When you keep your truth in front of you and have the courage to keep moving toward it, through anything that arises, you live at your best. – Richard Wagamese
Hi, I’m Cliff Thorbes, a Registered Horticultural Therapist, and Certified Career Development Practitioner.
I respectfully acknowledge that the land on which I live, work, and play is the town of Sidney, situated within the traditional territory of the W̱SÁNEĆ People on the southern tip of Vancouver Island.
I am in the business of helping others discover their potential.


My professional training and experience is diverse including:
- Horticultural Therapist – Homewood Ravensview
- Certified Personality Dimensions® Facilitator
- Certified Mental Health First Aid Facilitator
- Critical Incident Stress Management
- Traumatic Loss Support Group Facilitator
- Suicide Intervention
- Grief & Loss
- Motivational Interviewing
- Mindfulness
- Reflexology Therapy
- Thought Field Therapy
- Remote First Aid
- Expressive Artist
I am multidimensional and the sum of all my experiences.
Email Cliff to discuss his services further.
©Cliff Thorbes 2023
Cliff, I really like how you have laid out your site. Clean, just the right amount of information with easy links to research more in depth, and smart visuals. Congrats!
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Direct and from the heart: It’s the way you truly are and the composition and content of your site are imbued with this. Congrats too!
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Cliff, you are amazing! Im on your site because Im about to recommend you to a friend 🙂 your depth and connection, frankness and empathy, and command of the resources, subject and ability to impart knowledge are a tremendous model. Thank you for being such a gift.
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Thank you so much Cliff for the stress management busters training in Mosaic today. It was powerful.
Mona
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Thank you Cliff you are great instructor for helping everyone stress level going down. I won’t forget everything you have taught me about stress relief and self care! Thank you very much Cliff! You are the best! Hope to see you again and to be your friends!
Jacky T
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I was lucky enough to be a part of a workshop led by Cliff. His hands on knowledge on different personality dimensions and stress handling is truly fantastic. I thoroughly enjoyed the session. He taught us some exercises and moves to ‘bust the stress’ called stress busters. They really work. Keep up doing the great work you’re doing, Cliff. Hope to see you again soon.
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Gorgeous
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You did a great job teaching me what I needed to know in order to become a sound professional. I appreciate you so much and value everything I have learned from you.
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Fantastic
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