Therapists for Children in Kelowna, BC
Therapy hinges on the strength of the relationship between you and your counsellor. I approach each client with curiosity, acceptance and care. I believe strongly that therapy should help you meet your goals and move forward in your life. I also believe that therapy can actually be fun. Through the use of metaphors and some humour, I will help you look at your life and the world in new ways so you can learn to live intentionally and with purpose.
Areas:
ADHD counselling and coaching
Accelerated resolution Therapy (ART) for Trauma
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Mindfulness and Relaxation
Career and Student Counselling
Therapy hinges on the strength of the relationship between you and your counsellor. I approach each client with curiosity, acceptance and care. I believe strongly that therapy should help you meet your goals and move forward in your life. I also believe that therapy can actually be fun. Through the use of metaphors and some humour, I will help you look at your life and the world in new ways so you can learn to live intentionally and with purpose.
Areas:
ADHD counselling and coaching
Accelerated resolution Therapy (ART) for Trauma
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Mindfulness and Relaxation
Career and Student Counselling
We serve children, youth, teens, adults, individuals, couples and families.
We are a mental health clinic in Kelowna, BC that has a fantastic team of RCC therapists to find the right fit for YOU, your uniqued needs, story, and schedule. We believe the right fit is the most important part, that is why we have various counsellors, specialities and approaches tailored uniquely to YOU! Barb also offers clinical supervision.
We serve children, youth, teens, adults, individuals, couples and families.
We are a mental health clinic in Kelowna, BC that has a fantastic team of RCC therapists to find the right fit for YOU, your uniqued needs, story, and schedule. We believe the right fit is the most important part, that is why we have various counsellors, specialities and approaches tailored uniquely to YOU! Barb also offers clinical supervision.
I support children, teens, and adults from diverse backgrounds in navigating anxiety, depression, grief, relationship challenges, substance use, and other mental health concerns.
You might feel stuck, overwhelmed, or disconnected in your daily life. You may be struggling with anxiety, depression, burnout, life transitions, relationship challenges, or the lingering effects of past trauma. You want clarity, balance, and ways to manage stress while understanding the patterns in your thoughts, emotions, and relationships. If any of this resonates, you don’t have to navigate it alone. Support is available, and change is possible.
I support children, teens, and adults from diverse backgrounds in navigating anxiety, depression, grief, relationship challenges, substance use, and other mental health concerns.
You might feel stuck, overwhelmed, or disconnected in your daily life. You may be struggling with anxiety, depression, burnout, life transitions, relationship challenges, or the lingering effects of past trauma. You want clarity, balance, and ways to manage stress while understanding the patterns in your thoughts, emotions, and relationships. If any of this resonates, you don’t have to navigate it alone. Support is available, and change is possible.
Together, we can help your child feel supported, confident, and ready to thrive.
Hello and welcome, I am Carl Malmsten: Life can sometimes feel overwhelming for young people and their parents both. My role is to provide a safe, supportive space where youth/teens and families can feel heard and understood. I work with youth to build coping skills, confidence, and resilience, while supporting parents with tools to improve communication, set boundaries, and strengthen family connections. With 20+ years of experience, I use practical, evidence-based strategies to help families navigate challenges and grow stronger together.
Together, we can help your child feel supported, confident, and ready to thrive.
Hello and welcome, I am Carl Malmsten: Life can sometimes feel overwhelming for young people and their parents both. My role is to provide a safe, supportive space where youth/teens and families can feel heard and understood. I work with youth to build coping skills, confidence, and resilience, while supporting parents with tools to improve communication, set boundaries, and strengthen family connections. With 20+ years of experience, I use practical, evidence-based strategies to help families navigate challenges and grow stronger together.
I specialize in working with families navigating high-conflict divorce, helping parents and children manage the emotional and relational challenges that come with separation.
