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Michael Dadson
Counsellor, Ph D, MA
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20103 40 Avenue, Langley, BC V3A
Let's Connect (647) 493-3858
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“ I have 35 years counseling experience, I am a registered clinical counsellor (RCC) with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors, certified in the province of BC for 20 years, and certified Canadian counsellor with the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association. I am certified in the following areas: QPRT Suicide Risk Assessment and Management, Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy, Level One Certified Observed & Experiential Integration (OEI) Therapist, Trainer Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Level One, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Level Two Enactment Therapy Level One and Two.
I provide counselling to individuals, couples and families. I have extensive experience in trauma/PTSD and attachment. My specialties include: Eating Disorders, Anxiety, Men’s health, Depression, Suicidality, Dissociative Disorders, Coping Skills, Adjustment Issues, Developmental Attachment Injuries, Life Transitions and Father / Child Relationships.
Counselling services should be comfortable. Taking that first step to seek help, can sometimes be the hardest step of all. As a level 3 therapeutic foster parent, I have worked therapeutically with children having ADHD, Asperger’s Syndrome, FASD, major brain injuries and stroke. I look forward to working with you and watching your transformation!
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Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $125
Insurance
- Blue Cross
- First Nations Health Authority
- Insurance Corporation of British Columbia
- Province of BC-Autism Funding
- Veterans Affairs Canada
- Victim Services
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Michael Dadson
Counsellor, Ph D, MA
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by Province of British Columbia / RCC1467 Michael Dadson
- In Practice for 33 Years
- Membership with Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association 2021
- Membership with British Columbia Association of Clinical Counellors 1467 / 2021
- Attended UBC Ph. D. Counselling Psychology, Graduated 2013
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Trauma and PTSD
- Men's Issues
- Depression
Expertise
- Anxiety, Men’s Health, Developmental Attachment,
- Addiction
- ADHD
- Alcohol Use
- Anger Management
- Antisocial Personality
- Anxiety
- Behavioural Issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- Body Positivity
- Borderline Personality (BPD)
- Child
- Chronic Impulsivity
- Codependency
- Coping Skills
- Dissociative Disorders (DID)
- Divorce
- Domestic Abuse
- Domestic Violence
- Drug Abuse
- Dual Diagnosis
- Eating Disorders
- Emotional Disturbance
- Family Conflict
- Gambling
- Grief
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Infidelity
- Internet Addiction
- Life Transitions
- Life Transitions Father / Child Relationships
- Marital and Premarital
- Mood Disorders
- Narcissistic Personality (NPD)
- Obesity
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Oppositional Defiance (ODD)
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Personality Disorders
- Relationship Issues
- Sex-Positive, Kink Allied
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Substance Use
- Suicidal Ideation
- Teen Violence
- Thinking Disorders
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
- Veterans
- Weight Loss
Client Focus
Age
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Family
Communities
Aviation Professionals
Religion
Christian
Age
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Family
Communities
Aviation Professionals
Religion
Christian
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
- Applied Behavioural Analysis (ABA)
- Cognitive Behavioural (CBT)
- Cognitive Processing (CPT)
- Compassion Focused
- Emotionally Focused
- Family / Marital
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Interpersonal
- Motivational Interviewing
- Neuro-Linguistic (NLP)
- Neurofeedback
- Positive Psychology
- Strength-Based
- Trauma Focused
Location
Call for a free consultation now - (647) 493-3858
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Michael Dadson
Counsellor, Ph D, MA