
Colette Mrazek
Areas of practice
- Addictions - Including Substances
- Adolescent Issues
- Anxiety and/or Panic
- Career Issues
- Chronic Illness
- Chronic Pain
- Death and Dying
- Depression
- Eating Disorders
- Family Issues
- Grief and Loss - General
- Intimacy Issues
- Life Transitions
- Marriage and/or Relationship Issues
- Parent/Teen Conflict
- Parenting Issues
- Perfectionism
- Personal Growth
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Postpartum Depression
- Self-Esteem Issues
- Sexuality
- Stress Management
- Teen Adjustment Issues
- Trauma Counselling
Approaches used
- Acceptance & Commitment Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
- Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT)
- Emotionally Focused Therapy - Individuals
- Existential-Humanistic
- Family Therapy
- Marriage & Couples Counselling
- Mindfulness approaches
- Motivational Interviewing
- Online / Virtual / Telehealth Counselling
- Video Counselling
Counselling practice website:
colettemrazek.comPractice information:
My counselling career began over 20 years ago and since then, I have worked in a variety of settings with many different populations, such as youth at risk, children who have been orphaned, young parents, GLBTQ, disordered eating, mental health, HIV/AIDS, employment counselling, post-secondary, special needs, family education and parenting support.
While Youth and Family Therapy is my area of focus, I also work with children, adults and couples addressing a variety of personal issues, such as substance use, addictions, grief and loss, death and dying, chronic pain, trauma, domestic violence, communication, anger, assertiveness, self-esteem, family conflict and relationship issues, career and identity, life transitions, anxiety, depression, self-harm and suicidal ideation/intervention. I possess a B.A. in Child and Youth Care from the University of Victoria and a M.Ed. in Counselling Psychology from the University of British Columbia.
I believe that change occurs when one begins to develop acceptance and compassion for oneself. I see emotions as an important source of information that can teach us much about who we are and what we value. I believe that our development is strongly influenced by significant relationships in our lives, especially those in our family of origin. Our experiences in these relationships often lead to core beliefs about ourselves. I take a psychodynamic and person-centered approach, drawing on mindfulness-based and expressive art psychotherapies as well as emotion-focused, compassion-focused, and family systems theories.
Specialized training:
- I have advanced training In Emotion-Focused Couples Therapy
Client fee individuals:
$180 per 60 minute session, $225 per 75 minute sessionClient fee couples/families:
$200 per 60 minute session, $280 per 80 minute sessionAvailability:
MonMonday | TueTuesday | WedWednesday | ThuThursday | FriFriday | SatSaturday | SunSunday | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MorningAM | Available | Available | Available | Available | Available | Available | |
AfternoonPM | Available | Available | Available | Available | Available | Available | |
EveningLate | Available | Available | Available | Available | Available | Available |