Art Therapy in Vancouver, BC
I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor and Art Therapist with over 12 years of experience supporting people through trauma, complex family dynamics, challenges in emotional regulation and stress in interpersonal relationships.
I have worked in the nonprofit sector with families and immigrant communities across the lifespan, supporting children, youth, and older adults. My experience includes high-conflict family relationships, identity and existential concerns, suicide risk, and end-of-life issues. I have also supervised emerging art therapists and taught at the graduate-level.
I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor and Art Therapist with over 12 years of experience supporting people through trauma, complex family dynamics, challenges in emotional regulation and stress in interpersonal relationships.
I have worked in the nonprofit sector with families and immigrant communities across the lifespan, supporting children, youth, and older adults. My experience includes high-conflict family relationships, identity and existential concerns, suicide risk, and end-of-life issues. I have also supervised emerging art therapists and taught at the graduate-level.
I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor in BC and Registered Canadian Art Therapist.
Youth and adult therapy. You might be a high school or college student or new graduate feeling overwhelmed by a lot pressure to "have it together". Or you're a working professional struggling with anxiety, work place pressure or feeling burnt out and lost.
I offer a space where you are truly seen, heard, and understood. Your feelings, including sadness, anger and loss, can be explored safely without judgment. Together, we develop practical tools, creative ways of expressing yourself, strategies to manage stress, navigate transitions, set boundaries, care for yourself, and reconnect with what matters most to you and your wellbeing.
I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor in BC and Registered Canadian Art Therapist.
Youth and adult therapy. You might be a high school or college student or new graduate feeling overwhelmed by a lot pressure to "have it together". Or you're a working professional struggling with anxiety, work place pressure or feeling burnt out and lost.
I offer a space where you are truly seen, heard, and understood. Your feelings, including sadness, anger and loss, can be explored safely without judgment. Together, we develop practical tools, creative ways of expressing yourself, strategies to manage stress, navigate transitions, set boundaries, care for yourself, and reconnect with what matters most to you and your wellbeing.
I have obtained both a Masters in Counselling and a Masters Diploma in Art Therapy
As a compassionate and person-centred counsellor, I specialize in supporting individuals with neurodiversity, mood disorders, anxiety, trauma, and depression. I believe that everyone’s journey is unique, and I am dedicated to creating a safe, non-judgmental space where you can explore your feelings and experiences at your own pace.
My approach is grounded in empathy and respect for each person’s lived experience. I believe that building a genuine connection is crucial to the therapeutic process, and I strive to offer understanding and insight without ever rushing or pressuring you.
I have obtained both a Masters in Counselling and a Masters Diploma in Art Therapy
As a compassionate and person-centred counsellor, I specialize in supporting individuals with neurodiversity, mood disorders, anxiety, trauma, and depression. I believe that everyone’s journey is unique, and I am dedicated to creating a safe, non-judgmental space where you can explore your feelings and experiences at your own pace.
My approach is grounded in empathy and respect for each person’s lived experience. I believe that building a genuine connection is crucial to the therapeutic process, and I strive to offer understanding and insight without ever rushing or pressuring you.
Do you often feel misunderstood and under-appreciated? Do you long for more connection in your relationship, but struggle to express your feelings and needs effectively? You want good things for yourself: great relationships, a healthy routine, a satisfying career path. You deserve all of this – and yet, your efforts are not getting you the results that you want. You may think that others are not cooperating with you, or that the world is unfair. And while sometimes that's true, your mood, self-esteem, and overthinking brain also may have other plans for you, making it difficult to move forward.
Do you often feel misunderstood and under-appreciated? Do you long for more connection in your relationship, but struggle to express your feelings and needs effectively? You want good things for yourself: great relationships, a healthy routine, a satisfying career path. You deserve all of this – and yet, your efforts are not getting you the results that you want. You may think that others are not cooperating with you, or that the world is unfair. And while sometimes that's true, your mood, self-esteem, and overthinking brain also may have other plans for you, making it difficult to move forward.
Are you overwhelmed, burnt-out, or unfulfilled and craving more connection and balance?
What are you giving up to keep up?
With over three decades of experience in holistic wellness, I support clients seeking positive, lasting change. My approach integrates certifications in evidence-based methods with research-informed somatic practices and multimodal therapies. Tailored to you, we co-create change from a lens of authenticity and purpose.
What inspires my work is supporting folks struggling with burnout, anxiety and relational conflict, to move towards freedom, connection and empowerment.
Are you overwhelmed, burnt-out, or unfulfilled and craving more connection and balance?
What are you giving up to keep up?
