Venturouscounselling

Well, that depends on you! Our work varies depending on what's going on in your life. Most times, my clients find counselling to be a helpful space for gaining clarity, finding solutions to problems, and removing harmful narratives that keep you from achieving your goals and/or having great relationships. Well, that depends on you! Our work varies depending on what's going on in your life. Most times, my clients find counselling to be a helpful space for gaining clarity, finding solutions to problems, and removing harmful narratives that keep you from achieving your goals and/or having great

Traditional psychotherapy and various “gold standard” therapeutic models focus only on the mind’s ability to define your choices, your emotions, and your reactions. The fundamental flaw of that logic? You are not just your mind, and while your mind is essential for you to communicate and understand what might be going on for you and to make different choices, the body is what really holds the wisdom and power over your actions. All our practitioners incorporate somatic-based approaches to our work.

We will continue to advocate with legislators that mental health care is health care and should be treated as such through explicit policy + coverage. Until then, we will be building tools as alternative access points for support and expanding the resources we have available for our community. If you have suggestions as to what might be useful for your wellness, please email us and let us know. We currently have plans to build out free or lower-cost community-based programming as well. Sign up for our mailing list here to stay up to date.

Whether you're struggling with anxiety, depression, self-worth, addictions, or relational and physical trauma, we can help. If we're not a good fit, we'll support you in finding the support you need. You don't have to do this alone. Collaborative and non-judgemental counselling for all relationships, including romantic partners, friendships and family members. Relationship counselling focuses on the interpersonal dynamics between each person. It can help foster a deeper understanding and acceptance of one another, and enhance trust, intimacy, and connection.

Hey, welcome! Question for you: what's causing you to deal with everything life throws at you alone? Maybe you're trying to break free from hurtful relational contexts, self-questioning, and other distressing emotions like loneliness. Many folx I work with have also experienced histories of trauma (not just trauma with a capital T) and have had to navigate invalidating environments. In working together, we can co-create sustainable systems of self-exploration and relational engagement so that you can connect to rootedness in joy and groundedness in purpose.

My work is grounded on the perspective that how we story our lives is incredibly powerful, and it is through these stories that we make sense of the world, ourselves, and our experiences. These stories can be taught, inherited, passed down, adopted, melded, and combined. Some stories are helpful and empowering, and some stories can cause us to feel trapped, frustrated, and helpless. And for some stories that we have, we would rather them be forgotten, hidden, and ignored because of how much pain and shame these stories bring us.

Venturous Counselling + Consulting is a purpose-led wellness group built on two fundamental pillars: multidisciplinary practice and justice-oriented action. Believing in the mind-body-community connection, we pride ourselves on offering services beyond the talk...because simply focusing on talk therapy is like only allowing yourself to use one arm when swimming. You can do it, and you'd probably get to shore if you need to, but it sure makes it a lot harder than it has to be! That's why we incorporate EMDR, art, movement, and breathwork practices alongside traditional counselling services to

All our practitioners approach our work through a systemic lens. We don't shy away from the systemic realities that impact your experience and we actively commit ourselves to unlearning its problematic narratives and practices right alongside you. We work with you to discover what it means to be "well" in a world that is so unwell. Whether you access counselling in Vancouver, virtual counselling in Coquitlam, or In-Person Nature Therapy or Walk and Talk counselling in Burnaby or Surrey, we’re committed to co-creating transformative spaces for difficult emotions, generative conversation + acti