Welcome

Working with Virginia, you can be sure you will be met with compassion, sensitivity, hope, and encouragement, and that your emotional well-being and safety is the priority of each counselling session. Virginia will work with you collaboratively to help you identify your goals and take manageable steps towards them, and you will be supported with practical tools and skills to navigate the challenges you bring to counselling.

Approach to Treatment

Virginia engages different therapeutic modalities depending on the unique needs of each client. These include Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Emotion Focused Therapy, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy, Somatic Experiencing techniques, and Solution Focused Therapy approaches.

Education & Qualifications

Virginia has over eight years of clinical experience as a Registered Clinical Counsellor in good standing with the British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors ( #15070), along with 15 years of experience in health and well-being. Her education includes a Bachelor of Communication (Bond University, Australia), a Master of Counselling Psychology and Art Therapy (Adler University, Vancouver), as well as certificates in yoga instruction and yoga therapy which inform her holistic approach to mental health and well-being.

Professional Experience

Virginia spent the first years of her counselling career working in an outdoor-based school for at-risk youth, where she supported teens experiencing anxiety, depression, substance use issues and addiction, complex trauma, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and other challenges.

She went on to work as a Child and Family Counsellor at a community-based agency in Burnaby, where she continues to support children, youth, and their families with a wide-range of complex and co-occurring mental health issues.

Virginia’s previous 10+ year career in marketing and communications led to a special interest in employee well-being, career coaching, as well as stress management and burnout recovery. Since 2021 Virginia has been facilitating mental health workshops across the USA with the International Association of Administration Professionals.

To discuss your goals and determine if it is a good fit to work together please book a free consultation.