Melina Baum Singer

*Offering video and in-person sessions  *Free 20 minute introductory session 

Melina is a registered clinical counsellor and member of the B.C. Association of Clinical Counsellors. 

Located in a welcoming office overlooking False Creek and the North Shore mountains in Vancouver, she is the founder and clinical director of Baum Singer Psychotherapy Group.

Grounded in psychodynamic psychotherapy, Melina draws from attachment and developmental theory, family systems thinking, and contemporary understandings of the nervous system. She works with adults, couples, and families to deepen self-understanding and untangle emotional and relational knots that may be limiting connection, wellbeing, and personal growth.

Melina encourages clients to approach their experiences and life stories with openness and curiosity. In therapy, clients may explore current challenges, recurring emotional and relational patterns, and the interconnected nature of emotions, thoughts, bodily sensations, and nervous system responses. She understands psychological growth as an ongoing developmental process shaped by relationships, family systems, culture, and lived experience.

Rather than viewing symptoms simply as problems to eliminate, Melina understands them as meaningful expressions of the ways people have adapted in response to relationships and life circumstances. She invites clients to approach these patterns with compassion, creating space for greater emotional awareness, deeper insight, and new ways of relating to themselves and others.

Melina collaborates closely with clients to develop a therapeutic plan that reflects their needs, hopes, and goals. As circumstances change, she revisits and adapts that plan accordingly. She views the therapeutic relationship as central to the work and strives to create a thoughtful, trusting space in which clients can explore difficult experiences with honesty, openness, and genuine connection.

Concerns Supported

Melina commonly supports adults, couples, and families experiencing:

• Trauma and PTSD
• Anxiety and panic
• Depression
• Grief and loss
• Early attachment and adult relationship difficulties
• Stress and anger
• University and workplace concerns
• Loss of motivation or direction
• Supporting a loved one living with mental illness
• Life transitions, including young adulthood, marriage, divorce, pregnancy, postpartum, parenthood, andropause, and peri/menopause

Alongside the concerns outlined above, Melina has extensive experience in several additional areas of practice (see below).