Rob Broughton

Rob is a registered clinical counsellor (RCC) who works with clients experiencing anxiety, depression, grief/loss, childhood issues, relationship difficulties, learning issues, and other life changes. Rob works from a variety of clinical orientations, and tailors his approach to meet his clients’ needs. He is empathetic and non-judgmental in his work, and understands that things are as they are for good reasons. Rob can help you understand yourself and your relationships, and – when you are ready – move towards the change you feel is necessary. Rob works with adults, teens, and families/couples. Feel free to book directly, or to contact Rob through his personal website.

Rob works with children, youth, individual adults and couples via online/virtual sessions with EVC and in-person at his office nearby

Andrea Wall

I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor with a Master’s degree in Counselling Psychology. After living, studying, and working in the United States, Egypt, Kenya, and the Netherlands, I returned to British Columbia and spent nearly 10 years supporting immigrant and refugee newcomers to Canada. I became a counsellor because I wanted a more practical, tangible way to support folks who are struggling. I also knew, from working through my own trauma, that therapy can be an incredible tool for facilitating healing. Since 2020 I have worked as a clinical counsellor in a variety of roles, including two years supporting community members on a rural First Nations reserve as well as at a drop-in youth health centre. I currently divide my professional time between private practice and work as a trauma therapist for a local not-for-profit. When I’m not seeing clients, I enjoy walking my dog and trying to convince my partner that life really is better when lived outdoors.

Mina Chung

Mina is a Registered Clinical Counsellor and a Registered Social Worker who has worked in the mental health field since 2011.  In therapy, Mina takes a collaborative, person-centered approach, integrating tools from Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), psychodynamic therapy and mindfulness/body-based therapies.  Mina seeks to create a welcoming, safe and affirming environment for clients to explore issues of concern, recover their resiliency and strength, and grow towards the changes they are seeking.   Mina works with clients who are facing a variety of issues including anxiety, depression, grief, loss, trauma, relationship challenges, and identity issues.  Mina seeks to practice therapy relationally from an anti-oppressive framework and enjoys working with clients of all gender and sexual identities, cultural/racial backgrounds, and walks of life. 
​Mina offers online and in-person sessions.

Rosie Wilbur

Rosie (she/her) is a holistic, integrative, and collaborative counsellor who seeks to co-create a shared space of curiosity, compassion, creativity, and connection. Her gentle, warm, and grounding presence facilitates empowerment, healing, and personal growth. Her stance is trauma-informed, feminist, and anti-oppressive.  She believes in the wisdom of individuals’ lived experiences and seeks to understand clients within the context of their complex lives. She helps individuals struggling with substance misuse, anxiety, depression, trauma, burnout, gender identity, sexuality, relationship issues, life transitions, pregnancy, prenatal, and postpartum. In addition, she offers psychedelic integration and education. Her approach draws from: Mindfulness, Somatic-Attachment Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Self-Compassion Focused Therapy, and Internal Family Systems. Rosie offers online and in-person sessions. 

Andrea Warren

Andrea Warren, MC is a Canadian Certified Counsellor and Certified NeurOptimal® Neurofeedback Trainer at Blooming Brains Neurofeedback. Andrea learned about neurofeedback in 2010 in her search for a natural way to help manage her own symptoms related to depression and anxiety. After just a few sessions of neurofeedback she could feel profound shifts in her own life, and knew right away it was something she wanted to learn more about and share with the world. She now has the pleasure of sharing this technology with her clients at Blooming Brains and hearing their inspiring stories of how neurofeedback is helping them live better lives with increased cognitive efficiency and resilience, reduced levels of stress and improvements in overall well-being. 

Aralia VanLe

In my therapeutic approach, I strive to foster a comfortable, unrushed, and receptive environment for clients to talk about challenging and painful thoughts, emotions, and experiences.  Together in counselling, we explore meaning, connections and values, and work toward a deeper understanding and improved relationship with self and others.

My aim is to be a calm anchor for those experiencing divorce, separation and relationship issues, loss, caregiver fatigue, family estrangement, life transitions, serious illness, sleep and sleep disruptions, as well as sexuality, gender and identity exploration. Valuing diversity, I strive to make a safe space for all and am open to working with a range of relationship structures. 

I am a Student Intern and a Registered Social Worker with 25 years of combined experience in Community Mental Health and Home Health settings. My approach is integrative and grounded in Jungian and phenomenological approaches. We will also incorporate elements of narrative therapy, internal family systems (IFS), emotion-focused therapy (EFT), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), solution-focused therapy (SFT), and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to help support you in your counselling journey. 

Please book a free consultation to see if we would be a good fit to work together. I offer in person and online sessions, and sliding scale services are available if needed.

Lauren Shay

Lauren is a Registered Social Worker and Registered Clinical Counsellor experienced in working with relationship issues, trauma (including complex/developmental trauma), sexuality concerns, abuse, abandonment, and heartbreak.  Lauren’s therapeutic practice is guided by an attachment-based, trauma informed, client-centred, feminist, and strengths-based framework.  She works with couples and individuals and is trained in Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Somatic Experiencing, the Gottman Method, sex therapy and Narrative Therapy.  Lauren is experienced in working with sexual minorities, including the LGBTQ+, practitioners of BDSM, non-monogamous relationships, and people who work in the sex industry.  She is a registered service provider for the First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) and also provides clinical supervision.  Lauren offers a safe and warm therapeutic environment for exploring your unique life challenges, increasing your self-awareness, and breaking free from painful patterns.

Lauren offers online and in-person sessions.

Rhett-Lawson Mohajer

Rhett has a doctoral degree in psychology (PsyD), an M.A in clinical mental health counselling, and a B.A in applied psychology. He believes psychoanalytic therapy is a journey he undertakes with you. Deep wounds need “depth” work to heal! Psychoanalytic/psychodynamic therapy is a journey we undertake together! As you share your life story and struggles, we will look at the unconscious and conscious patterns that emerge in your life in a non-judgmental way. The aim is for you to find yourself! 

