Geriatric and Seniors Therapists in Vancouver, BC
Deb Chmelauskas Occupational Therapist BetterBrain
Occupational Therapist, BSc OT, BSc Bio, CDP
Verified Verified
Serves Area
My area of expertise is cognitive health for seniors who are experiencing age-related memory changes, mild cognitive impairment, or dementia.
For people with dementia, along with their spouses, adult children, and friends ('the care partners"), we can work together to enhance communication and connection to help reduce the impact of some of the challenges associated with dementia.
My area of expertise is cognitive health for seniors who are experiencing age-related memory changes, mild cognitive impairment, or dementia.
For people with dementia, along with their spouses, adult children, and friends ('the care partners"), we can work together to enhance communication and connection to help reduce the impact of some of the challenges associated with dementia.
Graeme Thompson
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), MA cand, RP (q)
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Online Only
I am a compassionate and dedicated Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) and graduate intern therapist with the Sereda Psychotherapy Group, offering affordable therapy to adults, older adults, and couples, as well as first responders, veterans, single parents, and members of the LGBTQA+ community.
I help clients navigate challenges such as addiction, anxiety, depression, chronic pain, relationship issues, grief, career concerns, and stress. My approach is grounded in empathy and collaboration, equipping clients with skills to face life’s difficulties while fostering growth, healing, and vitality in a supportive environment.
I am a compassionate and dedicated Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) and graduate intern therapist with the Sereda Psychotherapy Group, offering affordable therapy to adults, older adults, and couples, as well as first responders, veterans, single parents, and members of the LGBTQA+ community.
I help clients navigate challenges such as addiction, anxiety, depression, chronic pain, relationship issues, grief, career concerns, and stress. My approach is grounded in empathy and collaboration, equipping clients with skills to face life’s difficulties while fostering growth, healing, and vitality in a supportive environment.
I work with clients aged 18 and up, including seniors, and specialize in parent-adult children relationship counselling, career-related issues, and couple counselling.
Apart from general mental health issues, my expertise also extends to working with parents struggling with their teen children, professionals facing life and work balance challenges, and couples of all age groups. With my deep understanding of both cultures, I am able to help cross-racial clients navigate cultural differences and work through conflicts.
I work with clients aged 18 and up, including seniors, and specialize in parent-adult children relationship counselling, career-related issues, and couple counselling.
Apart from general mental health issues, my expertise also extends to working with parents struggling with their teen children, professionals facing life and work balance challenges, and couples of all age groups. With my deep understanding of both cultures, I am able to help cross-racial clients navigate cultural differences and work through conflicts.
In the last few years, I have worked with the elderly, supported families through grief and loss, assisted adults with an acquired brain injury, and worked in social services with youth across North America, Bangladesh, Africa, and Nepal.
My approach is dynamic and process-oriented, rooted in evidence based practices. Together, we'll create a plan based on your concerns to help you reach your goals. We’re not meant to navigate life alone, and therapy offers that space to explore, discover, and work through what’s distressing you.
In the last few years, I have worked with the elderly, supported families through grief and loss, assisted adults with an acquired brain injury, and worked in social services with youth across North America, Bangladesh, Africa, and Nepal.
My approach is dynamic and process-oriented, rooted in evidence based practices. Together, we'll create a plan based on your concerns to help you reach your goals. We’re not meant to navigate life alone, and therapy offers that space to explore, discover, and work through what’s distressing you.
I have supported adults and youth with disabilities, parents, seniors, people with chronic health conditions, neurodivergence, mental health challenges, grief, and the impacts of ableism and discrimination.
My approach is highly exploratory and collaborative. I believe that you already have the skills, abilities, wisdom and strength needed to navigate the challenges you face. My role is to help you access and build upon these strengths in ways that feel right for you.
I have supported adults and youth with disabilities, parents, seniors, people with chronic health conditions, neurodivergence, mental health challenges, grief, and the impacts of ableism and discrimination.
My approach is highly exploratory and collaborative. I believe that you already have the skills, abilities, wisdom and strength needed to navigate the challenges you face. My role is to help you access and build upon these strengths in ways that feel right for you.
I'm licensed in both Ontario and BC as Registered Social Worker with over 20 years working with the elderly, caregivers and EFAP clients.
Life's a bitch, and sometimes you just gotta let loose. At Swearapy, we believe in the therapeutic power of a well-placed F-bomb. We're here to create a safe, judgment-free space where you can express yourself authentically, no matter how colorful your language. Whether you're dealing with a shitty boss, a crappy relationship, or just a general case of the Mondays, we're here to listen, to understand, and to help you work through it all. We'll provide a supportive environment where you can vent, swear, and ultimately, feel better.
