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Jump to Support for: General Anxiety Health Anxiety Hypervigilence & Anxiety Related to Trauma Climate Change (Eco) Anxiety) Political Anxiety General Anxiety Experiencing nervousness sometimes is completely normal. But when our anxiety starts to take a negative toll on us - our mood, causing us to feel overwhelmed, or impacting our sleep - that’s when we might need some extra support. With clients experiencing anxiety, we’ll start by exploring when the anxiety is coming up and where it might stem from. Anxiety often comes from protective parts that have learned that we need to be on the lookout for danger or worry or prepare for worst-case scenarios based, even if those strategies are causing us harm or distress. Together we gently make space to understand these parts with curiosity and compassion, helping them feel seen and supported rather than overwhelmed or dismissed. Over time we will work towards creating more inner balance, strengthening your resilience, and allowing you to respond to your anxious parts as your adult self who is knowledgeable and capable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6887e1f57632895b0528973e/1770093803862-FHTWFW008KJKPVVNGYIS/unsplash-image-yo01Z-9HQAw.jpg Anxiety Counselling - Health Anxiety Living with health anxiety can feel exhausting, often leaving you stuck in cycles of worry, reassurance seeking, and constant scanning for symptoms. In counselling, I approach health anxiety by helping clients get to know the parts of them that feel anxious about their health. These parts are usually trying to protect you and keep you safe, even if their strategies are no longer helpful or are creating more distress. Alongside building understanding and compassion for these protective parts, I support clients in reconnecting with their bodies in a more grounded and trusting way. Health anxiety can make it difficult to interpret physical sensations, leading normal bodily cues to feel alarming or overwhelming. Together, we work toward increasing body awareness, tolerance, and a sense of internal safety, so you can respond to your body with curiosity and care rather than fear. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6887e1f57632895b0528973e/1770093840191-ZVTF0N2LBKSU76VO8BKL/unsplash-image-VPVgKWwSuy4.jpg Anxiety Counselling - Hypervigilance & Anxiety Related to Trauma After experiencing trauma, it’s common to notice heightened anxiety or a constant feeling of being on edge. Hypervigilance is often a protective response that develops in an effort to prevent something similar from happening again or to avoid reminders of the experience. While these reactions can feel exhausting and confusing, they are expected responses to very abnormal and overwhelming events. In working with clients, I largely draw on Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Trauma Informed Stabilization Treatment (TIST). Together, we focus on understanding your symptoms with compassion, strengthening emotional regulation, and creating a greater sense of safety in the present. When there is enough stability and internal support, we may gently move toward processing and integrating traumatic memories so they feel less intrusive and overwhelming. This work is collaborative and paced carefully, always guided by what feels safe and manageable for you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6887e1f57632895b0528973e/1770093888308-TLYRUWVF2GZ36VYPPZXO/unsplash-image-ugnrXk1129g.jpg Anxiety Counselling - Climate Change (Eco-) Anxiety When we see the impacts of climate change or hear experts’ warnings and concerns, it’s understandable that feelings such as fear, helplessness, grief, or frustration may arise. Concerns about personal safety, loved ones, and future generations can weigh heavily and leave many people feeling overwhelmed or stuck. In counselling, I support clients in meeting these emotions with compassion rather than judgment, using curiosity to better understand what is coming up internally. Together, we work to strengthen emotional regulation while also exploring ways to stay connected to hope, meaning, and values aligned action, helping to foster a greater sense of agency in the face of uncertainty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6887e1f57632895b0528973e/ef024923-9b92-4135-a94e-c16fe2f36c4d/Screenshot+2025-08-31+at+7.37.24%E2%80%AFPM.png Anxiety Counselling - Political Anxiety If you are feeling anxious, overwhelmed, or distressed by the current political climate, you are not alone. Ongoing news stories about human rights atrocities, uncertainty about the future, and concerns about moving backwards can leave us feeling fearful, helpless, or shut down. In counselling, I support clients experiencing political anxiety by gently exploring the parts of you that are impacted. We make space for parts that feel fearful, angry, overwhelmed, or numb, as well as parts that may want to avoid or disconnect altogether. Together, we work toward increasing compassion, clarity, and a sense of internal safety, while also exploring ways to engage with the world that feel aligned, sustainable, and true to who you are. https://www.beginagainvancouvercounselling.ca/depression-counselling daily 0.75 2026-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6887e1f57632895b0528973e/1768694271105-74B6HKSU07VYXRZGB1FU/unsplash-image-x7JIZ8XEyGM.jpg Depression Counselling - Support for Clients Experiencing Depression Depression exists on a spectrum - some will experience more severe symptoms than others. Sometimes depression makes people feel paralyzed making basic self care tasks like showering or brushing teeth feel overwhelming and exhausting. For others, depression may be less visible on the outside. Some might still be able to do basic self care, go to work, see family and friends, but they feel disconnected, isolated, and exhausted. Know that wherever you’re at, and regardless of how bad things are (or, aren’t) you deserve help and support. If you are struggling, that is enough of a reason to reach out. It doesn’t matter if you’re drowning in 2 feet of water or 20, you’re still drowning. How we navigate forward will be based on where you’re at right now, and what symptoms