Sleep or Insomnia Therapists in Victoria, BC
I have been helping children, teenagers and adults with their mental health concerns since 1987. If you are looking for support in managing issues such as anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, relationships, parenting, school, or addiction, or are a partner of an addict needing support, I have experience in helping you and families navigate a path forward. My clients often feel stuck or out of control, and anxiety can often lead to depression and other mental health challenges. Together we can unpack your stressors and concerns, and develop an individualized treatment plan.
I have been helping children, teenagers and adults with their mental health concerns since 1987. If you are looking for support in managing issues such as anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, relationships, parenting, school, or addiction, or are a partner of an addict needing support, I have experience in helping you and families navigate a path forward. My clients often feel stuck or out of control, and anxiety can often lead to depression and other mental health challenges. Together we can unpack your stressors and concerns, and develop an individualized treatment plan.
Haida Gaede
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, RCC, MSW RSW, PgDip, BEd, BA
2 Endorsed
Serves Area
Waitlist for new clients
Evening and weekend appointments available to meet you where you’re at.
I offer therapy for teens and adults who are tired of masking, stuck in survival mode, or feeling disconnected from who they really are. Whether you're managing anxiety, OCD, trauma, or simply carrying too much on your own, I provide a grounding space where you can express yourself freely. My approach is collaborative and responsive, always moving at a pace that feels manageable for you. Sessions are available in-office, online, or outdoors through nature-based counselling for those who feel more at ease outside.
Evening and weekend appointments available to meet you where you’re at.
I offer therapy for teens and adults who are tired of masking, stuck in survival mode, or feeling disconnected from who they really are. Whether you're managing anxiety, OCD, trauma, or simply carrying too much on your own, I provide a grounding space where you can express yourself freely. My approach is collaborative and responsive, always moving at a pace that feels manageable for you. Sessions are available in-office, online, or outdoors through nature-based counselling for those who feel more at ease outside.
I am passionate about supporting youth and adults I specializing in anxiety, mood, relationship, parenting, learning differences, ADHD, executive functioning, navigating schools/ education systems, and clinical counselling supervision. I work in a client centered, solution based approach, with individuals, groups and families. My goal is to help people better understand their challenges, social and emotional needs and how to prosper in their own personal growth. I can assist parents in understanding psychoeducational assessments and how their child's learning difference can impact a variety of aspects of their life.
I am passionate about supporting youth and adults I specializing in anxiety, mood, relationship, parenting, learning differences, ADHD, executive functioning, navigating schools/ education systems, and clinical counselling supervision. I work in a client centered, solution based approach, with individuals, groups and families. My goal is to help people better understand their challenges, social and emotional needs and how to prosper in their own personal growth. I can assist parents in understanding psychoeducational assessments and how their child's learning difference can impact a variety of aspects of their life.
At The Den, we believe every season of life deserves care within a safe, nurturing space. Our practice supports individuals, couples, children, and teens through the unique challenges and transitions that shape their lives. Whether you come to us for your own journey, your relationship, or your child’s well-being, you will find a professional, compassionate environment designed to support the wellness of your whole family.
At The Den, we believe every season of life deserves care within a safe, nurturing space. Our practice supports individuals, couples, children, and teens through the unique challenges and transitions that shape their lives. Whether you come to us for your own journey, your relationship, or your child’s well-being, you will find a professional, compassionate environment designed to support the wellness of your whole family.
Perhaps you've had this experience: you understand your patterns, you know something about where they came from, you can explain them clearly to others—and yet the understanding hasn't translated into feeling or living differently. The anxiety persists. The relationship patterns repeat. Your body remains spring-loaded. You sense that something beyond insight is needed, and that the missing piece might involve working with what's happening in your body, not just your thoughts. You're looking for an approach that honours both your intelligence and your lived, felt experience.
Perhaps you've had this experience: you understand your patterns, you know something about where they came from, you can explain them clearly to others—and yet the understanding hasn't translated into feeling or living differently. The anxiety persists. The relationship patterns repeat. Your body remains spring-loaded. You sense that something beyond insight is needed, and that the missing piece might involve working with what's happening in your body, not just your thoughts. You're looking for an approach that honours both your intelligence and your lived, felt experience.
