Clinical Counselling
Counselling Overview
Counseling can be helpful for people struggling to cope with daily life over an extended period or for those who need support to navigate challenging moments. We provide a safe, supportive, and non-judgmental space where clients can reflect, learn, and heal themselves.
In psychotherapy, a paradigm shift is occurring from traditional cognitive therapy to emotional therapy. Mental health counseling depends on a balance of mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual factors, as well as the surrounding environment. Studies on physical health, emotional well-being, happiness, wisdom, and longevity highlight that awareness of our inner world (feelings, thoughts, emotions, and memories) is essential to cultivating inner resilience and peace.
We Direct Bill
We offer direct billing for select insurance providers to make accessing care easier and stress-free. We currently direct bill with Sun Life and Pacific Blue Cross, helping reduce out-of-pocket costs so you can focus on your healing and well-being.
Our Packages
Explore our thoughtfully designed packages that bring together our holistic services for a complete healing experience. Whether you seek balance with our Wellness Plan, deep restoration through our Healing Plan, or a comprehensive approach with our Healing & Wellness Therapy Plan, our packages offer personalized support to nurture your mind, body, and spirit. Find the plan that best suits your journey to well-being.
Sliding Scale Fee Policy
Affordable Mental Health Support
Two spots each month for IA/PWD Recipients and Low-Income Individuals
Goal: To ensure equitable access to mental health support while sustaining my practice.
I believe mental health care should be accessible.
I reserve a portion of my practice for sliding-scale fees ($30–$75/session) for those facing financial hardship, including IA/PWD recipients. Contact me to discuss options — no one will be turned away because they cannot pay the standard rate.”
We believe mental health care should be accessible to all. If you’re on Income Assistance (IA), Persons with Disabilities (PWD) benefits, or facing financial hardship, we offer:
- Two subsidized counselling spots each month at sliding-scale rates.
- Limited spots available: Sliding-scale slots are provided first-come, first-served.
- Fees apply “per session” (two spots/month maximum available).
- Simple documentation — just enough to ensure fairness.
- Confidentiality: Your financial information is kept private and secure.
- Sustainability: If your financial situation improves, we’ll adjust fees collaboratively.
- If our reduced-fee slots are full, we’ll gladly refer you to free/low-cost community programs.
- No judgment, only support.
Eligibility
Available to clients with “limited income”, including those on:
- BC Income Assistance (IA).
- Persons with Disabilities (PWD) benefits.
- Employment Insurance (EI) or low-wage employment.
- Students or seniors with financial barriers.
How It Works:
- Book Your First Session: Mention you’re an IA/PWD recipient or need sliding-scale pricing.
- Provide Documentation: Quick and confidential (e.g., email a benefit stub, rent, dependents).
- Attend Your Sessions: Focus on healing — we’ll handle the rest.
Fee Structure:
Income Level | One Session Fee (50–60 mins) | Documentation Required |
IA/PWD recipients | $ 30 | Proof of benefits |
Very low income | $ 50 | Recent pay stub/bank statement |
Moderate income | $75 | Self-declaration |
Standard rate | $ 150 | For insured/clients with financial capacity |
Proof can include a screenshot of your BC Employment and Assistance account, benefit stub, or referral from a social worker.
Commitment to Accessibility
Your financial situation should never block your path to mental wellness. If $30/session is still unaffordable, let’s talk—we’ll find a solution together.
Why This Matters
Sliding-scale fees ensure equitable access while allowing us to sustain our practice. By reserving spots for IA/PWD clients, we prioritize those most often excluded from private mental health care.
Integrative Counselling and Therapy (ICT)
“Integrative Counselling and Therapy” (ICT) combines an integrative approach to supporting clients. ICT believes in the whole person, and if one part is not working properly, then all the other parts will be affected. So, we assess the client on the mind-body association. ICT is helpful to diverse clients who are looking for a unique approach to help resolve their mental and emotional issues.
The primary goal of ICT is to help clients actualize their inner potential. That means that we empower you to discover and act from your authentic Self. We provide customized guidance and adapt various time-tested holistic methods, including yoga philosophy, breathing, relaxation, and meditation, as well as evidence-based theories and techniques such as CBT,
DBT, and so on.
Focus
- The counsellor will focus on helping the client to:
- Assess and understand their issue from a deeper perspective.
- Look at what techniques or intervention strategies the client might need to apply and bring forth a resolution to their crisis.
- Realize what results the client achieves and discover.
- Work in the therapy session is done collaboratively as teamwork.
- Evaluate what is working and not working during the therapy sessions and
- Customize the therapy to suit the client’s needs and goals.
