SESSIONS BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 2024

Nikki is currently pursuing her Master’s in Counselling at Adler University. With a background in working with autistic individuals, she brings patience and empathy to her practice. Nikki is committed to developing a non-oppressive therapeutic approach that respects and honors the unique experiences of each client. She is particularly interested in supporting individuals dealing with anxiety, depression, life changes, and daily struggles. Nikki is dedicated to providing a compassionate and safe space for all her clients as she begins her counselling career.

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About Maddy

Maddy is a Registered Clinical Counsellor. She works with teens and adults through a variety of concerns, including depression, anxiety, survivors of sexual abuse, body image, and relationships. Maddy is a caring, empathic, and dynamic counsellor who is confident in her ability to help her clients to shift adversity into positive changes and new possibilities.

Maddy is proud to be working in Lynn valley, a place where she was born and raised. Giving back to her community in a meaningful way is at the core of her values.

Approach to Counselling

Maddy uses a person centred narrative approach in her work with clients. Maddy commits to meeting clients wherever their journey begins, and strives to create a comfortable welcoming space for all. When working with Maddy you can expect to feel reassured, heard, and above all safe. She believes in the power of change through harnessing the unique abilities of all her clients, and developing new skills in order for them to experience their full potential.

Training and Certifications

• Counselling Children and Adolescence- Udemy Instructor Elmira Strangeé- (2022).

• Skillfully Responding to Distress- Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Centre of British Columbia (2020).

• Being Trauma Aware- Calgary and Area Child Advocacy Centre (2020).

Availability

Maddy offers sessions on Tuesdays and Saturdays from 8:30am-2:30pm

Fees

50-minute session: $150 + GST 75-minute session: $225 + GST

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Olivia currently has a waitlist for new clients. To add yourself to her waitlist, you can do so online or email info@lynnvalleycounselling.com

Olivia Blander Counsellor, She/her BMus, MMus, MACP, CCC #10008206

Olivia is certified as a counsellor by the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association and holds a master’s degree in counselling psychology from Yorkville University. She currently offers counselling to individuals aged 13 and up who are experiencing a variety of concerns such as generalized anxiety, social anxiety, health/medical anxiety, depression, grief and loss, life transitions, work stress, lasting effects of trauma (complex, relational, medical), feelings of shame and self-doubt, challenges with perfectionism/harsh inner critics, and interpersonal struggles. From her experience as a professional musician in high-pressure, highly competitive environments, Olivia can offer a uniquely helpful perspective for any client struggling with performance-related issues, whether it be in the arts, sports or in any arena that is meaningful to them. She welcomes clients with diverse backgrounds, gender and sexual identities.

About Olivia: Olivia felt drawn to pursue her long-time interests in psychology and mental health after decades working as a professional cellist and music teacher. Though her musical pursuits continue to be both rewarding and challenging, she sees counselling as a way to offer others the support she has benefitted from in her own life. Inspired by the wonderful therapists she has been fortunate to work with, she feels honoured to support others through their healing process and as they seek peace, insight, growth and wellbeing. Outside of work, Olivia enjoys time with her dog Roo, cross-country skiing, travelling, gardening, baking, reading, knitting, photography and watching baseball. For those clients who have an interest or curiosity in meditation and/or ideas from Buddhist psychology, you will find a very willing partner in Olivia - these ideas and practices have been central to her own journey.

Approach to Counselling: Olivia’s priority is to create a safe, comfortable environment without judgment, to allow for a uniquely trusting relationship. In this place of trust and safety, she hopes her clients will feel the freedom to explore their experience from new perspectives, to find strategies to face life’s challenges, and to feel increasingly empowered in their own lives. Olivia strongly believes that each client is the expert in their life, and she strives to tailor her counselling approach to each person’s needs and desires. Depending on your interests and concerns, Olivia may integrate mindfulness and self-compassion practices, and use strategies from Internal Family Systems (IFS), Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT). Her approach is also informed by neuroscience including current and established research about the effects of stress and trauma on our nervous system, the processes linking our brain and our body, as well as perspectives from evolutionary psychology.

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Haley currently has a waitlist. Please only book if you are a current or returning client. If you would like to enquire about working together, or being added to Haley’s waitlist, please email haley@lynnvalleycounselling.com or add yourself to her waitlist online.

