Therapists in Richmond, BC
I have over 30 years experience in mental health and counselling, predominantly working with adolescents in community mental health, adolescent residential mental health and with young offenders. I have a particular interest in working with adolescents and adults helping to address issues related to parent-teen conflict, stress management, anxiety, depression and relationship difficulties. I also specialize in grief, loss and life-transitions with teens and adults.
I have over 30 years experience in mental health and counselling, predominantly working with adolescents in community mental health, adolescent residential mental health and with young offenders. I have a particular interest in working with adolescents and adults helping to address issues related to parent-teen conflict, stress management, anxiety, depression and relationship difficulties. I also specialize in grief, loss and life-transitions with teens and adults.
Are you suffering from addictions? You are not alone.
You are not your addictions. Your addictions are not you. You and your addictions are completely separate identities. That is why blaming yourself or others for your addictions not only doesn’t help, but also make them worse. You need professional help for both short-term and long-term personalized solutions to completely get rid of the addictions. Yes, it is possible to set yourself free from any addictions permanently.
Are you suffering from addictions? You are not alone.
You are not your addictions. Your addictions are not you. You and your addictions are completely separate identities. That is why blaming yourself or others for your addictions not only doesn’t help, but also make them worse. You need professional help for both short-term and long-term personalized solutions to completely get rid of the addictions. Yes, it is possible to set yourself free from any addictions permanently.
Whether I am holding space for an adult, child, or teen, I aim to understand you and your unique experience of the world – what’s working, and what feels stuck! Let’s make sense of your experiences, create safety around the thoughts, feelings, and physical sensations that get in the way, and find ways to move toward what really matters to you.
Therapy with me is about identifying and connecting with your values in order to commit to meaningful change. This might look like reflective conversation, creative expression through art making, or mindfulness-based exploration, or expressive art and play therapy.
Whether I am holding space for an adult, child, or teen, I aim to understand you and your unique experience of the world – what’s working, and what feels stuck! Let’s make sense of your experiences, create safety around the thoughts, feelings, and physical sensations that get in the way, and find ways to move toward what really matters to you.
Therapy with me is about identifying and connecting with your values in order to commit to meaningful change. This might look like reflective conversation, creative expression through art making, or mindfulness-based exploration, or expressive art and play therapy.
Do you want to change the patterns in your important relationships? Do you seek more balance in your life? Do you need a safe place to be heard?
Through our conversations, you will broaden your awareness of relationships, connection, balance, family, guilt, grief and loss.
Do you want to change the patterns in your important relationships? Do you seek more balance in your life? Do you need a safe place to be heard?
Through our conversations, you will broaden your awareness of relationships, connection, balance, family, guilt, grief and loss.
Rita Onwunali - Betrayal Trauma & Affair Recovery
Registered Social Worker, MSW, BSW, RSW
11 Endorsed
Serves Area
Reeling from infidelity or betrayal trauma in Vancouver, Surrey, or anywhere in BC? Whether you were betrayed or you were the one unfaithful, the pain can feel unbearable. I provide one-on-one therapy for individuals healing from physical, emotional, financial, and online cheating. Together we'll slow things down, make sense of what happened, and find clarity, accountability, and emotional safety, without rushing you toward any decision before you're ready. You don't have to carry this alone, and healing after an affair is possible.
Reeling from infidelity or betrayal trauma in Vancouver, Surrey, or anywhere in BC? Whether you were betrayed or you were the one unfaithful, the pain can feel unbearable. I provide one-on-one therapy for individuals healing from physical, emotional, financial, and online cheating. Together we'll slow things down, make sense of what happened, and find clarity, accountability, and emotional safety, without rushing you toward any decision before you're ready. You don't have to carry this alone, and healing after an affair is possible.
You may seem successful on the outside, but inside, you might feel overwhelmed, burned out, or stuck. Maybe you’re searching for an Asian therapist because you don’t feel seen or heard, even when you try your best. I understand what you’re going through. You could be carrying intergenerational trauma, cultural pressure, people-pleasing habits, or perfectionism. Stress from work, family expectations, identity struggles, or anti-Asian racism can affect your confidence, sleep, and emotional health. You want relief, clarity, and balance, while staying connected to your culture and value.
