Therapists in Fernie, BC

Fernie Counselling & Consulting
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, RSW, RPT, CPT, EMDR
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
At Fernie Counselling & Consulting, we can make a difference. We specialize in child & family care. Our team includes co- therapists who assist with the children’s play therapy. They include a ventriloquist turtle puppet named Herman & 2 loving service dogs, Betsy and Lucy whom the children come to love. This gang helps to create a safe, secure & magical playroom. Adults & teens are invited into a separate warm & welcoming office. Surely one of the members or our team can creatively help you with your struggles and challenges to overcome hurdles, achieve your optimal mental health, and inspire you to soar!

Francesca Ter Poorten
Counsellor, MCC, RCC, EMDR, EYRT
Verified
Verified
Past experiences can shape your life but they don’t have to. I can offer you the support you need to let the past go and move forward in a meaningful way. Discover how to let go of anxiety, depression, resentment and stress. Find new ways to be in relationships that are healthy and align with the life that you envision for yourself. Our sessions will guide you toward healing and achieving fundamental transformation. Heal the painful experiences that create present-day issues and evolve into the person you truly wish to be.

Paula Turcasso
Counsellor, MC, RPsych, RCC
Verified
2 Endorsed
Verified
2 Endorsed
My focus is to create a safe, judgment-free space where you feel you can be open about what you're experiencing and work through any challenges you have been enduring. You may feel uncertain about how to move forward or as though you are lacking the tools or insight you need to navigate your current situation. In our time together, it is essential that you feel not only heard and understood, but that you have gained the insight and tools necessary to uncover helpful solutions. Through this process, you will feel more confident in yourself and your capacity to manage whatever stressors come your way.

Heartwise Counselling - Mirey Faema
Counsellor, CCC, RCC, MA
Verified
3 Endorsed
Verified
3 Endorsed
Life can be very challenging at times and ensuring you have the support you need to make it through the ups and downs is important. I am passionate about building connections with and providing support to, individuals and families who have experienced complex trauma, relationship challenges, self-esteem challenges, gender transitions, and grief. I take a collaborative and integrated approach to help clients find healing and symptom reduction. In addition to my private practice you can find me at the Fernie Women’s Resource Centre providing free counselling services 2 days a week.

Karen Walker
Counsellor, MC, RCC, CCC
Verified
Verified
Clients come to counselling with an issue that is causing them to feel stuck. In our session, we will work together to discover the internal impacts of the issues or story that has brought you to counselling. We will resolve how your past experiences are impacting you in the present, transform your relationship with parts of yourself that are out of balance and discover ways to meet any needs in your life that are currently unmet. I focus on health and possibilities and I hold the hope that change is always possible.

Stephanie Stevens
Counsellor, MA, CCC
Verified
Verified
My experience working in Social Work and Counselling has afforded me the opportunity to work with diverse and vulnerable clients in clinical settings, as part of an interdisciplinary team, and individually in grassroots environments. This combination of experience has shaped the counsellor I am, which is one that works from a trauma-informed person-centered approach and incorporates a mixture of mainstream counselling approaches such as trauma treatment, cognitive-behavioural therapy, solution- focused therapy, strengths-based counselling, mindfulness, and somatic psychotherapy).
Waitlist for new clients

Flow Psychology
Counsellor, BA, MSc
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
Each one of us will struggle at some point in our lives, but these are particularly challenging times for many us. With lockdown, stress, anxiety, and depression are increasing, as are unhelpful coping strategies. Relationships are being tested. Many of my clients are seeking to feel calm and experience more emotional balance. Others are deciding that now is a good time to start the healing process from a past traumatic experience. Another common goal for clients is to start living in line with their values, or what they truly want in life.

Mountain Creek Ranch
Counsellor, MSc, CCC
Verified
Verified
Life can be hard. Help can come in unexpected ways.