you’re experiencing and how it’s impacting your life. We’ll gently explore the parts of you that feel depressed, hopeless, shut down, or self critical, and the roles they may be playing in trying to protect you. Early work may also include understanding possible triggers, strengthening emotional regulation and support, and developing plans to increase safety when needed. Throughout the process, we focus on meeting your experience with compassion and curiosity, working at a pace that feels manageable while supporting movement toward greater connection, relief, and self understanding. https://www.beginagainvancouvercounselling.ca/couples-counselling daily 0.75 2026-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6887e1f57632895b0528973e/5d0199fe-be8f-4b8b-983f-5484ac8c1421/Screenshot+2026-01-12+at+4.59.53%E2%80%AFPM.png Couples Counselling - Support for Couples Couples counselling offers a space to slow down, understand what is happening between you and your partner, and work toward feeling more connected. Many couples come in feeling stuck, discouraged, or unsure about the future. Therapy can help reduce distress, resolve specific challenges, and create meaningful lasting shifts in how you relate to one another. Some couples choose to recommit to their relationship in new ways, and others use counselling to gain clarity about next steps. There is no “right” outcome — the focus is on supporting both partners with honesty and care. My work is grounded in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFCT) and the Gottman Method; both are evidence-based approaches that focus on strengthening emotional connection, improving communication, and understanding patterns that keep you stuck. Our first three sessions are spent getting to know you and your relationship: we begin together as a couple, followed by one individual session with each partner. From there, we all come together in the fourth session deepen our understanding of our and our partner’s feelings, to practice new ways of communicating, increase understanding and empathy, repair past hurts, and build closeness and collaboration. https://www.beginagainvancouvercounselling.ca/services-trauma-ptsd-counselling daily 0.75 2026-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6887e1f57632895b0528973e/f1c929c8-e850-4fc5-9c42-7bc8c071050a/BeginAgainVancouverCounselling-TraumaHealing4.jpg Trauma & PTSD Counselling - Support for Clients with Trauma & Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Everyone’s experience of trauma, and the ways we cope with its impacts, will look different. I often remind clients that trauma responses are deeply protective. Your mind and body are doing their best to keep you safe using the tools they learned at the time. These responses can show up in many ways, such as hypervigilance, panic, dissociation, or numbing through substances, among others. While these reactions can feel confusing or distressing, they are understandable responses to abnormal and overwhelming events. Our work begins by prioritizing safety, trust, and choice. You are never required to share more than you feel ready to, and it’s okay if you’re not able or willing to talk about what happened right away. Healing from trauma takes time, and we will move at a pace that feels aligned with where you are, with a strong focus on creating safety and stability in the present. In my work with trauma and PTSD, I draw on Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Trauma Informed Stabilization Treatment (TIST). Together, we’ll focus on understanding your symptoms with compassion, strengthening emotional regulation, and building a greater sense of internal and external safety. When enough support and stability are in place, we may gently work toward processing and integrating traumatic memories so they feel less intrusive and overwhelming. This work is collaborative, consent based, and always guided by what feels safest for you. https://www.beginagainvancouvercounselling.ca/stress-burnout-counselling daily 0.75 2026-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6887e1f57632895b0528973e/0ae1b50a-e834-4e14-a87f-2b76d120dc4a/seo-galaxy-dJpBpPUevSA-unsplash.jpg Stress & Burnout Counselling - Stress & Burnout Ongoing stress and burnout can leave you feeling depleted, overwhelmed, and disconnected from yourself and the things that once felt meaningful. You may notice irritability, exhaustion, difficulty concentrating, changes in sleep, or a sense of numbness or cynicism. Over time, chronic stress can make it feel as though you are constantly pushing through without enough rest, support, or space to recover. In counselling, I approach stress and burnout through an Internal Family Systems perspective, where we explore the different parts of you that may be carrying pressure, responsibility, perfectionism, or fear of slowing down. These parts are often trying to help you cope or keep things together, even when their strategies are no longer sustainable. Together, we work to understand these patterns with compassion, strengthen emotional regulation, and build greater internal balance and safety. Our work also focuses on reconnecting you with your needs, limits, and values, and exploring what rest, boundaries, and support might look like in a way that feels realistic and aligned for you. We move at a pace that honours your capacity, supporting you in shifting from survival mode toward greater clarity, resilience, and a more sustainable way of relating to work, relationships, and yourself. https://www.beginagainvancouvercounselling.ca/sexual-abuse-assault-counselling daily 0.75 2026-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6887e1f57632895b0528973e/7340bb34-ef80-4d2b-8a0a-c15dd0ef2c53/counselling+for+sexual+assault Counselling for Survivors of Sexual Abuse & Assault - Support for Survivors of Sexual Abuse and Assault After a sexual assault, it’s normal to have many (and sometimes conflicting), responses. These reactions are not signs that something is wrong with you. They are your body and mind doing everything they can to protect you (even if it doesn’t seem that way at first glance). Our work begins by creating enough safety and trust that you feel able to explore your emotions with