In addition to my expertise in high-conflict divorce, I offer a wide range of services, including individual counselling for children, youth, and parents, family counselling, play and expressive therapies, cognitive behavioural therapy, emotional regulation, anxiety/stress and depression/low mood support, ADHD, school difficulties, and co-parenting support.
I specialize in working with families navigating high-conflict divorce, helping parents and children manage the emotional and relational challenges that come with separation.
In addition to my expertise in high-conflict divorce, I offer a wide range of services, including individual counselling for children, youth, and parents, family counselling, play and expressive therapies, cognitive behavioural therapy, emotional regulation, anxiety/stress and depression/low mood support, ADHD, school difficulties, and co-parenting support.
Therapy can be a powerfully effective tool when it is done within a collaborative partnership. Clients are the experts on their own lives and finding a counsellor that is the right fit can bring insight, clarity, healing, and a compassionate space for exploring uncomfortable and painful emotions.
Therapy can be a powerfully effective tool when it is done within a collaborative partnership. Clients are the experts on their own lives and finding a counsellor that is the right fit can bring insight, clarity, healing, and a compassionate space for exploring uncomfortable and painful emotions.
You’re doing your best to hold things together—for your kids, your partner, your family—but lately, it feels like that weight is getting heavier.
I help parents, couples, and families heal relationships—especially when connection feels lost. Whether it's tension with a child, co-parenting struggles, or feeling distant from a partner, I meet you with empathy and honesty to help you reconnect and move forward, even through conflict or major life transitions.
You’re doing your best to hold things together—for your kids, your partner, your family—but lately, it feels like that weight is getting heavier.
I help parents, couples, and families heal relationships—especially when connection feels lost. Whether it's tension with a child, co-parenting struggles, or feeling distant from a partner, I meet you with empathy and honesty to help you reconnect and move forward, even through conflict or major life transitions.
I would be a good fit for you if you or your child are feeling overwhelmed by life's challenges - whether that is struggling with self-esteem, managing the challenges of ADHD, or a family working through conflict or grief.
I offer a warm, non-judgemental environment to explore your concerns at your own pace. My approach is grounded in empathy and collaboration, using evidence-based techniques that best fit your needs. Together we will work on understanding your unique needs, building on your strengths, and developing a plan that empowers you to navigate life's challenges.
I would be a good fit for you if you or your child are feeling overwhelmed by life's challenges - whether that is struggling with self-esteem, managing the challenges of ADHD, or a family working through conflict or grief.
I offer a warm, non-judgemental environment to explore your concerns at your own pace. My approach is grounded in empathy and collaboration, using evidence-based techniques that best fit your needs. Together we will work on understanding your unique needs, building on your strengths, and developing a plan that empowers you to navigate life's challenges.
As a dedicated teacher who has transitioned into counselling, I am deeply passionate about child advocacy, fostering confidence, self-worth, and social skills, and supporting the LGBTQ2SI+ community.
I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor with a Master's degree in counselling, and I bring a deep passion for both teaching and counselling. With five years of experience as an educator specializing in learning support and inclusive education, I am dedicated to helping individuals harness their strengths to foster their own growth and development.
As a dedicated teacher who has transitioned into counselling, I am deeply passionate about child advocacy, fostering confidence, self-worth, and social skills, and supporting the LGBTQ2SI+ community.
I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor with a Master's degree in counselling, and I bring a deep passion for both teaching and counselling. With five years of experience as an educator specializing in learning support and inclusive education, I am dedicated to helping individuals harness their strengths to foster their own growth and development.
Relate & Restore Counselling - Kelowna & Vernon
Counsellor, RCC, CCC, RSW
1 Endorsed
Kelowna, BC V1Y
Hi! We're so glad you are here. We understand that reaching out for help can be hard to do, which is why we want to make your counselling experience as easy and personalized as possible!
