Positive Psychology Therapists in Victoria, BC
Welcome! I know that just when we think things are going right, something happens to shift everything off balance. Even at the best of times, we are dealing with all kinds of stress (ex. money, family, work). This is why I got into counselling; because I truly believe that with 1:1 support you are provided a whole new avenue to explore those feelings, emotions, behaviours, and find practical tools to experience relief. While I counsel adults and couples, I also really enjoying counselling children and youth. I'm accepting new clients, so please reach out!
Welcome! I know that just when we think things are going right, something happens to shift everything off balance. Even at the best of times, we are dealing with all kinds of stress (ex. money, family, work). This is why I got into counselling; because I truly believe that with 1:1 support you are provided a whole new avenue to explore those feelings, emotions, behaviours, and find practical tools to experience relief. While I counsel adults and couples, I also really enjoying counselling children and youth. I'm accepting new clients, so please reach out!
I am a registered clinical counsellor and am passionate about working with people from all walks of life. I have experience working with neurodivergent children, youth, and adults. After giving birth to my daughter, I have become passionate about perinatal mental health and am currently pursuing my Canadian Perinatal Mental Health practitioner certificate. I have a particular interest in working with people who have sustained birth injuries as well as neurodivergent parents.
I am a registered clinical counsellor and am passionate about working with people from all walks of life. I have experience working with neurodivergent children, youth, and adults. After giving birth to my daughter, I have become passionate about perinatal mental health and am currently pursuing my Canadian Perinatal Mental Health practitioner certificate. I have a particular interest in working with people who have sustained birth injuries as well as neurodivergent parents.
With over 38 years of experience as a counsellor and psychotherapist, I can support your journey to healing and wellness in a sensitive, attuned and skillful manner. Creating a safe, confidential and non-judgmental space for you to deal with life's challenges so you can become more free as a human being and become your most authentic self. Helping you create the life you want, the relationships you want and achieving the goals that inspire you is where I can serve you best. Experienced, quaified and competent.
With over 38 years of experience as a counsellor and psychotherapist, I can support your journey to healing and wellness in a sensitive, attuned and skillful manner. Creating a safe, confidential and non-judgmental space for you to deal with life's challenges so you can become more free as a human being and become your most authentic self. Helping you create the life you want, the relationships you want and achieving the goals that inspire you is where I can serve you best. Experienced, quaified and competent.
I will help you access your body based intuition so that you can find answers that are right for you. Your inner somatic wisdom holds the answer to what you need to feel good. While our minds are busy trying to figure things out, our body's somatic felt sense has a sense of what resonates. For over 20 years I have helped people heal from personal, intergenerational, and collective trauma, depression, and more using focusing therapy, art therapy, EMDR and more. Psychedelic somatic interactional psychotherapy uses cannabis or low dose ketamine to help your nervous system release stored trauma.
I will help you access your body based intuition so that you can find answers that are right for you. Your inner somatic wisdom holds the answer to what you need to feel good. While our minds are busy trying to figure things out, our body's somatic felt sense has a sense of what resonates. For over 20 years I have helped people heal from personal, intergenerational, and collective trauma, depression, and more using focusing therapy, art therapy, EMDR and more. Psychedelic somatic interactional psychotherapy uses cannabis or low dose ketamine to help your nervous system release stored trauma.
Navigating the complexities of relationships, coping with life changes or challenges, and contemplating your future can be daunting. If you find yourself at a crossroads, seeking a meaningful dialogue, I am here to support you on your path to self-discovery. I warmly welcome new clients and commend you for taking this step towards personal well-being. I understand that discussing challenging topics requires a professional and unbiased perspective. As your counsellor, I bring a direct yet compassionate approach, helping you address your concerns efficiently, confidentially, and through evidence-based practices.
Navigating the complexities of relationships, coping with life changes or challenges, and contemplating your future can be daunting. If you find yourself at a crossroads, seeking a meaningful dialogue, I am here to support you on your path to self-discovery. I warmly welcome new clients and commend you for taking this step towards personal well-being. I understand that discussing challenging topics requires a professional and unbiased perspective. As your counsellor, I bring a direct yet compassionate approach, helping you address your concerns efficiently, confidentially, and through evidence-based practices.
Currently accepting new clients. Are you having difficulties managing stress, processing your thoughts and emotions, or wanting to improve your mental health and adjust to challenging life experiences. I provide a welcoming, non-judgmental, and confidential environment for you to explore and process your experiences. My experiences have taught me that it can be easy to fall into cycles that keep us stuck while our lives continue to move forward. From this, we can utilize your strengths, set goals, and build resiliency to help facilitate healthy mechanisms to break these vicious cycles and develop tools to help you move forward.