me. Which will take time. You might initially come to therapy without telling me this is something you’ve been through, and that’s ok. Healing takes time, and we will move at a pace that feels aligned with where you are and what you feel ready for. Together, we’ll focus on understanding your symptoms with compassion, supporting emotional regulation, and strengthening a sense of safety in the present moment. When enough stability and internal support are in place, we may gently work toward processing and integrating traumatic memories so they feel less intrusive and overwhelming. This process is collaborative, consent based, and always guided by what feels safest for you. https://www.beginagainvancouvercounselling.ca/grief-loss-counselling daily 0.75 2026-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6887e1f57632895b0528973e/1770069193142-5WLHI8TH77JWL6JM9UXT/unsplash-image-fvl4b1gjpbk.jpg Grief and Loss - Support for Clients Experiencing Grief & Loss Grief can arise after many kinds of loss, including the death of a loved one, changes in relationships, health, identity, or the future you imagined. There is no right way to grieve, and responses can shift over time. You may notice waves of sadness, longing, anger, guilt, numbness, or moments of feeling okay followed by intense grief again. All of these responses are normal, even when they feel confusing or overwhelming. I approach grief through an Internal Family Systems lens where we gently explore the different parts of you that are responding to loss. Some parts may feel deeply sad, missing, or searching, while others may try to stay busy, minimize the loss, or protect you from being overwhelmed by pushing feelings away. Together, we work to meet all of these responses with compassion and curiosity, helping your system feel safe enough to grieve without getting flooded or shutting down. Our work focuses on creating enough internal safety and support so grief can be felt, witnessed, and integrated at your own pace. Rather than forcing closure or moving on, we honour your unique grieving process while supporting emotional regulation, meaning making, and gradual reconnection to life and relationships. This approach allows grief to soften and transform over time, while preserving the significance of what and who has been lost. https://www.beginagainvancouvercounselling.ca/upcoming-workshops-and-events daily 0.75 2026-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6887e1f57632895b0528973e/1771289759424-HV04T2DPKCN2VYRVB93X/unsplash-image-dGxOgeXAXm8.jpg Upcoming Workshops & Events - Next workshop is in the works! Details to follow. https://www.beginagainvancouvercounselling.ca/individual-counselling-for-relationship-challenges daily 0.75 2026-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6887e1f57632895b0528973e/1768773652861-3Q93IEJFT6F7XQS0GY8D/unsplash-image-HVmf2tsC4Gk.jpg Individual Counselling for Relationship Challenges - Support for Clients Experiencing Relationship Challenges Relationship challenges are one of the most common reasons people seek counselling. These concerns may involve relationships with parents, partners, friends, family members, work colleagues, or former partners. You may notice yourself feeling stuck in patterns that feel confusing, painful, or counterproductive, even when you are trying to relate differently. In individual counselling, I support clients in exploring relationship challenges through attachment theory (Emotionally Focused Therapy) and Internal Family Systems lens. Together, we’ll explore how your past significant relationships, especially with parents, primary caregivers, romantic partners, and close friends may have impacted how you view and operate within relationships. Often, these patterns developed as ways of protecting yourself from past hurt, even if they are now creating barriers to connection, trust, or closeness. We’ll work towards increasing awareness and insight into your thoughts, feelings and behaviours and then support you in making changes that feel aligned and authentic to you. This process can support you in responding to relationships with greater clarity and choice, rather than from old patterns, helping create space for more fulfilling and connected relationships moving forward. https://www.beginagainvancouvercounselling.ca/breakups-separation-divorce daily 0.75 2026-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6887e1f57632895b0528973e/1772063198800-3OZ6ZAHI3HAX2AGBZ3Z2/unsplash-image-EtMBNWoavoA.jpg Breakups, Separation and Divorce - Support for Clients Going Through Breakups, Separation, and Divorce My heart aches for anyone going through a breakup. Having a relationship end can feel devastating and overwhelming, regardless of whether you were the one who ended it or not. It can also be a complex kind of loss. This person is still alive, yet there can be deep feelings of grief, loss, shock, anger, confusion, and longing. How we approach therapy will depend on where you are in the breakup and healing process, and what kind of support you need right now. For some, especially in the early stages of a relationship breakdown, we are in crisis management mode and figuring out logistics. We might focus on building short term coping skills to help you get through each day, beginning to process that the relationship has ended, and creating a plan for the immediate next steps. This could include exploring living arrangements, identifying support people, and preparing for difficult conversations with your former partner. Once things feel more stabilized, we can shift toward processing the relationship itself and supporting you in your healing journey. Through a parts based approach, we might explore the different and sometimes conflicting thoughts and feelings that come up for you. Often there are parts that still love or hope, parts that feel angry or betrayed, or parts that are trying to protect you from ever being hurt like this again. We may also look at the relationship through an attachment lens, bringing awareness to how your past experiences shaped the dynamic between you and your partner. Wherever you are right now is okay. We will work together to figure out what feels most supportive for you right now, and go from there.