Pacific Blue Cross Therapists in West Vancouver, BC
I have had the privilege of knowing and working with a great number of individuals and families with varying levels of life challenges including: relationships issues, all types of emotional disturbances and alcohol & substance use problems. I trust that my accumulated repertoire of psychological methods and techniques along with my sincere desire to help will ensure effective and satisfactory services for my clients.
I have had the privilege of knowing and working with a great number of individuals and families with varying levels of life challenges including: relationships issues, all types of emotional disturbances and alcohol & substance use problems. I trust that my accumulated repertoire of psychological methods and techniques along with my sincere desire to help will ensure effective and satisfactory services for my clients.
Are you feeling overwhelmed, down or anxious? We all, at some stage in our lives, may face difficult situations and life challenges. It may be related to our relationships, conflicts with family members, loss of a loved one, adaptation, or illness. Facing these challenges may lead us to lose hope and focus on daily life tasks and routines. These feelings may lead us to think, nothing will ever change or get better, or there is no bright tomorrow in our future. What’s important is the way we view things and with whom we can share our most personal thoughts, feelings, and fears. I'm here to support you in a non-judgmental way.
Are you feeling overwhelmed, down or anxious? We all, at some stage in our lives, may face difficult situations and life challenges. It may be related to our relationships, conflicts with family members, loss of a loved one, adaptation, or illness. Facing these challenges may lead us to lose hope and focus on daily life tasks and routines. These feelings may lead us to think, nothing will ever change or get better, or there is no bright tomorrow in our future. What’s important is the way we view things and with whom we can share our most personal thoughts, feelings, and fears. I'm here to support you in a non-judgmental way.
I view Psychology as a safe space to be yourself and listened to, it starts there. I specialize in both Adults and young people with over 30 years experience in psychological therapy and empathetic counselling. I use various psychological interventions form my years practice and experience and offer supportive interventions.
Whatever the problem it helps to talk and express oneself, be heard - to move forward. I view personal therapy as a positive workout for the mind - just like the gym is for our bodies. I look forward to meeting you.
I view Psychology as a safe space to be yourself and listened to, it starts there. I specialize in both Adults and young people with over 30 years experience in psychological therapy and empathetic counselling. I use various psychological interventions form my years practice and experience and offer supportive interventions.
Whatever the problem it helps to talk and express oneself, be heard - to move forward. I view personal therapy as a positive workout for the mind - just like the gym is for our bodies. I look forward to meeting you.
There are times when everything feels heavy and difficult. Are you feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or emotionally drained? Do you find yourself stuck in painful patterns, struggling with identity, relationships, past trauma, or major life transitions? Emotional pain can feel isolating and confusing, but you don’t have to face it alone. I offer a safe, supportive space to explore your experiences, build resilience, and move toward lasting healing and growth.
There are times when everything feels heavy and difficult. Are you feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or emotionally drained? Do you find yourself stuck in painful patterns, struggling with identity, relationships, past trauma, or major life transitions? Emotional pain can feel isolating and confusing, but you don’t have to face it alone. I offer a safe, supportive space to explore your experiences, build resilience, and move toward lasting healing and growth.
I offer direct billing through TELUS Health for participating insurers, Pacific Blue Cross, and accept Autism Canada's CAP, Autism Funding Unit (AFU), and ICBC for eligible clients.
Are you seeking counselling that is neurodivergence-affirming and trauma-informed?
As a neurodivergent myself, I’ll create a space where you’re heard, understood, accepted, and can safely explore your thoughts, feelings, memories, and sensations. We’ll collaboratively explore values that are important to you and what gets in the way of living them out.
I offer direct billing through TELUS Health for participating insurers, Pacific Blue Cross, and accept Autism Canada's CAP, Autism Funding Unit (AFU), and ICBC for eligible clients.
Are you seeking counselling that is neurodivergence-affirming and trauma-informed?
As a neurodivergent myself, I’ll create a space where you’re heard, understood, accepted, and can safely explore your thoughts, feelings, memories, and sensations. We’ll collaboratively explore values that are important to you and what gets in the way of living them out.
When life throws challenges your way – whether it's navigating relationships with your partner, family, friends, or colleagues, dealing with anxiety, battling depression, or facing past traumas – I'm here to offer my support. Let's collaborate to create the changes you desire in your life. I'll provide you with the tools and techniques to overcome challenges and better manage whatever is on your mind. Your journey towards a more fulfilling life begins here.