For more information about psychoanalytic therapy and Rhett’s work, please check his website.

Rhett offers online sessions. 

Kristen Bailey

Kristen is not currently accepting new clients.

My therapeutic philosophy combines Humanistic (Person Centered and Existential) with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Compassion Focused Therapy. I believe in providing an empathetic and unconditionally supportive space that allows for processing and linking what has happened in the past to the present to support shame reduction and empathy toward one’s self with practical psychological tools that people can take with them moving forward and have agency in their recovery. Over my years as a therapist, I have seen how many of my clients are living in a deep state of shame, core fears that are not being addressed and core yearnings that are not being met. This is what I am passionate about in helping people in my practice now. My training has supported me in this work greatly, but ultimately it has been my work with clients over the years and my own experience of struggling with mental health and being committed to my own recovery, that has really informed my work and ability to support clients moving forward.

I am passionate about working with people who are struggling with perfectionism and anxiety and those who find themselves in that “middle ground” of recovery or struggle from disordered eating/body image issues where maybe it is not at the point of meeting clinical criteria, but it is causing suffering in their life.

I worked as an adolescent therapist for many years and am now a parent myself, which has  greatly increased my passion in supporting parents newly postpartum and/or struggling with various stages of parenting that can really test one’s well being and sense of themselves.

Jesse Ross

Jesse is a registered clinical counsellor (RCC) with a B.A. in Psychology from UBC and a Master’s degree in Counselling-Psychology from SFU. He has been working in the social services for 14 years and operating his private practice (Emergent Wind Counselling) for 2.5 years. Jesse works from a client-centered and trauma-informed approach while eclectically borrowing from varied perspectives including emotion-focused therapy, narrative therapy, CBT, and internal family systems. However, at the core of both his practice and his personal life, he is backed by the tenets of existential psychology. Boiled down to its simplest terms, existential psychology holds that we all have an innate drive to feel connected to a sense of purpose, a sense of meaning, and to our community. Often when we feel lost, we may note that we are feeling disconnected from 1 or more of these tenets of a healthy life. Jesse is deeply grateful to be able to work as a clinical counsellor and finds that this work is a key part of his own sense of purpose, meaning, and connection.

Jesse has extensive experience working with clients of all ages ranging from adolescence to the elderly. His specialties include depression and anxiety, interpersonal dynamics, hopelessness, and assisting individuals in the process of reconnecting with their best selves, their sense of identity, and their ability to find joy in life.

Whether you decide that Jesse is the best fit or not, he hopes that you will continue to pursue the instinct that has you seeking out counselling and wondering if life can be better. It can be and you are very much worth the effort.

Jesse offers online and in-person sessions

Julia Hewko

Julia (she/her) is a Registered Clinical Counsellor with almost a decade of experience in mental health supporting individuals facing general anxiety, health anxiety, depression, identity transitions, grief/loss, trauma, parenting, and postpartum wellness. With a specific passion for assisting neurodivergent individuals dealing with ADHD, Julia employs a deeply empathic approach to create a safe space for exploring emotions and thoughts without judgment.

Using an eclectic therapy approach, she draws from Narrative, Emotion-focused, Attachment perspectives, and Cognitive therapies. Julia has foundational training in ADHD Management, Narrative Therapy, EFT, and Parent/caregiver coaching for parents of neurodiverse children.

She works with youth and adults aged 10 and above, as well as parents/caregivers.

Julia offers online sessions through the week and in-person on Thursdays at East Vancouver Counselling.

Antonio Guzman

Antonio is a Registered Clinical Counsellor with a Master’s of Arts in Counselling Psychology and a Teaching Degree. He is a Certified EMDR Therapist and a Certified Adlerian Counsellor,  trained in Advanced Somatic Therapy, Advanced Gottman Method Couples Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Expressive Arts Therapy, Family Constellations Therapy, Therapeutic Enactment Therapy, Addictions Counselling, Vocational Counselling and Energy Psychology.  Antonio has worked in the field of counselling since 1994, and his experience as a counsellor includes working as a Concurrent Disorders Counsellor for Vancouver Coastal Health Authority and other government agencies for over twenty five years, providing mental health services for marginalized communities, self-referred people of various diversity and cultural backgrounds and for people referred by WorkSafeBC, BC Victim Services Program and ICBC.  Antonio is an Adjunct Faculty at Adler University and a Clinical Supervisor for Graduate Students from 2012 to the present. He has extensive experience in the treatment of Complex Psychological Trauma, PTSD, Anxiety and Depressive Disorders, Addictions and Obsessive Compulsive Disorders, Grief and loss, Chronic Pain, and assists people with Life Transition, Cultural Adjustment, Career Exploration, Couples Therapy and Personality Style Issues. In addition, Antonio designs and facilitates Trauma Therapy Groups, Addictions Recovery Groups, Mood Disorders Groups and Art Groups.  In his spare time, Antonio participates in personal and professional development workshops, practice and teach Judo, hikes, does art and dances Salsa and other Latin Rhythms.
Antonio offers in-person sessions.

Blooming Brains

Our team of Counsellors and Trainers integrate Neurofeedback,  the Safe and Sound Protocol, Heart-Rate Variability, Brainspotting, Counselling, and other evidence-based supports to help you to feel better, reduce stress, think more clearly, get the edge in your performance, and overcome challenges.  Our Clinicians are trained and certified professionals who can guide your experience.  You may choose to access service for Neurofeedback or other therapeutic technologies only or to work with a Counsellor for additional support.  We work with people of all ages and stages. 

Deborah Buthmann

Deborah is an RCC with 9 years of experience. She primarily supports individuals navigating anxiety, stress, depression, grief and the profound healing of core childhood wounds such as neglect, (emotional, physical, sexual) abuse, and abandonment. She is also experienced in guiding people through life transitions. Her passion lies in helping individuals build a fulfilling life and resilient self-esteem. Her approach is holistic, trauma-informed, and attachment-based. She leverages evidence-based therapeutic approaches, including CBT, Internal Family Systems, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Brainspotting, and Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy. 