Currently accepting new clients. Are you having difficulties managing stress, processing your thoughts and emotions, or wanting to improve your mental health and adjust to challenging life experiences. I provide a welcoming, non-judgmental, and confidential environment for you to explore and process your experiences. My experiences have taught me that it can be easy to fall into cycles that keep us stuck while our lives continue to move forward. From this, we can utilize your strengths, set goals, and build resiliency to help facilitate healthy mechanisms to break these vicious cycles and develop tools to help you move forward.
Irvine Harvey Counselling
Counsellor, MCP, RCC, CCC, C-DBT, ADHDCSP
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Victoria, BC V8X
Greetings! It’s a pleasure to make your acquaintance. Thank you for taking the time to visit my profile. I’m Irvine G. Harvey (he/him/his), a Registered Clinical Counsellor and Certified Canadian Counsellor based on the beautiful Vancouver Island in Sidney, BC. I share my home with my husband Daniel, our beloved former Great Dane Luna, and our adorable feline companions Quincy & Cleo. My educational background includes a Master’s Degree in Counselling Psychology from Adler University in Vancouver, BC, a Certificate in Community Counselling from Vancouver Community College, and a Degree in Physical Therapy from Angeles University.
Greetings! It’s a pleasure to make your acquaintance. Thank you for taking the time to visit my profile. I’m Irvine G. Harvey (he/him/his), a Registered Clinical Counsellor and Certified Canadian Counsellor based on the beautiful Vancouver Island in Sidney, BC. I share my home with my husband Daniel, our beloved former Great Dane Luna, and our adorable feline companions Quincy & Cleo. My educational background includes a Master’s Degree in Counselling Psychology from Adler University in Vancouver, BC, a Certificate in Community Counselling from Vancouver Community College, and a Degree in Physical Therapy from Angeles University.
When we feel stuck or disconnected, we are likely experiencing a change in our momentum. My goal for our work together is to inspire forward momentum, however big or small. Rather than chasing goals, I strive to stretch your natural strengths and abilities in order to achieve your desired outcomes. By working together to equalize your own playing field, we can explore the stressors and challenges in your life. This allows us to find strategies to best manage your presenting symptoms while exploring the root discomfort.
When we feel stuck or disconnected, we are likely experiencing a change in our momentum. My goal for our work together is to inspire forward momentum, however big or small. Rather than chasing goals, I strive to stretch your natural strengths and abilities in order to achieve your desired outcomes. By working together to equalize your own playing field, we can explore the stressors and challenges in your life. This allows us to find strategies to best manage your presenting symptoms while exploring the root discomfort.
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.
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.
Laura Luz
Registered Psychotherapist, MA, CFM, RegCRPO, MTC
Verified Verified
6 Endorsed
Victoria, BC V8T
Laura is a Therapist, Intuitive Guide, Spiritual Director, Hypnotist and Mediator. She uses various methods which assist anyone who is pursuing either personal healing or an awakened sense of their spiritual path. Trauma and emotional pain are a regular part of the human experience, and there are times when having an objective navigator may accelerate one's understanding, acceptance and personal expansion. Laura offers her services to all those who resonate with her words and energy. She is a perceptive observer, a wisdom teacher and a natural uplifter. A phone call can discern if working together will be a match.
Laura is a Therapist, Intuitive Guide, Spiritual Director, Hypnotist and Mediator. She uses various methods which assist anyone who is pursuing either personal healing or an awakened sense of their spiritual path. Trauma and emotional pain are a regular part of the human experience, and there are times when having an objective navigator may accelerate one's understanding, acceptance and personal expansion. Laura offers her services to all those who resonate with her words and energy. She is a perceptive observer, a wisdom teacher and a natural uplifter. A phone call can discern if working together will be a match.
Kelly Ainslie
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MC, BSW, RSW, RCC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Victoria, BC V9B (Online Only)
Hello! Do you feel panic or have moods that you struggle to control and seem to intrude at the worst possible times? Like when you're trying to sleep? Or when you're talking to someone new? Maybe it's when you're at work talking to your boss or peers? Do you feel guilt, anger, sadness, or maybe have feelings of uneasiness you struggle to name? Are your relationships struggling because of these symptoms? Do you isolate? Symptoms from traumas are often overlooked or misdiagnosed completely because we don't identify these life experiences as trauma. What if these issues that prevent you from achieving your optimum well-being were gone?