The Centre for Psychodynamic Insights is a virtual psychotherapy clinic specializing in Psychodynamic psychotherapy. This approach focuses on revealing, understanding, and resolving underlying emotions and root causes of symptoms through evidence-based interventions and a comprehensive treatment plan. With an in-depth collaborative discussion and analysis of unconscious thoughts and emotions from childhood until the present day, we can explore how they inform us today to help relieve symptoms and develop targeted strategies to foster change.
The Centre for Psychodynamic Insights is a virtual psychotherapy clinic specializing in Psychodynamic psychotherapy. This approach focuses on revealing, understanding, and resolving underlying emotions and root causes of symptoms through evidence-based interventions and a comprehensive treatment plan. With an in-depth collaborative discussion and analysis of unconscious thoughts and emotions from childhood until the present day, we can explore how they inform us today to help relieve symptoms and develop targeted strategies to foster change.
I offer counseling services to individuals, couples and adolescents on Salt Spring Island and virtually across Canada and the United States. My work is personal, compassionate and direct. I stay close to my client’s experience, without judgment, pointing towards opportunities for growth. Life presents us all with challenges and sometimes we need help facing them. We often need a mirror to help us understand how to change outdated behaviors that are just not working or resolve inner conflicts that are keeping us from living a fulfilling life.
I offer counseling services to individuals, couples and adolescents on Salt Spring Island and virtually across Canada and the United States. My work is personal, compassionate and direct. I stay close to my client’s experience, without judgment, pointing towards opportunities for growth. Life presents us all with challenges and sometimes we need help facing them. We often need a mirror to help us understand how to change outdated behaviors that are just not working or resolve inner conflicts that are keeping us from living a fulfilling life.
Hello! As a South Asian woman of colour, I have grown up and experienced living in a multicultural society, balancing the different identities that may come from being a child of immigrants as well as having peers of differing backgrounds. This has helped me develop a unique understanding of the experiences of those similar and different to me. I understand that our cultural upbringings, beliefs, and values may both help and hinder us in some ways as we grow into who we are today. We are made up of so many parts that make us who we are, and that is so important to understand and work with for your mental health and wellbeing.
Hello! As a South Asian woman of colour, I have grown up and experienced living in a multicultural society, balancing the different identities that may come from being a child of immigrants as well as having peers of differing backgrounds. This has helped me develop a unique understanding of the experiences of those similar and different to me. I understand that our cultural upbringings, beliefs, and values may both help and hinder us in some ways as we grow into who we are today. We are made up of so many parts that make us who we are, and that is so important to understand and work with for your mental health and wellbeing.
As a compassionate and dedicated counsellor, I believe in the inherent capacity for growth and transformation within every individual. Drawing on a diverse background in cultural anthropology, somatic therapy, and various alternative modalities such as yoga, Reiki, and breathwork, I approach counselling with a holistic perspective that honours the interconnectedness of mind, body, and spirit. My experience working with individuals across different life stages has deepened my understanding of development, self-expression, and the diverse challenges people navigate in their lives.
As a compassionate and dedicated counsellor, I believe in the inherent capacity for growth and transformation within every individual. Drawing on a diverse background in cultural anthropology, somatic therapy, and various alternative modalities such as yoga, Reiki, and breathwork, I approach counselling with a holistic perspective that honours the interconnectedness of mind, body, and spirit. My experience working with individuals across different life stages has deepened my understanding of development, self-expression, and the diverse challenges people navigate in their lives.
Do you feel STUCK - exhausted by trying to meet expectations, keep up with responsibilities, being pulled in a million different directions? Do you wonder if life could feel less pressured, more grounded, and life could be more fulfilling? Maybe you've had some painful experiences. You're not alone!
Now more than ever, we are all feeling overwhelmed and uncertain about how to navigate financial strain, relationship tension, and shifting expectations.
Do you feel STUCK - exhausted by trying to meet expectations, keep up with responsibilities, being pulled in a million different directions? Do you wonder if life could feel less pressured, more grounded, and life could be more fulfilling? Maybe you've had some painful experiences. You're not alone!
Now more than ever, we are all feeling overwhelmed and uncertain about how to navigate financial strain, relationship tension, and shifting expectations.