Deborah offers in-person and online/virtual sessions, in English and in German

Cecilia Yeung

Having spent years caring for others as a nurse, I have always been passionate about helping others. Now, as a counsellor, I bring that same caring spirit to my work. I know life can be challenging, and it’s okay to seek support. I strive to create a warm and welcoming environment where you can feel comfortable sharing your thoughts and feelings. My aim is to walk alongside you as you navigate your challenges, helping you find clarity and healing. I want to help you discover your strengths and achieve a more fulfilling life. You are not alone on this journey–I’m here for you.

Cecilia offers sliding scale rate options

Tasneem Kassam

Tasneem Kassam (she/her/hers) is a Registered Clinical Counsellor who practices from an integrative and collaborative framework.  Tasneem believes all clients are unique and aims to encompass a non-judgemental approach to assist clients in achieving their goals. Tasneem supports individuals and couples who are dealing with depression, anxiety, relationship issues, self-esteem, anger management, stress, addiction, communication challenges and helps to develop clients’ life skills.  Tasneem believes in creating a safe space for clients which will help to foster exploration of specific needs and concerns.  Tasneem strives to bring out clients’ needs through validation and acknowledgement, while guiding and supporting them along their journey.  Tasneem uses a variety of evidence-based modalities, such as; Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioural Training (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Training (ACT), Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT) and is a Level 2 Gottman Trained Couples Therapist. She focuses on various solution-focused therapies, and utilizes both mindfulness and motivational interviewing in her clinical practice, in order to help clients find their own path to new ways of being.
Tasneem offers online sessions.

Darci Layke

Darci Layke (She/Her) is currently a graduate student at Yorkville University, completing a Masters in Counselling Psychology. Darci is a queer, non-monogamous, transgender woman, a person who only found herself later in life and understands the complicated journey our lives can undertake. 

Darci practices a compassionate and client-centered approach that invites collaboration and mutual respect. She provides a safe and welcoming space for diverse gender expressions, sexualities, and relationships that go beyond the monogamous and heteronormative. Darci strives to build an understanding place for neurodivergence and takes a solution focused approach to sessions, providing framework and autonomy.

Darci offers in-person sessions on Sundays and online sessions on Monday and Tuesday evenings,

Darci offers low-cost counselling with some further sliding scale options.

Trevor Walsh

Trevor is a Registered Clinical Counsellor with over 15 years’ experience working with adults in both one-to-one and group settings. His approach combines a strong focus on a supportive, trauma-informed counselling relationship, informed by cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), dialectical behaviour therapy, mindfulness (MBCT), somatic approaches (Somatic Experiencing), and exploring habitual character patterns (primarily via the Enneagram).  His clinical specialties healing from traumatic loss, recovering from the effects of childhood trauma, relationship abuse, and other difficult life events. He also works extensively with issues around emotional regulation, communication, boundary setting, anxiety, depression, and substance misuse.  He brings to his practice both compassion and a nonjudgmental curiosity to his counselling work. 
Trevor offers online and in-person sessions.

Martha Isabel

You have important work to do in therapy, so a good fit is essential! 

I come to this meaningful work through my own emotional challenges. I know how it feels to be lost, depressed, anxious and in need of support as I struggled to develop coping skills, self-soothing, resilience and other important psychological tolls.  I am passionate about finding what is most meaningful in my life and supporting others in their process of discovery and meaning-making. My therapeutic approach is grounded in almost three decades of experience, EMDR,  CBT, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Emotional Focus Therapy, Somatic Experiencing, IFS, Brainspotting, Attachment Theory, and a holistic understanding of wellness. 

I also have a love for; meditation, yoga and walking with my dog. 

Each of us has unique challenges that we face. Life is hard and often painful. We all need support to find our way through this confusing and challenging existence. Most of us think we are broken and aren’t certain how to help ourselves through challenges. It truly helps to let our walls down and share what we are going through in safe, caring, and genuine relationships. This is what I am offering.

In recent years, neuroscience has taught us a lot about how to make the most of the mind-body connection. As a result, tools such as EMDR, Somatic Experincing, and Internal Family System are an important part of my practice and have become powerful ways to help my clients reach their goals. 

A lot of my work is with people who are struggling to accept their whole selves and to live authentically with confidence. Often this is because of past trauma, difficult family relationships, or your sexual or gender identity is not embraced and encouraged by the world around you. Others are feeling lost, depressed and anxious for all different reasons as they try to find what makes them happy and healthy. I am open and passionate about supporting many client concerns and goals but have the most experience with challenges related to trauma, CPTSD, Couples and Family Counselling, identity, self-acceptance, self-esteem, depression, General Anxiety Disorder, substance use and addiction, grief and loss, relationship communication,  LGBTQ+ support and motivation.

I truly believe you deserve to accept all parts of who you are and feel joy. If you need someone, I can be that person.

Sliding scale – Limited availability, inquire to find out more 

Insurance coverage– Counselling with a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) is covered by many extended health insurance plans such as Sun Life, Manulife, blue cross among others. 

Martha Isabel  MACP, RCC, RPC, EMDR-CT

Martha offers sessions in English & Spanish

Please email to book a session

Please note that where possible, a credit card will be kept on file in the case of no shows, late cancellations or delayed payments

Keara Gillis

Keara (she/her) is a registered social worker and therapist with over 10 years of experience. She works with couples, families, and individuals – with a special passion and interest for relationship work. Common concerns people come to her for include anxiety, depression, self-development, and family/relationship dynamics. She has received specialized training and supervision in the following areas to best serve your needs: Treating Depression and Anxiety, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Trauma Informed Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Feedback Informed Treatment, Gottman Method Couples Therapy and Family System Therapy. Working together with her will be about identifying existing strengths and building skills to apply to current challenges, while better understanding your own unique context and story. Breaking down the assumption that therapy is about fixing individual problems or flaws, she focuses on helping you understand how the systems you operate within impact you and giving you the tools to navigate them throughout your life. Outside of private practice, she is the co-founder and counsellor for Collectively Tangled, where she works with business leaders in the innovation sector. When she’s not in the office, you might find her enjoying the mountains, curled up with a good book, or possibly catching some live music – but always seeking out new experiences, people, and places.