You may seem successful on the outside, but inside, you might feel overwhelmed, burned out, or stuck. Maybe you’re searching for an Asian therapist because you don’t feel seen or heard, even when you try your best. I understand what you’re going through. You could be carrying intergenerational trauma, cultural pressure, people-pleasing habits, or perfectionism. Stress from work, family expectations, identity struggles, or anti-Asian racism can affect your confidence, sleep, and emotional health. You want relief, clarity, and balance, while staying connected to your culture and value.
How often do you catch yourself comparing your life to others? There is so much pressure to be more—more successful, more attractive, just… more everything. It’s easy to feel like you’re never good enough, stuck in self-doubt or burnout. Sound familiar?
You might be struggling with:
•Accepting where you are right now
•A cycle of self-criticism—swinging between overwhelm and exhaustion
•Focusing on what’s undone rather than your achievements
•Persistent anxiety, comparison, or a lack of joy.
You’re not alone. I help driven professionals like you—hard working, growth-minded but secretly wrestling with anxiety and imposter syndrome.
How often do you catch yourself comparing your life to others? There is so much pressure to be more—more successful, more attractive, just… more everything. It’s easy to feel like you’re never good enough, stuck in self-doubt or burnout. Sound familiar?
You might be struggling with:
•Accepting where you are right now
•A cycle of self-criticism—swinging between overwhelm and exhaustion
•Focusing on what’s undone rather than your achievements
•Persistent anxiety, comparison, or a lack of joy.
You’re not alone. I help driven professionals like you—hard working, growth-minded but secretly wrestling with anxiety and imposter syndrome.
Do you find yourself feeling numb and detached or experiencing intense emotions? Do you dread going to bed because you struggle to sleep? Do you have difficulty completing day-to-day tasks? These symptoms can indicate trauma, grief, or sleep disorders. It's important to know that you are not alone in experiencing them. I specialize in helping clients navigate the complex challenges of trauma and CPTSD, addressing sleep disturbances, and coping with grief and loss. I understand these issues can profoundly impact your overall well-being, and I am here to provide a compassionate and supportive space for your healing journey.
Do you find yourself feeling numb and detached or experiencing intense emotions? Do you dread going to bed because you struggle to sleep? Do you have difficulty completing day-to-day tasks? These symptoms can indicate trauma, grief, or sleep disorders. It's important to know that you are not alone in experiencing them. I specialize in helping clients navigate the complex challenges of trauma and CPTSD, addressing sleep disturbances, and coping with grief and loss. I understand these issues can profoundly impact your overall well-being, and I am here to provide a compassionate and supportive space for your healing journey.
Your emotions are valid…feel them. It’s okay to feel overwhelmed. It’s common for transitions in life to bring up heavy emotions. This heaviness may be surfacing for you as feelings of being stuck, anxiety, frustration, hopelessness and even fear. You are taking the first step in acknowledging these difficult experiences and seeking support in working through them to live a more fulfilling life.
Your emotions are valid…feel them. It’s okay to feel overwhelmed. It’s common for transitions in life to bring up heavy emotions. This heaviness may be surfacing for you as feelings of being stuck, anxiety, frustration, hopelessness and even fear. You are taking the first step in acknowledging these difficult experiences and seeking support in working through them to live a more fulfilling life.
I'm a Registered Clinical Counsellor specializing in relationships, anxiety, and bi-cultural identities. Whether you're recovering from past traumas, feeling lost, depressed, anxious, overwhelmed by perfectionism, or in an unfulfilled relationship, I believe full recovery is possible and will help you create a more enriching and integrated life. Within relationships I support my clients improve communication and listening skills, release resentment and bitterness, build a foundation of understanding, foster connection and reignite intimacy and embody a shift from individual to relational coping skills.
I'm a Registered Clinical Counsellor specializing in relationships, anxiety, and bi-cultural identities. Whether you're recovering from past traumas, feeling lost, depressed, anxious, overwhelmed by perfectionism, or in an unfulfilled relationship, I believe full recovery is possible and will help you create a more enriching and integrated life. Within relationships I support my clients improve communication and listening skills, release resentment and bitterness, build a foundation of understanding, foster connection and reignite intimacy and embody a shift from individual to relational coping skills.
I work with clients struggling with pornography and sex addiction. I draw upon my training as a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist and my experience as an addictions counsellor at a premier addictions treatment clinic in Vancouver. Working with you would allow us to target the underlying issues and the root causes of these behaviours to provide a plan for you to move forward and be free. My other areas of expertise include drug and alcohol addiction.
