Wendy Wan Yi Huang

My name is Wendy, a registered clinical counsellor (RCC) and a registered art therapist in BC (BCART). I’m a professional member of the Canadian Art Therapy Association, BC Art Therapy Association, International Association for Creative Arts in Education and Therapy, and Taiwan Art Therapy Association.

I work with children between 5 and 14 years old and adults. I help them learn emotional regulation, and use creative ways to experience therapeutic processes. I’m also an approved therapist for ICBC claims, CVAP (crime victim assistance program), accepting autistic funding from AFU autism funding unit, and most extended health insurance benefits.

I’m a Taiwanese Canadian immigrant who speaks fluent Mandarin and English, so I understand how difficult to be a newcomer in Canada and how challenging to face life transition, loss and grief in this process of relocation. 

I like to use puzzles as an analogy or a metaphor to describe our lived experiences. Sometimes it isn't easy to put a puzzle by yourself because there are things you are worried about, fearful to think of, or something you have not discovered yet. I am here to help you put the pieces together to understand yourself better. 

Since the age of 24, I have been serving a wide range of people who needed government assistance. My work experiences in the government public service as an intake worker have helped me understand to put clients first, always pay empathic listening and respect everyone's life stories.

I was once a breast cancer patient and experienced art therapy and counselling. It was a life transition for me to explore and experience the power of art therapy. I am now a mother of two children. I want to introduce this healing method to experience this therapeutic process. In my services, you are the one who controls your own puzzles, but I assist you in finding some pieces you have not explored yet.

I obtained my bachelor’s degree in Simon Fraser University in 2007. In 2021, I completed an internship in direct and indirect counselling practicum at both Moving Forward Family Services and the Vancouver Art Therapy Institute. In 2022, I obtained a master's degree in counselling (MC) from Athabasca University and a Diploma in Advanced Art Therapy (DVATI) from the Vancouver Art Therapy Institute.

我叫 Wendy，是一名註冊臨床諮商師和專業藝術治療師。我與 5 歲及以上的兒童（無論是否有特殊需求）以及成年人一起工作，幫助他們從創傷經歷中治愈，學習情緒調節，並簡單地使用創造性的方式來體驗治療過程。

我也是一名 ICBC 卑詩省汽車監理站車禍理賠、CVAP 犯罪受害者援助計劃認可的治療師，並接受大多數延長健康