James Cuff
Pre-Licensed Professional
Verified
Verified
Your life super busy and hard to make appointments during the day? Do you perfer to be in the comfort of your own home? Do you need someone to listen outside of your family and friends? Maybe you need help in reaching certain goals you have set? Have you recently had a loss or maybe its a previous loss you are still grieving? I'm offering therapeutic counselling through Zoom. My schedule is flexible to work with your needs. Sometimes we let life get in the way or our own mental health and now is the time for you. I offer pro bono community rates. I am non judgemental and provide a safe space for you. I also offer email support.
Not accepting new clients

Be The Change Counselling
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, BSW, MSW, RSW
Verified
Verified
'Challenge brings change". Easy to say, yet difficult to do. Victor Frankl wrote, "when we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves", (Man's Search for Meaning, 1946). When we find ourselves in difficult situations, we have choice - remain in the pain, or seek support to move through. I know life's greatest challenges have brought incredible change to my life, but it hasn't been easy. You don't need to face challenge and change alone.

Converging Currents Counselling
Registered Social Worker
Verified
Verified
Converging Currents offers traditional counselling, therapeutic coaching, adventure therapy and business coaching/staff team building. When our mind, heart, and soul are healthy, we are inspired to live out our true purpose, take risks, face challenges, and achieve our personal and professional goals. Converging Currents seeks to encourage, help, & support students, professionals, entrepreneurs, and other motivated individuals, young and old, to create a deeper connection within themselves, their families and their marriages. To find out more about the Services Converging Currents offers, please go to my website and explore.
15 Second Videos
Heartwise Counselling - Mirey Faema
Lauren Moore
Allison Lamb
Tristan Taylor
Jasmine Lothien

Jennifer Lyall Phoenix Tree Counselling
Counsellor, BSW, MSW, RCC
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
How do you choose a counsellor when there are so many choices ? I say go with your gut! I come from a perspective that building a trusting realtionship with my clients is the most effective way to aid that person in working through their stuggles, gain new perspectives, discover strengths they already have, and develop new tools to address the issues they came to a counsellor for.

Kootenay Women’s Counselling & Wellness
Counsellor, MA, RCC
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
If you have found this page, you might be seeking counselling perhaps for the first time, or maybe you are returning after some time away from counselling. Whatever your journey, our counsellors at Kootenay Women's Counselling & Wellness are here to support you, listen to you, and accept you wherever you are in your journey. You can expect counselling to start like any relationship, asking questions, getting to know each other, and your therapist seeking to understand your story and your unique needs.
Not accepting new clients

Lauren Moore
Counsellor, MC, RCC
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
I believe in the mind-body connection, and how distress impacts how we show up in our lives & relationships. I trust clients instinctively know what to do to feel better, and that I spark their insight by allowing someone to first feel heard and understood. Clients and I often explore how to take the charge out of distressing emotions and/or experiences that underlie their presenting concerns (e.g., anxiety, depression, work/life/relationship stressors etc).

Angela Kemperman
Counsellor, MA, RCC, CCC
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
We all experience pain, joy, suffering, and growth in our lives, and a lot of it happens in relationships. I believe that the counselling relationship can be very powerful in giving us opportunities to experience healing and growth. As a counsellor, I aim to provide you with acceptance, support, and understanding in order to help you work toward better mental health and well-being. I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor, and I have experience with a wide range of clients from working at Child and Youth Mental Health, Community Services, and private practice. I work with children, adolescents, adults, families, parents, and couples.

Allison Lamb
Counsellor, MC, RCC
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
I wholeheartedly believe in the power of the human spirit to grow, heal, and bloom. My specialties include chronic pain and illness, grief and loss, body image and identity, life transitions, pet loss, anxiety and depression, and relationship issues. I offer both individual and relationship therapy.
More Therapists Nearby
Not accepting new clients

Tristan Taylor
Counsellor, RCC, MACP
Verified
Verified
The issues that I deal a lot with are trauma, stress, anxiety, and depression. My ideal client would want to create goals and strategies that can help produce change in their lives. I have found that creating a safe space, where collaboration, openness, mutual trust, and self-awareness can lead to an attitude of change and a willingness to do so.