I work with clients struggling with pornography and sex addiction. I draw upon my training as a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist and my experience as an addictions counsellor at a premier addictions treatment clinic in Vancouver. Working with you would allow us to target the underlying issues and the root causes of these behaviours to provide a plan for you to move forward and be free. My other areas of expertise include drug and alcohol addiction.
Human beings, on the whole, are extraordinarily complex. I believe that we each carry within us depths that we do not necessarily draw on in our day-to-day movements, be it by choice, or by a certain unawareness – when what is needed to access our full capacities has not yet been discovered. When feeling stuck, it can be important to be reminded of our resilience and our capacity to change, to flow in the midst of flux.
Human beings, on the whole, are extraordinarily complex. I believe that we each carry within us depths that we do not necessarily draw on in our day-to-day movements, be it by choice, or by a certain unawareness – when what is needed to access our full capacities has not yet been discovered. When feeling stuck, it can be important to be reminded of our resilience and our capacity to change, to flow in the midst of flux.
The people I work with tend to be caring, open-minded, and high-functioning folks who at times march to the beat of their own drummer or have a unique perspective, who may struggle at times even if they don't show it, and who like to ‘get to the heart of things’ in their relationships, in their work, and in their engagement with life. Many things in this life can hurt us, our habitual defences against pain can muddle things, and sometimes we just get lost. Whether you are in the process of healing yourself, fostering deeper connection with others, or pursuing a life well-lived, I am here to support you.
The people I work with tend to be caring, open-minded, and high-functioning folks who at times march to the beat of their own drummer or have a unique perspective, who may struggle at times even if they don't show it, and who like to ‘get to the heart of things’ in their relationships, in their work, and in their engagement with life. Many things in this life can hurt us, our habitual defences against pain can muddle things, and sometimes we just get lost. Whether you are in the process of healing yourself, fostering deeper connection with others, or pursuing a life well-lived, I am here to support you.
Hello there, are you struggling with anxiety and depression? Do you feel stuck in your relationships? Are you looking for change but feel like you are going in circles and not making progress? Do you feel haunted by traumatic experience in the past? Life is joyful and precious but oftentimes it can throw you a curveball. How would meeting with a counsellor help? Counselling is a beautifully collaborative work where you would be invited to unfold your own story and rewrite it with new meanings. Strengths are identified, goals are met, skills are learnt, and changes are made in the safe and accepting therapeutic process.
Hello there, are you struggling with anxiety and depression? Do you feel stuck in your relationships? Are you looking for change but feel like you are going in circles and not making progress? Do you feel haunted by traumatic experience in the past? Life is joyful and precious but oftentimes it can throw you a curveball. How would meeting with a counsellor help? Counselling is a beautifully collaborative work where you would be invited to unfold your own story and rewrite it with new meanings. Strengths are identified, goals are met, skills are learnt, and changes are made in the safe and accepting therapeutic process.
Feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or weighed down by anxiety, depression, or past wounds? You don’t have to go through this alone. I offer a compassionate, effective approach to healing from trauma, PTSD, attachment wounds, and life’s most painful challenges (illness, breakup, etc).
With gentleness and wholeheartedness, I hope to comfort and acknowledge your pain, validate your emotional traffic jam of feelings + uncover the cultural, environmental, and societal factors that affect your life + struggles. We increase self awareness, develop effective calming techniques,+ build resilience so you can regain a sense of control and peace.
Feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or weighed down by anxiety, depression, or past wounds? You don’t have to go through this alone. I offer a compassionate, effective approach to healing from trauma, PTSD, attachment wounds, and life’s most painful challenges (illness, breakup, etc).
With gentleness and wholeheartedness, I hope to comfort and acknowledge your pain, validate your emotional traffic jam of feelings + uncover the cultural, environmental, and societal factors that affect your life + struggles. We increase self awareness, develop effective calming techniques,+ build resilience so you can regain a sense of control and peace.
Sometimes, we all need someone to talk to.
If you’re feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, unsure of who you are, or struggling to manage the weight of life’s pressures, it can be challenging to move forward on your own. If past pain still lingers and quietly affects your daily life, it may be time to seek support, and you don’t have to face it alone.
Sometimes, we all need someone to talk to.