Haley Casselman, she / her, RCC

Haley is a an empathic counsellor who supports clients with a variety of concerns including stress and anxiety, depression, perfectionism, self-esteem and body image issues, relationship concerns, and life transitions. She is a Registered Clinical Counsellor with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors.

ABOUT HALEY

Growing up in the Kootenays, Haley came to find comfort in the mountains, making the North Shore feel like home. In her time spent outside of the office, you can often find her out exploring the trails or cozied up at home with a book.

Haley holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a Master’s Degree in Counselling Psychology. She has completed a variety of trainings such as Gottman Method Couples Therapy Level 1, Eating Disorder Peer Support, and Crisis Line training, and feels both honoured and humbled to be able to do this work.

APPROACH TO COUNSELLING

Haley’s clinical work is guided by the therapeutic relationship which allows her to work collaboratively with clients through a strengths-based and relational lens. She uses a Person- Centered approach to bring in warmth, empathy, and compassion, and often includes work from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Mindfulness Based Self-Compassion, and Gottman Method Couples Therapy. Her therapeutic view is grounded in the belief that through creating a safe and nonjudgmental space we can explore our unique stories, needs, and challenges. Haley is excited and humbled to walk alongside you and strives to meet you where you are at in order to help navigate your journey in a supportive and empowering way.

SCHEDULE

Wednesdays: 3pm – 9pm Thursdays: 2:30pm - 9pm Fridays: 8:30am - 1:30pm

FEES

$160 – $263

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I am a narrative trained therapist who believes in collaboration, curiosity, and respect. When dilemmas, problems, and obstacles grow big enough in our lives, they can come to dominate our lives, pulling us towards dark ideas and stories in which we can feel hopeless, lost, fearful, and disconnected. It is my aim as a therapist to work with clients to identify the challenges in their lives and explore how to move into more spaces of joy and preferred ways of living.

Part of my practice looks at the contexts in which our problems are created, which includes but is not limited to conversations around age, sexuality, gender, class, race, ethnicity, ability, and spirituality. I believe that our identities, lives, and dilemmas as well, are created within a broader relational, social, and cultural context.

I am a licensed Registered Clinical Counsellor in British Columbia, Canada. I believe in working relationally with clients, and hope to create an environment which is safe, open-minded, and non-judgmental. I have a particular focus on grief and working with parents, couples, adolescents, and families.

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Parinaz is a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) and Supervisor in BC. She has a master’s degree in psychology with eight years of providing mental health services for clients. She has completed an Externship in evidence-based Emotional-Focused Couple Therapy at ICEEFT and has ample training in small study groups as a consultant using the Tavistock method. Parinaz’s approach is eclectic to the client’s needs. Although she prefers to use a combination of the systemic and psychodynamic schools of thought, She employs CBT, EFT, and Person-Centered therapy, when need be. Using the strength model, Parinaz focuses on not only clients’ needs but also their functions and views. She firmly believes every person has a unique story, and therapy is a spiritual journey specifically and individually tailored; keeping close with clients’ progress in discovering and understanding their life stories with much acceptance, curiosity, and compassion aids them in being aware of their capacities and positive aspects of life. She assists in opening new windows in their minds and more options for dealing with life issues. Parinaz provides individual, couple and group modalities for client’s in both English and Farsi.

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About Eric

Eric is a registered clinical counsellor with a background in music therapy. He has worked with individuals, couples, and families facing a variety of life’s challenges including grief, mental health concerns, relationship challenges, and life transitions. He has experience working with youth as well as older adults and all ages in between. As a gay man, Eric is passionate about providing affirming therapy that is supportive and justice-oriented for all of his clients. Before obtaining his masters of counselling, Eric obtained a bachelors of music therapy and worked in mental health, substance use, and community settings. He believes that creativity is an important, unavoidable part of being alive. His music therapy background has taught him that therapy—like life—can be both serious and playful, ligtht and heavy at the same time.

Approach to Counselling

Eric’s counselling work is guided by a humanistic and existential philosophy, meaning that he views many of the problems present in our lives as inherent parts of being human and that there is nothing wrong with being human. In his counselling work, he aims to help individuals feel more human, more connected to and fulfilled by the lives they lead, and to live life with a greater sense of acceptance and flexibility. He believes deeply in the power of acceptance—not as an alternative to change but as a powerful process which can allow meaningful change to occur. Eric’s approach to therapy seeks to not view any thought or feeling as inherently bad or problematic and works to help people change their relationships with their thoughts and feelings instead of trying to get rid of them.

