EMDR Therapists in Victoria, BC
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Lindsay Haverslew
Counsellor, MA, RTC, CSAT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Victoria, BC V8N (Online Only)
I am a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist trained in betrayal trauma, and I use a variety of interventions, including EMDR therapy in my practice.
Are you trying to figure out how to move forward after having your relationship end or discovering your partner's emotional or physical betrayal? My team at Lost & Found Counselling specializes in betrayal trauma recovery. Betrayal trauma is very real and can occur when the sense of safety and security in a relationship is broken due to cheating, unexpected ending of the partnership, abuse and/or lies. Experiencing this type of trauma can completely shake our beliefs about ourselves, about others, and about the world around us. This can feel lonely, scary, overwhelming and confusing.
I am a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist trained in betrayal trauma, and I use a variety of interventions, including EMDR therapy in my practice.
Are you trying to figure out how to move forward after having your relationship end or discovering your partner's emotional or physical betrayal? My team at Lost & Found Counselling specializes in betrayal trauma recovery. Betrayal trauma is very real and can occur when the sense of safety and security in a relationship is broken due to cheating, unexpected ending of the partnership, abuse and/or lies. Experiencing this type of trauma can completely shake our beliefs about ourselves, about others, and about the world around us. This can feel lonely, scary, overwhelming and confusing.
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In my toolkit, you'll find the serenity of Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy, the transformative power of EMDR, the wisdom of Bowen Family Systems Therapy, and the lightning-quick efficacy of Solution-focused Brief Therapy.
Allow me to introduce myself—I'm Vanya Malixi, a mental health alchemist on a quest to help individuals, couples, and families turn their emotional struggles into personal triumphs. My journey through the labyrinth of the mind has led me to become a Clinical Counsellor with a Master's degree in Counselling Psychology, earned from the halls of Yorkville University. The fire in my heart is fuelled by a relentless passion for guiding people toward brighter mental horizons. So, whether you're seeking clarity in the chaos of your thoughts or yearning for a guiding hand through life's emotional labyrinth, I'm here to walk beside you.
In my toolkit, you'll find the serenity of Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy, the transformative power of EMDR, the wisdom of Bowen Family Systems Therapy, and the lightning-quick efficacy of Solution-focused Brief Therapy.
Allow me to introduce myself—I'm Vanya Malixi, a mental health alchemist on a quest to help individuals, couples, and families turn their emotional struggles into personal triumphs. My journey through the labyrinth of the mind has led me to become a Clinical Counsellor with a Master's degree in Counselling Psychology, earned from the halls of Yorkville University. The fire in my heart is fuelled by a relentless passion for guiding people toward brighter mental horizons. So, whether you're seeking clarity in the chaos of your thoughts or yearning for a guiding hand through life's emotional labyrinth, I'm here to walk beside you.
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Jess Urchyshyn
Registered Psychotherapist, MA, RCC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Victoria, BC V8T (Online Only)
I have specialized training in CBT for Anxiety & Depression as well as EMDR for trauma recovery.
Do you want Feminist Therapy? I am a settler on the ancestral territories of Ktunaxa, Syilx, and Sinixt First Nations and I can support Two-Spirit, Queer, and Trans experiences, anxiety, depression, trauma and PTSD, relationships, boundaries, parenting, self-compassion, identity, complicated grief, and much more. If you want to feel better and live more authentically with the support of a Registered Clinical Counsellor, we could be a good fit! Visit my website to learn more about me and I hope we connect soon.
I have specialized training in CBT for Anxiety & Depression as well as EMDR for trauma recovery.
Do you want Feminist Therapy? I am a settler on the ancestral territories of Ktunaxa, Syilx, and Sinixt First Nations and I can support Two-Spirit, Queer, and Trans experiences, anxiety, depression, trauma and PTSD, relationships, boundaries, parenting, self-compassion, identity, complicated grief, and much more. If you want to feel better and live more authentically with the support of a Registered Clinical Counsellor, we could be a good fit! Visit my website to learn more about me and I hope we connect soon.
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Sol Fried
Registered Psychotherapist, MA, RP, RCC, RCT, CCC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Victoria, BC V8V
Welcoming all first responders, military professionals, couples, and their families, Sol has been providing EMDR therapy for over 15 years. As a dedicated therapist, Sol strives to create a safe and welcoming environment for clients. His goal is to help individuals explore their traumas and leave with a renewed sense of empowerment and hope.