When life throws challenges your way – whether it's navigating relationships with your partner, family, friends, or colleagues, dealing with anxiety, battling depression, or facing past traumas – I'm here to offer my support. Let's collaborate to create the changes you desire in your life. I'll provide you with the tools and techniques to overcome challenges and better manage whatever is on your mind. Your journey towards a more fulfilling life begins here.
I work with deep feelers, over-thinkers, and creative hearts navigating personal struggles and high-stress demands. Whether you're facing a rift in your relationships, lost in your identity, or feeling numb at work – we'll explore those patterns keeping you stuck and safely collaborate to get your life back on script.
Additionally, I offer specialized support to the entertainment industry, by bringing a firsthand understanding to film and television workers who just need a therapist that truly "gets" it.
I work with deep feelers, over-thinkers, and creative hearts navigating personal struggles and high-stress demands. Whether you're facing a rift in your relationships, lost in your identity, or feeling numb at work – we'll explore those patterns keeping you stuck and safely collaborate to get your life back on script.
Additionally, I offer specialized support to the entertainment industry, by bringing a firsthand understanding to film and television workers who just need a therapist that truly "gets" it.
Coastal Synergy Psychotherapy and Counselling Serv
Registered Psychotherapist, MA, RP, RCC
1 Endorsed
West Vancouver, BC V7T
My ideal clients are adults and youth seeking healing from trauma, anxiety, grief, burnout, relationship challenges, life transitions, and intergenerational trauma. Many arrive feeling overwhelmed, disconnected from themselves, or caught in patterns that no longer serve them. Together, we create a safe space to explore, heal, and grow. Drawing on nervous system regulation, evidence-based therapy, Indigenous Ways of Knowing, and the healing power of nature, I help clients rediscover their strengths, deepen self-understanding, and move toward a life that feels more grounded, meaningful, and aligned.
My ideal clients are adults and youth seeking healing from trauma, anxiety, grief, burnout, relationship challenges, life transitions, and intergenerational trauma. Many arrive feeling overwhelmed, disconnected from themselves, or caught in patterns that no longer serve them. Together, we create a safe space to explore, heal, and grow. Drawing on nervous system regulation, evidence-based therapy, Indigenous Ways of Knowing, and the healing power of nature, I help clients rediscover their strengths, deepen self-understanding, and move toward a life that feels more grounded, meaningful, and aligned.
I'm a Registered Clinical Counselor with 15+ years' expertise, providing therapeutic support to individuals, youth, couples, and families. My focus goes beyond symptom treatment; I help individuals achieve personal therapeutic goals. With specialized training, I excel in assisting couples and families in crises. Leading impactful group therapy sessions and conducting workshops, I foster positive changes, guiding clients towards an optimistic lifestyle. Over years of practice, I've honed skills in creating connections, helping clients navigate challenges, and promoting higher well-being.
I'm a Registered Clinical Counselor with 15+ years' expertise, providing therapeutic support to individuals, youth, couples, and families. My focus goes beyond symptom treatment; I help individuals achieve personal therapeutic goals. With specialized training, I excel in assisting couples and families in crises. Leading impactful group therapy sessions and conducting workshops, I foster positive changes, guiding clients towards an optimistic lifestyle. Over years of practice, I've honed skills in creating connections, helping clients navigate challenges, and promoting higher well-being.
I know there are times when it feels as if you are sitting in a dark space, waiting for a glimpse of joy. You may be seeking it in your job, income, relationships, or a variety of other external sources; and yet, it seems unreachable. Growing up with several traumas and experiencing severe depression led me to seek my identity in a high profile title in society. As a lawyer with a Master’s degree, I was not happy. Then I faced the tragic loss of my beloved friend. This pain, shook my belief system: How could I live, despite life's difficulties? Life showed me that painful experiences will always open doors to new paths.
I know there are times when it feels as if you are sitting in a dark space, waiting for a glimpse of joy. You may be seeking it in your job, income, relationships, or a variety of other external sources; and yet, it seems unreachable. Growing up with several traumas and experiencing severe depression led me to seek my identity in a high profile title in society. As a lawyer with a Master’s degree, I was not happy. Then I faced the tragic loss of my beloved friend. This pain, shook my belief system: How could I live, despite life's difficulties? Life showed me that painful experiences will always open doors to new paths.
