Therapists in Vancouver, BC
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.
Begin your journey toward healing with support that meets you where you are. If you’re facing challenges such as anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, self-esteem, identity, grief, loss, or trauma, I am here to walk alongside you. My work is grounded in a commitment to supporting, empowering, and educating each client. I approach therapy with the belief that you bring strength and resilience, and that together we can build meaningful skills for lasting change.
Begin your journey toward healing with support that meets you where you are. If you’re facing challenges such as anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, self-esteem, identity, grief, loss, or trauma, I am here to walk alongside you. My work is grounded in a commitment to supporting, empowering, and educating each client. I approach therapy with the belief that you bring strength and resilience, and that together we can build meaningful skills for lasting change.
Nothing is too big or too small to bring to the therapy room. Whether you’re struggling with stress or anxiety, navigating life transitions, have mental health concerns, or something in between, I'm here to offer you a steady place to find your ground. We will build a trusting relationship where you feel safe unravelling difficult thoughts and feelings, moving through painful experiences, and exploring your identity and relationships in the world. I work with individuals and relationships of all backgrounds, experiences, and identities to create more peace and clarity in their lives.
Nothing is too big or too small to bring to the therapy room. Whether you’re struggling with stress or anxiety, navigating life transitions, have mental health concerns, or something in between, I'm here to offer you a steady place to find your ground. We will build a trusting relationship where you feel safe unravelling difficult thoughts and feelings, moving through painful experiences, and exploring your identity and relationships in the world. I work with individuals and relationships of all backgrounds, experiences, and identities to create more peace and clarity in their lives.
Life doesn’t always unfold the way we imagined. Transitions, relationships, and the ups and downs of our inner world can leave you feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or questioning your direction. You may find yourself in familiar relationship patterns, feeling anxious beneath the surface, or noticing patterns like overthinking, people-pleasing, or struggling to set boundaries, even when you know something needs to change. Part of you understands what’s happening, but another part still feels stuck. Together, we’ll look at the patterns underneath what you’re experiencing, not just the symptoms, so change feels meaningful and lasting.
Life doesn’t always unfold the way we imagined. Transitions, relationships, and the ups and downs of our inner world can leave you feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or questioning your direction. You may find yourself in familiar relationship patterns, feeling anxious beneath the surface, or noticing patterns like overthinking, people-pleasing, or struggling to set boundaries, even when you know something needs to change. Part of you understands what’s happening, but another part still feels stuck. Together, we’ll look at the patterns underneath what you’re experiencing, not just the symptoms, so change feels meaningful and lasting.
If you’re overwhelmed or stuck, or you’ve lost something precious, I can help. If your child is struggling with feelings, or behaviour, or learning, I can help with that, too. My strength lies in helping you identify and celebrate your own unique strengths. I'm certified by the CCPA, and for years I've worked with people of all ages and diverse backgrounds. I offer my clients empathy, respect, curiosity, and honesty.
If you’re overwhelmed or stuck, or you’ve lost something precious, I can help. If your child is struggling with feelings, or behaviour, or learning, I can help with that, too. My strength lies in helping you identify and celebrate your own unique strengths. I'm certified by the CCPA, and for years I've worked with people of all ages and diverse backgrounds. I offer my clients empathy, respect, curiosity, and honesty.
Hello, and welcome! My name is Chelsea (she/her), and I’m honoured to support you on your journey.
Hello, and welcome! My name is Chelsea (she/her), and I’m honoured to support you on your journey.
I am an RCC with over 16 years of experience in the field. I offer in person (Vancouver) & online therapy in Farsi & English. My areas of practice are trauma, anxiety, depression, self-esteem/self-image, perfectionism, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, sleep issues, burn out/stress management, life transitions and relationship issues. I have years of experience working with clients dealing with severe mental health issues, trained in suicide/crisis/self-harm behaviour assessment, intervention and treatment. I take a holistic approach to therapy, where we explore the emotional, mental, physical, societal & spiritual aspects together.
I am an RCC with over 16 years of experience in the field. I offer in person (Vancouver) & online therapy in Farsi & English. My areas of practice are trauma, anxiety, depression, self-esteem/self-image, perfectionism, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, sleep issues, burn out/stress management, life transitions and relationship issues. I have years of experience working with clients dealing with severe mental health issues, trained in suicide/crisis/self-harm behaviour assessment, intervention and treatment. I take a holistic approach to therapy, where we explore the emotional, mental, physical, societal & spiritual aspects together.
Are you facing relationship issues or feeling uncomfortable with intimacy? I'll hold a safe space to help you resolve issues, heal from past hurts, move out of old patterns, and develop healthy, happy relationships. We will work together to help you toward the life you want.
Are you facing relationship issues or feeling uncomfortable with intimacy? I'll hold a safe space to help you resolve issues, heal from past hurts, move out of old patterns, and develop healthy, happy relationships. We will work together to help you toward the life you want.
