Areas of practice
- Adolescent Issues
- Anger Management Issues
- Anxiety and/or Panic
- Depression
- Divorce and/or Separation
- Family Issues
- Grief and Loss - General
- Marriage and/or Relationship Issues
- Parent/Teen Conflict
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Pre-Marital Counselling
- Suicide Ideation / Survivor
- Trauma Counselling
Approaches used
- ADD and ADHD Coping Strategies
- Adolescent Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Critical Incident Stress Management
- Family Systems
- Family Therapy
- Life Stress Reduction (LSR)
- Marriage & Couples Counselling
- ONLINE / VIRTUAL / TELEHEALTH COUNSELLING
- Satir Therapy
- Traumatic Incident Reduction (TIR)
Practice information:
Jim is a Registered Clinical Counsellor (#522) and a Registered Social Worker (#03507) and a consultant with 50 years of experience working with children, youth, and families. He has specialized training and experience in working with child and youth behavioral issues, suicidal ideation, and trauma as well as extensive marital and relationship counselling experiences with adults.
Jim’s work has included 20 years as a behavioral investigator with the BC coroner’s Service and 43 years working closely with the RCMP and youth crime. Jim established the first Behavioral Investigation Program for the Province of BC Coroner’s Service in 1983. This work was performed concurrently with his duties as manager and senior consultant with Langley Youth and Family Services and involved investigative research, teaching, and reporting.
Jim brings his considerable knowledge and experience into his work with parents, youth, therapists, and teachers.
Jim has a Masters's degree in Psychology, is a Registered Clinical Counsellor with B.C. Association of Clinical Counsellors and is a Registered Social Worker with the B.C. College of Social Workers.
Jim is trained in the Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy Model and is a Clinical Member of the Satir Institute of the Pacific and is also a member of the Trauma Incident Reduction Association.
Clients find Jim down to earth and easy to talk to. He believes in the importance of helping the client work to discover his/her internal resources and solutions in order to create transformational experiences.
Client fee individuals:
$160.00(incl GST)Client fee couples/families:
$160.00 (Incl GST)Availability:
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