Psychodynamic Therapists in West Vancouver, BC
Welcome! Perhaps you've been struggling with relationship issues, or have been impacted by a narcissist and have been stuck in webs of gaslighting, or you're are reaching out for support for other concerns, including partner sexual betrayal trauma, depression, grief and loss counselling, separation & divorce, and mid-life issues. If so, I'm a therapist with 20+ years of experience and I'd be happy to hear how I might support you, so please reach out to arrange a free 15-minute phone consultation.
Welcome! Perhaps you've been struggling with relationship issues, or have been impacted by a narcissist and have been stuck in webs of gaslighting, or you're are reaching out for support for other concerns, including partner sexual betrayal trauma, depression, grief and loss counselling, separation & divorce, and mid-life issues. If so, I'm a therapist with 20+ years of experience and I'd be happy to hear how I might support you, so please reach out to arrange a free 15-minute phone consultation.
Psychodynamic/ Jungian/ Psychoanalytic /Object relations and Family systems theories inform my work.
I work with a broad range of individuals and issues : Depression, anxiety, trauma, grief/loss, and relational issues. New Motherhood/ Parenthood and post part depression , Retirement and life transition planning. I view symptoms and issues as messages and look toward deeper meaning including Dream work and attention to Mind/body expressions of symptoms.
Psychodynamic/ Jungian/ Psychoanalytic /Object relations and Family systems theories inform my work.
I work with a broad range of individuals and issues : Depression, anxiety, trauma, grief/loss, and relational issues. New Motherhood/ Parenthood and post part depression , Retirement and life transition planning. I view symptoms and issues as messages and look toward deeper meaning including Dream work and attention to Mind/body expressions of symptoms.
I employ a variety of approaches, but work primarily from a Relational Psychodynamic perspective.
In a secure and trusting therapeutic relationship, you can gain an understanding of the past, learn to accept yourself in the present, find new ways of relating to others, and move forward in your life.
I employ a variety of approaches, but work primarily from a Relational Psychodynamic perspective.
In a secure and trusting therapeutic relationship, you can gain an understanding of the past, learn to accept yourself in the present, find new ways of relating to others, and move forward in your life.
My approach is psychodynamic psychotherapy, focused on attachment theory and mentalization.
Life is complex, and emotional pain is unavoidable. As your therapist, I am here to support you in navigating these complexities. While occasional feelings of sadness or anxiety, and occasional conflicts, are normal, overwhelming or persistent emotional pain may signal deeper issues. Depression, anxiety, PTSD, anger management issues, ongoing relationship problems, and persistent loneliness can indicate that we might need to do more inner work to heal. Psychotherapy helps us uncover the underlying causes of our problems, offering insights into why we experience difficulties and providing guidance on resolving them effectively
My approach is psychodynamic psychotherapy, focused on attachment theory and mentalization.
Life is complex, and emotional pain is unavoidable. As your therapist, I am here to support you in navigating these complexities. While occasional feelings of sadness or anxiety, and occasional conflicts, are normal, overwhelming or persistent emotional pain may signal deeper issues. Depression, anxiety, PTSD, anger management issues, ongoing relationship problems, and persistent loneliness can indicate that we might need to do more inner work to heal. Psychotherapy helps us uncover the underlying causes of our problems, offering insights into why we experience difficulties and providing guidance on resolving them effectively
With over 20 years of clinical experience, I work with individuals and couples who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or at a crossroads. Together, we explore the emotional patterns, relationship dynamics, and life experiences that may be keeping you from living with greater clarity, connection, and fulfillment. My approach is warm, engaged, and compassionate, offering a supportive space for deeper self-understanding and meaningful change. I am committed to walking alongside you as you navigate life's challenges and move toward greater peace and well-being.
With over 20 years of clinical experience, I work with individuals and couples who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or at a crossroads. Together, we explore the emotional patterns, relationship dynamics, and life experiences that may be keeping you from living with greater clarity, connection, and fulfillment. My approach is warm, engaged, and compassionate, offering a supportive space for deeper self-understanding and meaningful change. I am committed to walking alongside you as you navigate life's challenges and move toward greater peace and well-being.