Relate & Restore Counselling is a collective group counselling practice, with two locations here in the Okanagan - in Kelowna and Vernon. All of our counsellors are Masters level trained professionals and are passionate about caregiving in an ethical and genuine way. We all follow attachment-based methods of supporting change, meaning we understand the impacts of our past and present relationships on how we show up and see our world now.
Hi! We're so glad you are here. We understand that reaching out for help can be hard to do, which is why we want to make your counselling experience as easy and personalized as possible!
Relate & Restore Counselling is a collective group counselling practice, with two locations here in the Okanagan - in Kelowna and Vernon. All of our counsellors are Masters level trained professionals and are passionate about caregiving in an ethical and genuine way. We all follow attachment-based methods of supporting change, meaning we understand the impacts of our past and present relationships on how we show up and see our world now.
Imagine you are at a fork in the road, feeling stuck and unsure which path to take. One leads to self-discovery and ambitions, the other keeps things unchanged. You feel drained, unfulfilled, or trapped by indecision, overwhelmed by options or lack thereof. Your needs include clarity for emotions like anxiety, sadness, guilt, or anger. Goals? Regain control over time, energy, and direction, with momentum and confidence for purposeful living. You seek this because challenges and setbacks should not steal your potential. You deserve transformational value-aligned decisions in career, family, or personal life.
Imagine you are at a fork in the road, feeling stuck and unsure which path to take. One leads to self-discovery and ambitions, the other keeps things unchanged. You feel drained, unfulfilled, or trapped by indecision, overwhelmed by options or lack thereof. Your needs include clarity for emotions like anxiety, sadness, guilt, or anger. Goals? Regain control over time, energy, and direction, with momentum and confidence for purposeful living. You seek this because challenges and setbacks should not steal your potential. You deserve transformational value-aligned decisions in career, family, or personal life.
Children and youth may need some guidance and help navigating different life transitions.
Demographic: Children, Youth, Adults, Couples, Group Therapy, Seniors Focus: Trauma, Anxiety, Depression, Building Self-Confidence, Self-Esteem, and Sense of Self, Parenting, Family, Relationships, Stress Management, Self-Harm, Addiction, LGBTQ+, Thoughts of Suicide, Health and Wellness, Personal Development, Life Transitions, Burnout
Children and youth may need some guidance and help navigating different life transitions.
Demographic: Children, Youth, Adults, Couples, Group Therapy, Seniors Focus: Trauma, Anxiety, Depression, Building Self-Confidence, Self-Esteem, and Sense of Self, Parenting, Family, Relationships, Stress Management, Self-Harm, Addiction, LGBTQ+, Thoughts of Suicide, Health and Wellness, Personal Development, Life Transitions, Burnout
Hello, I practice a realistic approach,with simple and real-life, empirically supported therapy techniques.I am focused on solutions for my clientele and provide over 20 years of experience with providing real life answers to real life issues. My goal will be to provide practical solutions with positive results for you.Please be assured that I am a compassionate person with a great deal of empathy for those who are suffering. Please open the door to improvement by calling, texting or emailing my displayed number 24/7. Your search for peace of mind begins here, believe in your inner ability to adapt and overcome, i can show you how.
Hello, I practice a realistic approach,with simple and real-life, empirically supported therapy techniques.I am focused on solutions for my clientele and provide over 20 years of experience with providing real life answers to real life issues. My goal will be to provide practical solutions with positive results for you.Please be assured that I am a compassionate person with a great deal of empathy for those who are suffering. Please open the door to improvement by calling, texting or emailing my displayed number 24/7. Your search for peace of mind begins here, believe in your inner ability to adapt and overcome, i can show you how.
Youology is a counselling clinic dedicated to supporting adults, teens and children throughout the Okanagan.
As a team, we are dedicated to offering evidence based therapeutic modalities such as; EMDR, IFS, Somatic Experiencing, Attachment-based therapy, narrative therapy, play-based therapies (sand tray + art therapy), EFFT, and more. These therapeutic approaches have been shown to have significant results for clients in (sometimes) a short amount of time.