While Eric believes in the great potential benefits of longer-term therapy, he is passionate about making therapy beneficial from the very first session. Supporting this, Eric has training in brief models of therapy including Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) and Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (FACT) and even experience working in a single-session drop-in therapy setting.

Finally, Eric believes that therapy work is impossible to sum up in a few paragraphs. He aims for his work to be fluid, adaptive, and uniquely co-created between each of his clients and himself.

Training/Certifications

Spiritual Competency in Mental Health – EdX

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy For Beginners – Psychwire

DBT Skills Facilitation – Psychwire

Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy – Psychwire

Pacific Transpersonal Training with GIM Level 1

Solution-Focused Brief Therapy Level 1 Training – Foundry

Schedule

Eric is available for in-person and virtual counselling on the following days:

Mondays: 8am-2pm

Tuesdays: 3-9pm

Fees

$150 – $200

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Osha is currently not accepting new clients and their waitlist is an estimated 6-8 weeks long. If you would like to work with them you can add yourself to their waitlist or contact them directly at osha@lynnvalleycounselling.com.

Osha (she/her, they/them) is a Registered Clinical Counsellor with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors. They offer individual and couples counselling, as well as family consultation services to folks 16 years of age and above. Osha specializes in trauma, sexuality, LGBTQ2S+ concerns and a variety of relationship topics or issues (sexual, romantic, platonic, and/or familial relationship(s), ethical non-monogamy and polyamory, as well as attachment healing and challenges). They also work with an array of mental health and wellness concerns including anxiety, mood disorders, feelings of depression, emotional regulation, general life stress and personal growth.

ABOUT OSHA

After growing up in the Fraser Valley and spending time living up on the coast, Osha settled in Vancouver just over 10 years ago. Throughout those 10+ years, they have largely spent their time working in addictions, community services and in the mental and sexual health fields. Osha’s professional and personal experiences with mental and physical health challenges, trauma and oppression, bereavement, LGBTQ2S+ concerns and identity, and neurodiversity motivated them to earn their Masters of Counselling Psychology and become a therapist. Osha has a deep appreciation for meditation, yoga, and mindfulness practices and integrates these practices into the therapeutic work that they do. Osha loves and values the work that they are privileged to engage in and has immense gratitude for each person that allows them to join them to embark on their journey and exploration.

APPROACH TO COUNSELLING

As a therapist, Osha aims to take a trauma-informed approach to therapy, which is strengths-based, client-centred and collaborative. Osha works to create and sustain a counselling environment that feels free of judgment and is characterized by compassion, trust, safety and respect. They view well-being holistically, believing that it is constantly being affected and shaped by the intersections and influences of the different aspects of ourselves, our beliefs, experiences and environments, and vice versa. Osha believes in the importance and impact of the mind-body connection and relationship, which may be expanded to include spirituality if that aligns with your beliefs and values. In order to attend to that important mind-body relationship, you can expect therapy with Osha to extend past standard talk-therapy in favour of an approach that integrates both talk-therapy and experiential therapies. Likewise, their approach to counselling tends to be fluid, whereby they strive to adapt therapy to the diverse experiences, current circumstances and unique qualities of each person.

Osha largely practices experiential therapies such as Somatic Experiencing therapies (SE), Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), and mindfulness-based therapies like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Depending on your hopes, goals, and needs, Osha may borrow from other therapies including, but not limited to, Attachment Therapy, Gestalt Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), and Gottman Method Couples Counselling.

TRAINING/CERTIFICATIONS

● EMDR Level 1 and 2: Integrating EMDR Into Your Clinical Practice, EMDR Consulting.

● Gottman Couples Therapy Level 1, The Gottman Institute.

● Trauma-Informed Yoga Level 1, Yoga Outreach.

● ASIST—Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training - The Crisis Centre of BC.

