Karen Olender Kipnis
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, RMFT, RCC
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Salt Spring Island, BC V8K
Let's Connect (778) 767-2217

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 We often need a mirror to help us understand how to change outdated behaviors that are just not working or resolve inner conflicts that are keeping us from living a fulfilling life.
My approach integrates mind and body awareness to help recover from loss, trauma, anxiety and depression, increase self-esteem, solve relationship challenges, manage the psychological aspect of chronic illness and cultivate deeper meaning in life.
For some, exploring dreams and other experiences emerging from the unconscious help point towards sources of strengths, healing and renewal. I believe psychotherapy should do more than help us adapt to a dysfunctional world. It should also help free us of the ties that bind us.
Call or Email Karen Olender Kipnis now for a free 15 minute consultation - (778) 767-2217
Let's Connect (778) 767-2217

Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $160
Payment Methods
ACH Bank transfer, Cheque
Karen Olender Kipnis
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, RMFT, RCC
Call or Email me for a free 15 minute consultation now - (778) 767-2217
Qualifications
- In Practice for 19 years
- Attended Pacifica Graduate Institute, Graduated 2008
- Certificate from CACFT 2017400 / 2024
Education and Years In Practice
Additional Credentials
Karen Olender Kipnis
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, RMFT, RCC
Call or Email me for a free 15 minute consultation now - (778) 767-2217
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Anxiety
- Relationship Issues
- Trauma and PTSD
Expertise
- Child
- Chronic Illness
- Chronic Pain
- Codependency
- Depression
- Dissociative Disorders (DID)
- Divorce
- Emotional effects of Thyroid Imbalance
- Grief
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Life Transitions
- Marital and Premarital
- Mood Disorders
- Psychophysiological Disorders
- Self Esteem
- Sleep or Insomnia
- Spirituality
- Stress
Karen Olender Kipnis
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, RMFT, RCC
Do these issues align with your needs? Email or (778) 767-2217
Client Focus
Age
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Family
I also speak
French
Age
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Family
I also speak
French
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Attachment-based
- Depth Psychology
- Family Systems
- Humanistic
- Imago
- Interpersonal
- Jungian
- Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Multicultural
- Person-Centered
- Psychodynamic
- Relational
- Somatic
- Trauma Focused
Karen Olender Kipnis
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, RMFT, RCC
Ask about what different forms of therapy will be like. Email or (778) 767-2217
Location
Additional Location
Victoria, BC V8N
(778) 767-2217
Karen Olender Kipnis
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, RMFT, RCC
Call for a free consultation now - (778) 767-2217