Relational Therapists in Victoria, BC

The best feeling is knowing who we are and feeling safe to be ourselves in the world. I love working with parents and caregivers on the challenges you face, and with you and your child on the underlying reasons for their behaviour. Children do what they do in order to get a need met. Once we understand the protective system of ourselves and our children we can meet our children where they need us most. Health in the early years is linked to health across the lifespan and therapy can lay the foundation for your child's well-being over time.

Are you looking for more clarity and direction in your life? Do you often feel overwhelmed or stuck? Do you desire more fulfilling relationships? Life’s experiences can be challenging, but you don’t have to walk through it alone. What if you were able to gain a better understanding of yourself and your experiences? What if you could navigate difficult situations in your life with more ease? I’m here to hold space for you as you navigate life’s ups and downs, helping you look at and overcome patterns that are holding you back from living the life that you desire, and create a deeper connection with yourself and others.

Hello There! I am a somatic, experiential and relational therapist. I work with attachment (relationships), trauma (religious, family & relationship), and lots of different mood struggles. I love spending time dancing, playing on a playground, watching comedians, and spending time with my family people. I work to hold a space where you can be your true self and feel accepted by my true self. I enjoy helping individuals, friends and family dyads work through conflict, grief, and attachment healing. I love this work and have a caring, playful, and present energy.

Welcome. How brave and courageous to explore newness for yourself. My name is Charis Santiago and I am a 2nd generation Filipina-Canadian therapist who provides relational analytic counselling services in Victoria, BC and telehealth. I am passionate about working with you surrounding a wide range of mental health issues. My specialties include working with issues of trauma and sexual abuse, racial/ethnic and identity development, issues with family, play therapy, addiction and mood disorders.

I support clients managing emotional challenges, BPD traits, depression, OCD, perfectionism, negative internal dialogue, addiction, grief, trauma, and difficult family dynamics. Together we explore a client's history, experience, emotions, and develop better skills for managing challenges. Often old coping strategies are no longer serving the client. Developing relational intimacy with others, and more compassionate communication with self is integral to my work with individuals and families. Together we find solutions for healing and moving forward in healthy ways so clients can align more authenticly with themselves.

Linnea Strom is passionate about supporting clients to release past trauma, nurture their self-compassion, and improve emotional regulation. Her style is warm, relational and body-based. She brings skills in navigating complex life issues, with lived and professional experience in areas such as parenting, gender and sexuality, grief, depression/anxiety, medicalization/chronic health issues, neurodivergence, and trauma.

Are you feeling filled with self-doubt, not living your life to the fullest, or like you can’t turn off your thoughts? Are you finding it difficult to cope with life or relationships and feel out of balance or disconnected? Perhaps you’re feeling stuck or overwhelmed with aspects of your life. Feeling weighed down by stress, fear, self-criticism, sadness or pain. Maybe you are looking for support to find ways and strategies to manage your emotions, to become more in tune with yourself, to find your compassionate voice and to cope with stress so you feel empowered to challenge negative self-beliefs and take back control of your life.

Currently accepting new clients! I support your healing and growth through holistic counselling bringing attention to mind, body, spiritual and creative aspects of self. I take a compassionate and relational approach that foregrounds our connections to self, community, and more-than-human worlds. The people I work with are exploring their experience of life transitions, grief, hope, depression, stress, anxiety, emotion-regulation, creativity, and connection. Therapy looks different for everyone. Whatever your therapeutic goals are, my professional goal is to support you to safely explore your own capacity for healing.

Does your life feel out of balance? Do you struggle to slow down? Are anger or sadness too present in your life? Is your child or teen struggling and you just don’t know how to help them? You are not alone. With 20 years of mental health counselling experience, I can confidently offer you a safe, and supportive space in which to explore and work through challenges. Sometimes we all hold on to issues longer than we need too - but in the context of a healthy therapeutic relationship, it is amazing how much healing can take place. When you feel ready, please reach out.