● In Progress: Mindfulness and Meditation Certificate, Mindfulness Exercise (Accredited by International Mindfulness & Meditation Alliance (IMMA))

**Osha is currently avcepting new clients, if there is no availabilities for consultation online please contact them at osha@lynnvalleycounselling.com. **

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About Donna

Donna Hutchinson is a Registered Clinical Counsellor, EMDR Practitioner, Trauma-Informed Yoga Instructor, Registered Personal Trainer/Fitness Instructor, and she hold’s Master of Education in Counselling Psychology.

Thirty years ago, Donna started a career in the fitness industry as a group fitness instructor and personal trainer. She worked in many sectors of the industry and eventually became a Master Trainer of fitness leaders, an author, and a professional speaker. As the years went by, Donna’s clients and even some of her students would speak to her about their mental health struggles, including struggles with body image, eating disorders, low self-esteem, inner critics, trauma, and much more. Donna really wanted to be able to help these individuals, but recognized their issues were outside of her scope of practice, education, and knowledge. Not satisfied by this limitation and wanting a new challenge for herself, Donna decided, at age 46, to go back to school and add a master’s degree in counselling psychology to her tool kit. While she loves fitness and will always remain involved in the industry, Donna is happy to make this career shift and truly be able to bring together both mind and body in her work together with her clients.

Approach to Counselling

Donna brings her vast knowledge, experience, and expertise from 30+ years of living and breathing health and fitness coupled with a solid foundation of psychology. She truly integrates the body-mind experience into her sessions with her clients. Donna is a certified trauma-informed yoga instructor and incorporates mindfulness practices into her work with her clients. She utilizes the tools I offer my clients because I know how beneficial they are. I am not all about academia. Donna also has a sense of humour and likes to use it when appropriate in therapy. Some issues are difficult to discuss, and humour can be a really helpful form of healing.

Donna practices from a mindfulness based perspective and brings theoretical components of cognitive behavioural therapy, internal family systems, emotion focused therapy, and narrative therapy into her work with her clients. Donna is also trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), an evidence-based therapy for treating PTSD and other traumas. Common concerns that Donna works with are life transitions, anxiety, panic attacks, phobias, depression, self-worth, self-esteem, trauma, body image, eating disorders, sexual, gender discovery and identity, inner critics, grief & loss, self-harm, suicide ideation, childhood trauma, abuse, neglect, and personal growth.

Couples Counselling

With her work with couples, Donna uses Imago relationship therapy (Imago means image) which addresses two journeys that connect experiences of relationship in childhood with experiences in adult love relationships. As your Imago therapist, Donna will work to support you and your relationship by exploring the space between you and what is preventing you from connecting to one another. To seek to understand what’s underneath all the hurt, the reactions and the behaviours that seem to make it difficult or even sometimes impossible to feel seen, heard and understood by the other. The Imago dialogue, facilitated by your Imago Therapist, is specifically designed to help you each explore your unique worlds and invite your loving partner to join you in a way that feels safe, supportive and connected. The Imago Dialogue is easy to learn and something you will be able to do on your own to deepen the connection between you. Donna is currently completing the Imago Relationship Therapy Certification and for a limited time will be offering  90-minute sessions at a 75-minute rate. 

Schedule

Donna offers virtual counselling only, on these days:

Mondays: 9am-12pm and 3pm-6pm

Tuesdays & Thursdays: 5pm-7pm

Wednesdays & Fridays: 9am-12pm

Fees

$160 - $263

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Lauren is currently pursuing her Masters of Counselling Psychology through Adler University. She is coming to counselling after over 10 years’ experience as an Occupational Therapist specializing in eating disorders. She is passionate about helping clients work through complex relationships with food, body and exercise. She is also interested in areas of life transitions, anxiety, depression, grief and loss. Lauren offers a calm, supportive, and collaborative approach while also believing in the healing power of humour.

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SESSIONS BEGINNING NOVEMBER 2024

Erin comes to her counselling practice with experience as a Sexual Health Educator, where she supported individuals and groups of all ages through concerns related to sexuality and sexual health. This experience informs her compassionate, non-judgmental approach, creating a safe and welcoming space for clients to explore their experiences, relationships, and personal challenges.

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Emma is not taking new clients. Her waitlist is currently closed. If you would like a referral to another counsellor please contact info@lynnvalleycounselling.com

Emma is a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) and the clinical director of LVC. Her clinical services include counselling for individuals and couples, from teenage-hood to adulthood. Emma works with a variety of concerns, including Depression, Anxiety, Stress, Relationships, Workplace Struggles, Life Transitions, Self-Esteem/Body Image, Violence Against Women, and Grief and Loss.