With over three decades of experience in holistic wellness, I support clients seeking positive, lasting change. My approach integrates certifications in evidence-based methods with research-informed somatic practices and multimodal therapies. Tailored to you, we co-create change from a lens of authenticity and purpose.
What inspires my work is supporting folks struggling with burnout, anxiety and relational conflict, to move towards freedom, connection and empowerment.
Hi i’m Chloe, a Registered Clinical Counsellor and art therapist with a Master of Counselling Psychology: Art Therapy.
I can support you if you’re feeling anxious, overwhelmed, burned out, or stuck in the world. I work best with those navigating their identity, values, relationships, family dynamics, or the weight of systemic oppressions. I welcome folks who are reconnecting with themselves, redefining rest, processing trauma, or trying to make sense of big life transitions.
Hi i’m Chloe, a Registered Clinical Counsellor and art therapist with a Master of Counselling Psychology: Art Therapy.
I can support you if you’re feeling anxious, overwhelmed, burned out, or stuck in the world. I work best with those navigating their identity, values, relationships, family dynamics, or the weight of systemic oppressions. I welcome folks who are reconnecting with themselves, redefining rest, processing trauma, or trying to make sense of big life transitions.
I have taken extensive training in Narrative Therapy paired with certificates in CBT, ACT, Play and Art Therapy.
Hi, I'm Carmella! I have been supporting the inner strength and resiliency of people, since 2012, when I first began my journey as a mental health professional. I believe we are shaped and driven by our stories and the stories others have about us. I am interested in hearing where life has taken you and what you have learned along the way. I work in collaboration with you to understand these stories but I am also curious to find out which path you are hoping to take next. The therapeutic process is client-centred and strength-based.
I have taken extensive training in Narrative Therapy paired with certificates in CBT, ACT, Play and Art Therapy.
Hi, I'm Carmella! I have been supporting the inner strength and resiliency of people, since 2012, when I first began my journey as a mental health professional. I believe we are shaped and driven by our stories and the stories others have about us. I am interested in hearing where life has taken you and what you have learned along the way. I work in collaboration with you to understand these stories but I am also curious to find out which path you are hoping to take next. The therapeutic process is client-centred and strength-based.
I work with children, teens, adults, and families navigating anxiety, neurodivergence, emotional regulation, and life transitions. I meet individuals where they are emotionally, socially, and developmentally and walk alongside them as they build insight, coping skills, and resilience.
I use developmentally responsive approaches, including creative and expressive therapies, to support identity exploration, emotional regulation, and confidence.
I work with children, teens, adults, and families navigating anxiety, neurodivergence, emotional regulation, and life transitions. I meet individuals where they are emotionally, socially, and developmentally and walk alongside them as they build insight, coping skills, and resilience.
I use developmentally responsive approaches, including creative and expressive therapies, to support identity exploration, emotional regulation, and confidence.
You don't have to figure out life's challenges alone - you deserve to have your pain witnessed. Together we’ll build a strong relationship and untangle the parts of you that feel stuck, so that you can make the best choices and changes for your life. It is my goal for you feel truly heard, supported, and empowered to grow in the ways that matter most to you. I am prepared to listen deeply with compassion, curiosity, and care. My approach is trauma-informed, and brings together mind and body based therapy to best support you and your unique circumstances.
You don't have to figure out life's challenges alone - you deserve to have your pain witnessed. Together we’ll build a strong relationship and untangle the parts of you that feel stuck, so that you can make the best choices and changes for your life. It is my goal for you feel truly heard, supported, and empowered to grow in the ways that matter most to you. I am prepared to listen deeply with compassion, curiosity, and care. My approach is trauma-informed, and brings together mind and body based therapy to best support you and your unique circumstances.
I am a psychotherapist who combines art therapy and talk therapy with body awareness.
I will work with you to create a nurturing space to learn and heal. In my practice, I centre the making of art as a place to begin — our sessions might include conversation, painting, clay work, breathing techniques and more. I value the role of verbal and body-centred processing and our sessions may include all these approaches.
I am a psychotherapist who combines art therapy and talk therapy with body awareness.
I will work with you to create a nurturing space to learn and heal. In my practice, I centre the making of art as a place to begin — our sessions might include conversation, painting, clay work, breathing techniques and more. I value the role of verbal and body-centred processing and our sessions may include all these approaches.
Hi, my name is Laura. I am someone that believes that we are not meant to do life alone. In my work I am privileged to come alongside clients in their struggle. I am passionate about social justice, utilizing an anti oppressive framework, and building safe spaces that foster connection and belonging. I enjoy helping clients find their voice, develop their sense of self, connect to the body, and move through emotions. Together we can build a strong therapeutic relationship, where you can have the space to take the next best step towards healing and wellness.