I'm Angela and I've been told that I'm approachable, warm and down-to-earth. Many of my clients come in saying that they had a "pretty good" upbringing. I create a space for you to explore whether it might be more complex. Relational wounds need relational repair. It’s essential to have a trustworthy guide in the journey back to your own inner wisdom. I believe that a good guide can help you to identify where nurturance, protection and guidance were lacking when you needed them most and also help you look at how this might still affect your relational patterns today and invite you towards more satisfaction in love, work and sex.

Embodied Relational Trauma Therapy. Embodied means looking at what we sense and feel with our whole self to get as much data as we can. Relational means we are impacted by our environments including the others in our lives, every moment, every breath. Trauma indicates where are we stuck (in time, in our bodies, in our minds) due to lack of effective supports. Therapy asks how do we get moving again, starting from where we are and who we are, right now, in this very moment.

I approach therapy as a creative and collaborative process that involves the whole being of both the therapist and client. In order to lead fulfilling, joyful lives, humans need access to the intelligence available through their physical, psychological, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual selves. Trauma, shame, and fear can disrupt our ability to access and experience these aspects of self fully, and can leave us feeling dissatisfied with our lives. By working directly with clients' felt sense of their bodies, as well as their stories and their feelings, I support clients in deepening their relationship to all aspects of themselves.

Accepting new clients 12+ with no wait. Looking for an empathetic and non-judgemental counsellor to support you through life's challenges? I offer an evidence-based approach that can assist you in navigating different relationships, peer pressures, life transitions, and mental health challenges. I am passionate about supporting children, youth, and young adults in building resiliency and coping skills. Areas that I have experience working with are anxiety, depression, self-esteem challenges, and anger management.

Relational Somatic Therapy helps you connect with the deep wisdom of your body and strengthens your capacity to trust in its guidance. Learning to listen deeply to your mind and body, you become gently and honestly present. RST invites you to slowly meet and begin to integrate the parts in you that have been abandoned, neglected or rejected, as you learn to love yourself. This work is an invitation to meet, feel, hold and heal your wounds and negative self-beliefs. The negative core beliefs you may have about yourself, such as “I’m unworthy” or “the world is an unsafe place”, drive your unconscious behaviour, thoughts and feelings.

I work with adults, couples, adolescents and children to help them find relief from inner pain and distress in their life. I encourage awareness, foster acceptance, and help create optimal growth. I value clients' finding their own voice and path while doing it in the context of their important relationships, as relationships can be deeply supportive and positively transforming.

Thank you for being here and showing an interest in Narrative Therapy. It is quite possible that you are wondering, "What exactly is Narrative Therapy?" Narrative practice is a respectful, non-blaming approach to therapy and community work. It is dedicated to rich questions and generous listening. Narrative therapy explores the many skills, values, beliefs, abilities and commitments people have and is curious about the dominant discourses a person may find themselves up against in their lives.

I provide Somatic Attachment Psychotherapy for Adults. Life can be a struggle sometimes. Reaching out for help takes strength and courage. We can't always manage on our own. I am here to assist those struggling with depression, anxiety, childhood trauma, disrupted attachment, parenting, and other mental health or relational issues. I do not provide couples counselling. Call me for a free consult to see if we are a good fit. I have a lot to offer.

Using a heart-led approach to counselling, I integrate self-compassion, mindfulness, and somatic movement to explore the parts of you that make up Self. Through this approach, we lovingly challenge the Ego to connect with the heart to allow more space to live authentically. Informed by my intuition and anchoring into the present moment, I take a relational approach to navigate challenges and move through suffering. By learning to understand how your mind, body, and spirit, when connected, become your superpower, we will discover that you are more resilient and capable than you think and your whole world will change.

All humans have the capacity for wellness, healing, and growth, despite the adversities we face. As a former national team athlete and current RCC, I have a unique understanding of the psychological pressures that coincide with sport-participation and managing difficult emotions. I also enjoy working with a diverse range of clients (14+) and couples to address a variety of concerns. These areas may include, but are not limited to, challenges with performance and social anxiety, depression, trauma/abuse, relational conflict, grief/loss, and disordered eating/RED-S.