ABOUT EMMA

Emma was born and raised in Lynn Valley and she is honoured to be back on the North Shore. She hold a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology and conducted her thesis on the individual and relational impacts of child loss on parents. She also has previous experience working with women who have experienced emotional, physical, and sexual violence. Emma is passionate about her work and is a strong advocate for social justice and brings a feminist, anti-oppressive approach to her practice.

APPROACH TO COUNSELLING

Emma strives to create a safe space by meeting you where you are and working collaboratively with you. When working with Emma, you can expect to find a calming space to talk and work through your concerns. She believes in the connection of the mind and the body and works with you to achieve mindfulness and intention in your life.

Emma practices Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) and Attachment Therapy. She also draws from various therapeutic modalities, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Gestalt Therapy and the Gottman Method Couples Counselling, in order to tailor your sessions to your unique needs.

TRAINING/CERTIFICATIONS

● San’yas: Indigenous Cultural Safety Training – Provincial Health Services Authority Indigenous Health Program, British Columbia, Canada (2022).

● Queering Your Practice Workshop – BC Association of Clinical Counsellors (2022).

● Telehealth for Mental Health Professionals - PESI Online Training (2020).

● Mindfulness Based Somatic Therapy, Level 1 & 2 - Hope and Heal Therapy (2019).

● Gottman Method Couples Counselling, Level 1 - Adler University (2019).

● Violence Prevention and Intervention Training Program - Battered Women’s Support Services (2017).

SCHEDULE

Emma offers both in-person and virtual counselling on: Mondays 3pm-9pm Tuesdays 8:30am-2:30pm Thursdays 3pm-9pm

FEES

$160-$278

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SESSIONS BEGINNING OCTOBER 2024

Jess is currently pursuing a Masters of Counselling Psychology degree at Adler University. She views clients holistically, understanding that our psychological, physical, spiritual, and community health are deeply intertwined. She is passionate about working with individuals who are coping with depression, anxiety, relationship concerns, and life transitions. As a queer woman, Jess strives to provide a non-judgmental space for individuals to be themselves and explore their identities. In counselling, Jess values collaboration and choice, allowing clients to share their stories and struggles at their own pace.

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About Mackenzie

Mackenzie has completed her Master’s degree in Counselling and is excited to be continuing on at Lynn Valley Counselling. Mackenzie works with people dealing with a wide range of difficulties, including depression, anxiety, self-esteem issues, relational issues, stuckness, and grief and loss. She sees individuals, from children to adults, and couples as well.

Mackenzie spent her early years moving in an overpacked van between Nova Scotia and the West Coast before her family finally settled in Vancouver. She has lived and worked in many Canadian cities and abroad before moving to Montreal in 2005 where she completed an entirely unrelated undergraduate degree in Creative Writing. She resettled back in Vancouver where she is often walking with her dog, traveling to the Gulf Islands, writing short stories, thrifting or spending time with friends and family.

Approach to Counselling

Mackenzie is compassionate, open-minded and brings a deeply non-judgmental approach to her practice. She believes in creating a safe, welcoming environment where clients feel seen and valued for who they are. Her natural curiosity allows her to explore each client’s unique story and innate resilience using humour, creativity and connection. She is committed to social justice, and anti-oppressive practices.

Mackenzie has completed Somatic Experiencing Intermediate 1 training and is happy to integrate somatic therapy in her work with clients. The body holds wisdom that can often guide emotional processing by attuning to the nervous system’s response to both the hardships and the places of healing in our lives.

Mackenzie is also training in Janina Fisher’s Trauma Informed Stabilization Treatment (TIST) which incorporates parts work, mindfulness and somatic techniques. TIST can help clients broaden their understanding of themselves and cultivate a sense of self-compassion.

Mackenzie also draws from various other therapeutic modalities including Attachment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).

Training and Certifications

Somatic Experiencing Intermediate 1 (Intermediate 2 in January 2025) Trauma Informed Stabilization Treatment (TIST) Level 1 Schedule

Mondays 3pm-9pm

Wednesdays (currently just occasionally)

Thursdays 3pm-9pm

Fees

$135-$225

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