I'm licensed in both Ontario and BC as Registered Social Worker with over 20 years working with the elderly, caregivers and EFAP clients.
Life's a bitch, and sometimes you just gotta let loose. At Swearapy, we believe in the therapeutic power of a well-placed F-bomb. We're here to create a safe, judgment-free space where you can express yourself authentically, no matter how colorful your language. Whether you're dealing with a shitty boss, a crappy relationship, or just a general case of the Mondays, we're here to listen, to understand, and to help you work through it all. We'll provide a supportive environment where you can vent, swear, and ultimately, feel better.
As a therapist who identifies as older, male “person of colour", and an ally of LGBTQ+ populations, I bring to counselling a unique perspective and also acknowledge that it is your story to tell and therefore must be honored.
Areas of expertise: EMDR trauma therapy: in working with clients who have experienced significant trauma and its related PTSD. I also work with clients grieving significant losses or changes such as life or role transitions. Additionally, using Non-Violent Communication skills in supporting couples or Motivational Interviewing for addictive behaviours.
As a therapist who identifies as older, male “person of colour", and an ally of LGBTQ+ populations, I bring to counselling a unique perspective and also acknowledge that it is your story to tell and therefore must be honored.
Areas of expertise: EMDR trauma therapy: in working with clients who have experienced significant trauma and its related PTSD. I also work with clients grieving significant losses or changes such as life or role transitions. Additionally, using Non-Violent Communication skills in supporting couples or Motivational Interviewing for addictive behaviours.
Jennifer Boundy
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MA, MSW, RSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Vancouver, BC V5L
jennifer has worked in mental health, substance use & social services with diverse communities, including LGBTQQ2S+ folx, women, older adults, end of life, Indigenous folks, BIPOC, newcomers & refugees.
Always trauma informed, jennifer's therapeutic approach draws on Somatic/body-based therapies, Brainspotting, Parts Work, mindfulness, emotional/Nervous System regulation, Narrative Therapy, CBT, etc. Rooted in a feminist, anti-racist, anti-oppression framework, jennifer guides you to see both individual& systemic/structural aspects of the challenges we face
jennifer has worked in mental health, substance use & social services with diverse communities, including LGBTQQ2S+ folx, women, older adults, end of life, Indigenous folks, BIPOC, newcomers & refugees.
Always trauma informed, jennifer's therapeutic approach draws on Somatic/body-based therapies, Brainspotting, Parts Work, mindfulness, emotional/Nervous System regulation, Narrative Therapy, CBT, etc. Rooted in a feminist, anti-racist, anti-oppression framework, jennifer guides you to see both individual& systemic/structural aspects of the challenges we face
Nadine Jans
Counsellor, MSc, RCC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Vancouver, BC V6B
Waitlist for new clients
I also specialize in dementia caregiving, depression, and anxiety, helping clients navigate overwhelming emotions and challenges.
I offer practical strategies and insights to help you break free from emotional eating and self-sabotage. Using Brainspotting, ACT, Somatic Practices, and Inner Child Work, we work on reshaping your inner neurobiology—healing past wounds and shifting unhelpful patterns at a deep level. By engaging the nervous system and body, you can reconnect with yourself
I also specialize in dementia caregiving, depression, and anxiety, helping clients navigate overwhelming emotions and challenges.
I offer practical strategies and insights to help you break free from emotional eating and self-sabotage. Using Brainspotting, ACT, Somatic Practices, and Inner Child Work, we work on reshaping your inner neurobiology—healing past wounds and shifting unhelpful patterns at a deep level. By engaging the nervous system and body, you can reconnect with yourself
Mind your Brain- Therapy and Care
Counsellor, MSc, RCC, RRP
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Vancouver, BC V5Z
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Heike is a registered clinical counselor, specializing in the fields of aging (e.g., lifespan development), brain injury, and caregiver challenges. I utilize a biopsychosocial approach and provide a compassionate and non-judgmental environment to explore your questions and challenges freely.
, worries about dementia), and caregiving.
Heike is a registered clinical counselor, specializing in the fields of aging (e.g., lifespan development), brain injury, and caregiver challenges. I utilize a biopsychosocial approach and provide a compassionate and non-judgmental environment to explore your questions and challenges freely.
Jessica Miskiewicz
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), MA, RCC, CCC, RP(Q)
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Online Only
With 15 years of experience in the medical and research field, I have also published a book chapter on anxiety and depression in older adults in Psychogeriatrics: A Clinical Guide.