Youology is a counselling clinic dedicated to supporting adults, teens and children throughout the Okanagan.
As a team, we are dedicated to offering evidence based therapeutic modalities such as; EMDR, IFS, Somatic Experiencing, Attachment-based therapy, narrative therapy, play-based therapies (sand tray + art therapy), EFFT, and more. These therapeutic approaches have been shown to have significant results for clients in (sometimes) a short amount of time.
Are you struggling with anxiety, depression, difficulties in your relationships, or things that have happened in your childhood?
My clinical understanding of the long-term impact of early adverse
experiences informs my approach to support you, which emphasizes nervous system regulation, working on attachment patterns, and exploring deeper patterns that seem to keep popping up for you. I also integrate IFS, and somatic- based and psychodynamic approaches.
Are you struggling with anxiety, depression, difficulties in your relationships, or things that have happened in your childhood?
My clinical understanding of the long-term impact of early adverse
experiences informs my approach to support you, which emphasizes nervous system regulation, working on attachment patterns, and exploring deeper patterns that seem to keep popping up for you. I also integrate IFS, and somatic- based and psychodynamic approaches.
Is your child struggling and needing support?
My areas of interest include chronic pain, anxiety, parenting, relationships, stress management, and supporting children, teens, adults, and seniors through their struggles. My daughter and I both live with chronic pain. We have had a difficult journey but have found effective strategies to help us live well. I can help you to do the same.
Is your child struggling and needing support?
My areas of interest include chronic pain, anxiety, parenting, relationships, stress management, and supporting children, teens, adults, and seniors through their struggles. My daughter and I both live with chronic pain. We have had a difficult journey but have found effective strategies to help us live well. I can help you to do the same.
Counselling, Psychotherapy, Brainspotting, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy CBT, Conversational Intelligence & other modalities. Therapy for trauma, abuse, addictive behaviours, PTSD. Excellence Communication Skills Counselling to be the best version and have the best version of your relationships, personal, business & family. Marie Martin is the author of modality and books on Amazon. (Additional certificates: Master NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) Practitioner & Certified Communications Specialist Certified Hypnosis Practitioner & Quantum, Conversational Intelligence Neuroscience) Direct Blue Cross Billing.
Counselling, Psychotherapy, Brainspotting, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy CBT, Conversational Intelligence & other modalities. Therapy for trauma, abuse, addictive behaviours, PTSD. Excellence Communication Skills Counselling to be the best version and have the best version of your relationships, personal, business & family. Marie Martin is the author of modality and books on Amazon. (Additional certificates: Master NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) Practitioner & Certified Communications Specialist Certified Hypnosis Practitioner & Quantum, Conversational Intelligence Neuroscience) Direct Blue Cross Billing.
I specialize in working with children, youth, adults, and families struggling with various issues, including: ADHD, anxiety, coping skills, depression, emotional regulation, personality disorders, stress/burnout, self-esteem, and trauma.
I am currently accepting new clients! I am a warm, empathetic, supportive, and open-minded counsellor, who provides a safe and welcoming environment. I work collaboratively with my clients and provide therapy, support, and psychoeducation throughout counselling. My aim is to give you the coping tools to help you help yourself. I offer in-person, virtual, and telephone appointments, and have a flexible schedule to accommodate your busy life. I am a registered provider of First Nations Health Authority, ICBC, CVAP, EAP, and Autism Funding.
I specialize in working with children, youth, adults, and families struggling with various issues, including: ADHD, anxiety, coping skills, depression, emotional regulation, personality disorders, stress/burnout, self-esteem, and trauma.
I am currently accepting new clients! I am a warm, empathetic, supportive, and open-minded counsellor, who provides a safe and welcoming environment. I work collaboratively with my clients and provide therapy, support, and psychoeducation throughout counselling. My aim is to give you the coping tools to help you help yourself. I offer in-person, virtual, and telephone appointments, and have a flexible schedule to accommodate your busy life. I am a registered provider of First Nations Health Authority, ICBC, CVAP, EAP, and Autism Funding.