Cynthia Farnsworth

Cynthia’s warm and friendly approach, and her decades of experience and training in Counselling, create a safe and welcoming environment where you can explore how body, mind and relationships are impacted by stress, distress, and trauma, and shift toward the development of insight, resilience, skills, and self-compassion. ​Cynthia’s specialized training in anxiety, depression, panic, trauma, identity, self-esteem, addictions, grief,  relationships (with self and others), attention, and adult ADHD presentations, give her tools to work with a wide range of adults who have experienced trauma, are impacted by challenges in their relationships, and who grew up in divorced or high conflict families. Cynthia’s work integrates a range of theories and approaches, and often incorporates therapeutic technologies including Neurofeedback, Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP), and Heart-Rate Variability Training.  Cynthia strives to be inclusive, affirming, and respectful of the individual challenges that are brought into sessions. 
​Please email info@bloomingbrains.ca for information about Neurofeedback or SSP.

Cynthia offers online and in-person sessions.

Joni Louie

Joni Louie (she/her) is completing her master’s degree in counselling psychology and is a student intern at East Vancouver Counselling. Joni believes counselling provides a safe space to process and unpack the multilayered experiences of life – from everyday stress to unexpected (and sometimes unimaginable) challenges. She uses compassionate awareness and active collaboration with clients to help them move forward with a greater sense of understanding, empowerment and well-being.

Joni works from a client-centered, relational, and mindfulness-based perspective. Having practiced and taught yoga and meditation for over two decades, she is often drawn to explore pain points through the breath, body, and mind-body connection. However, her current practice also includes tools from solution-focused therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), and attachment-based and trauma-informed approaches.

Joni supports clients in cultivating greater self-compassion, healthier coping skills, emotional resilience, clarity on family and intimate relationship patterns, and other tools for navigating change. She is also committed to continually finding ways to provide holistic, culturally responsive, and neurodivergent-affirming care.

Joni offers low-cost counselling with some further sliding scale options. 

Priya DeSilva

Priya is registered both with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors (RCC) and the BC College of Social Workers (RSW) and has over 20 years of experience working with individuals and families in various ages and stages of their lives.

Priya is passionate about helping clients experience growth, repair and transformation and wants to help them come into more fullness in themselves and their relationships.  Priya is intentional to provide a safe, non-judgmental space to explore feelings, thoughts, patterns and behaviours to foster awareness, understanding, skills and change.

She has experience working through issues related to anxiety, depression, grief, loss, change, generational trauma, bicultural identity, adjustment to a medical diagnosis, caregiver stress/burnout, cognitive changes, aging, chronic illness and interpersonal/family issues.

Priya and her clients will take steps to explore old patterns, create new narratives, challenge old systems and ways of functioning that no longer serve them or the people in their lives  

Priya draws from a trauma-informed, systems, intersectional and developmental lens.  Her approach is anti-oppressive, strengths-based and person and family centred .

Priya offers on-line and in-person sessions, with in person options available on Mondays before 3pm.

Marnie Stickley

Marnie is an attachment and body-oriented counsellor who combines a depth and breadth of knowledge of trauma therapy approaches with a warm, engaging nature.  Through felt sense attunement, intuition and skill, she aims to foster safety, curiosity, and trust in one’s innate ability to heal. She can help folks who are struggling with anxiety, addictions, the impacts of sexual violence and abuse, depression, grief, and other life challenges. Marnie has years of experience supporting parents of young people with mental health challenges and addictions. She is also passionate about working with youth.  Marnie works from a variety of clinical models such as EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, mindfulness-based practices, CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) and Motivational Interviewing.  She has Masters in Social Work from the University of British Columbia.  Marnie actively works at recognizing her privilege and examining old, learned, hidden biases, stereotypes, prejudices and discriminations that stem from white supremacy, cis-heteronormativity, and other forms of toxic socialization.
Marnie offers online and in-person sessions.

Kennedy Lewis

Kennedy is Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC) with a Master’s in Counselling Psychology from the University of Victoria. She has a breadth of experience working with PTSD/trauma, anxiety, depression, disorded eating, low self-worth, boundary issues and relationship issues. Kennedy also specializes in counselling front line, support and outreach staff who are employed in trauma-exposed workplaces – as she was a support worker herself prior to becoming a counsellor.  Kennedy sees distress in her clients as a result of a disruption in the body’s relationship with safety. That disruption can occur because of any number of events and experiences that have the potential to leave us feeling scared, trapped, alone, angry and/or ashamed. Kennedy guides and supports clients in re-connecting with a sense of safety within their own bodies, in relationships with others and in their wider communities. Through this process, her clients often cultivate a strong understanding of how to regulate their nervous systems and meet their deepest needs with the resources they already have at their disposal. Not ready to commit to a session yet? Book a free, 30 minute phone or video consultation with Kennedy to see if her practice is a good fit for you.
Kennedy offers online and in-person sessions.

Bill Arbuckle

Bill is a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) and has been working in the counselling field since 2009. Bill works from a Person-Centered Therapy (PCT) lens and champions connection and understanding. Geared toward helping people recognize, acknowledge, and heal traumas and wounds, Bill is formally trained in and practices Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (A.E.D.P.) and Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (E.M.D.R.). Bill has a wealth of experience working with people struggling with issues stemming from addiction and problematic relationships with depression, anxiety, fear, grief, communication issues, family roles, and trauma. Bill’s warm and friendly demeanor encourage trust, honesty, and a sense of safety, all necessary to realizing a lasting change in your life, stopping self-sabotaging, and removing the barriers holding you back from where you want to be.

Bill offers online sessions with individuals and you can book via the links to the right.

Please enquire to join Groups.