You’ve always been told you have ‘so much potential’ - if only you could just focus. Deadlines sneak up, tasks pile up, and no matter how hard you try, staying organized feels impossible. Your thoughts race with ideas, but finishing what you start? That’s the challenge. Maybe you’ve spent years feeling like you’re ‘not trying hard enough,’ when in reality, you’ve been trying too hard in a system that wasn’t designed for the way you work. I'm Jessica, a Counsellor and Psychotherapist at Joy Sereda Psychotherapy providing online therapy for adults with ADHD break free from the cycle of stress, self-criticism, and burnout.
With 15 years of experience in the medical and research field, I have also published a book chapter on anxiety and depression in older adults in Psychogeriatrics: A Clinical Guide.
You’ve always been told you have ‘so much potential’ - if only you could just focus. Deadlines sneak up, tasks pile up, and no matter how hard you try, staying organized feels impossible. Your thoughts race with ideas, but finishing what you start? That’s the challenge. Maybe you’ve spent years feeling like you’re ‘not trying hard enough,’ when in reality, you’ve been trying too hard in a system that wasn’t designed for the way you work. I'm Jessica, a Counsellor and Psychotherapist at Joy Sereda Psychotherapy providing online therapy for adults with ADHD break free from the cycle of stress, self-criticism, and burnout.
Meet Our Geriatric and Seniors Counsellors
Cheuk Yin (Isaac) Mo
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW, CH
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Vancouver, BC V6P
I’m a registered social worker specializing in counselling with teenagers, adults, and older adults.
I have provided counseling to various communities, and have conducted in-depth learning on grief counseling, hypnotherapy, trauma healing and supporting the LGBTQ2I+ community. I am dedicated to accompanying those who are suffering, witnessing the transformation and growth of different lives, which reinforces my understanding of the meaning of life.
I’m a registered social worker specializing in counselling with teenagers, adults, and older adults.
I have provided counseling to various communities, and have conducted in-depth learning on grief counseling, hypnotherapy, trauma healing and supporting the LGBTQ2I+ community. I am dedicated to accompanying those who are suffering, witnessing the transformation and growth of different lives, which reinforces my understanding of the meaning of life.
Dr. Jo-Ann Leavey TelePsychology Virtual Clinic
Psychologist, NP, EdD, C Psych, LLD hc
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Online Only
Focusing on the person, mental health, and wellness, Leavey TelePsychology Clinic provides psychological counselling for young adults, adults, and seniors.
Dr. Leavey is an experienced Registered Psychologist in Counselling Psychology and a Nurse Practitioner in Primary Health Care, treating mental health problems for young adults, adults, and seniors, with a strong focus on prevention, early intervention, recovery and wellness. Dr. Leavey has a research and clinical specialty in emerging mental health issues.
Focusing on the person, mental health, and wellness, Leavey TelePsychology Clinic provides psychological counselling for young adults, adults, and seniors.
Dr. Leavey is an experienced Registered Psychologist in Counselling Psychology and a Nurse Practitioner in Primary Health Care, treating mental health problems for young adults, adults, and seniors, with a strong focus on prevention, early intervention, recovery and wellness. Dr. Leavey has a research and clinical specialty in emerging mental health issues.
Before becoming a therapist (and concurrently), I was a registered nurse for nearly 40 years, specializing in palliative care, grief, loss, geriatrics, dementia care and holistic health.
Life can be overwhelming when we’re juggling multiple responsibilities while taking care of ourselves and others. Particularly when something unexpected arises, our balance can be disturbed. Navigating life’s challenges can also become more intense when hidden parts of ourselves, or others, arise and dominate situations, making them hard to understand. In these times, it is not surprising that so many people turn to therapy for illumination and support.
Before becoming a therapist (and concurrently), I was a registered nurse for nearly 40 years, specializing in palliative care, grief, loss, geriatrics, dementia care and holistic health.
Life can be overwhelming when we’re juggling multiple responsibilities while taking care of ourselves and others. Particularly when something unexpected arises, our balance can be disturbed. Navigating life’s challenges can also become more intense when hidden parts of ourselves, or others, arise and dominate situations, making them hard to understand. In these times, it is not surprising that so many people turn to therapy for illumination and support.
My work experience has mostly been counselling with adults (and seniors) with different mental health concerns such as anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, work stress, and stress from life issues.
