Practice information:

Melanie Adamsons is a Registered Clinical Counsellor with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors (BCACC). She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Toronto and a master’s degree from the University of Northern British Columbia. Melanie is passionate about providing person-centred and trauma-informed care to clients with diverse mental health needs. She has experience providing compassionate care and support to those who are struggling with mood and anxiety disorders, childhood trauma, relationship issues, and intense emotions.She believes that people are doing the best they can given their current level of skills and experiences to date. At the same time, she believes that people can always exceed their “best” in the next moment.

Her interests are in working from a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) framework. She has experience facilitating DBT skills groups in private practice and community mental health settings for adults who struggle with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and mood disorders. Apart from her clinical work, Melanie’s research interests have focused on how people’s ability to make social inferences impacts the quality of their close relationships.