Welcoming all first responders, military professionals, couples, and their families, Sol has been providing EMDR therapy for over 15 years. As a dedicated therapist, Sol strives to create a safe and welcoming environment for clients. His goal is to help individuals explore their traumas and leave with a renewed sense of empowerment and hope.
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Jaime was born and raised in Nanaimo and has lived in the Nanaimo area all her life. She enjoys spending time with her immediate and extended families, playing with her dog Tony, and reading about the latest clinical trends, admitting to spending too much time in Chapters. She works with individuals, families, and groups to address and meaningfully heal the wounds created by a multitude of issues such as mood and anxiety disorders, life transitions, grief and loss, parenting, relationship issues, and more.
Jaime was born and raised in Nanaimo and has lived in the Nanaimo area all her life. She enjoys spending time with her immediate and extended families, playing with her dog Tony, and reading about the latest clinical trends, admitting to spending too much time in Chapters. She works with individuals, families, and groups to address and meaningfully heal the wounds created by a multitude of issues such as mood and anxiety disorders, life transitions, grief and loss, parenting, relationship issues, and more.
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Welcome. Thank you for considering the opportunity for us to work together. I am a Registered Psychologist with the College of Alberta Psychologists and a Canadian Certified Counsellor. I specialize in counselling for bereavement, loss, and grief. Particular areas of focus are: death and dying, traumatic grief, suicide bereavement, pregnancy loss, pet loss, anticipatory grief, nonfinite loss, and ecological grief. Grief is our natural response to the loss or anticipated loss of someone or something that matters to us. Surviving grief is an adaptive process of learning to live in a world that has been changed by our losses.
Welcome. Thank you for considering the opportunity for us to work together. I am a Registered Psychologist with the College of Alberta Psychologists and a Canadian Certified Counsellor. I specialize in counselling for bereavement, loss, and grief. Particular areas of focus are: death and dying, traumatic grief, suicide bereavement, pregnancy loss, pet loss, anticipatory grief, nonfinite loss, and ecological grief. Grief is our natural response to the loss or anticipated loss of someone or something that matters to us. Surviving grief is an adaptive process of learning to live in a world that has been changed by our losses.
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I celebrate diversity, and seek to help individuals understand how their identities and the social world around them impact their mental wellness. My specializations are identity (including sexual, gender, ethnic and religious), relationships/marriage, and chronic pain and disability. I use a variety of tools with a foundation of nonjudgemental, affirmative therapy. Together, we will use tools that suit your strengths and needs to explore issues related to identity, self esteem, depression, anxiety, grief, interpersonal relationships, and more.
I celebrate diversity, and seek to help individuals understand how their identities and the social world around them impact their mental wellness. My specializations are identity (including sexual, gender, ethnic and religious), relationships/marriage, and chronic pain and disability. I use a variety of tools with a foundation of nonjudgemental, affirmative therapy. Together, we will use tools that suit your strengths and needs to explore issues related to identity, self esteem, depression, anxiety, grief, interpersonal relationships, and more.
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I offer you compassion when you are feeling vulnerable, and calmness when things feel chaotic. Whatever challenges you are facing, you don't have to do it alone. You can count on a comfortable and relaxed energy space to express what is happening for you in your life and I, in turn, will offer you guidance in exploring those areas of deepest concern. My intention is that you will gain awareness and clarity that lead to the discovery of your inner capacities in moving through life's rough patches.
I offer you compassion when you are feeling vulnerable, and calmness when things feel chaotic. Whatever challenges you are facing, you don't have to do it alone. You can count on a comfortable and relaxed energy space to express what is happening for you in your life and I, in turn, will offer you guidance in exploring those areas of deepest concern. My intention is that you will gain awareness and clarity that lead to the discovery of your inner capacities in moving through life's rough patches.
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Hello! I am a registered psychologist with experience working with adults, children and families. I find my work rewarding and my clients inspiring. I work from an integrated perspective to best meet client needs. I have worked in different counselling roles for over ten years, and have experience with a range of concerns, including trauma, stress, coping with life changes, depression and anxiety. I also have experience helping clients work through family relationship struggles and child behaviour concerns, and to improve life balance.