Joanna Copeland-Butt
Counsellor, MC, RCC
Verified
Verified
The stresses of balancing work and home, raising kids, making ends meet and taking time to rest are mounting up. You don’t always feel understood or supported by people in the way you need. You have anxiety, feel overwhelmed, and doubt yourself. You've experienced trauma which still hurts and impacts your physical and mental health, relationships, work and sleep, and makes it hard to enjoy life and feel present. If you feel stuck and alone at times, want a new perspective on how things can get better and skills that help you calm and focus, then we could be a good fit. I can help you achieve goals over time, and on your terms.
Not accepting new clients

Jeremy Siemens
Psychologist, MA
Verified
Verified
Much of life is figuring out who we are, where we are going, and how to navigate the challenges and obstacles that get in the way. Jeremy's training and interests have an integrative and person-centered approach. He uses a foundation in the science of the brain and nervous system to inform how these effect emotion, behaviour, and how we attach and bond to others. This approach, in combination with exploring the importance of your background, beliefs and experiences, is aimed at creating a safe and therapeutic environment for you.

Jasmine Lothien
Art Therapist, BA, DVAT, ATR
Verified
Verified
Does stress or anxiety or stored trauma in your body interfere with you living with energy and vitality? Does navigating relationships often feel like living in a minefield? Is it a struggle to create positive change and reach life-affirming goals? If you answered yes to any of these questions, I can help.
See more therapy options for Fernie
How can I find a therapist in Fernie?
Search for nearby therapists or counselors by inputting your city, town, or suburb; or postcode; or a provider’s name into the search bar. From there, you can filter providers by the issues they treat, cost, insurance, gender, and other factors to find providers who are well-suited to your needs. To navigate between locations within the same country, enter a new city or postcode into the search bar.
Learn more about how to find a therapist.
Learn more about how to find a therapist.
Is online therapy a good option?
Therapy conducted online or over the phone can be just as effective as in-person therapy, as long as there is a strong alliance between the client and the therapist. To find a therapist who provides telehealth services to clients in your area, click “Online Therapy” on the directory homepage and search by your city or town or your postcode.
What’s the difference between a psychologist, a therapist, and a counselor?
Therapists, psychologists, and counselors are all licensed mental health professionals. In Canada, psychologists have earned a doctoral degree. The terms “therapist” and “counselor” are used somewhat interchangeably, but generally therapists offer longer-term, mental health care, while counselors offer shorter-term care that may focus on one domain, such as marriage, career, or academic challenges.
What type of therapist is right for me?
Clients should consider factors such as insurance coverage and their primary reason(s) for seeking therapy to determine the type of professional best suited to their needs. Someone struggling with mental health challenges such as depression or anxiety, for example, may wish to seek out a clinical psychologist or therapist, while someone navigating career obstacles or marital upheaval may benefit from seeing a counselor who can offer short-term, targeted support.
Is everyone in the Psychology Today Therapy Directory a licensed therapist?
The Psychology Today directory lists providers who offer legitimate mental health services to the public, including psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and counselors. Many have been licensed by the country or province where they practice; providers whose license or primary credential has been verified by Psychology Today verified by Psychology Today are signified by a “Verified” symbol. Some clinicians or organizations provide services for which their state or country does not offer licenses, such as pastoral counseling. They may be selectively included without the “Verified” seal.
What type of therapy is right for me?
The type of therapy best suited to a particular individual depends on several factors, including their primary reason for seeking therapy, their preferred timeline (some therapy types last for a set number of sessions, while others are open-ended), and their personality and preferences—some may prefer a more structured approach. For many individuals, multiple types of therapy could provide a good fit.
Is online therapy cheaper than in-person therapy?
Many therapists charge the same amount for online therapy as they do for in-person therapy—though clients may still find this cost-effective if it cuts down on their transportation costs. Health insurance plans often offer equivalent coverage for online and in-person therapy; indeed, in many places, they are legally required to do so. Text-based or on-demand therapy apps may be cheaper than traditional one-on-one psychotherapy; however, the practice may be less effective and is not likely to be covered by insurance.
How much does therapy cost?
Some forms of mental health treatment (for example, seeing a psychiatrist, or seeing a psychologist in a government-funded hospital) are free under provincial health plans. Canadians who seek private counseling can typically expect to pay an average of $150 per session, although the actual price generally ranges between $100 and $3200 per session, depending on their location and the type of provider they select. Workplace benefits or private insurance plans often provide an annual counselling allowance, and some therapists offer sliding scale fees to clients who cannot pay full price.