Thomas Miller

Thomas is passionate about working with individuals going through relationship challenges, grief and loss, phobias and fears, trauma and PTSD, anxiety and depression. He is welcoming of folks of all backgrounds and identities. Thomas works with clients in a collaborative and client-centered manner. He brings a Solution-Focused, strengths-based approach to therapy. Thomas believes that one approach doesn’t fit all and tailors his sessions to his clients’ needs, using a variety of evidence-based modalities. Thomas is trained in Narrative Therapy through the Vancouver School for Narrative Therapy and is currently training in the Gottman Method of couples therapy through the Gottman Institute. Thomas’s past experience includes crisis support and interventions. 

Thomas offers online and in-person sessions.

Angela Yaroshuk

I support those who want to calm their nervous system, become empowered, and gain a better understanding of their place in the world. Together, we will work on the challenging areas preventing you from reaching your goals, such as ADHD, chronic pain, post-concussion syndrome, depression, anxiety, loss of self and more. By setting your treatment goals as the target and then working on the blocks, past or present, together we will help you find health, healing, and bring you into alignment with your true self.  I believe mental health is integral to our overall well-being and that interruptions or traumas occur, creating a reduced ability to feel safe, empowered, and healthy. I create a grounded, gentle, safe space for you to work through these interrupts and find your unique path to health and healing. I understand that healing looks different for everyone, so I use a holistic approach with most of my focus on the nervous system. You are in the driver’s seat, and we work together to create healing and change that best suits you. 
Angela offers online and in-person sessions.

Josh Cytrynbaum

Josh currently has a waitlist for new clients.

Josh is a Registered Clinical Counsellor and has been immersed within the mental health field for over 13 years, mainly working in the non-profit sector.  His approach to therapy is rooted in person-centred, trauma-informed, and intersectional approaches.  Specifically, he utilizes many aspects of Emotion Focused Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, and Existential Therapy to aid clients.  In less psychobabbly terms, Josh tries to straddle the line between providing insight and tangible tools to aid his clients in reducing their suffering, while also recognizing that we are not automatons whose pain can be completely alleviated by tools alone – and that by solely working to “fix” internal mechanisms, you can oftentimes discount the immense social, societal, historical, and personal histories a person inherits and the trials we have survived.  He believes therapy, at its best, is able to hold a space for all of these things in equal measure.

Josh offers online and in-person sessions.

Michael Indermaur

Michael Indermaur (he/him/they/them) is a male-identifying therapist who offers individual counselling for a range of issues to adults of all ages. Most of his experience centers around depression, anxiety, addictions, body image, anger, relationships, communication, identity, self-esteem, and work-life balance. He identifies as a sex and body positive, trauma informed, minority and polyamory friendly therapist, and is committed to providing a compassionate, judgement-free, anti-oppressive space to all his clients. Michael works with clients to tailor a treatment plan that fits with their goals and personality. Mindfulness and gestalt, solution-focused, cognitive-behavioural and narrative therapies are the approaches Michael most often incorporates. 

Michael grew up and received his first degree (Bsc – Biomedical science and genetics) in Australia: This has given him a strong understanding of biological and inherited factors involved in people’s challenges, but also showed him how limiting the medicalized perspective can be. Accordingly, Michael understands his clients through consideration of social, societal, personal, spiritual, and trauma-related factors also. Michael has lived experience of anxiety and identity issues and finds comfort in nature, travel, food and fitness.  He encourages people who have questions or concerns about therapy to get in touch.

Michael offers in person sessions on Sundays, and online at other times during the week.

As a pre-licensed counsellor, Michael offers sessions at a reduced rate

Vanessa Silva

Vanessa will be on maternity leave from September 1st, 2024 to September 1, 2025, and she is not accepting new clients during that time.

Vanessa Silva (she/her) is a Registered Clinical Counsellor who uses trauma-informed, mind and body-based approaches with a specialization in grief and loss. Vanessa believes that the most important element of counselling is finding the right fit- someone with whom you feel safe, can learn to trust and build an authentic connection with. With each session Vanessa works to foster an environment where that connection can grow; bringing warmth, understanding and grounding so that her clients have the safe space necessary to unpack what they are bringing into the room. Vanessa has a range of clinical experience working with clients of all ages on issues including grief and loss, childhood abuse and attachment trauma, major life transitions, relationship challenges, depression, and both generalized and social anxiety. She provides therapy that is tailored specifically to her clients using techniques such as Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), somatic/sensorimotor techniques, and attachment-based approaches. Vanessa’s contact information is available on her website; please feel free to book directly or to contact her for more information.

Farah Kotadia

If you are struggling in your personal or professional relationships, including family conflict, difficulties at work, heartbreak in your friendships or in other relationships, let’s explore your feelings and thoughts about what you’re going through. If you have experienced a troubling event, want to work on your career or resolve a workplace issue, or if you live with anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, or loss, we will use my mix of person-centered therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), narrative therapy, solution-focused therapy (SFT), emotion-focused therapy (EFT) and existential therapy, to focus on solutions and help you to get to the heart of what’s going on. Together we will develop strategies to help you feel better.

I hold an MBA in Human Resources, with 25 years of experience in the field, a Master’s in Counselling Psychology and am a Registered Clinical Counsellor. I offer virtual counselling sessions.

Shauna Carson

Shauna Carson (she/her/hers) is a graduate of Yorkville University. Before pursuing her masters in counselling, she worked in social services for over 15 years. Shauna has experience working with a wide variety of people, primarily with those who are neurodivergent. She endeavours to offer a safe, non-judgmental, collaborative, and compassionate space where her clients feel comfortable expressing their emotions. Shauna’s stance is trauma-informed and anti-oppressive, and she brings a gentle, grounding presence to her work. Some of the people she has worked with are struggling with ADHD, depression, anxiety, grief and loss, and neurodiversity. Her holistic approach integrates mindfulness, self-compassion, solution-focused, emotion-focused, and existential therapies. Shauna is passionate about learning new interventions and skills as part of her career journey. 

Shauna works with adults and youth, ages 9 and up.