Hello! Do you feel panic or have moods that you struggle to control and seem to intrude at the worst possible times? Like when you're trying to sleep? Or when you're talking to someone new? Maybe it's when you're at work talking to your boss or peers? Do you feel guilt, anger, sadness, or maybe have feelings of uneasiness you struggle to name? Are your relationships struggling because of these symptoms? Do you isolate? Symptoms from traumas are often overlooked or misdiagnosed completely because we don't identify these life experiences as trauma. What if these issues that prevent you from achieving your optimum well-being were gone?
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Updated August '24: I am accepting new clients with daytime availability and work with couples and individuals in my practice. Using a collaborative, supportive, and non-judgemental approach, I empower clients to work towards their goals, overcome obstacles, and create new, healthier patterns in their lives. I help a wide variety of clients with anxiety, depression, body image issues, life transitions, trauma, relationship issues, grief and loss, and other challenges. Please feel free to book yourself into my schedule via emmadonaldcounselling.janeapp.com or reach out to me to ask any questions and learn more about my approach!
Updated August '24: I am accepting new clients with daytime availability and work with couples and individuals in my practice. Using a collaborative, supportive, and non-judgemental approach, I empower clients to work towards their goals, overcome obstacles, and create new, healthier patterns in their lives. I help a wide variety of clients with anxiety, depression, body image issues, life transitions, trauma, relationship issues, grief and loss, and other challenges. Please feel free to book yourself into my schedule via emmadonaldcounselling.janeapp.com or reach out to me to ask any questions and learn more about my approach!
By addressing troubling thoughts and feelings, self-sabotaging behaviors, and traumas, life can be made more manageable, productive, and fulfilling. Feelings such as grief, shame, anxiety, sadness, and anger often signal that something needs to change. Listening to and working with these feelings—some that consume us and others that gently nudge us—can move us forward. Through this, we sometimes discover that our everyday dilemmas are part of larger patterns waiting to be resolved as a whole.
By addressing troubling thoughts and feelings, self-sabotaging behaviors, and traumas, life can be made more manageable, productive, and fulfilling. Feelings such as grief, shame, anxiety, sadness, and anger often signal that something needs to change. Listening to and working with these feelings—some that consume us and others that gently nudge us—can move us forward. Through this, we sometimes discover that our everyday dilemmas are part of larger patterns waiting to be resolved as a whole.
I understand clients have challenges that they would like support with navigating through. They need a counsellor who is non-judgmental, compassionate, and safe. Typically, client's goals revolve around achieving more self-awareness, skills, and abilities to help themselves live a meaningful life. I want to facilitate their passion about growth and creating lifestyles that support their values and goals. I support neurodiverse clients through affirming care, utilize strengths to help with growing edges, and understand that many underlying challenges are the result of societal expectations.
I understand clients have challenges that they would like support with navigating through. They need a counsellor who is non-judgmental, compassionate, and safe. Typically, client's goals revolve around achieving more self-awareness, skills, and abilities to help themselves live a meaningful life. I want to facilitate their passion about growth and creating lifestyles that support their values and goals. I support neurodiverse clients through affirming care, utilize strengths to help with growing edges, and understand that many underlying challenges are the result of societal expectations.
Jacqueline MacLennan
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, RSW, BEd
Verified Verified
Victoria, BC V8V
Are you managing increased levels stress & anxiety? Let's work together to alleviate your symptoms while incorporating new ways of managing and thriving. I have been providing counselling support services for 25 plus years and am a skilled psychotherapist. I hold degrees in Social Work & Education. I am a member of the BC College of Social Work & the BCTF. Protecting the public is paramount to the BCCSW. MSW RSW's must adhere to the highest ethical standards governing clinical social work practice with annual reviews. Finding the right therapist is life changing!
Are you managing increased levels stress & anxiety? Let's work together to alleviate your symptoms while incorporating new ways of managing and thriving. I have been providing counselling support services for 25 plus years and am a skilled psychotherapist. I hold degrees in Social Work & Education. I am a member of the BC College of Social Work & the BCTF. Protecting the public is paramount to the BCCSW. MSW RSW's must adhere to the highest ethical standards governing clinical social work practice with annual reviews. Finding the right therapist is life changing!
