Nikkol Adams, MA, RCC

Nikkol Adams, MA, RCC Nikkol acknowledges the challenge of seeking support and strives to cultivate an environment of wonder, acceptance, and compassion.

Essence of Self offers therapeutic counselling services for the purpose of healing and self-growth, helping individuals understand their emotional and physical experience through the use of conversation and movement. Essence of Self, founded by registered clinical counsellor Nikkol Adams in South Surrey, BC, offers therapeutic counselling services with a focus on the mind-body connection. With ove

r a decade of experience in mental health settings, Nikkol guides individuals through self-growth by combining conversation and movement to understand emotional and physical experiences. Nikkol emphasizes the profound impact of understanding one's human experience as the path to healing. The approach integrates active listening and empathetic engagement, creating a nurturing space where emotions are not just validated but deeply understood. The therapeutic relationship is central, with Nikkol encouraging individuals to align with a counsellor who resonates with their goals. Sessions with Nikkol concentrate on self-reflection, exploring relationships, thoughts, behaviours, emotions, and beliefs, guiding individuals toward a life in harmony with their core values. Offering both in-person and virtual counselling, Nikkol welcomes diverse backgrounds, cultures, religions, and age groups. Nikkol's culturally-informed framework respects individual experiences, providing therapeutic support for middle childhood, adolescence, and adulthood through talk and somatic therapy. Nikkol embodies a commitment to fostering positive change by creating a space for individuals to explore and navigate their inner world.

• What is Somatic Therapy?Somatic therapy is a body-centered approach to healing trauma, stress, and emotional pain. Unl...
05/01/2026

• What is Somatic Therapy?

Somatic therapy is a body-centered approach to healing trauma, stress, and emotional pain. Unlike traditional talk therapy, it focuses on the connection between the mind and body, using physical awareness, breathwork, movement, and touch to process stored emotions.

Healing Doesn’t Have to Happen Through Words Alone

If you’ve ever felt like talking about your pain doesn’t fully reach it… you’re not alone.
Somatic therapy offers a different path — one that gently includes your body in the healing process.

Anxiety, trauma, and overwhelm often live in the nervous system — not just in your thoughts.

Somatic therapy helps you:

* Feel more grounded in your body
* Recognize stuck patterns or emotions
* Reconnect with safety and presence
* Trust your inner wisdom

You don’t have to explain everything.
Sometimes, you just need to listen to your body.

Reach out via email, link in bio, to book a free 15-minute consultation or full somatic session.

Trauma Therapist | Somatic Therapy | Talk Therapy

• The goal isn’t to eliminate anxiety entirely. Anxiety is a natural and necessary part of being human—it helps us prepa...
04/28/2026

• The goal isn’t to eliminate anxiety entirely. Anxiety is a natural and necessary part of being human—it helps us prepare, respond, and stay aware.

The goal is to make anxiety familiar instead of frightening.

And that familiarity begins with interoception.

When we learn to sense what’s happening inside us, we gain the ability to stay present with discomfort, understand it, and move through it. In that space, anxiety loses its power—not because it disappears, but because we are no longer disconnected from ourselves.

Being with anxiety is, ultimately, a practice of coming home to the body.

To learn more about myself and my offerings, please visit the link in my bio and/or reach out to book a 15-minute free consultation.

Intentional Living | Somatic Therapist | Trauma Therapist
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• When we lack interoceptive awareness, anxiety can feel overwhelming, confusing, and even threatening. Everything blend...
04/24/2026

• When we lack interoceptive awareness, anxiety can feel overwhelming, confusing, and even threatening. Everything blends together into a single, intense experience. Nervousness, fear, and terror may all feel the same. But when interoception is more developed, something shifts.

We begin to notice nuance:
• “This feels like mild nervousness, not panic.”
• “My chest is tight, but my breath is still steady.”
• “There’s activation in my body, but I’m still grounded.”

This ability to distinguish between internal states is crucial. It creates space between sensation and reaction. Instead of being consumed by anxiety, we can observe it.

To learn more about myself and my offerings, please visit the link in my bio and/or reach out to book a 15-minute free consultation.

Intentional Living | Somatic Therapist | Trauma Therapist
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• The deep human truth is that emotional wounds, especially shame, often cannot be healed in isolation.What Is Shame?Sha...
04/24/2026

• The deep human truth is that emotional wounds, especially shame, often cannot be healed in isolation.

What Is Shame?
Shame is the painful emotion that arises when we believe something is deeply wrong with us — not just that we did something bad, but that we are bad. It leads to hiding, silence, and isolation. People experiencing shame often feel unworthy of connection, love, or acceptance.

Being in the presence of another person is important to heal shame because shame is a relational wound, and relational wounds require relational healing.

In therapy, being in the presence of an empathetic other (the therapist) is especially powerful for healing shame — because therapy creates a safe, structured relationship where shame can be brought into the open, held with compassion, and ultimately transformed.

