Alita Dommann

Alita is an Adlerian Psychotherapist providing Individual, Couples and Family Counselling. She is a Registered Clinical Counsellor, Canadian Certified Counsellor, and medical doctor (non-practicing in Canada).

Alita supports individuals, couples, and families navigating trauma, mental health concerns, medical challenges, life transitions, complex life experiences and clients striving for peak performance. With over 20 years’ combined experience in medicine and psychotherapy, she offers grounded, integrative care that blends clinical skills with warmth, respect and collaboration. Alita brings lived insight into her work drawing from a diverse background including immigration, medicine and competitive sport.

• In trauma counselling, Alita uses EMDR to help clients process and move beyond the impact of past events; she is a registered provider with BC Emergency Health Services, offering support for critical incident stress and recovery.
• Her work in peak performance counselling draws on both clinical strategies and her own experience as a high-performance masters athlete, helping high achievers, whether athletes, professionals, or creatives optimize their focus, resilience, and recovery. She continues to train and compete herself, which keeps her personally connected to the discipline, vulnerability, and reward of striving.
• In relationship counselling, she applies the Gottman Method to support couples in building emotional connection, improving communication, and resolving patterns of conflict.
• In her work with seniors, she uses Adlerian and cognitive behavioural approaches to help clients navigate the challenges of loneliness, illness, changing identity, and end-of-life reflection, a focus informed by her graduate research on the lived experience of older adults in Vancouver.

“I believe that growth and transformation are always possible. I strive to provide a safe and compassionate interpersonal space where clients can explore challenges and create the life that they want.”

People choose to work with Alita because she brings both heart and rigor to the process. She is not afraid to ask the hard questions, but she asks them gently, and with care. Having worked in medicine before transitioning into psychotherapy, she understands complexity, whether emotional, physical or relational, and how to meet it with empathy and skill. Therapy is a partnership. Alita doesn’t pretend to have all the answers, but she is deeply committed to walking alongside you as you find your own. She works best with clients who are curious, open to growth, and ready to explore what’s holding them back or what’s possible.

If you’re thinking about starting therapy, whether you’re struggling, curious, wanting something to shift or reach for the stars, she invites you to contact her. She will be happy to support your goals whatever they are. Therapy can be hard work, but it can also be transformative. You don’t have to do it alone.