peoples and all First Nations, Inuit, and Métis who continue to steward these lands with deep relationship and responsibility. I am grateful to live and work in a place shaped by their knowledge, resilience, and enduring presence.
As I walk beside clients — including those accessing NIHB‑covered care — I do so with humility, respect, and a commitment to creating a space where healing, culture, and identity are welcomed and honoured.
And just like the sunrise over the water — the one I watch from my own backyard — healing often begins quietly, gently, and with more light than you expect.