I am a dual-licensed Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) and Canadian Certified counsellor (CCC). My own experiences as a first generation immigrant and neurodivergent person greatly shapes my clinical work. Together we will build tangible tools and practices to better manage life's challenges while unpacking the traumatic, emotional and existential burdens that can weigh us down. I promote curiosity, authenticity, and empowerment through rebuilding your trust with yourself.
I am a dual-licensed Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) and Canadian Certified counsellor (CCC). My own experiences as a first generation immigrant and neurodivergent person greatly shapes my clinical work. Together we will build tangible tools and practices to better manage life's challenges while unpacking the traumatic, emotional and existential burdens that can weigh us down. I promote curiosity, authenticity, and empowerment through rebuilding your trust with yourself.
What if your psychologist could help you overcome challenges AND get to that next level? Dr. Wiens assists professionals with all types of challenges with their careers, relationships, and mental health. His clients are career-oriented individuals, ranging from students and young professionals to c-suite executives.
What if your psychologist could help you overcome challenges AND get to that next level? Dr. Wiens assists professionals with all types of challenges with their careers, relationships, and mental health. His clients are career-oriented individuals, ranging from students and young professionals to c-suite executives.
With a broad base of life and work experiences, I counsel adults of all ages living with loss, trauma, mood imbalance, and anxiety. Three values guide my practice: connection, growth, and balance. A safe and trusting environment in counselling supports a therapeutic relationship, which can inspire changes in other relationships. Small changes can have a huge impact over time. Lifelong, each of us continues to develop, often learning from our mistakes and suffering. Balance is the key to health. There is healing power in the connections made between the body, heart, and mind.
With a broad base of life and work experiences, I counsel adults of all ages living with loss, trauma, mood imbalance, and anxiety. Three values guide my practice: connection, growth, and balance. A safe and trusting environment in counselling supports a therapeutic relationship, which can inspire changes in other relationships. Small changes can have a huge impact over time. Lifelong, each of us continues to develop, often learning from our mistakes and suffering. Balance is the key to health. There is healing power in the connections made between the body, heart, and mind.
Life inevitably comes with challenges, and at times these challenges can leave us feeling stuck, disconnected, or unsure of our direction. Therapy can act like a flashlight on your path - helping you view your experiences with greater clarity and move through life’s difficulties with greater confidence.
Much of our distress emerges in the context of relationships. Throughout life, we enter relationships that shape us, challenge us, and often redefine how we see ourselves and others. Life events affect our relationships, and our relationships deeply influence how we experience life.
Life inevitably comes with challenges, and at times these challenges can leave us feeling stuck, disconnected, or unsure of our direction. Therapy can act like a flashlight on your path - helping you view your experiences with greater clarity and move through life’s difficulties with greater confidence.
Much of our distress emerges in the context of relationships. Throughout life, we enter relationships that shape us, challenge us, and often redefine how we see ourselves and others. Life events affect our relationships, and our relationships deeply influence how we experience life.
If you are feeling lost, confused, struggling in relationships, addictions or any other issue, there is a solution. Taking the first step to consider therapy is one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself. It is a path to discovery and healing. I look forward to hearing from you.
If you are feeling lost, confused, struggling in relationships, addictions or any other issue, there is a solution. Taking the first step to consider therapy is one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself. It is a path to discovery and healing. I look forward to hearing from you.
I have over 20 years of experience providing therapy to individuals from a wide spectrum of cultural, socio-economic, ethnic, educational and other diversified (multicultural, multiracial and multiethnic) backgrounds. I work with adults, youth, families, experiencing difficult life transitions, stress, anxiety, anger, substance use, trauma, emotional dysregulation and depression. I am EMDR and DBT trained and also specialize in ADHD work with kids and teenagers and eating disorders. My practice is person-centered, trauma-informed, collaborative, anti-oppressive and strength-based. I am CVAP, ICBC, EAP and FNHA-approved counsellor.
I have over 20 years of experience providing therapy to individuals from a wide spectrum of cultural, socio-economic, ethnic, educational and other diversified (multicultural, multiracial and multiethnic) backgrounds. I work with adults, youth, families, experiencing difficult life transitions, stress, anxiety, anger, substance use, trauma, emotional dysregulation and depression. I am EMDR and DBT trained and also specialize in ADHD work with kids and teenagers and eating disorders. My practice is person-centered, trauma-informed, collaborative, anti-oppressive and strength-based. I am CVAP, ICBC, EAP and FNHA-approved counsellor.
Is your life filled with strife due to compulsive sexual behavior's (sex, porn, and/or love addiction)? Or are you the partner of someone who struggles with these compulsive sexual behavior's? If so, Glenda will support you one step at a time. Support will include processing any traumas, managing crises, learning about intimacy disorders, identifying and communicating your feelings, reclaiming your sexuality, and deciding next steps.
Is your life filled with strife due to compulsive sexual behavior's (sex, porn, and/or love addiction)? Or are you the partner of someone who struggles with these compulsive sexual behavior's? If so, Glenda will support you one step at a time. Support will include processing any traumas, managing crises, learning about intimacy disorders, identifying and communicating your feelings, reclaiming your sexuality, and deciding next steps.
