Louise Amuir (she/they), Diploma of Haven Counselling and Diploma of Haven Group Leadership is interested in creativity and expressive arts as a means to connect with self and others. Louise is committed to diversity, inclusion, equity, reconciliation, and building collaborative processes.

Louise’s varied life experiences in theatre, writing, art, dance, music, working with street youth, youth in receiving and treatment homes, parenting, relationships, and meditation bring humour, mindfulness, curiosity, and play to her work with people.

As Haven faculty, Louise leads/co-leads: Befriending your Inner Critic; Inner Wisdom for Women; Awareness through Creative Expression; and Haven New Year visioning programs and assists on numerous core programmes including Come Alive, Living Alive Intensives I, II, and III.  Louise is a Leader in Training in both Come Alive and Living Alive programs.

Louise has extensive Satir training, delights in surfacing the Shadow, and always leads with heart. Louise works collaboratively in core Haven program teams and in special Haven teams both in China and in Northern Canada with First Nations communities. Louise has been associated with The Haven since 1989.