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When a loved one is unwell, it can be hard to find your bearings. With experience stemming from 2008, my area of expertise is providing intensive family and caregiver support services. If you are coping with a family…
With over a decade of experience as a clinical counsellor, I am dedicated to helping clients navigate life’s challenges and transitions. My commitment lies in creating a secure, non-judgmental, and confidential…
My approach to counselling is to provide a warm, empathic, and safe space for you. We will develop a strong therapeutic relationship, where you will feel seen, understood, and supported fully. In my sessions, the…
Registered Clinical Counsellor and Approved Clinical Supervisor with over 25 years of experience as a clinician, supervisor, and educator working across public mental health, non-profit, higher education, and private…
Are you struggling with sleepless nights, racing thoughts, anxiety, or excessive sadness? Do you have insight into changes you'd like to make but are unsure where to start? Or perhaps you have noticed a heightened…
If you are considering to begin counselling or making a decision about which therapist might be right for you, I hope this website will be an informative starting point. If you still feel uncertain after reading through…
Odeya Yeoman (she/they) provides individual counselling and sex therapy for people of all genders. As a Canadian Certified Counsellor and Adlerian Psychotherapist, they specialise in ● ADHD & AuDHD support ● Sexual and…
Life can feel overwhelming at times, leaving you feeling disconnected, uncertain, or stretched thin. I provide a space where you can slow down and explore what’s happening beneath the surface. Therapy can help uncover…
Counselling can be a way to grow while facing difficult circumstances. It can also be about building resources or heading in a new direction. In each case, you have the opportunity to become more yourself. Whatever your…
Reaching out for support is not always easy. You may already have insight into what is happening in your life, yet still find yourself stuck in patterns that feel overwhelming, repetitive, or difficult to change. You…
Joe Ramirez, owner of ClearCounselling.ca, is a Canadian Certified Counsellor and an Adlerian psychotherapist with a Master of Counselling Psychology, providing Individual Counselling, Couples Counselling, and Sex…
I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) offering counselling in Port Coquitlam, Downtown Vancouver, and online across British Columbia. I support youth, adults, and families who are struggling with anxiety…
I came to counselling through my own lived experience, and my approach to this work has been shaped by both my personal journey and more than 12 years of experience supporting others. I have come to believe that while we…
I’m Kenton Klassen, a Registered Clinical Counsellor and psychodynamic psychotherapist based in Vancouver, BC. My work is relational, exploratory, and non‑directive, offering clients a space to slow down and look closely…
Hi, I'm Victor. I’m a Registered Clinical Counsellor and Registered Social Worker (BC, Alberta and Ontario) who primarily works with gay men through online video counselling. I help gay men find freedom from anxiety…
Hello! I’m a relational therapist who believes healing happens in connection. I support folks as they make sense of childhood trauma, navigate difficult family dynamics, explore attachment and relationships, and untangle…
Seyyed Saeed Behckam Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) in BC Member of American Psychological Association (APA) Member of Canadian Counselling And Psychotherapy Association (CCPA) Clinical Psychology Graduate Σ…
If you're suffering through a loss, or feeling emotionally overwhelmed or stuck, I'm a Registered Clinical Counsellor who specializes in helping people navigate even their most challenging emotions, felt experiences, and…
Whether you have been struggling with long-term mental illness, feeling depressed or anxious lately, or experiencing difficulties with families or partners, I am here to hear you out and hold hands with you through your…
It’s no small thing to open up the deepest and scariest parts of ourselves. Just showing up to a therapy session can be a nervous process, and working towards healing takes bravery. I want to be the person that walks…
Downtown Counsellors
Family Issues Counsellors
Family and Systemic Psychotherapy uses the close interpersonal relationships between family members to help one another. The key to dealing with family issues is to help couples, family members or siblings to explore difficult emotions and thoughts in a safe manner. It helps each member to understand and acknowledge one another's emotions and allow them to express it safely, and in an effective manner.
Family therapy has been shown to be effective for people of all ages who are experiencing family issues or problems in their key systems (relationships) with people with whom they are close. It helps to build relationships and boosts the strengths and self-esteem of everyone in the system. Your family might need intervention if members have substance abuse problems, violent outbursts, if the family experienced a trauma, if a close family member died or if the family is not functioning at its normal capacity.
This type of therapy enables people to work with one another, instead of on one another and enables families to talk about issues that are causing distress without disrespecting emotions. Instead, it invites engagement of the family members in order to support recovery.
Therapists who address family issues use a range of different approaches to bring about the best results. While group therapy will probably take place once weekly, where the family will all meet with the therapist, individual sessions might be required too. This provides a great supplement to the family therapy work and is an ideal place for individuals to express their personal family issues that are hard to discuss in front of everyone.
If you are looking for a counsellor or psychologist who does family counselling you may want to search the directory to find a professional whose approach will suit you best.