Whether you're seeking help for yourself, your child, or your family, I will meet you with warmth, respect, and a genuine commitment to understanding your unique journey.
Your body holds stories your mind hasn't yet put into words. You may find yourself stuck, overwhelmed, or uncertain about your next steps, and in those moments, the right support can make all the difference. As an intern counsellor, my goal is to walk alongside you in creating a compassionate space where you feel heard, understood, and empowered. I work from a strength-based, attachment-informed, and nervous system-focused lens, helping you slow down, tune into your body’s wisdom, and move at a pace that feels right for you.
Whether you're seeking help for yourself, your child, or your family, I will meet you with warmth, respect, and a genuine commitment to understanding your unique journey.
Your body holds stories your mind hasn't yet put into words. You may find yourself stuck, overwhelmed, or uncertain about your next steps, and in those moments, the right support can make all the difference. As an intern counsellor, my goal is to walk alongside you in creating a compassionate space where you feel heard, understood, and empowered. I work from a strength-based, attachment-informed, and nervous system-focused lens, helping you slow down, tune into your body’s wisdom, and move at a pace that feels right for you.
Hello, my name is Elisabeth and I am passionate about working with children, youth, young adults, and those wanting to connect with their younger selves or support young people.
I utilize modalities that are evidenced-based like play therapy, sand tray therapy, and Trauma Focused (TF) CBT. I also draw from attachment theory and Adlerian theory which emphasize a sense of belonging within our world. Many of my clients are impacted by substance use, trauma, and family conflict.
Hello, my name is Elisabeth and I am passionate about working with children, youth, young adults, and those wanting to connect with their younger selves or support young people.
I utilize modalities that are evidenced-based like play therapy, sand tray therapy, and Trauma Focused (TF) CBT. I also draw from attachment theory and Adlerian theory which emphasize a sense of belonging within our world. Many of my clients are impacted by substance use, trauma, and family conflict.
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When does a child need to see a therapist?
Children naturally experience emotional ups and downs. Sometimes, though, they need support from a professional. A child may benefit from therapy if their emotions or behaviours change significantly within a short period of time. For example, if a child usually spends time with friends after school but begins isolating in their room, further inquiry is warranted. Other areas for concern include altered sleep patterns, lack of appetite, intense anger, irritability, or hopelessness, or developmental regression in young children (bedwetting, thumb-sucking).
What can a child therapist help with?
A therapist can help with any difficult experience a child may encounter growing up, including learning problems or anxiety related to school, relationship challenges with friends or parents, bullying, intense emotions or phobias, divorce and family dynamics, or the death of a pet or loved one. A therapist can help children process their experience and develop coping skills in an age-appropriate way
What therapy types are most suitable for children?
Children can benefit from different forms of therapy, including family therapy, parent-child interaction therapy, play therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy, and exposure therapy, depending on their condition. Play therapy is a great option for younger children who may not be able to fully articulate their feelings. In this approach, kids play with toys and games while a therapist observes and helps the child express their emotions and develop coping skills.
Do I need to attend therapy with my child?
Parents are an integral part of a child’s therapy, but the specifics of their involvement vary. If your child is young, you may attend most or all sessions; if your child is older, you may attend a few sessions or none; sometimes a therapist may ask you to have a session on your own. Whatever the arrangement, you should expect to work collaboratively with the therapist, your child, and your family members to take steps to help support your child.
How can I tell if a therapist is a good fit for my child?
A child needs to feel comfortable opening up about their thoughts and feelings, so if your child feels a sense of comfort, ease, and trust with their therapist, that’s a great sign. In addition, a therapist is a good fit for your child if the two can communicate well together; a clinician should be able to communicate clearly, effectively, and in an age-appropriate manner.