Grief Therapists in Vancouver, BC

The past few years have been particularly difficult for everyone and I firmly believe in taking care of our emotional and mental health. As a Clinical Counsellor with over 20 years experience working with folks struggling with traumatic stress, substance misuse, mood disorders (anxiety/depression/PPA-PPD), grief, work related stress/compassion fatigue, parenting & family struggles, I can support you with making the changes you need and want to make. I provide individual, relationship & family therapy in person and virtually.

If you're struggling with your sense of self-worth, or going through a tough loss or transition, you may want some support. My team and I welcome the chance to work along side you. Finding the right fit with a therapist is really important for counselling to be helpful. It should be with someone who really understands what is happening for you, someone professionally qualified to help, and someone who you feel comfortable talking to. Therapy involves effort. The good news is that you won’t be doing it alone. The alliance between us means that we'll be there to support you, ready to work with you while you create your path forward.

Counselling is a place to build on your strengths and find solutions to the many challenges you face every day. It is also a place to be truly heard in a compassionate and nonjudgmental environment. My aim is to help people untangle themselves from problems that hold them back from living a more desirable life. I work with you as we navigate the peaks & valleys of life experiences that test the boundaries of what it means to be human. My work is rooted in a trauma informed, anti-oppressive, social justice approach. This may involve looking beyond the individual to understand their experiences in a broader social & cultural context.

I work virtually with many individuals who are facing struggles with their day to day life including grief, stress, anxiety, depression and major life transitions. If there is an identified issue that you would like to work through we can tackle that together, though sometimes there is just a deep desire for life to be easier and to remove the obstacles that we all can find in our way from being truly happy and fully expressed. Whether there are specific concerns or general worries, I can help identify what stands in your way and together we can create a plan to lead you to your most fully expressed version of yourself.

Are you wanting to find your light, be more at peace, connect and/or feel okay? Have you recently experienced a pregnancy and/or infant loss? Are you trying to get pregnant and struggling with infertility? Then you are at the right place. I want you to know that you are not broken, messed up, alone or whatever other script you have running in your mind. Perhaps you are looking for a little guidance or help to see a new perspective or recognize the patterns that are no longer serving you.

It has been for too long that we have not given ourselves permission to fully grieve our losses. Whether it is a fear that allowing the grief to be experienced will be too much to bear, or the belief that we don't have as bad a situation as others, there are many reasons that we don't allow ourselves to grieve fully after our losses. This unprocessed grief will affect us, mentally, emotionally, physically, and spiritually. Together, we will explore resources around and within you to honor your grief and move through it. Village Grief Counselling is an oasis for individuals experiencing loss.

Relationships issues, life transitions, and grief, are topics especially close to my heart. Together, we can clarify your values and what you're looking for in a partner, explore strategies for communicating more effectively in your relationships, use insight and self-compassion to disrupt destructive patterns of behavior, or help you come to terms with a devastating break-up.

By cultivating a sense of togetherness, our team works with individuals living with chronic illnesses, and those experiencing anxiety, depression, grief & loss, burnout, trauma, and life transitions.

At Nirivia Counselling our goal is to help people develop a greater understanding of their issues and increase positive supports to create change. We have a deep respect for our clients and the therapeutic relationship, we work collaboratively through both talk and arts-based creative techniques to create insight and promote healing.

I am an existential therapist which means I am listening in particular for the ways you may be struggling with meaning-making in your life and with issues related to grief & loss and overwhelm. I am also trained in the neuro-biological, somatic treatment of trauma so we will spend time together grounding and building skills in your awareness of your own sense of safety in given contexts. Sessions with me feel conversational and will often involve humor despite the heavy content woven in. I will ask questions to help you recognize themes in your experience.

You want to move forward and live your best life but you know something's holding you back. You're feeling stuck and it's created a sense of failure, as if you "should" be farther ahead by now. What you need is someone who is equipped to help you process your grief or your trauma. To bring you to the other side of depression or burnout. To help clear your anxiety once and for all. To give you support that's useful as you navigate a big life change. Doing this for my clients is my passion and I am committed to getting you to the other side of this!

Grief, trauma, depression, anxiety, personal and relational issues can be difficult to verbally communicate. I believe the body and imagination offer other ways to help express and self-understand. Expressive Arts Therapy is an experiential mode of therapy which means one is invited to journey through their inner world and discover other ways of seeing oneself. I work with images, movement, story, music, mindfulness, and free play to support one’s process. I work with you to gather forms and ideas from which the interplay of the Arts help to reveal ways one can understand and integrate ailments of body, heart, mind and soul.

Suffering in silence? Well, suffer no more! Looking for a confidential and safe space to talk openly about yourself and your struggles, hopes and dreams. Often times, having a place to express yourself alleviates the sense of loneliness and isolation that often comes with folks who are looking to do something different to enhance and improve their life.

I work with individuals and couples who are struggling to communicate, and are wanting more connection, openness and intimacy in their relationships. I understand how our lives can be chaotic and how we can feel alone in that. My goal is to help you understand the root of your struggles and develop new strategies to help you find your way out of negative behaviors and thought patterns.

My goal is to provide a non-judgmental space where you can process and explore your unique path. Through our work together I aspire to empower you to express your authentic self without unconscious beliefs and behaviours getting in your way. Informed by my background as a holistic nutritionist and yoga teacher, my approach integrates various facets of well-being, recognizing the interconnectedness of mind, body, as well as spirit.

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.

I specialize in the treatment of trauma-related symptoms, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, grief and loss, life transitions, parenting support, and attachment wounds unique to those who have been adopted. Most people have experienced challenges in their life and it is normal to feel stuck, lost, or confused as a result of what we have experienced. People have the resources and inner wisdom to heal and by working together we can integrate those painful experiences so they do not remain in the present causing emotional pain and disturbance.

Welcome! Therapy is a place to learn about yourself, your relationships, and how past experiences have impacted you. Are you constantly feeling worried and overwhelmed? Do you feel sad and overcome by negative thoughts? Do you feel disconnected from your partner? Are you grieving a loss? Do you struggle with anxiety and/or depression? I work with clients who are struggling with common life challenges and transitions and want to learn ways to cope, manage their stress, and feel better. My goal is to create a space where you can talk about how you are doing without feeling judged and feel empowered on your own journey of healing.

Are you feeling stressed or overwhelmed by life transitions, losses, crises or relationship challenges? Finding that anxiety is becoming unmanageable in your life? Perhaps trying to find meaningful life goals and make changes?In my counselling work I am passionate about connecting and working with people using a "person- centred" approach, which involves listening and focusing on understanding and respecting the perspective and experience of my clients. I will use a collaborative approach to work with you to gain clarity, understanding and solutions that will support positive growth and change in your life.