Are your usual ways of dealing with things no longer working? Is it time to look at something that has been troubling you for a while? Perhaps you could use some help looking into your life to develop a deeper understanding of your journey. Carl Jung said, “Only what is really oneself has the power to heal.” Your challenges will be seen 'guideposts' that help us understand your life in a meaningful way. As a registered psychotherapist, my orientation is based in depth psychology and I am dedicated to helping you fully see yourself with compassionate eyes so that symptom and suffering can be transformed into wholeness and healing.
Are your usual ways of dealing with things no longer working? Is it time to look at something that has been troubling you for a while? Perhaps you could use some help looking into your life to develop a deeper understanding of your journey. Carl Jung said, “Only what is really oneself has the power to heal.” Your challenges will be seen 'guideposts' that help us understand your life in a meaningful way. As a registered psychotherapist, my orientation is based in depth psychology and I am dedicated to helping you fully see yourself with compassionate eyes so that symptom and suffering can be transformed into wholeness and healing.
There are times in life when coping on your own is no longer enough. You might feel overwhelmed, emotionally fatigued, or not quite like yourself, even though you continue to meet the demands of daily life.
Or maybe you’re a parent, watching your teen pull away — overwhelmed, anxious, angry, or shutting down — and you’re not sure how to support them.
Hi I’m Yegi, a Registered Clinical Counsellor and founder of InnerPeace Counselling & Neurofeedback. I work with individuals, youth, families and first responders stuck in survival mode and are ready to understand themselves on a deeper level.
There are times in life when coping on your own is no longer enough. You might feel overwhelmed, emotionally fatigued, or not quite like yourself, even though you continue to meet the demands of daily life.
Or maybe you’re a parent, watching your teen pull away — overwhelmed, anxious, angry, or shutting down — and you’re not sure how to support them.
Hi I’m Yegi, a Registered Clinical Counsellor and founder of InnerPeace Counselling & Neurofeedback. I work with individuals, youth, families and first responders stuck in survival mode and are ready to understand themselves on a deeper level.
I offer support to teens, adults and parents who maybe struggling with issues. Whatever the problem it helps to talk and express oneself. Most people feel the benefit of sharing their concerns and learning to gain strength and trying out new coping strategies or finding other supportive measures to assist personal growth. Therapy can be a positive workout for the mind - just like the gym is for our bodies. I look forward to meeting you.
I offer support to teens, adults and parents who maybe struggling with issues. Whatever the problem it helps to talk and express oneself. Most people feel the benefit of sharing their concerns and learning to gain strength and trying out new coping strategies or finding other supportive measures to assist personal growth. Therapy can be a positive workout for the mind - just like the gym is for our bodies. I look forward to meeting you.
Many people come to therapy feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or disconnected: living with anxiety, grief, trauma, identity/cultural stress, relationship strain, or a major transition. They often want relief, but also clarity: to understand what is happening, regulate emotions, and shift patterns that keep repeating. The goal is not perfection. It’s a more livable, steady life, with choices that feel more aligned and sustainable.
Many people come to therapy feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or disconnected: living with anxiety, grief, trauma, identity/cultural stress, relationship strain, or a major transition. They often want relief, but also clarity: to understand what is happening, regulate emotions, and shift patterns that keep repeating. The goal is not perfection. It’s a more livable, steady life, with choices that feel more aligned and sustainable.
In the midst of life challenges, we hold an inner wisdom when we listen deeply to ourselves and each other in the presence of engaged support. This compassionate inquiry and attention inspires growth and connection to navigate uncertainty, grief and loss, and distress in relationships. My approach integrates mindfulness based, somatic and self compassion skills to understand our thoughts, feelings, and core values as sources of guidance towards what is most life affirming; attachment and interpersonal neurobiology theory to strengthen emotional regulation. For couples, this creates space to strengthen nourshing relationships.
In the midst of life challenges, we hold an inner wisdom when we listen deeply to ourselves and each other in the presence of engaged support. This compassionate inquiry and attention inspires growth and connection to navigate uncertainty, grief and loss, and distress in relationships. My approach integrates mindfulness based, somatic and self compassion skills to understand our thoughts, feelings, and core values as sources of guidance towards what is most life affirming; attachment and interpersonal neurobiology theory to strengthen emotional regulation. For couples, this creates space to strengthen nourshing relationships.
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.
