Allison Rice M.A. RCC

Practice information:

Allison Rice (she/her) is a Registered Clinical Counsellor, with over 20 years of experience, who works with clients in offices in Vancouver and Courtenay, BC. Splitting her time between the city of Vancouver, where she grew up and where her family resides, and the beauty of the Comox Valley is a dream she’s worked towards for a number of years.  She also meets with clients over the phone and online, in order to offer the ease of counselling conveniently from your own home.   

When asked to share about why she works in this field, Allison expresses herself emphatically and wholeheartedly “I believe that change IS possible and that people can find freedom from their struggles no matter how deeply entrenched the patterns have become or how slight the change might need to be.” 

Allison (she/her) began her counselling career in Vancouver while working with families struggling with the impacts of substance misuse.  She was part of many non-profit teams: Mental Health Outreach counselling on the North Shore, the Child Psychiatric Unit at BC Children’s Hospital; Vancouver Coastal Health Mental Health and Addictions and still actively holds a contract with the BC Responsible and Problem Gambling Program.

Allison has extensive experience assisting people to move into solutions with the following presenting struggles:

• The effects of substance misuse
• The impacts of problem gambling 
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Stress Management
• Disordered Eating
• Grief and Loss
• Trauma
• Anger
• Relationship dilemmas
• Couples work
• ​Family members