How do you find the best counsellor for you? This is a difficult choice and often being open and communicating with your counsellor will ensure optimal healing. I come from an acceptance of where you are in your journey. I do not believe the goal of counselling is “counselling itself”, but to find a way to move forward in your journey. "To feel safe with other people is probably the single most important aspect of mental health” (Bessel Van der Kolk, 2014).
My work experience has mostly been counselling with adults (and seniors) with different mental health concerns such as anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, work stress, and stress from life issues.
How do you find the best counsellor for you? This is a difficult choice and often being open and communicating with your counsellor will ensure optimal healing. I come from an acceptance of where you are in your journey. I do not believe the goal of counselling is “counselling itself”, but to find a way to move forward in your journey. "To feel safe with other people is probably the single most important aspect of mental health” (Bessel Van der Kolk, 2014).
Living Hope Counselling and Consulting
Registered Social Worker, BSc, BSW, MSW, RSW
Verified Verified
Serves Area
I work with children and youth, families, couples, young and older adults.
I draw from modalities to fit your needs, including Motivational Interviewing, CBT, DBT Informed, Mindfulness, Solutions-Focused, and Emotion Focused Therapy and provide neurodivergent affirming, trauma informed care. I offer a safe environment to deal with mental health and personal issues.
I work with children and youth, families, couples, young and older adults.
I draw from modalities to fit your needs, including Motivational Interviewing, CBT, DBT Informed, Mindfulness, Solutions-Focused, and Emotion Focused Therapy and provide neurodivergent affirming, trauma informed care. I offer a safe environment to deal with mental health and personal issues.
Rina Mangat - Comfy Couch Counselling Therapy
Counsellor, RTC
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Serves Area
I offer a sliding scale if you have no extended benefits and are low-income, seniors, or students or if you are a new immigrant or refugee.
Call or email me for a free 15-minute consultation. I am accepting new clients now
I offer a sliding scale if you have no extended benefits and are low-income, seniors, or students or if you are a new immigrant or refugee.
Call or email me for a free 15-minute consultation. I am accepting new clients now
Hello! I’m Max, I’m a counsellor with a generalist focus who works from an existential lens. Your mental health is important to me, and I want for us to work together to help you experience relief from what’s bothering you and clarity about your life. The way I work is by first teaching coping strategies to help you regulate in the present, then to explore the deeper emotional and existential basis for what brings you to counselling in the first place.
Hello! I’m Max, I’m a counsellor with a generalist focus who works from an existential lens. Your mental health is important to me, and I want for us to work together to help you experience relief from what’s bothering you and clarity about your life. The way I work is by first teaching coping strategies to help you regulate in the present, then to explore the deeper emotional and existential basis for what brings you to counselling in the first place.
You’ve spent so much time trying to be what others need— meeting expectations, and avoiding conflict. But underneath, anxiety is running the show. You second-guess yourself, struggle to say no, and feel drained from always putting others first. Maybe you turn to distractions—substances, social media, work, or other habits—to numb the overwhelm. You’re tired of feeling stuck in patterns that leave you anxious, resentful, and disconnected from yourself. I help adults break free from the cycles of anxiety, and unhealthy coping. Together, we’ll uncover the roots of your struggles, strengthen your boundaries, help you feel reconnected.
You’ve spent so much time trying to be what others need— meeting expectations, and avoiding conflict. But underneath, anxiety is running the show. You second-guess yourself, struggle to say no, and feel drained from always putting others first. Maybe you turn to distractions—substances, social media, work, or other habits—to numb the overwhelm. You’re tired of feeling stuck in patterns that leave you anxious, resentful, and disconnected from yourself. I help adults break free from the cycles of anxiety, and unhealthy coping. Together, we’ll uncover the roots of your struggles, strengthen your boundaries, help you feel reconnected.
For life to be full and meaningful we have to identify the unique mix of elements that are congruent with our context/reality, our relationships, our true self and our purpose. If you’re seeking to understand your life purpose or seeking a more meaningful life, work through loss and grief and understand relationships. I am here to walk beside you, to help you live a life of your own design so you can live more fully. I am a Registered Therapeutic Counsellor (RTC) with the Association of Cooperative Counselling Therapists.
For life to be full and meaningful we have to identify the unique mix of elements that are congruent with our context/reality, our relationships, our true self and our purpose. If you’re seeking to understand your life purpose or seeking a more meaningful life, work through loss and grief and understand relationships. I am here to walk beside you, to help you live a life of your own design so you can live more fully. I am a Registered Therapeutic Counsellor (RTC) with the Association of Cooperative Counselling Therapists.
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