Are you struggling with your emotions? Do you find yourself putting others' needs above your own? Do you wonder if life should feel somehow better? Happier? More at ease? You're not alone: Now more than ever, people are feeling anxious, overwhelmed and uncertain about how to move forward. This work isn't taught to most of us, but I assure you it can be done. Life doesn't need to be this hard.
Are you struggling with your emotions? Do you find yourself putting others' needs above your own? Do you wonder if life should feel somehow better? Happier? More at ease? You're not alone: Now more than ever, people are feeling anxious, overwhelmed and uncertain about how to move forward. This work isn't taught to most of us, but I assure you it can be done. Life doesn't need to be this hard.
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.
Bach Counselling Group uses evidence-based methods including CBT, Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Dialetical Behavioural therapy (DBT), Psychodynamic, Family Systems, Solution-Focused Therapy & Mindfulness.
For over 25 years, Bach Counselling Group brings an expertise to working with those who wish to make a positive change in relationships, intimacy, depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, ADHD, parenting and eating disorders. We work with individuals and couples who are dealing with issues that may adversely affect their relationships. We strive to bring you to achieving your goals. Therapy is short term, cost effective and change oriented. Bach Counselling Group adheres to the ethics and standards set out by the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association.
Bach Counselling Group uses evidence-based methods including CBT, Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Dialetical Behavioural therapy (DBT), Psychodynamic, Family Systems, Solution-Focused Therapy & Mindfulness.
For over 25 years, Bach Counselling Group brings an expertise to working with those who wish to make a positive change in relationships, intimacy, depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, ADHD, parenting and eating disorders. We work with individuals and couples who are dealing with issues that may adversely affect their relationships. We strive to bring you to achieving your goals. Therapy is short term, cost effective and change oriented. Bach Counselling Group adheres to the ethics and standards set out by the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association.
Making the decision to begin therapy can be quite daunting and finding a therapist with whom you can feel comfortable with more so. I can offer you a safe space from which to explore your difficulties, where you can express your feelings and thoughts freely. This can enable you to look forward to a better understanding so that you can cope with life. Some of the issues I can help with include: physical illness, trauma, depression, PTSD, anxiety, behavioural, learning, life-limiting conditions, neurological conditions and self-esteem.
Making the decision to begin therapy can be quite daunting and finding a therapist with whom you can feel comfortable with more so. I can offer you a safe space from which to explore your difficulties, where you can express your feelings and thoughts freely. This can enable you to look forward to a better understanding so that you can cope with life. Some of the issues I can help with include: physical illness, trauma, depression, PTSD, anxiety, behavioural, learning, life-limiting conditions, neurological conditions and self-esteem.
Coming alongside my clients as they navigate significant life changes, get to the root of challenging feelings and find a way forward (together) towards ease and wellbeing, is a privilege. We don’t have to bear the burden of our unhappiness, stress and confusion alone. It is wonderfully reorienting when our personal experience is deeply heard, held and respected, with skill and open-heartedness. Often helping us find fresh perspective and motivation. This is the gift we offer ourselves, when we take the time to engage in healthy therapeutic relationship. My work has been a joy to me and I would be delighted to hear from you.
Coming alongside my clients as they navigate significant life changes, get to the root of challenging feelings and find a way forward (together) towards ease and wellbeing, is a privilege. We don’t have to bear the burden of our unhappiness, stress and confusion alone. It is wonderfully reorienting when our personal experience is deeply heard, held and respected, with skill and open-heartedness. Often helping us find fresh perspective and motivation. This is the gift we offer ourselves, when we take the time to engage in healthy therapeutic relationship. My work has been a joy to me and I would be delighted to hear from you.
Therapy can be a transformative journey, one that holds the potential to foster feelings of radical acceptance and self-compassion, cultivate a sense of inner peace, and provide healing and care to each and every part of you. Developing awareness of yourself and your relationships can often be the first step toward creating change. Together, we'll identify your strengths, explore patterns that may be holding you back and give space to those deeper parts of you that have longed to be seen and understood. We will also work through any events or self-talk that may be creating distress or keeping you stuck.
Therapy can be a transformative journey, one that holds the potential to foster feelings of radical acceptance and self-compassion, cultivate a sense of inner peace, and provide healing and care to each and every part of you. Developing awareness of yourself and your relationships can often be the first step toward creating change. Together, we'll identify your strengths, explore patterns that may be holding you back and give space to those deeper parts of you that have longed to be seen and understood. We will also work through any events or self-talk that may be creating distress or keeping you stuck.