Shauna offers in-person sessions on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays and online sessions on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, with options for sliding scale rates.

Erin Kaufmann

Erin is a registered clinical counsellor (RCC) with training in Somatic Experiencing, Somatic Resilience and Regulation, and Trauma-informed Stabilization Treatment (“parts work”). She has experience working with trauma, PTSD, addiction, relationship issues, life transitions, burnout, grief and loss, boundaries, self-esteem, depression, and anxiety. Erin wants to understand what matters to you, what you wrestle with, what helps you feel safe and seen, and what moves you. She can help you strengthen your connection with your body, develop an increased capacity to deal with the hard things, and learn to compassionately shift reactive patterns. This creates more space for being present in the flow of your life, more access to nuance and choice, and a greater sense of resilience. Erin is a queer, non-binary practitioner who is LGBTQIA2S+ affirming, sex-positive, and committed to ongoing learning, unlearning, and repair.

Erin offers online and in-person sessions.

Zoey Green

Zoey (she/her) is a collaborative, trauma-informed counsellor who works with adults of all ages to make sense of their experiences, feel awake to the current moment, and create a path toward renewal and growth. Her approach emphasizes compassion, curiosity, personal agency, social interconnection, and tapping into the body’s knowledge. Understanding that the identities and beliefs we hold matter, she believes that we all deserve the opportunity to develop our sense of self, belonging, and purpose in a compassionate space that acknowledges the broader contexts that shape us. 

Zoey specializes in supporting people with life transitions, relationship issues, identity-based concerns, trauma processing, anxiety, and dissociation. As a part of the queer community herself, she has sought out specific training and experience in working with the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. She supports people with diverse relationship structures, sexualities, gender identities and expressions, values, and practices.  

In sessions together, you will be welcomed into a warm environment where all the parts of your inner world can be heard and understood in different ways. Building off these understandings, you can develop new ways to effectively navigate inner conflict, uncertainty, internalized shame, and other barriers holding you back. Tailoring sessions to fit your needs, she integrates therapeutic approaches that allow you to lighten the burden of past experiences and beliefs that no longer serve you, while taking tangible steps towards the life and relationships you want. 

Zoey draws on Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Internal Family Systems, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Adlerian Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Somatic approaches to harness your innate capacity for survival and healing.

Zoey is a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) and offers online and in-person sessions. Please ask about her sliding scale availability if you are facing financial barriers to care.  

Ward Murray

Ward is a Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC) who offers a person-centered, narrative approach, which is genuine and respectful, to support clients. Working with Ward, you will discover how you can use your own strengths, beliefs, and abilities to address and work with the current issues you wish to address. With a supportive, non-judgmental, and open-minded perspective, we explore and gain new and fresh insight on the challenges you face. The people who see Ward in therapy tend to develop a deeper understanding of themselves, their situation, their connection to people around them, and how they can move forward to create new meanings. Ward’s practice is informed by years of supportive work with addictions, anxiety, autism, and care work as well as elementary school aged children and their families dealing with trauma.

Email Ward to book a free 15 minute consultation to see how he can support you.

Ward offers online sessions with EVC

Canadian certified counsellors (CCC) are also approved by insurance companies for direct bill / reimbursement plans; Ward is approved with many insurers Including ICBC, WorkBC, Autism Funding, and the ALS Society of Canada, and Veterans Affairs (PCVRS – Partners in Canadian Veterans Rehabilitation Services).

Elizabeth Partridge

I am an experienced clinician who has been working with children, youth, adults, caregivers and families in many diverse settings. I have been fortunate to be trained in a variety of treatment modalities.  Examples of treatment services and approaches that may be offered include Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, and Somatic Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing.

Once we have connected, we will create a therapeutic plan that will help you move through challenges and concerns to step towards your journey of wellness and recovery. 

I am passionate about supporting individuals to find capacity and resiliency within themselves as we work together to learn and grow in new experiences and wellness. 

Elizabeth offers online sessions

Francesca Di Libero

Francesca Di Libero (she/her) is currently completing her Masters in Counselling Psychology and has a Bachelor of Social Work and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. 

Francesca has experience working with children, youth and adults in various settings, including mentorship programs, crisis line support and employment counselling. 

Francesca is passionate about helping individuals navigate challenges with anxiety, depression, identity, self-esteem, and life transitions. Francesca will provide a safe, open and non-judgmental space to support healing and personal growth. 

In her practice, Francesca utilizes a warm, client-centred approach, focusing on meeting people where they are, with unconditional positive regard. Francesca works with her clients to open up new perspectives and tap into inner strengths, drawing on narrative, solution-focused, and cognitive behavioural therapies. 

Francesca works with clients of all ages and offers in-person and online sessions, with availability on Sundays, as well as weekday evenings. 

Francesca offers low-cost counselling with some further sliding scale options. 

Theresa Twynstra

Theresa is a Registered Clinic Counsellor (#13699) and trained as an  EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitizing Reprocessing) therapist.  She has worked in the mental health and addictions field for over 25 years.  Theresa is currently working with young adults and adults struggling with the following issues:   depression, anxiety, grief and loss, trauma, PTSD, vicarious trauma and burnout, addictions, trauma and addictions concurrently, suicidality, life transitions, and self-esteem issues.  All her work is trauma focused, client-centred and strengths-based.  Her approach is kind, compassionate and down-to-earth. She uses somatic approaches (somatic experiencing and sensorimotor) and EMDR in working with trauma.  She uses CBT, DBT, solution focused,  Internal Family Systems (IFS), and Narrative Therapy approaches as well in her work and will work with you to find the best approach(es).  Theresa also consults with family members and loved ones who are looking for help for their loved ones who struggle with mental health and or addiction issues and will work with you to try to put together a plan to best help your loved one. 
Theresa offers online and in-person sessions.

Greta Hedley

Greta Hedley (she/her) is an Expressive Arts Therapist who has worked in both one-on-one and group settings, including in schools, since 2012.

Her educational journey includes the visual arts, costume, textiles, and somatic therapy studies.