If you are thinking of connecting with a counsellor, I encourage you to give me a call. Sometimes we find ourselves seeking a safe place to look at our life and the things that trouble us with someone who knows how to help. I would like to offer this to you. I am warm, engaging, and understanding. I will work with you to address the challenges you are facing. Everyone needs somewhere they can talk freely through difficulties. This is that place. Relax and explore in confidentiality, safety, in a relationship free of judgement and full of compassion, a place where there is comfort enough to look inside and grow.
If you are thinking of connecting with a counsellor, I encourage you to give me a call. Sometimes we find ourselves seeking a safe place to look at our life and the things that trouble us with someone who knows how to help. I would like to offer this to you. I am warm, engaging, and understanding. I will work with you to address the challenges you are facing. Everyone needs somewhere they can talk freely through difficulties. This is that place. Relax and explore in confidentiality, safety, in a relationship free of judgement and full of compassion, a place where there is comfort enough to look inside and grow.
I presently exclusively offer online sessions while working closely with a dedicated team at Strength Counselling Services. As the Clinical Team Lead and Registered Social Worker, I am firmly grounded in social work values of respecting the inherent dignity and worth of a person, promoting social justice and challenging oppressive systems with the goal to decolonize mental health. I passionately lead with a trauma-informed approach, honouring each person who invites me to walk alongside their journey of healing. Working with me, you can expect to experience my sense of humour, warmth, gentle-challenging, and honesty.
I presently exclusively offer online sessions while working closely with a dedicated team at Strength Counselling Services. As the Clinical Team Lead and Registered Social Worker, I am firmly grounded in social work values of respecting the inherent dignity and worth of a person, promoting social justice and challenging oppressive systems with the goal to decolonize mental health. I passionately lead with a trauma-informed approach, honouring each person who invites me to walk alongside their journey of healing. Working with me, you can expect to experience my sense of humour, warmth, gentle-challenging, and honesty.
Are you feeling stuck, anxious or experiencing the same-old challenges in your life and relationships? Somatic Therapy can safely get to the root of the issues and support your system to release these old patterns. I love working with all types of people, new to therapy, seasoned clients and everyone in between. My areas of passion and focus are childhood trauma, chronic pain, sexualized and domestic violence and personal and professional growth and development. I have a lot of experience working with highly sensitive people and trauma, both shock and childhood trauma. www.resiliencesomatics.ca
Are you feeling stuck, anxious or experiencing the same-old challenges in your life and relationships? Somatic Therapy can safely get to the root of the issues and support your system to release these old patterns. I love working with all types of people, new to therapy, seasoned clients and everyone in between. My areas of passion and focus are childhood trauma, chronic pain, sexualized and domestic violence and personal and professional growth and development. I have a lot of experience working with highly sensitive people and trauma, both shock and childhood trauma. www.resiliencesomatics.ca
I help adults in BC live with more ease and well-being in the face of stress, anxiety, grief, loss, and climate change. Using a collaborative and evidence-based counselling approach, I help my clients build the skills to live a full and meaningful life in the face of their challenges. I have a special interest in supporting clients experiencing eco-anxiety, climate grief, despair, and other intense emotions related to the climate crisis. I also love working with people who are interested in personal growth and wish they could live their lives with more authenticity and vitality!
I help adults in BC live with more ease and well-being in the face of stress, anxiety, grief, loss, and climate change. Using a collaborative and evidence-based counselling approach, I help my clients build the skills to live a full and meaningful life in the face of their challenges. I have a special interest in supporting clients experiencing eco-anxiety, climate grief, despair, and other intense emotions related to the climate crisis. I also love working with people who are interested in personal growth and wish they could live their lives with more authenticity and vitality!
Are you silently struggling beneath the surface? You may appear capable and composed, yet inside, you're navigating anxiety, self-doubt, disconnection, or a deep sense of being lost. I work with those in life’s in-between space, when identity, purpose, or relationships feel uncertain. Whether you're facing graduation, entering adulthood, planning your career or navigating romantic relationships. I offer depth-oriented, emotionally attuned, inclusive therapy for those who carry a lot and rarely feel seen.