What I hear most in my practise is that people want more meaning in their lives, in their work and in their loving relationships. According to current trends, anxiety and depression is on the rise. According to the Canadian Mood Disorders report 2008, 1 in 5 Canadians will have a mental illness over their lifetime. We may have become too focused on the results and lost sight of the process. The better we feel about ourselves because we are practising great lifestyle habits and relating meaningfully, soulfully, the more in the 'zone' we feel day to day.
What I hear most in my practise is that people want more meaning in their lives, in their work and in their loving relationships. According to current trends, anxiety and depression is on the rise. According to the Canadian Mood Disorders report 2008, 1 in 5 Canadians will have a mental illness over their lifetime. We may have become too focused on the results and lost sight of the process. The better we feel about ourselves because we are practising great lifestyle habits and relating meaningfully, soulfully, the more in the 'zone' we feel day to day.
It is my great pleasure to work as a Clinical Counsellor for the last 30 years. When I work with people I try to support them to find a more preferred way of being. My focus is to be collaborative. My work is grounded in strength-based approaches that view people as experts in their own lives, instead of viewing them from an expert-center position. My experience has shown me that people feel more in control of their own lives and are self-determining when they play a central role in their counselling. We all have the ability to re-author our lives so that the stories we live are kinder and gentler to us.
It is my great pleasure to work as a Clinical Counsellor for the last 30 years. When I work with people I try to support them to find a more preferred way of being. My focus is to be collaborative. My work is grounded in strength-based approaches that view people as experts in their own lives, instead of viewing them from an expert-center position. My experience has shown me that people feel more in control of their own lives and are self-determining when they play a central role in their counselling. We all have the ability to re-author our lives so that the stories we live are kinder and gentler to us.
Welcome to my practice. I believe that every person has the capacity for change. Counselling helps us unearth our internal compass, also called our inner intelligence, intuition, or higher self, so that we can relearn how to trust ourselves again. This is important work. Together, I will help you develop your capacity to respond to life's circumstances and manage the discomfort that you are experiencing. Our pain, anxiety, sadness, love, and joy all have important information for us. They can reveal what is required of us to heal, grow, and even thrive.
Welcome to my practice. I believe that every person has the capacity for change. Counselling helps us unearth our internal compass, also called our inner intelligence, intuition, or higher self, so that we can relearn how to trust ourselves again. This is important work. Together, I will help you develop your capacity to respond to life's circumstances and manage the discomfort that you are experiencing. Our pain, anxiety, sadness, love, and joy all have important information for us. They can reveal what is required of us to heal, grow, and even thrive.
Led by Clinic Director Maryam Mills who is a Registered Clinical Counsellor, holds a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology, and is Board Certified in Neurofeedback by BCIA, the team at MasterMind Brain Optimization Centres offers cutting edge Neurofeedback Therapy along with Psychological Counselling Therapy Services drawing on certification in many modalities including: EMDR, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Sensorimotor, Mindfulness, and Hypnosis Techniques. We help clients dealing with ADD, ADHD, autism, grief, trauma, anxiety, stress, depression, personality disorders, sleep disorders (insomnia), memory challenges and addiction.
Led by Clinic Director Maryam Mills who is a Registered Clinical Counsellor, holds a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology, and is Board Certified in Neurofeedback by BCIA, the team at MasterMind Brain Optimization Centres offers cutting edge Neurofeedback Therapy along with Psychological Counselling Therapy Services drawing on certification in many modalities including: EMDR, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Sensorimotor, Mindfulness, and Hypnosis Techniques. We help clients dealing with ADD, ADHD, autism, grief, trauma, anxiety, stress, depression, personality disorders, sleep disorders (insomnia), memory challenges and addiction.
Maybe your relationship has started to feel more like work than a connection. Maybe you're in the middle of a life change you didn't plan for. Or maybe everything looks fine from the outside — but deep inside you know it isn't.
Maybe your relationship has started to feel more like work than a connection. Maybe you're in the middle of a life change you didn't plan for. Or maybe everything looks fine from the outside — but deep inside you know it isn't.
Dr. Araujo is a registered psychologist in BC, and BCIA Board Certified in Neurofeedback. She provides psychological and QEEG assessments and neurotherapy services for her clients. Her goal is to identify strengths, areas of dysfunction and improve mental health using neurofeedback as a treatment modality. She specializes in ADHD, anxiety, autism, concussion/mild traumatic brain injury, depression, memory loss, PTSD/trauma, and sleep problems in adults and children. Neurofeedback and biofeedback can also be used to improve peak performance, meditation, heart rate variability, and lessen pain and inflammation in the brain.
