Pat Barker, Founder of Mother Tree

Education & Training 

 

I am a certified Inclusive Education Teacher and have specialized in working with students who identify as neurodivergent learners from K-12. I am a certified Life Coach, having trained through Accomplishment Coaching in Chicago, and a certified Hypnotherapist with the Canadian Association of Hypnotherapists, training in Traditional and in Whole Brain Hypnotherapy through the Ascension Center in British Columbia, Canada. 

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I came to this helping profession honestly, having spent most of my life managing my anxiety. I have come to understand that being anxious, prevented me from being present with the support of therapy, coaching

and hypnotherapy, I have learned how to calm my body, mind and thrive.

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Intergenerational Experiences

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Twenty-four years ago, my sisters and I discovered that they were Red River Métis. Like many Métis families, this was a secret, and our family did their very best to be 'French' and not acknowledge who we were culturally. Since learning of our ancestry, my children and I have embraced our heritage and are always excited to learn more.

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Life

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Like many of us, I have experienced my share of life's lessons. I see them as opportunities to grow no matter how emotionally challenging the experiences have been. I believe, from personal experience and in working with individuals, that we are all powerful. That each of us has the emotional, physical and spiritual energy to move through all that we are presented with. 

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As a coach and hypnotherapist, I believe that one of many 'hiccups' in life, that can cause challenges for individuals is their lack of understanding about the subconscious mind; its power, protective nature, purpose, and limitations. It controls 90-95% of your behavioural responses daily. You do not even need to think about how to react in situations, you simply do. And sometimes after you react, you say to yourself, 'Why did I do or say that?'. Some familiar?

 

The hypnotherapy MOTHER TREE offers is NOT 'Stage Hypnotherapy'.  Please check out heal with hypnotherapy on my website to learn more about the differences between 'stage hypnotherapy' and the hypnotherapy Mother Tree provides. 

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Memory

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Being in the Education system for over 30 years has taught me that some people believe, including fellow teachers, that our minds are a mystery. We are either bright, average or challenged academically. I am hopeful that in time, the Education system as a whole will offer teaching on how the conscious mind (present and short-term memory) integrates learning by communicating with our subconscious mind (protective, automatic, working by association and long-term memory) in order to perform well in subjects or skills we wish to do well in.

 

The subconscious mind is brilliant in that it will only take on suggestions that are helpful. However, when we are young, we are like sponges and the subconscious mind will take on helpful and not so healthy suggestions (fears) and beliefs about ourselves, others ... and the world at large. 

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Hypnotherapy with life coaching is gentle and for this reason, I choose it as my method of personal growth & therapy. I love how it respects where an individual's subconscious mind is at, takes on only suggestions that it deems important, replacing old 'outdated beliefs' to helpful loving thoughts which ultimately changes how you interact with yourself and others.​​​​