Hello! I am a registered psychologist with experience working with adults, children and families. I find my work rewarding and my clients inspiring. I work from an integrated perspective to best meet client needs. I have worked in different counselling roles for over ten years, and have experience with a range of concerns, including trauma, stress, coping with life changes, depression and anxiety. I also have experience helping clients work through family relationship struggles and child behaviour concerns, and to improve life balance.
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Gravitate Counselling Inc.
Counsellor, MA, MEd, MSW, RCC, ADHD-CC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Victoria, BC V8R
Our Clinical Director offers free matching sessions to support you to choose a counsellor based on your individual concerns, preferences, schedule and more. One of the greatest predictors of a meaningful counselling experience is the fit between you and your counsellor. Let us help you find the right fit. We have a team of therapists who bring diverse life experience, education, training, and counselling methods to our practice. We offer counselling services to children (5-12), teenagers (13-19), adults, seniors (65+), families, and couples of all ethnicities, religions, genders, sexual orientations, and relationship structures.
Our Clinical Director offers free matching sessions to support you to choose a counsellor based on your individual concerns, preferences, schedule and more. One of the greatest predictors of a meaningful counselling experience is the fit between you and your counsellor. Let us help you find the right fit. We have a team of therapists who bring diverse life experience, education, training, and counselling methods to our practice. We offer counselling services to children (5-12), teenagers (13-19), adults, seniors (65+), families, and couples of all ethnicities, religions, genders, sexual orientations, and relationship structures.
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Taking the time to search for healing and meaning can feel daunting. The opportunity to reflect in a space that is free of judgment can allow us to tap into a sense of healing and vitality from within. Sometimes it can be difficult to find the words for an experience or emotion, making it difficult to accept their impact. Collaborating with a counsellor can help us identify and give voice to the parts of ourselves that we have learned to silence or ignore.
Taking the time to search for healing and meaning can feel daunting. The opportunity to reflect in a space that is free of judgment can allow us to tap into a sense of healing and vitality from within. Sometimes it can be difficult to find the words for an experience or emotion, making it difficult to accept their impact. Collaborating with a counsellor can help us identify and give voice to the parts of ourselves that we have learned to silence or ignore.
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I’m a second generation European settler, an explorer of nature, a knitter, and a Registered Clinical Counsellor who has supported youth and adults and their mental health for over a decade. I’m a calm, curious, relaxed person who has been asking the big existential questions of who we are and why we’re here and what to do about that my whole life. I love bringing this curiosity into the counselling space and supporting you to identify how those questions are impacting you. You may be feeling depressed, full of anxiety, working through past and current traumas, or grappling with the difficulties that being alive inevitably brings.
I’m a second generation European settler, an explorer of nature, a knitter, and a Registered Clinical Counsellor who has supported youth and adults and their mental health for over a decade. I’m a calm, curious, relaxed person who has been asking the big existential questions of who we are and why we’re here and what to do about that my whole life. I love bringing this curiosity into the counselling space and supporting you to identify how those questions are impacting you. You may be feeling depressed, full of anxiety, working through past and current traumas, or grappling with the difficulties that being alive inevitably brings.
![Photo of Kalen Colson, MA, Counsellor](https://photos.psychologytoday.com/f21f428b-eae3-4cb1-98cd-25a8a247867b/2/320x400.jpeg)
Specializing in somatic (body-based), nature-based, depth and existential counselling, my dog Hazel and I work alongside you to support your personal growth and healing. These frameworks are especially useful for folx who are struggling to find purpose and meaning, to heal from trauma, and to cultivate connection to the human and more-than-human-world. Together we work with embodiment, Soul, Spirit, archetypes, the natural world and dreams to move towards wholeness and health. I love working with queer folx across the spectrum. I also offer relationship counselling and welcome anyone with an interest in exploration into my practice
Specializing in somatic (body-based), nature-based, depth and existential counselling, my dog Hazel and I work alongside you to support your personal growth and healing. These frameworks are especially useful for folx who are struggling to find purpose and meaning, to heal from trauma, and to cultivate connection to the human and more-than-human-world. Together we work with embodiment, Soul, Spirit, archetypes, the natural world and dreams to move towards wholeness and health. I love working with queer folx across the spectrum. I also offer relationship counselling and welcome anyone with an interest in exploration into my practice
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Geoff Williams
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MA, MSW, RCSW, RCC
Verified Verified
Victoria, BC V8R
I offer virtual and in-person therapy for a specific range of individual and couple needs, including affair recovery, healthy boundaries, better communication, reconnection, break-up recovery, separation and divorce, addictions, ADHD, and anxiety. For couples, I incorporate the Gottman Method to help overcome marital blocks and restore intimacy. For individuals, I provide Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and a person-centered approach, offering new ways to handle painful feelings and thoughts for greater happiness and success. If needed, I can also provide DSM-5 diagnoses for mental health
I offer virtual and in-person therapy for a specific range of individual and couple needs, including affair recovery, healthy boundaries, better communication, reconnection, break-up recovery, separation and divorce, addictions, ADHD, and anxiety. For couples, I incorporate the Gottman Method to help overcome marital blocks and restore intimacy. For individuals, I provide Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and a person-centered approach, offering new ways to handle painful feelings and thoughts for greater happiness and success. If needed, I can also provide DSM-5 diagnoses for mental health
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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.