Dr. Araujo is a registered psychologist in BC, and BCIA Board Certified in Neurofeedback. She provides psychological and QEEG assessments and neurotherapy services for her clients. Her goal is to identify strengths, areas of dysfunction and improve mental health using neurofeedback as a treatment modality. She specializes in ADHD, anxiety, autism, concussion/mild traumatic brain injury, depression, memory loss, PTSD/trauma, and sleep problems in adults and children. Neurofeedback and biofeedback can also be used to improve peak performance, meditation, heart rate variability, and lessen pain and inflammation in the brain.
I am a trauma informed Registered Counsellor and a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner with over 15 years experience working with couples, individuals and families. I work within the framework of Somatic Experiencing, Attachment based counselling, Emotionally Focused Therapy and Family Systems Theory. I work at the level of the nervous system to help people heal from chronic stress, attachment wounding and trauma through building more capacity, resilience and flexibility in the body, mind and spirit. I have recently completed my training in Advanced Somatic Experiencing and continue to do further training in Somatics.
I am a trauma informed Registered Counsellor and a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner with over 15 years experience working with couples, individuals and families. I work within the framework of Somatic Experiencing, Attachment based counselling, Emotionally Focused Therapy and Family Systems Theory. I work at the level of the nervous system to help people heal from chronic stress, attachment wounding and trauma through building more capacity, resilience and flexibility in the body, mind and spirit. I have recently completed my training in Advanced Somatic Experiencing and continue to do further training in Somatics.
I am able to direct bill to Pacific Blue Cross.
I am a therapist who meets people where they are, honoring each individual’s unique life circumstances. My approach is non-judgmental, respectful, and grounded in creating a safe, supportive space where clients can explore personal challenges at their own pace.
I bring over 20 years of experience to my work, including extensive experience in mental health outpatient services. When someone enters my virtual office, my goal is to fully understand their situation so that we can work collaboratively toward meaningful and realistic goals. Together, we explore both inner experiences—such as thoughts, emotions, and beliefs.
I am able to direct bill to Pacific Blue Cross.
I am a therapist who meets people where they are, honoring each individual’s unique life circumstances. My approach is non-judgmental, respectful, and grounded in creating a safe, supportive space where clients can explore personal challenges at their own pace.
I bring over 20 years of experience to my work, including extensive experience in mental health outpatient services. When someone enters my virtual office, my goal is to fully understand their situation so that we can work collaboratively toward meaningful and realistic goals. Together, we explore both inner experiences—such as thoughts, emotions, and beliefs.
Welcome! embarking in a journey of healing and personal growth is an act of courage. I am here to provide a collaborative approach that honors your wisdom, your needs, and how you want therapy to unfold to be effective and meaningful to you.
My practice is trauma-informed, non oppressive, and affirming of culture, ability, and identity. At the heart of my practice is a commitment to honour the wisdom inherent in each individual and their right to seek their journey of healing and self discovery in the best way that makes sense to them.
Welcome! embarking in a journey of healing and personal growth is an act of courage. I am here to provide a collaborative approach that honors your wisdom, your needs, and how you want therapy to unfold to be effective and meaningful to you.
My practice is trauma-informed, non oppressive, and affirming of culture, ability, and identity. At the heart of my practice is a commitment to honour the wisdom inherent in each individual and their right to seek their journey of healing and self discovery in the best way that makes sense to them.
Living with anxiety, depression, low self-worth, stress, or trauma can quietly shape how you see yourself and your relationships. You may find yourself overthinking, struggling with self-doubt, or feeling overwhelmed by emotions. Often, these patterns are linked to early-life experiences, attachment wounds, or unmet emotional needs. My professional journey began supporting children with ASD and ADHD, where I developed a deep understanding of emotional development, attachment, and the lasting impact of early life experiences. I now support adults in exploring how these experiences shape emotional and relational patterns.
Living with anxiety, depression, low self-worth, stress, or trauma can quietly shape how you see yourself and your relationships. You may find yourself overthinking, struggling with self-doubt, or feeling overwhelmed by emotions. Often, these patterns are linked to early-life experiences, attachment wounds, or unmet emotional needs. My professional journey began supporting children with ASD and ADHD, where I developed a deep understanding of emotional development, attachment, and the lasting impact of early life experiences. I now support adults in exploring how these experiences shape emotional and relational patterns.
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