If you’re feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, unsure of who you are, or struggling to manage the weight of life’s pressures, it can be challenging to move forward on your own. If past pain still lingers and quietly affects your daily life, it may be time to seek support, and you don’t have to face it alone.
Feeling stuck? Overwhelmed? Sick of conflict? Therapy can help. Together, we can improve your quality of life by showing you how to get past hurdles that stand in your way. Contact me for a free consultation to discuss your counselling needs and create goals to get you feeling comfortable and content in your own shoes. I believe in catering to my clients and using strategies that are evidence based.
Feeling stuck? Overwhelmed? Sick of conflict? Therapy can help. Together, we can improve your quality of life by showing you how to get past hurdles that stand in your way. Contact me for a free consultation to discuss your counselling needs and create goals to get you feeling comfortable and content in your own shoes. I believe in catering to my clients and using strategies that are evidence based.
I work best with people who are ready to look beneath long-standing patterns and understand how past experiences continue to shape their present relationships, emotions and sense of self. Many of my clients are insightful and capable yet find themselves feeling stuck, overwhelmed or activated more frequently than they would like.
Together we gently examine the narratives that once helped you survive but may now be limiting. Through this process, new perspectives emerge along with greater self-trust, emotional clarity and empowerment. The goal is not only insight, but meaningful change that carries into daily life and relationships.
I work best with people who are ready to look beneath long-standing patterns and understand how past experiences continue to shape their present relationships, emotions and sense of self. Many of my clients are insightful and capable yet find themselves feeling stuck, overwhelmed or activated more frequently than they would like.
Together we gently examine the narratives that once helped you survive but may now be limiting. Through this process, new perspectives emerge along with greater self-trust, emotional clarity and empowerment. The goal is not only insight, but meaningful change that carries into daily life and relationships.
Hi, I'm Tingting, a Registered Clinical Counsellor, Registered Psychotherapist, EMDR therapist, and certified hypnotherapist with a Master's in Counselling. After six years in Hong Kong's finance industry, I saw how high-stress environments fuel burnout, anxiety, and trauma. Having lived in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Canada, I bring a multicultural, trauma-informed lens to help you navigate cultural adaptation, identity shifts, and life transitions with resilience and compassion. WeChat: withyoupsychotherapy
Hi, I'm Tingting, a Registered Clinical Counsellor, Registered Psychotherapist, EMDR therapist, and certified hypnotherapist with a Master's in Counselling. After six years in Hong Kong's finance industry, I saw how high-stress environments fuel burnout, anxiety, and trauma. Having lived in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Canada, I bring a multicultural, trauma-informed lens to help you navigate cultural adaptation, identity shifts, and life transitions with resilience and compassion. WeChat: withyoupsychotherapy
The Centre for Psychodynamic Insights is a virtual clinic specializing in psychodynamic psychotherapy. This approach explores the root causes of symptoms by uncovering and understanding underlying emotions through evidence-based treatment. Through collaborative dialogue, we examine unconscious thoughts and emotions shaped from childhood to the present. We work to relieve symptoms by understanding how these patterns affect current experiences, and create targeted strategies for meaningful change long-term.
The Centre for Psychodynamic Insights is a virtual clinic specializing in psychodynamic psychotherapy. This approach explores the root causes of symptoms by uncovering and understanding underlying emotions through evidence-based treatment. Through collaborative dialogue, we examine unconscious thoughts and emotions shaped from childhood to the present. We work to relieve symptoms by understanding how these patterns affect current experiences, and create targeted strategies for meaningful change long-term.
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How does your Counsellor compare?
Number of Counsellors in Richmond, BC
200+
Average cost per session
$160
Counsellors in Richmond, BC who prioritize treating:
| 92% | Anxiety |
| 92% | Social Anxiety |
| 92% | Health Anxiety |
| 92% | Driving Anxiety |
| 86% | Depression |
| 83% | Relationship Issues |
| 83% | Self Esteem |
Average years in practice
7 Years
Top 3 insurances accepted
| 76% | SunLife |
| 75% | Pacific Blue Cross |
| 70% | Canada Life | Great-West Life |
How Counsellors in Richmond, BC see their clients
| 67% | In Person and Online | |
| 33% | Online Only |
Gender breakdown
| 74% | Female | |
| 25% | Male | |
| 1% | Non-Binary |