Bill Arbuckle

MCP, RCC

My name is Bill (he/him), I’m a Registered Clinical Counsellor (R.C.C.) with over a decade of experience as a therapist. I work from a Humanistic, Person-Centered view built on an existential understanding of what it means to be human, and I’m passionate about helping people move forward, clearing out what holds them back, and letting them grow into who they truly want to be.

If you’re here, there’s a good chance you’re frustrated and exhausted. Maybe you’ve been dealing with anxiety, feeling stuck, burned out, or going through the same painful cycles. You’ve tried so hard to be ok, and you did a great job surviving, but the cost has been who you are. I like to help people uncover what was lost, so they can find themselves again.

What I build is a safe, warm, and non-judgemental space where I can sit with you and really hear what the world looks like through your eyes. Over the years, I’ve gathered a pool of useful resources, borrowing from frameworks that are more cognitive (like Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) to more experiential (like Emotion Focused Therapy). I also bring awareness from practices like AEDP and EMDR, so I can offer you deep, trauma-informed care that stays clinically grounded.

I bring an experience of the hurt, and what it’s like healing the actual root, not just trying to manage the symptoms over and over. I’ve had my own struggles with addiction and trying to numb feelings that were too big to handle. But most importantly, I felt the freedom that comes with transformation and integration. I would love to get to a place where I can authentically laugh with you, though I know that means getting to the serious places first.

But, this time, let’s go there together.

Cultural Identities/Lived Experience: Trauma Survivor, Recovered Substance User, Entrepreneur

Online: Tu W Th

Who He Supports

  • Individual Adults

Fee Options

  • Licensed | Benefits Coverage
  • Sliding Scale | $70-$120
  • Nuu-Chah-Nulth Tribal Council

Approaches

  • Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy | AEDP
  • Attachment Therapy
  • Emotion-Focused Therapy | EFT
  • Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing | EMDR
  • Existential Therapy
  • Humanistic & Person-Centered Approaches
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Polyvagal Therapy
  • Trauma-Informed Therapy

Services

  • Anger Management
  • Anxiety & Panic
  • Attachment Issues
  • Boundaries
  • Childhood Trauma, Abuse, Neglect & Abandonment
  • Codependency
  • Depression
  • Dissociation & Dissociative Disorders
  • Gender & Identity
  • Grief & Loss
  • Interpersonal, Family & Relationship Issues
  • Isolation & Loneliness
  • Mindfulness & Mind/Body Connection
  • Personality Disorders
  • Psychoeducation/Resourcing
  • PTSD & C-PTSD
  • Purpose & Meaning
  • Relational Trauma & Abuse
  • Self-Esteem
  • Social Anxiety
  • Spirituality
  • Stress & Burnout
  • Substance Use & Addiction
  • Suicidality