Hi, my name is Laura. I am someone that believes that we are not meant to do life alone. In my work I am privileged to come alongside clients in their struggle. I am passionate about social justice, utilizing an anti oppressive framework, and building safe spaces that foster connection and belonging. I enjoy helping clients find their voice, develop their sense of self, connect to the body, and move through emotions. Together we can build a strong therapeutic relationship, where you can have the space to take the next best step towards healing and wellness.
Through collaborative counselling and art therapy, we can partner to delve into and rediscover your inner resources, reveal your resilience and strengths, and work through your feelings, inner struggles, and questions.
Often, our inner critic can hinder our advancement, causing us to feel stuck in a cycle of recurring and distressing emotions. Utilizing a range of psychological approaches, such as EMDR (certified clinician), IFS (IFS-informed), and registered art therapy, I incorporate techniques from DBT and somatic frameworks as required.
Through collaborative counselling and art therapy, we can partner to delve into and rediscover your inner resources, reveal your resilience and strengths, and work through your feelings, inner struggles, and questions.
Often, our inner critic can hinder our advancement, causing us to feel stuck in a cycle of recurring and distressing emotions. Utilizing a range of psychological approaches, such as EMDR (certified clinician), IFS (IFS-informed), and registered art therapy, I incorporate techniques from DBT and somatic frameworks as required.
As a registered therapeutic counsellor and art therapist I believe in harnessing the creative process to help unearth things in our subconscious that we might have not realized just by talking it out or by thinking it through via regular talk therapy.
Think of art therapy as the creative, cool aunt of regular talk therapy. And yes, we also talk in sessions — the creative process just directs us into the conversation.
I work with anyone experiencing overwhelm and specialize in perfectionism, chronic pain, invisible illnesses such as fibromyalgia, and those grieving the loss of a beloved pet.
As a registered therapeutic counsellor and art therapist I believe in harnessing the creative process to help unearth things in our subconscious that we might have not realized just by talking it out or by thinking it through via regular talk therapy.
Think of art therapy as the creative, cool aunt of regular talk therapy. And yes, we also talk in sessions — the creative process just directs us into the conversation.
I work with anyone experiencing overwhelm and specialize in perfectionism, chronic pain, invisible illnesses such as fibromyalgia, and those grieving the loss of a beloved pet.
We are an online counselling agency so do not provide services in person. Strength Counselling Services has licensed, experienced therapists who use evidence-based practices, prioritize client needs, and maintain ethical standards. We offer culturally sensitive, affordable services in a supportive environment. We offer a comprehensive goals assessment, regularly assess progress, and collaborate with other professionals. We provide transparency in our fees and for thirteen years now have held a positive reputation of trust, and client success. Lastly, ensuring our clients' privacy and confidentiality are of utmost importance to us.
We are an online counselling agency so do not provide services in person. Strength Counselling Services has licensed, experienced therapists who use evidence-based practices, prioritize client needs, and maintain ethical standards. We offer culturally sensitive, affordable services in a supportive environment. We offer a comprehensive goals assessment, regularly assess progress, and collaborate with other professionals. We provide transparency in our fees and for thirteen years now have held a positive reputation of trust, and client success. Lastly, ensuring our clients' privacy and confidentiality are of utmost importance to us.
I believe life’s most difficult moments are an opportunity and gift - guiding our way to the life and experiences we’ve ultimately been looking for. With a linear, logical, yet creative mind, crossed with a deeply open and compassionate heart, I hold space for you to align with your deepest truth. Together, there is room to look at all areas of life - increasing intimacy and connection in your relationships, working through business or career challenges, reducing anxiety, healthy expression of anger, sadness and other emotions, and learning to move more smoothly through resistance, fear, and life transitions.
I believe life’s most difficult moments are an opportunity and gift - guiding our way to the life and experiences we’ve ultimately been looking for. With a linear, logical, yet creative mind, crossed with a deeply open and compassionate heart, I hold space for you to align with your deepest truth. Together, there is room to look at all areas of life - increasing intimacy and connection in your relationships, working through business or career challenges, reducing anxiety, healthy expression of anger, sadness and other emotions, and learning to move more smoothly through resistance, fear, and life transitions.
I’m Jillian Sones (she/her), a Registered Therapeutic Counsellor and Art Therapist in Vancouver.
You're invited to engage with art materials, mindfulness, conversation or elements of nature in the creative process, whichever feels supportive. The process of creating can reveal new perspectives, bring clarity and help you understand yourself more deeply. We focus on the process, not the final product, emphasizing exploration, insight and self-discovery.