Are you silently struggling beneath the surface? You may appear capable and composed, yet inside, you're navigating anxiety, self-doubt, disconnection, or a deep sense of being lost. I work with those in life’s in-between space, when identity, purpose, or relationships feel uncertain. Whether you're facing graduation, entering adulthood, planning your career or navigating romantic relationships. I offer depth-oriented, emotionally attuned, inclusive therapy for those who carry a lot and rarely feel seen.
I am a Registered Clinical Counselor (RCC-BCACC) based in Vancouver, BC, Canada. I am also a psychologist in Brazil registered with CRP RJ with more than 17 years of experience. I have a PhD in Psychology (UFF Brazil) in which I researched how to improve the care midwives provide to women, newborns and families. I am also a certified maternal mental health service provider with Postpartum Support International - PSI, USA.
I am a Registered Clinical Counselor (RCC-BCACC) based in Vancouver, BC, Canada. I am also a psychologist in Brazil registered with CRP RJ with more than 17 years of experience. I have a PhD in Psychology (UFF Brazil) in which I researched how to improve the care midwives provide to women, newborns and families. I am also a certified maternal mental health service provider with Postpartum Support International - PSI, USA.
Hi, I'm Nicole (she/they). Maybe you're feeling stuck...you know what the problem is but not what to do next. Maybe you've been experiencing worry, or a sense of 'what's the point?' about your life. Maybe you're feeling really alone. Maybe you've recognized that the past is creeping into your present, and old patterns are affecting the relationships you are in today. Maybe you've even been to therapy before but haven't seen the change you want to see. If you're in a space where you're not feeling like yourself, you're not alone, I have felt this way too, and I know how much courage it takes to even start considering asking for help.
Hi, I'm Nicole (she/they). Maybe you're feeling stuck...you know what the problem is but not what to do next. Maybe you've been experiencing worry, or a sense of 'what's the point?' about your life. Maybe you're feeling really alone. Maybe you've recognized that the past is creeping into your present, and old patterns are affecting the relationships you are in today. Maybe you've even been to therapy before but haven't seen the change you want to see. If you're in a space where you're not feeling like yourself, you're not alone, I have felt this way too, and I know how much courage it takes to even start considering asking for help.
Brain injuries or adverse life events can significantly impact the brain's ability to self-regulate and this gives rise to difficult mental states such as anxiety, depression, rage, irritability, difficulties with attention and mental focus, etc. Patients who seek treatment from me often carry labels such as bipolar disorder, personality disorder, depression, generalized anxiety disorder, etc. Regardless of labels, the core symptom that majority struggle with is extreme level of emotional arousal that the nervous system has difficulty inhibiting. They feel either "jacked" (or hijacked) or energetically/emotionally collapsed.
Brain injuries or adverse life events can significantly impact the brain's ability to self-regulate and this gives rise to difficult mental states such as anxiety, depression, rage, irritability, difficulties with attention and mental focus, etc. Patients who seek treatment from me often carry labels such as bipolar disorder, personality disorder, depression, generalized anxiety disorder, etc. Regardless of labels, the core symptom that majority struggle with is extreme level of emotional arousal that the nervous system has difficulty inhibiting. They feel either "jacked" (or hijacked) or energetically/emotionally collapsed.
My clients want to feel more comfortable in their own skin. Something has shaken their ability to connect to themselves, and we work together in a strengths-based way to allow them to trust their own judgement, and find ways to feel comfort in their lives. This might look like wanting to decrease anxiety, work with trauma triggers, or increase emotional regulation strategies to give them more control over their experience in life.
My clients want to feel more comfortable in their own skin. Something has shaken their ability to connect to themselves, and we work together in a strengths-based way to allow them to trust their own judgement, and find ways to feel comfort in their lives. This might look like wanting to decrease anxiety, work with trauma triggers, or increase emotional regulation strategies to give them more control over their experience in life.
Are you struggling with anxiety, trauma, or life transitions? Maybe you're a parent worried about your child's emotional well-being, or a young adult searching for meaning and direction. You want real support—someone who truly understands the depth of human experience and can guide you toward lasting change.
Are you struggling with anxiety, trauma, or life transitions? Maybe you're a parent worried about your child's emotional well-being, or a young adult searching for meaning and direction. You want real support—someone who truly understands the depth of human experience and can guide you toward lasting change.
