Trauma Focused Therapists in North Vancouver, BC

If you are experiencing Anxiety, Depression, PTSD, Low Self Esteem or Relationship Problems, I can help you. I have over 25 years experience in working with psychotherapy and counselling. Being an RN, a Certified Gestalt Therapist and having a Certificate in Counselling Science, I also have extensive training in CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) as well as trauma focused treatment.

I am a Registered Therapeutic Counsellor that is trained to work with students, individuals & couples. I excel at helping you expand your emotional tolerance, reactions & communication skills. Too many of us suffer in silence with anxiety, low self-esteem, unprocessed trauma and anger. You are not alone and I am here to encourage you to let those experiences be felt in a safe & non-judgmental environment. I know how hard it can be for most people to do therapy and my goal is to make it engaging, insightful and rewarding. To be vulnerable means not having our deepest feelings and secrets shot down. I use an integrative approach.

I am passionate about serving others that suffer from addictive behaviours, anxiety and traumatic experiences that prevent one from living their best life. You are not the problem, the problem is the problem. So many of us including myself have lived too long with life doing us instead of us doing life. I offer affordable online counselling and I am excepting new clients at this time. I also see clients in person at Thrive Downtown Counselling Clinic. I have linked my availability at Thrive Clinic in my Website section.

Experiences of stress, anxiety, and depression - as well as questions around your mental health - are very common. Counselling can help you "make sense" of your experiences and provide you with the support you need to develop coping and wellness maintenance strategies.

For over 20 years, Bach Counselling Group brings an expertise to working with those who wish to make a positive change in relationships, intimacy, depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, ADHD, parenting and eating disorders. We work with individuals and couples who are dealing with issues that may adversely affect their relationships. We strive to bring you to achieving your goals. Therapy is short term, cost effective and change oriented. Bach Counselling Group adheres to the ethics and standards set out by the Canadian Psychological Association.

Welcome. I work with adults, parents, adolescents and young adults who often feel overwhelmed, anxious and alone, yet want more for themselves. Working together, you will find a space for you, as well as acceptance, care, play and support to move through and beyond what is keeping you stuck. If you are a parent, it is a time in life when old wounds come to the fore. We will work through what's keeping the old patterns going, despite your best intentions. Find greater calm, stability, joy, and choose new directions for yourself and in relationship.

I help you get to the root of your problems, train your brain to be more resilient, and overwrite unwanted default programming so you can make lasting change. 95% of your thoughts and behaviours are processed in your unconscious mind, which is why, even though you might want something better for yourself, you find yourself stuck. I use evidence-based techniques like hypnotherapy, cognitive behavioural therapy, and neurofeedback to help you access your unconscious mind, and reprogram unwanted thoughts and behaviour patterns for good.

All grief is not the same. You might think that you cannot survive your traumatic loss and life will never seem right again. You might think that the pain you are in now will never end. You wonder how other people get through the day. My clients seek to make sense of what has happened in their lives, to be understood and have a place of safety to explore new ways of living. Having helped clients in many areas of counselling and psychotherapy and with most age groups over the past 20 years, my experience is broad and deep. This informs my current work with clients, who like you, are looking for hope that life can get better.

Struggling with ANXIETY, HEALTH issues, or FAMILY problems? My proven approach has helped people recover from anxiety, panic, depression, PTSD, trauma, addiction, and health challenges. I use a unique combination of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), applied Neuroscience and Relational Somatic Therapy to bring relief and lasting solutions to your problems. Whether it is stress, anger, life changes, family challenges (adoption, blending, parenting), pain in an intimate relationship (with another or yourself) that is troubling you, there is a healthy resolution and I look forward to working together with you to discover it.

Peggy is a critical incident stress debriefing (CISD) specialist. She is a registered art therapist, clinical supervisor, and clinical counsellor. Peggy works in Aboriginal health and has lived and worked rural, remote and on-reserve. She is currently on the faculty of 3 post graduate schools. Her work is influenced by ecopsychology, feminist, strengths-based, trauma-informed, approaches to wellness and healing. Peggy specializes with women, children, youth, adults and families. Peggy strives to reflect cultural-relational competency and honor diversity in leadership, project development, therapy and clinical supervisory capacities.

I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor who loves working with Professionals and University Students. I truly believe in the unicity and potential of each of my clients. I foster the therapeutic relationship by creating a non-judgmental, compassionate environment where you can feel safe to express your worries, doubts, hopes, and goals. I can help you with anxiety, depression, stress management, emotional eating, body image issues, eating disorders, sleep problems, adult ADHD, anger management, communication, parenting skills, life transition, conflictual/unsatisfying relationships, unresolved childhood experiences, and trauma.

I help individuals to achieve their personal psychological goals such as overcoming fears, improving their self-esteem and self-confidence, reducing or eliminating negative stress or distress in their lives, freedom from limiting beliefs and ways of thinking about the self and the world that deprive one of happiness and growth, destructive habits, or the greater goal of manifesting your ideal self or personality.

Recovery from pain is possible. Let's start together from understanding YOUR pain and creating a path to wellness that is unique for YOU. I am fascinated by the brain and body connection and the immense possibilities that arise when we open ourselves to learning and understanding how various psychoneurobiological mechanisms work, how our environments and circumstances have shaped us and continue to do so, and how we can harness the power of that understanding towards change. Studies indicate that many chronic pain conditions are often not the result of structural causes, but of psychoneurobiological processes that can be reversed.

Marriage & Family Therapist. Are you struggling with problems such as grief, trauma, anxiety, depression, personality disorder, or addiction? Do you have an important relationship with a partner, child, or parent that is under stress due to communication or mental health issues? I have helped many families, couples, and individuals to gain a better understanding of each other and themselves to restore relationships, self-esteem, and optimism by examining attachment issues and injuries that have impacted them and their relationship.

I work with individuals from adolescence to adulthood. I am experienced working with a wide variety of issues, with a special focus on anxiety, depression, substance misuse, disordered eating, and relational challenges. My style of counselling is highly collaborative and I utilize an integrative, holistic, and trauma-informed approach. My practice is guided by a number of theories, primarily Narrative theory, Internal Family Systems, psychodynamic/psychoanalytic, as well as more concrete Solution-Focused, Cognitive Behavioural, and Dialetical Behavioural therapies.

Benchmark Counselling Group is the passionate creation of dedicated registered counselling therapists located in and around Vancouver, North Vancouver, Burnaby and the Lower Mainland. We have spent well over a decade helping people develop new skills and learn about themselves in an environment that is safe, caring and challenging. We are committed to supporting individuals, families, teens and couples to live more fulfilling lives! We are client-centered, experiential counselling therapists who take an integrative and holistic approach to anxiety, stress, parenting issues, grief and loss, couples issues, anger, and trauma.

Thank you for taking the time to explore the possibility of working together. I am a Registered Psychologist with interest in supporting positive change, well-being, and mindful living. My area of specialty and interest is working with adults and teens in dealing with stress, anxiety, life transitions, depression, trauma, chronic pain, and grief. Clients have described my approach as compassionate, positive, strength-based, effective, empowering, and collaborative. I use various evidence-based and empirically validated approaches, such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), and Humanistic Therapy.