I’m Jillian Sones (she/her), a Registered Therapeutic Counsellor and Art Therapist in Vancouver.
You're invited to engage with art materials, mindfulness, conversation or elements of nature in the creative process, whichever feels supportive. The process of creating can reveal new perspectives, bring clarity and help you understand yourself more deeply. We focus on the process, not the final product, emphasizing exploration, insight and self-discovery.
Through trauma-informed, body-based practices, art therapy, and collaborative dialogue, I help you build self-compassion and resilience.
Do you feel stuck, overwhelmed, or weighed down by past harm? Maybe you long for better boundaries, clearer connections with yourself and others, or freedom from old patterns that no longer serve you. You might be searching for more stability or deeper self-trust. I’m Clayre, a queer trans woman and experienced trauma therapist. Together, we’ll create a compassionate, affirming space for healing, growth, and renewed self-discovery—no matter who you are or how you identify.
Through trauma-informed, body-based practices, art therapy, and collaborative dialogue, I help you build self-compassion and resilience.
Do you feel stuck, overwhelmed, or weighed down by past harm? Maybe you long for better boundaries, clearer connections with yourself and others, or freedom from old patterns that no longer serve you. You might be searching for more stability or deeper self-trust. I’m Clayre, a queer trans woman and experienced trauma therapist. Together, we’ll create a compassionate, affirming space for healing, growth, and renewed self-discovery—no matter who you are or how you identify.
Sessions move between art, body awareness, and real conversation.
If anxiety about how you're seen in the world has started running the show, or your relationship with your body feels like something you're surviving instead of living in, you're in the right place.
Much of my work lives at the intersection of body image, anxiety, and self-worth. I'm trained in dismantling weight bias and supporting people navigating appearance-based shame — the particular exhaustion of existing in a body that the world won't stop having opinions about. This work is somatic, creative, and grounded in the understanding that how you feel about yourself didn't start with you.
Sessions move between art, body awareness, and real conversation.
If anxiety about how you're seen in the world has started running the show, or your relationship with your body feels like something you're surviving instead of living in, you're in the right place.
Much of my work lives at the intersection of body image, anxiety, and self-worth. I'm trained in dismantling weight bias and supporting people navigating appearance-based shame — the particular exhaustion of existing in a body that the world won't stop having opinions about. This work is somatic, creative, and grounded in the understanding that how you feel about yourself didn't start with you.
Min Chi Violet Chen - Emdr - Icbc Coverage - Complex Grief
Counsellor, RCC, MCP-AT
3 Endorsed
Online Only
I am a registered clinical counsellor and a professional art therapist.
Dear clients, I am sending you my warmest greetings as you take this incredible step of showing up for yourself here. Life could be unbearable and confusing at times. I believe that the complexity of life is sometimes beyond words, but never beyond love and the desire to connect with ourselves. It is my hope to meet you and honor your life stories with compassion, love, and a true desire to listen. I look forward to going on this amazing journey with you, one in which we explore the peace, love, and light within you through developing practical ways of healing that suit you the most.
I am a registered clinical counsellor and a professional art therapist.
Dear clients, I am sending you my warmest greetings as you take this incredible step of showing up for yourself here. Life could be unbearable and confusing at times. I believe that the complexity of life is sometimes beyond words, but never beyond love and the desire to connect with ourselves. It is my hope to meet you and honor your life stories with compassion, love, and a true desire to listen. I look forward to going on this amazing journey with you, one in which we explore the peace, love, and light within you through developing practical ways of healing that suit you the most.
Collective Healing Counselling and Consulting
Counsellor, MA, RCC, ATR, LPC
2 Endorsed
Vancouver, BC V5T
*Services by student counsellors and Associates available* People we work with describe feeling disconnected, invalidated, and powerless after experiencing trauma and injustice. Some have felt stuck and overwhelmed in the process of reconnecting with themselves, their communities, and in navigating the dominant culture. We support clients in processing their experiences and deepening their understanding of themselves and their relationships. We affirm clients' needs and desires and value reciprocity and collaboration. Honoring clients' knowledge, we invite clients to co-create safety and exercise their self-determination.
*Services by student counsellors and Associates available* People we work with describe feeling disconnected, invalidated, and powerless after experiencing trauma and injustice. Some have felt stuck and overwhelmed in the process of reconnecting with themselves, their communities, and in navigating the dominant culture. We support clients in processing their experiences and deepening their understanding of themselves and their relationships. We affirm clients' needs and desires and value reciprocity and collaboration. Honoring clients' knowledge, we invite clients to co-create safety and exercise their self-determination.
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