Are you longing to feel more connection and satisfaction in your relationships? Are you often feeling sad or anxious? Many of my clients may present to others thar they’re functioning well, but inwardly they may be feeling anxious, alone, and overwhelmed. I am here to support you on your journey to finding more peace, contentment and authenticity in your life and relationships.
Are you longing to feel more connection and satisfaction in your relationships? Are you often feeling sad or anxious? Many of my clients may present to others thar they’re functioning well, but inwardly they may be feeling anxious, alone, and overwhelmed. I am here to support you on your journey to finding more peace, contentment and authenticity in your life and relationships.
Most of my clients are wired a little differently, and the work fits the wiring. I see neurodivergent adults and youth: the ADHD engineer who can build anything except a morning routine, the creative whose best ideas arrive at 2am while the paperwork never arrives at all, the parent trying to decode a kid who doesn't run on the standard operating system. Therapy with me is practical. We figure out how your particular brain actually works, then build strategies around it instead of forcing it into shapes that never fit. The goal: less overwhelm, more traction, and a daily life that feels like yours.
Most of my clients are wired a little differently, and the work fits the wiring. I see neurodivergent adults and youth: the ADHD engineer who can build anything except a morning routine, the creative whose best ideas arrive at 2am while the paperwork never arrives at all, the parent trying to decode a kid who doesn't run on the standard operating system. Therapy with me is practical. We figure out how your particular brain actually works, then build strategies around it instead of forcing it into shapes that never fit. The goal: less overwhelm, more traction, and a daily life that feels like yours.
Do you find yourself feeling overwhelmed, stretched thin, or caught in patterns that no longer feel like you? You might be holding a lot on your own, trying to make sense of past harm, navigate relationships, or find steadiness in the middle of everything you carry.
I’m Clayre, an affirming trauma therapist who is trans, nonbinary, neurodivergent, and queer. I offer a space that is relational, grounded, and attuned, where we can begin to understand what’s happening in your mind and body, your relationships, and your inner world. Together, we make room for clarity, self-trust, and new ways of being that feel more like your own.
Do you find yourself feeling overwhelmed, stretched thin, or caught in patterns that no longer feel like you? You might be holding a lot on your own, trying to make sense of past harm, navigate relationships, or find steadiness in the middle of everything you carry.
I’m Clayre, an affirming trauma therapist who is trans, nonbinary, neurodivergent, and queer. I offer a space that is relational, grounded, and attuned, where we can begin to understand what’s happening in your mind and body, your relationships, and your inner world. Together, we make room for clarity, self-trust, and new ways of being that feel more like your own.
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Psychodynamic Counsellors
Is psychodynamic therapy evidence-based?
Studies have found psychodynamic therapy to be effective in treating conditions like social anxiety, eating disorders, chronic pain, some personality disorders, and depression; indeed, some studies have found it to be just as effective as CBT or medication. What’s more, several studies have found that the benefits of psychodynamic therapy tend to endure—even grow—long after treatment has ended.
How long does psychodynamic therapy last?
Unlike CBT and other more structured forms of therapy, psychodynamic therapy tends to be open-ended and may not be limited to a set number of sessions. It is common for clients to be in therapy for a year or longer and to see their therapist one to three times a week, though the exact schedule and timeline may vary depending on a client’s challenges and progress. However, brief psychodynamic therapy is available, which tends to be more goal-oriented and typically unfolds over 16 to 30 sessions.
Does psychodynamic therapy work?
Research finds that psychodynamic therapy can help someone manage or reduce symptoms of diagnosable mental health conditions like depression or anxiety. The modality may also offer a range of benefits that are harder to measure but just as valuable—such as increased self-worth or healthier relationships. While no therapy type will work for everyone, research and anecdotal evidence suggest that psychodynamic therapy can be highly effective.
What are the limitations of psychodynamic therapy?
Some meta-analyses have concluded that there is little evidence to suggest that psychodynamic therapy can effectively treat certain mental health conditions such as PTSD, OCD, or psychosis, though it is sometimes used to do so. More broadly, the open-ended, free-association structure of psychodynamic therapy may be frustrating for clients who prefer a more structured, time-limited, or goal-oriented approach.