Counselling & Clinical Education
THRIVE
Thrive is for people who carry the weight of everyone else. First Responders, frontline workers, and healthcare professionals who live in a constant state of alert. It is also for anyone stuck in survival mode who needs a real reset instead of another temporary fix.
What Thrive Helps With
• Chronic stress
• Emotional shutdown
• Anxiety spikes
• Irritability and reactivity
• Burnout
• Disrupted sleep
• Feeling numb or disconnected
• Trouble winding down after shifts or calls
What You Will Learn
• How your nervous system works and why it reacts the way it does
• How to stabilize before you spiral
• Skills to regulate during and after stress
• How to rebuild energy and focus
• How to reconnect with people without shutting down
• How to break habits that keep you stuck
What You Get
• Seven weeks of targeted learning
• Step by step strategies
• Weekly sessions
• Skills practice between sessions
• Clear structure and accountability
• Maintenance support for three months after the initial program
• Real tools you can use on shift, at home, and in between
Learn what THRIVE offers and whether it’s right for you
Who Thrive Is For
First Responders including:
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Correctional staff
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Police officers
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Paramedics
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Firefighters
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Military personnel
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Communications personnel
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Nurses
Active, retired, resigned, or injured.
Who Thrive Is Not For
• Individuals unwilling to explore the idea that we create our own experience
• Individuals not ready to grow or be challenged
7. Designing Your Future
Creating the life you are ready to live
You are introduced to The Resiliency Code, future design templates, and exercises that turn your desired future into your reality.
Problem solved
Your future becomes something you build, not something you hope for.
6. Trauma and Its Effects
Healing, recovery, and rebuilding
You learn the foundations of trauma and PTSD and how First Responder careers impact the mind and body. You also learn strategies for managing organizational stressors.
Problem solved
You gain tools to loosen the grip of trauma.
5. The Mind, Body, and Soul
Getting out of your own way
You explore the Ego and how it derails you from progress and happiness.
Problem solved
You uncover what you truly need to build lasting peace and contentment.
3. Thought Transformation
Closing the gap between knowing and doing
You learn how to shift your thoughts toward control, peace, and stability. You are introduced to the Three Guiding Principles needed for real change.
Problem solved
You stop feeling like a victim of circumstance and start working with your mind.
4. Logic and Early Memories
Breaking free from limiting beliefs
You learn the neurological process behind belief formation and gain tools for self understanding, self forgiveness, and self transformation.
Problem solved
You learn how to break free from painful or restrictive beliefs.
2. The Power of Thoughts and Emotions
Becoming aware of your automatic programming
You learn where thoughts come from, how to categorize them, and how thoughts and emotions affect your body and your daily experiences.
Problem solved
You realize you create your experience and can change it starting today.
1. The Mind, Body, and Soul
Understanding the foundational elements
You learn how these three parts of you connect, and how each can be injured in this career.
Problem solved
Misalignment. You learn techniques to realign and strengthen all three.
Course Overview
7 Working Modules with Guided Exercises
Price: 675 plus HST
Covered by most extended health plans.
Pay Per Session Option
No upfront cost.
You will receive a preauthorization and commitment agreement to confirm payment for each group session. Receipts are provided for insurance claims.
What You Get
• 7 Working Modules with guided exercises
• 3 months of group resiliency training with Michaela
• 3 months of maintenance training
• Guided audio meditations
• Over 100 hours of recommended resources
• Support network facilitation
• Weekly virtual Q&A sessions
Course Format and Pricing
Bonuses
• Extended workbook with blank templates
• Weekly journaling prompts
• Exclusive access to the Thrive members Facebook page
"If we don’t hunt, we don’t eat. It’s about active pursuit." Michaela Gage
Michaela Gage "Kel"
Michaela is a former Police Officer, a Registered Psychotherapist, and the Clinical Director and Owner of MRG Counselling and Clinical Education.
Her law enforcement background informs her clinical focus on Occupational Stress Injuries, PTSD, and resiliency work with First Responders. She has worked clinically with First Responders for five years.
She belongs to the First Responder community both professionally and personally, and deeply understands the culture. The principles and skills she teaches are relevant to anyone ready for growth and prepared to take responsibility for creating real change.
Michaela is certified in trauma therapy and provides individual therapy, group therapy, and educational programs that help clients transform their lives.