Virginia Ronning Supervisor, Counsellor & Coach
Counsellor, MEd, RCC-ACS, Coach
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Victoria, BC V8R
Certified Supervisor for Counsellors. This is a challenging time for counsellors. Clients are presenting us with complex personal, social, professional, and mental health issues. Whether your clients are individuals, parents, couples, children, people struggling with illness, gender diversity or life choices, supervision can help you better support your clients and offer greater insight into your practice. My work in a variety of capacities in several different environments will contribute to enriching conversations about your work, case conceptualizations and troubleshooting where needed.
Certified Supervisor for Counsellors. This is a challenging time for counsellors. Clients are presenting us with complex personal, social, professional, and mental health issues. Whether your clients are individuals, parents, couples, children, people struggling with illness, gender diversity or life choices, supervision can help you better support your clients and offer greater insight into your practice. My work in a variety of capacities in several different environments will contribute to enriching conversations about your work, case conceptualizations and troubleshooting where needed.
Robyn Dickson
Registered Psychotherapist, MA, RP
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Victoria, BC V9A (Online Only)
Currently accepting new clients as part of the “Money Mapping Group” (see below). Do you tell yourself “I’m bad with money"? Are you accumulating debt? Do you avoid looking at your finances? Do you undercharge and overspend? Does the word “bank” make you feel uneasy? Do you find yourself teetering between the feeling that money is evil but also, that you’re not worthy of money? These are common disordered financial behaviors; not only because we find ourselves in a capitalist society, but also because money can be both a source and a response to trauma.
Currently accepting new clients as part of the “Money Mapping Group” (see below). Do you tell yourself “I’m bad with money"? Are you accumulating debt? Do you avoid looking at your finances? Do you undercharge and overspend? Does the word “bank” make you feel uneasy? Do you find yourself teetering between the feeling that money is evil but also, that you’re not worthy of money? These are common disordered financial behaviors; not only because we find ourselves in a capitalist society, but also because money can be both a source and a response to trauma.
Julie Evans Counselling
MEd, RCC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Victoria, BC V8W
Waitlist for new clients
I provide skilled therapy for individuals ages 18+ who are having difficulties coping with the inevitable ups and downs of life. I believe that even the most confident and capable of us can sometimes get stuck in challenging circumstances and unhelpful patterns of thinking, feeling and acting that takes us away from what matters most. My approach to therapy can help you learn new ways of understanding, relating to and coping with your painful experiences and encourages you to take intentional steps towards a rich and meaningful life.
I provide skilled therapy for individuals ages 18+ who are having difficulties coping with the inevitable ups and downs of life. I believe that even the most confident and capable of us can sometimes get stuck in challenging circumstances and unhelpful patterns of thinking, feeling and acting that takes us away from what matters most. My approach to therapy can help you learn new ways of understanding, relating to and coping with your painful experiences and encourages you to take intentional steps towards a rich and meaningful life.
Taking that first step towards healing takes courage. I want to honour that and walk alongside of you while we work towards your wellness goals. The reality is that not many people are taught the skills to deal with life’s wear and tear. More often than not, we find ourselves in situations where we simply do not know how to work through things on our own. The good news is that we don't have to! Warmth and acceptance are key tenants of my practice, and sessions will be collaborative, judgment free and open to exploring whatever you bring to the table.
Taking that first step towards healing takes courage. I want to honour that and walk alongside of you while we work towards your wellness goals. The reality is that not many people are taught the skills to deal with life’s wear and tear. More often than not, we find ourselves in situations where we simply do not know how to work through things on our own. The good news is that we don't have to! Warmth and acceptance are key tenants of my practice, and sessions will be collaborative, judgment free and open to exploring whatever you bring to the table.
We all need someone to talk to every once in awhile. Life has a way of continuously life-ing and sometimes, it's nice not to have to figure it all out on our own. Whether it's self-doubt, anxiety, grief, communication challenges, cultural trauma, bullying or feeling stuck, fear, lacking confidence, relationship challenges, limiting beliefs or a myriad of other setbacks, you are not alone. Together, we navigate the terrain of your life, working to overcome obstacles and challenges that may be hindering your progress. Whether you're seeking to boost confidence, find purpose, or enhance your relationships, we can navigate it together.
We all need someone to talk to every once in awhile. Life has a way of continuously life-ing and sometimes, it's nice not to have to figure it all out on our own. Whether it's self-doubt, anxiety, grief, communication challenges, cultural trauma, bullying or feeling stuck, fear, lacking confidence, relationship challenges, limiting beliefs or a myriad of other setbacks, you are not alone. Together, we navigate the terrain of your life, working to overcome obstacles and challenges that may be hindering your progress. Whether you're seeking to boost confidence, find purpose, or enhance your relationships, we can navigate it together.
