Ann Downie M.Ed. RCC

Practice information:

Ann meets people from a position of warmth, compassion, openness and curiosity. She has a deep commitment to connect and work alongside individuals and families to develop an authentic, trusting relationship, and offers counselling using a collaborative approach. By creating a safe therapeutic environment, Ann’s goal is to support her clients build on their personal strengths and understanding, allowing them to develop the resiliency they require to cope with the challenges they are facing.

Utilizing her education and clinical experience, Ann helps people find unique strategies to nurture stronger relationships, and to heal and grow from life’s challenges. She offers a supportive space to move away from feeling stuck, with a focus on helping clients explore their own power and ability to make the changes they want in their lives.

Ann offers support with a broad range of challenges, including anxiety, depression, career and workplace challenges and transitions, burnout, relationship issues and relationship breakdown, communication difficulties, grief and loss, parenting challenges and parent-teen conflict, stress management, personal growth, and recent or historical trauma. She has extensive experience supporting youth through the challenges of adolescence and young adulthood. Ann offers parenting support to single parents, couples, co-parents, and blended families.

Ann provides ADHD-informed counselling services, and has completed extensive training to support clients with ADHD. She holds the ADHD - Certified Clinical Services Provider (ADHD-CCSP) designation to showcase her skills in supporting neurodivergent clients.

In her work with individuals, couples and families, Ann draws from a variety of evidence-based counselling approaches based on the needs of each client. She uses a blend of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT), emotionally focused therapy (EFT), internal family systems theory, and narrative therapy. She works from a trauma-informed, solution-focused and humanistic lens that emphasizes self-discovery and personal agency.

Ann offers in person counselling in Victoria, BC, as well as phone and online video counselling sessions for clients across British Columbia. She works with older youth (16+), adults, couples and families.

Ann is a Registered Clinical Counsellor with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors with a Masters of Education in Counselling Psychology from the University of British Columbia. She has 20 years of experience working with children, youth, families and individuals.

Please note: emails/messages sent to Ann through the CounsellingBC.com website are forwarded to the confidential inbox of the Clinical Director of Gravitate Counselling Inc., who can answer your questions and/or help you book your first appointment with her.