More Info
We provide supportive counselling in many areas of life, including dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, personal growth, productivity, family and social relationships, mental and emotional health, and finding a deeper meaning in their life experiences.
Dealing with Stress
Stress can lead to Alcohol, Substance abuse, chronic pain, or lack of relaxation.
Counseling and Therapy can help address the stress due to life events. Counselors can help
you identify your stress triggers while collaboratively developing a plan to manage them. When
workplace issues lead to stress, therapists can help a person explore ways to deal with those
issues. Different types of treatments can help reduce stress effectively.
Trauma and PTSD
When we go through a traumatic experience, it can seem like we’ll never feel safe again.
PTSD from any past trauma can leave us feeling unsafe and stuck. We can release the painful memories and feel safe again with a new perspective and skills. We provide theories necessary to assess and therapeutic skills to treat victims of physical and sexual abuse in the context of family and social violence. Whether the trauma happened recently or a long time ago, we can help find therapeutic ways to release and let go of the painful memories and heal by building inner resilience.
Anxiety and Depression
Anxiety and Depression can affect your mental health when you experience it every day.
Depression can feel like you may never get out from under the dark shadow. If Depression is not allowing you to live the life you want to live, then come and seek help.
Counseling can help relax and understand the cause of these feelings and suggest ways to deal with the situation at home, work, or outside. It can help increase your self-esteem. The counselor helps with cognitive-behavioral models as well as Yoga Therapy to alleviate or treat presenting symptoms relating to anxiety and depression.
Grief and loss
Are you struggling with mourning the loss of your loved one?
Seek professional counselling to help you cope and process your thoughts, feelings, and behaviours. We provide supportive grief counselling techniques and specialized skills for Grief Therapy to individuals, children, adolescents, couples, families, and groups.
Online Therapy
We live at a time when the boundaries of physical distance can be reduced. We intend to offer your counseling and therapy services in a time-sensitive manner.
Online therapy is brought to the privacy of your home that is professional, confidential, and safe. Choose the right therapist without any geographical boundaries.
Why choose remote counseling and therapy as opposed to your local therapist?
You may not have a therapist with the experience or specialty you need in your community. You may not have access to a local therapist who provides remote accessibility when you are homebound.
You may be concerned about confidentiality and prefer seeing a therapist outside your community.
You may consider a convenient service available in the comfort of your home.
We use the Zoom platform, which is simple and easy to use. Zoom uses double-ended encryption and is approved by PIPEDA (Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act). If you are using a computer, no download is required. An easy-to-use downloadable app is available for a tablet or smartphone.
Mental Health
Mental health affects our thinking, feeling, and action. It includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. Mental health is important at every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence through adulthood and as an adult. There are many factors that contribute to your mental health problems, including biological factors, such as genes, brain chemistry, unpleasant traumatic experiences, abuse, or any family history of mental health problems. Long-term mental health issues can affect our thinking, mood, and behavior. It helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. While many people suffer from mental health, it is sometimes scary to take the first step towards change. Our counselor understands your challenges and provides you with tools and practices to support you with your mental health and develop a plan in collaboration with you.
Couples Counseling
Are you tired of constantly fighting with your partner?
Do you feel that something must shift for you to stay in your relationship?
As we grow as individuals, our relationships change as well. Oftentimes, this change is positive and reflects mutual growth, but at other times, this personal growth (or struggle) impacts our romantic relationships. It takes additional effort or support to get back on track.
Couples counselling focuses on assessing the unique challenges within the relationship and providing evidence-based methods for repairing and strengthening the bond.
Counselling with the right tools can help you to shift your relationship back in the direction of healing. Typically, this requires a commitment of initial assessments and an individual session(s) before developing a strategy on how best to move forward with goals. This allows the counsellor to have an accurate picture of the relationship dynamics before moving forward with a treatment plan.
Whether your relationship is in serious trouble or just needs a “tune-up,” the counsellor will help guide you to a fuller, happier and more peaceful relationship.
Spiritual Counseling
Spirituality is becoming more important in many people’s lives, particularly as they grow up. People who are searching for a meaning or purpose in life or having challenges with their very existence will benefit from spiritual counseling.
Spiritual counseling focuses on a person’s spiritual side. Some people seek spiritual counseling to explore and get clarity on their own personal spiritual beliefs. Our Counselor is non-denominational, and his goal is to not convert or change a client’s faith or religion. but to guide individuals on their own paths toward mental, emotional, and spiritual healing and
growth.
Have Questions?
Book an appointment today or contact us to determine if we are an appropriate fit for you.