Greta has worked extensively with children, youth, and adults, creating a compassionate and safe haven for them to express their emotions and process their experiences through the arts.

Besides everyday life challenges, some of Greta’s clients face on-going struggles with ADHD, depression, anxiety, grief, loss as well as trauma and displacement.

With a heartfelt client-centered approach, Greta integrates her knowledge of the arts into her work to support healing and growth.

Greta works with clients of all ages and offers online and in-person sessions, has weekend appointment options, and offers some further sliding scale options.

Jill Farnsworth Taylor

Having worked for 25 years in social service and healthcare, I have an understanding of life transitions and recognise that, at every stage, there are new horizons to explore. Challenging ourselves to reflect on areas of our lives that seem fixed in stone can help us find new paths to move forward. 

I have worked with individuals of all ages, and will endeavour to offer a safe and collaborative, feminist, and anti-oppressive space in which you can discover both how you have been shaped by life as well as how you wish to step forward, here and now. I take a holistic approach and draw on a creative arts background to support self-compassion and inner resilience towards greater authenticity. I believe each person has the ability to grow by drawing strength from their unique experience of emotional suffering.

I am a Certified NeurOptimal Neurofeedback Trainer with Blooming Brains and a Registered Clinical Counsellor, and I hold specialized training with post-bachelors diploma in Gerontology.

I work with individuals of all ages, including children and youth, both online and in-person, and can provide sliding scale rate options.

I offer sessions in person on Mondays and Thursdays, and may be available online at other times during the week.

Galina Freed

Hi folks! My name is Galina (they/them) and I am an EMDR-trained trauma therapist living and working in Vancouver, BC.

I have about 10 years of experience as a frontline worker in Downtown Eastside’s low barrier social housing, specializing in resident support, outreach, and community development. I understand firsthand the many challenges empathetic people face while working in high-paced, resource-scarce environments.

Today, I provide mental health support to frontline workers and anyone who is experiencing burnout workplace or school stress, compassion fatigue, workplace trauma, and moral injury (a type of traumatic stress that occurs when the worker violates their own moral code in the course of their occupation).

As a trauma therapist, I work extensively with anxiety, depression, suicidality, shame and self-blame, and loss of meaning. I also provide support to post-secondary students and adults with ADHD who struggle with time management, multitasking, maintaining focus, impulse control, and emotion regulation.

A great deal of my work is situated in the queer community. I work with LGBTQIA-specific concerns, such as sexual orientation and gender identity exploration, navigating relationships and communities, and recovery from religious trauma.

Please drop me an email to book a free consultation or if you would have any questions.

Zoë Dagneault

Zoë (she/her) is a practicum student pursuing her master’s degree in clinical counselling. In her practice, she adopts a client-centred, empathetic, and grounded approach. She collaborates with clients to understand their experiences and craft new frameworks to exploring their past and build emotional strength for the future. 

Drawing from Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy principles, she prioritizes attuning to her clients’ experiences to establish a safe and supportive healing environment. 

Zoë works with clients from all walks of life who are navigating transitions, grief, depression, anxiety, relationships, sexuality and the complexities of the human condition. She strives to bring deeper understanding and promote a tender curiosity within her clients, which helps to unearth how coping mechanisms have worked to serve them in the past and move them toward greater self-compassion, resilience and joy. Through her caring and nurturing presence, Zoë empowers her clients to live more fulfilling and authentic lives.

Zoë offers online sessions throughout the week and in-person sessions on Sundays.

Zoë offers low-cost counselling with some further sliding-scale options

Caroline Wakelin

I am a registered clinical counsellor with a Master of Counselling degree and over 20 years of experience in the helping profession. I am passionate about supporting clients to heal the relationship they have with themselves and others. I use evidence-based therapy techniques to help you build awareness, reduce emotional suffering, and engage in more effective behaviour patterns. I have training in ACT, Trauma-Focused ACT, Gottman Method Couples Therapy Level 1, EFT and IFS. My approach is attachment-based, trauma-informed, client-centred, and anti-oppressive. I also draw extensively on the wisdom of mindfulness, self-compassion, and the mind/body connection. I am LGBTQ2S+ friendly and welcome all genders and cultures to my practice. If you are hurting from heartbreak, feeling stuck in your relationship or simply want to calm anxious thoughts and live with more ease and joy, I want to help.

Caroline offers online and in-person sessions

Caroline sees individuals and couples

Sharlene Petigara

Sharlene Petigara is a Registered Clinical Counsellor with a Master’s in Counselling Psychology. Her practice centers on resilience in the face of trauma, and she provides a safer space for BIPOC and LGBTQ2SIA+ folks. Some of the areas she can help with include relationship issues, trauma, gender identity and expression, personal/professional boundaries, self-esteem, anxiety, depression, work/life balance, immigration and adjustment, healing from oppression and internalized oppression, anger management, and developing self-care/compassion. Sharlene is trained in Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment (also known as “parts work”).  Her graduate work focused on Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, which provides practical techniques for managing emotions and tolerating distress. Sharlene’s clients often find themselves connecting to a self that feels more authentic, and learning what it feels like to start to expand their capacity to cope with life’s stressors. Clients find that after only a few sessions they’re able to slow down difficult moments, identify what’s going on within them, and grow a sense of self-leadership in which there’s much more possibility and choice in how they live than it seemed. People consistently describe feeling lighter and more capable after sessions. 
Sharlene offers online and in-person sessions.

Chen Vu

Chen Vu has a Master’s in Counselling Psychology (M.A.) and she is a Registered Clinical Counsellor. She specializes in providing counselling and therapy with clients who are experiencing difficulties with life transitions, identity, loss/lack of direction, meaninglessness, finding purpose, anxiety, depression, grief and loss, substance use or abuse, addiction, co-dependency, intimate partner violence, trauma, relationship troubles, and career or academic related struggles. Chen is trained in Existential Analysis and Logotherapy, in which she believes every individual is worthy and unique in their own potential. Additionally, she aims to assist individuals in discovering a way of living that is fulfilling and authentic. Chen is also trained in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), multi-cultural and trauma informed practice, and mindfulness based approaches, with a background in narrative therapy and motivational interviewing. With Chen, you can find a safe, empathic, and trusting place to explore your inner and outer life in relationship to self, others, the world, and your spirit/soul or larger purpose. She places emphasis on creating a space of deep understanding and non-judgment, where your true essence as a person can emerge and be seen. This can facilitate healing, growth, and change for a life of freedom and inner consent.
Chen offers online sessions. 