To learn more about myself and my offerings, please visit the link in my bio and/or reach out to book a 15-minute free consultation.

Intentional Living | Somatic Therapist | Trauma Therapist
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• It’s a challenging practice as it brings awareness to both the pleasant and the unpleasant that is impacting our wellb...
04/23/2026

• It’s a challenging practice as it brings awareness to both the pleasant and the unpleasant that is impacting our wellbeing.

It can be painful being witness to ourselves and the world we experience but it can also be expansive.

Making space to move through difficulties create space to allow ourselves to be and become.

The presents hold power for curiosity and change.

When thinking about experiencing presences, some questions to explore could be:

What gets in the way of being present?
What are the challenges?
What would make it easier?
What offerings could being present provide?
How have you noticed yourself in the present?
How do you know when you’re present?

Note: social media is not intended to be a replacement for therapy. To learn more about myself and my offerings, please visit the link in my bio and/or reach out to book a 15-minute free consultation.

Intentional Living | Somatic Therapist | Trauma Therapist
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• “Setting limits takes time and thought.”
This is the process of deciding what your boundaries should be—whether in par...
04/19/2026

• “Setting limits takes time and thought.”

This is the process of deciding what your boundaries should be—whether in parenting, relationships, work, or personal habits. It’s not something to do impulsively. Thoughtful limits are intentional, not reactive. They reflect who you are and what matters most to you.

“Enforcing limits takes energy and consistency.”

This is the follow-through—and where many people struggle. Setting a boundary is just the beginning. Enforcing it requires discipline, emotional energy, and a steady commitment to your values.

Healthy boundaries don’t just happen—they’re built with intention and upheld with consistency.

Relationship Therapist | Trauma Counselling

04/18/2026

• Creating a play space for my children has never been about filling a room with “stuff.” Every item has intention, every corner has purpose—and it all starts with our sensory corner.

This space is designed for both physical and emotional exploration. It’s where my kids can go to regulate, to feel, to pause, and to reconnect with themselves.

Soft pillows and cozy cuddle items offer comfort and a sense of safety. A simple curtain allows them to choose: open for connection and light, or closed for reduced stimulation and a moment of solitude.

We’ve included tactile tools like fidget toys and pop-its—little hands need ways to move and process. A gentle light creates a calming ambiance, helping shift the energy of the space when big feelings arise.

And of course, books. Stories that center emotions, self-understanding, and feel-good narratives—because sometimes the best way for a child to understand themselves is through the words and experiences of others.

This isn’t about having more. It’s about choosing with care. About creating an environment that says: your feelings are welcome here, your body is safe here, you are supported here.

Therapist | Somatic Experiencing | Conscious Parenting

• Mindfulness is simply holding presence with something Not fixing. Not judging. Not avoiding.
Just being with what is—f...
04/17/2026

• Mindfulness is simply holding presence with something

Not fixing. Not judging. Not avoiding.
Just being with what is—fully, openly, and without distraction.

Whether it’s a breath, an emotion, a sensation, or a conversation—mindfulness means showing up with your full attention and allowing the moment to be what it is.

It’s simple, but not always easy.

And it changes everything.

Clinical Counsellor | Mindfulness Practitioner | Somatic Therapist

• Regulate. Relate. Reason.This is the order that helps people—especially children—move from stress to understanding:1....
04/14/2026

• Regulate. Relate. Reason.

This is the order that helps people—especially children—move from stress to understanding:

1. Regulate:
Calm the nervous system first. No one can think clearly when overwhelmed. Safety comes before logic.

2. Relate:
Connect emotionally. Show empathy, warmth, and presence. Let the person know they’re not alone.

3. Reason:
Only then is the brain ready to think, reflect, problem-solve, or learn.

Trying to reason with someone who’s dysregulated skips the steps that actually make reasoning possible.

Calm first. Connect second. Correct last.

ConnectionFirst

• So many people carry the quiet belief that they’re “not enough.”
But that feeling isn’t a reflection of your true self...
04/14/2026

• So many people carry the quiet belief that they’re “not enough.”

But that feeling isn’t a reflection of your true self.

It’s often a perspective shaped in your family of origin—old roles, expectations, and messages you absorbed, not truths you chose.

Those inherited stories are not who you are.
At your core, you are already whole. Already worthy. Already enough.

You can choose narratives that feel truer, kinder, and more balanced—ones that actually resonate with who you are becoming.

To learn more about myself and my offerings, please visit the link in my bio and/or reach out to book a 15-minute free consultation.

somatic healing | self expansion | personal growth

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15400 Croydon Drive UNIT 407
Surrey, BC
V3S0R7

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Tuesday 11am - 3:30pm
5:30pm - 7:30pm
Wednesday 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Thursday 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Friday 12pm - 3pm

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