Location
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Be The Change Counselling is not currently accepting new clients.
About
'Challenge brings change". Easy to say, yet difficult to do. Victor Frankl wrote, "when we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves", (Man's Search for Meaning, 1946). When we find ourselves in difficult situations, we have choice - remain in the pain, or seek support to move through. I know life's greatest challenges have brought incredible change to my life, but it hasn't been easy. You don't need to face challenge and change alone.
I am a strengths-based, trauma-informed, anti-oppressive therapist. Trained in solution-focused and cognitive-behavioural therapy. Experience working with survivors of crime and trauma, mental health and addiction. My specialty is supporting people in conflict, (including parent-teen struggles and youth in crisis), as well as families experiencing addiction.
Infertility, separation and divorce, single-parenting, adoption, blended families, parent-teen conflict, depression and anxiety, addiction and recovery are all personal challenges that have brought incredible change to my life. I have 26 years of professional and educational experience to help, but also 46 years of lived experience to relate.
Take the first step to help. Call or Email Be The Change Counselling now - (778) 720-5570
Finances
- Cost per Session: $150 - $200
- Sliding Scale: Yes
Pay By:
ACH Bank transfer, American Express, Cash, Cheque, Mastercard, Visa
Accepted Insurance Plans
- BlueCross and BlueShield
- Canada Life | Great-West Life
- Great-West Life
- Green Shield Canada
- Insurance Corporation of British Columbia
- Manulife
- Medavie Blue Cross
- Pacific Blue Cross
- SunLife
Direct billing to: ICBC, First Nations Health Authority, Brown Crawshaw, Physician Health, Veterans Affairs, BC Emergency Health Services
Email us or call (778) 720-5570 with questions.
Qualifications
- Years in Practice: 29 Years
- Licence: British Columbia / 8815
- School: University of Northern British Columbia
- Year Graduated: 2007
Additional Credentials
- Certificate: University of Northern British Columbia / Bachelor of Social Work
- Certificate Date: 2002
- Certificate: EMDR Certification
- Certificate Date: 2020
Location
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Specialties
- Child
- Addiction
- Family Conflict
Issues
- ADHD
- Adoption
- Alcohol Use
- Anger Management
- Anxiety
- Autism
- Behavioural Issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- Borderline Personality (BPD)
- Career Guidance
- Chronic Illness
- Chronic Impulsivity
- Chronic Pain
- Chronic Relapse
- Codependency
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Divorce
- Domestic Abuse
- Domestic Violence
- Drug Abuse
- Dual Diagnosis
- Eating Disorders
- Emotional Disturbance
- Gambling
- Grief
- Infertility
- Infidelity
- Internet Addiction
- Life Transitions
- Marital and Premarital
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Racial Identity
- Relationship Issues
- School Issues
- Self Esteem
- Self-Harming
- Sexual Abuse
- Sexual Addiction
- Sleep or Insomnia
- Spirituality
- Sports Performance
- Stress
- Substance Use
- Suicidal Ideation
- Teen Violence
- Transgender
- Trauma and PTSD
- Video Game Addiction
- Women's Issues
- foster-parent concerns
- post-adoption concerns
Mental Health
- Dissociative Disorders (DID)
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Mood Disorders
- Thinking Disorders
Sexuality
- Bisexual
- LGBTQ+
- Lesbian
Client Focus
Ethnicity:
Black and Indigenous Peoples
Age
- Elders (65+)
- Adults
- Teen
- Preteen
Communities
- Bisexual Allied
- Body Positivity
- Gay Allied
- HIV / AIDS Allied
- Lesbian Allied
- Queer Allied
- Racial Justice Allied
- Sex Worker Allied
- Transgender Allied
- Vegan Allied
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Attachment-based
- Clinical Supervision and Qualified Supervisors
- Coaching
- Cognitive Behavioural (CBT)
- Compassion Focused
- Culturally Sensitive
- EMDR
- Eclectic
- Family / Marital
- Family Systems
- Feminist
- Humanistic
- Interpersonal
- Intervention
- Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Person-Centered
- Psychodynamic
- Rational Emotive Behaviour (REBT)
- Reality Therapy
- Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
- Strength-Based
- Structural Family Therapy
- Trauma Focused
Modality
- Individuals
- Couples
- Family
Last Modified: 15 Nov 2021
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