Bonny Yung

Bonny is a registered clinical counsellor (RCC) who practices individually with adults (19+). Her areas of focus are difficult childhood experiences, attachment and relationship trauma, anxiety, depression, grief, loss, and life transitions. Many of her clients identify with experiences of rumination, emotional overwhelm, fear of vulnerability, stuckness, loneliness, self-doubt, and low self-esteem.

Bonny’s therapeutic approach brings her to lean into emotion, deepen with gentle curiosity, and facilitate a sense of togetherness in a space where transformation and healing can occur. Bonny brings her genuine self forward and pays close attention to whatever arises in the moment as it happens (mind and body). She has witnessed clients experience their resilience and strength, grow in hopefulness, and turn towards themselves with more understanding and self-compassion. Bonny draws from a collection of modalities, including Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP, advanced training), Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Mindful Self-Compassion, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).

Visit Bonny’s website for more information. 

Bonny offers online and in-person sessions.

Samantha Moore

I offer in-person sessions on Tuesdays and online sessions throughout the week for youth and adults.

Compassion, presence and curiosity are the foundation of my therapeutic approach. At certain points in life things can feel overwhelming and confusing, especially when approached alone. Our relationships and work may suffer, and we may feel we are lost, overwhelmed, and working against ourselves. I help clients explore their experiences, relationships, values and beliefs, develop a better relationship with themselves and others, and offer guidance for nervous system regulation, self trust and compassion. By working together to create a safe and approachable internal world, we can begin to get curious about ourselves, notice patterns, process old wounds, and build self trust, acceptance, and empowerment. Our work together will be relational, reflective, and experiential, drawing on your inner strengths and providing tools for self inquiry and resilience.

I value genuine connection, humour and mindfulness as powerful avenues towards healing, and have a passion for supporting individuals experiencing anxiety, burnout, perfectionism, life transitions, as well as neurodiversity and supportive parenting. My approach is relational, collaborative, and attachment based, using theories of Emotion Focused Therapy, Parts work (IFS), Somatic therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Compassion and Mindfulness based approaches. I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) and hold an M.Ed in Counselling Psychology, a B.Ed in Secondary Education, and a B.A in Comparative Religion & Philosophy.

Carly Ingram

Carly has been working in mental health and trauma since 2012, where she witnessed how trauma and negative life experiences can have lasting effects on self-esteem, a sense of self-worth, and overall wellness. She works from an attachment lens, exploring how early experiences of care, neglect, love, or whatever it looked like for you, influence current relationships, sense of self, and wellness. She also uses an embodied approach, exploring deeply held beliefs and feelings, not just thoughts, to go beyond realizing something about yourself to actually healing and changing it. She balances warmth and care with honesty and genuineness, keeping the work moving and interrupting old patterns. Carly is trained in a variety of approaches and often uses a tailored and eclectic mix of EMDR, AEDP, mindfulness, and other approaches to best suit your needs and preferences. She also offers Emotion Focused Family Therapy training and sessions for parents of children of all ages struggling with mental health, addiction, family conflict, and estrangement.

Carly works with youth and individual adults online/virtually on Mondays, Tuesdays & Wednesdays

Laura Baracaldo

My name is Laura, I am a registered Social Worker in good standing with the province of British Columbia. I have a Master’s of Social Work from the University of British Columbia and a Master’s of Public Health from the University of Saskatchewan. I acknowledge that I work and live on the unceded lands of the Coast Salish People as an uninvited guest on this land. My approach to practice is to create a safe space to help you re-discover your power and use it to navigate challenging life events. I use different types of techniques and approaches to help you find the answers that you are looking for, honoring you and your process every step of the way— I believe that you are the ultimate expert of your own life, and I am here to remind you of that and shine a light on all the beauty that you carry within you. Although I have plenty of experience under my belt, I also believe in ongoing training and professional growth, and I continue to engage in relevant training and programs that inform my practice and guide my work. My practice is not static. I seek ongoing learning, challenges, and interventions that I can incorporate into my practice. My need to continue learning is evident and it is my duty as your counsellor to continue growing and working towards becoming an even better and skillful professional.  ​

Laura offers online and in-person sessions.

Amanda Ward

Hello, I’m Amanda, a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) with the British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors (BCACC), a Certified NeurOptimal® Neurofeedback Trainer, and founder of BOOM Healing a forest based clinic in Anmore.

I work with clients to discover and unlock their capacity to heal and live a life they love and appreciate. I am passionate about, and work from, a nervous system lens because a healthy nervous system is key to feeling good and being well. I am neurodivergent and the mom of a neurodivergent kiddo and as such most of my clients have a connection to neurodivergence. One of my most important qualities as a counsellor is that I walk the talk. This means that I research and trial the techniques and skills that I bring forward during counselling. I see my role as a counsellor to come alongside clients in their healing work to offer guidance, security, co-regulation, and a safe sounding board. I am real and practical with clients; I know that life and healing work can be challenging to integrate at times and as such, I work with clients on realistic solutions. When appropriate, I also bring some levity to counselling and clients can anticipate laughter and tears. I am a natural healer and as such draw on my intuition, alongside best practices, when working with clients. My clients would describe me as down to earth, approachable, and safe.

Clients can anticipate a reflective and practical conversation. When you work with me, you can expect a perfectly imperfect counsellor who is always in the trenches. I believe there is no end game in life, just continuous learning, healing, connecting, and coming home to oneself.

Amanda offers online sessions with EVC and in person and online in Anmore, BC.