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.
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I am the owner and founder of the Child & Family Therapy Centre Victoria. My current practice is focused on supporting children, youth, and families where the primary concern is Anxiety or Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). I also provide counselling support to parents with children of all ages to address developmental and behavioral concerns. Involvement of parents and caregivers in the therapy process is an essential part of my practice.
I am the owner and founder of the Child & Family Therapy Centre Victoria. My current practice is focused on supporting children, youth, and families where the primary concern is Anxiety or Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). I also provide counselling support to parents with children of all ages to address developmental and behavioral concerns. Involvement of parents and caregivers in the therapy process is an essential part of my practice.
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I believe in a non-judgemental person centered form of counselling. In particular, I work with children and youth who identify as neurodivergent. Together with parent(s)/and/or caregiver(s) I provide support and care for the daunting challenges that can occur when a person is neurodivergent. I have been working in the school system for over 21 years. I have experience working with children and youth from ages 5-17 as a support teacher and school counsellor. I understand the importance of providing a safe, caring, and secure relationship with all students but particularly with neurodiverse children.
I believe in a non-judgemental person centered form of counselling. In particular, I work with children and youth who identify as neurodivergent. Together with parent(s)/and/or caregiver(s) I provide support and care for the daunting challenges that can occur when a person is neurodivergent. I have been working in the school system for over 21 years. I have experience working with children and youth from ages 5-17 as a support teacher and school counsellor. I understand the importance of providing a safe, caring, and secure relationship with all students but particularly with neurodiverse children.
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Welcome! I am a registered clinical counsellor providing services in the province of British Columbia. In my practice, I am committed to meeting you exactly where you are on your journey. I understand that each individual's path is unique, and I value the importance of creating a safe and non-judgmental space where you feel comfortable expressing yourself. Together we will identify your goals and build a path that leads you toward a life that resonates with your authentic self. We will recognize what is already working in your life and what is getting in your way of where you wish to be.
Welcome! I am a registered clinical counsellor providing services in the province of British Columbia. In my practice, I am committed to meeting you exactly where you are on your journey. I understand that each individual's path is unique, and I value the importance of creating a safe and non-judgmental space where you feel comfortable expressing yourself. Together we will identify your goals and build a path that leads you toward a life that resonates with your authentic self. We will recognize what is already working in your life and what is getting in your way of where you wish to be.
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Help Clinic Canada
Counsellor, CCC, RCC, RSW, RP
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Victoria, BC V8T (Online Only)
Our team of therapists have up to 30+ years experience supporting individuals, couples and families. At Help Clinic Canada, our mission is to provide accessible, comprehensive online therapy services to all Canadians. We are dedicated to breaking down barriers to mental health support and providing a safe, client-centred practice that promotes personal growth and well-being, tailored to the unique needs of each individual we serve. We believe that therapy should be easily accessible, allowing individuals to attend sessions from the comfort and security of their homes, workplaces, vacations, or when away for work.
Our team of therapists have up to 30+ years experience supporting individuals, couples and families. At Help Clinic Canada, our mission is to provide accessible, comprehensive online therapy services to all Canadians. We are dedicated to breaking down barriers to mental health support and providing a safe, client-centred practice that promotes personal growth and well-being, tailored to the unique needs of each individual we serve. We believe that therapy should be easily accessible, allowing individuals to attend sessions from the comfort and security of their homes, workplaces, vacations, or when away for work.
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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.
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.