Welcome, I’m Cathrine. I believe that relationships to ourselves, one another, the land, and all living beings have the ability to inspire, heal, and transform us. Throughout my own healing journey, I have come to believe that experiences of deep connection, wholeness, and happiness are not only possible, but are our unique birthright as humans. If you are looking to explore, discover, or reconnect with your most authentic Self and live more fully from a place of integrity and self-compassion, my approach may be a good fit for you.
Welcome, I’m Cathrine. I believe that relationships to ourselves, one another, the land, and all living beings have the ability to inspire, heal, and transform us. Throughout my own healing journey, I have come to believe that experiences of deep connection, wholeness, and happiness are not only possible, but are our unique birthright as humans. If you are looking to explore, discover, or reconnect with your most authentic Self and live more fully from a place of integrity and self-compassion, my approach may be a good fit for you.
Support for big feelings, behaviour changes, anxiety, neurodiversity, and life’s hard stuff. I work with children, teens, young adults, and parents. You might be a parent trying to support your child, a teen who feels overwhelmed or shut down, or a young adult navigating identity, relationships, or what comes next. Many people I see feel stuck or unsure where to start. We make space to understand what’s going on underneath, while also building tools you can actually use day to day.
Support for big feelings, behaviour changes, anxiety, neurodiversity, and life’s hard stuff. I work with children, teens, young adults, and parents. You might be a parent trying to support your child, a teen who feels overwhelmed or shut down, or a young adult navigating identity, relationships, or what comes next. Many people I see feel stuck or unsure where to start. We make space to understand what’s going on underneath, while also building tools you can actually use day to day.
Relational & Psychodynamic Therapy / Background in Medicine / Individuals, Couples & Mindfulness-Based Programs / /
People often come to therapy because something in their inner life no longer feels workable. Patterns repeat, symptoms persist, or there is a sense of being stuck despite effort and understanding. I view emotional distress—and at times even physical symptoms—as meaningful expressions of how a person has learned to adapt in order to stay connected, safe, or intact.
Relational & Psychodynamic Therapy / Background in Medicine / Individuals, Couples & Mindfulness-Based Programs / /
People often come to therapy because something in their inner life no longer feels workable. Patterns repeat, symptoms persist, or there is a sense of being stuck despite effort and understanding. I view emotional distress—and at times even physical symptoms—as meaningful expressions of how a person has learned to adapt in order to stay connected, safe, or intact.
Shalene Takara is a Registered Clinical Counsellor - Approved Clinical Supervisor (RCC-ACS) and owner of Safe Space Counselling Services in Vancouver, BC, Canada. She holds a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology and has been working in the field of mental health since 2009. Since 2012, she has been providing individual, couples and family therapy in nonprofit, agency and private-practice settings. She specializes in helping individuals, couples, parents and families overcome trauma, strengthen relationships, heal from family-of-origin issues, and support social and emotional well-being and development.
Shalene Takara is a Registered Clinical Counsellor - Approved Clinical Supervisor (RCC-ACS) and owner of Safe Space Counselling Services in Vancouver, BC, Canada. She holds a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology and has been working in the field of mental health since 2009. Since 2012, she has been providing individual, couples and family therapy in nonprofit, agency and private-practice settings. She specializes in helping individuals, couples, parents and families overcome trauma, strengthen relationships, heal from family-of-origin issues, and support social and emotional well-being and development.
Do you ever feel like something is holding you back in life? Maybe you feel a sense of disconnection with yourself or aspects of your life? Or that part of you isn't able to move forward from a past experience? Oftentimes we may have an idea of where we want to go and how to get there, but we struggle with being able to take action. This could be for a variety of reasons, and our work together will help you explore the underlying thoughts, beliefs, and/or emotions that might contribute to feeling stuck or disconnected.
Do you ever feel like something is holding you back in life? Maybe you feel a sense of disconnection with yourself or aspects of your life? Or that part of you isn't able to move forward from a past experience? Oftentimes we may have an idea of where we want to go and how to get there, but we struggle with being able to take action. This could be for a variety of reasons, and our work together will help you explore the underlying thoughts, beliefs, and/or emotions that might contribute to feeling stuck or disconnected.
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Number of Counsellors in Vancouver, BC
2.000+
Average cost per session
$160
Counsellors in Vancouver, BC who prioritize treating:
| 91% | Anxiety |
| 91% | Social Anxiety |
| 91% | Health Anxiety |
| 91% | Driving Anxiety |
| 81% | Depression |
| 80% | Relationship Issues |
| 79% | Self Esteem |
Average years in practice
8 Years
Top 3 insurances accepted
| 69% | SunLife |
| 62% | Pacific Blue Cross |
| 61% | Manulife |
How Counsellors in Vancouver, BC see their clients
| 68% | In Person and Online | |
| 32% | Online Only |
Gender breakdown
| 77% | Female | |
| 20% | Male | |
| 3% | Non-Binary |