WELCOME!

I'm so glad you're here. I know first hand how hard it can be to reach out for help when you or a family member is struggling. I also know the positive impact the right help can make to individual and family wellbeing. Please read below to see if I'm the right person to help you, or your family member.

Who do I help?

I provide counselling support to individuals, parents, children and teens. I support individuals and families with mental health or relationship challenges including:

Anxiety/depression/trauma
Navigating life changes
Family conflict
Grief and loss
Separation anxiety
School anxiety/refusal
Child behaviour difficulties
Parenting challenges
Neurodivergent/learning challenges

I also provide workshops and parenting programs for parents who want to feel more confident in their parenting and have better relationships with their children. Contact me for more information.

How do I help?

I work from a strengths-based, trauma informed and attachment perspective. This means:

I look to an individual and family's strengths as part of the solution to their challenges.
I am sensitive to the impact of trauma and stress on the nervous system.
I create a therapeutic environment that allows clients to feel safe, seen and heard.
I believe that strengthening connections is a key component in individual and family healing.

Some of the benefits of therapy:

grow in self-awareness
manage stress more effectively
communicate more confidently
support others more compassionately
feel less stuck in old patterns of behaviour.

I have a warm and positive manner that helps clients to work on their difficulties in a safe and hopeful atmosphere. I use a variety of techniques, tailored to the needs and preferences of clients, including:

Emotion Focused Family Therapy
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy
Non-violent Communication
Dialectical Behavioural Therapy
Parent Child Relationship Therapy
Play Therapy

What does a typical therapy session look like?

Sessions are 50 minutes on zoom or in person at my office in Kerrisdale, Vancouver. I will work with you to decide treatment goals, depending on your situation and preferences. Sessions may be for an individual, child, parent/child or co-parents.

What we work on in the session depends on you or your family's unique challenge. There is ongoing opportunity for feedback from clients to ensure therapy is a helpful and positive experience.

Where am I located?

I am located in the heart of Kerrisdale Village, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Sessions are available in person or online.

Fees and Insurance

My fees are $160 per session for individual counselling.
As an MSW level Registered Clinical Social Worker, my services are often covered by extended benefits. Check with your individual provider.
My counselling services can be claimed as a medical expense on tax returns.

ABOUT

ABOUT ME

I am a Masters level, Registered Clinical Social Worker. I have over twenty years experience working with children, teens, adults and families in Canada and Ireland.

EXPERIENCE

I am passionate about supporting individuals and families to communicate more effectively, experience more joy in life and to feel more confident and hopeful about the future.

As an MSW level Registered Social Worker, my services are often covered by extended benefits. My counselling services are claimable on tax returns as a medical expense.

SPECIALTIES

Children, and Adolescents
Parent/Child Communication
Co-parenting Communication
Adult family relationship problems
Sibling conflict
Anxiety, depression, stress
Neurodivergent families

EDUCATION & TRAINING

Masters in Social Work with specialization in Child & Family Practice, University of British Columbia, 2015
Registered Clinical Social Worker with BC College of Social Workers
Postgraduate training in individual and family counselling, including CBT, ACT, DBT, Parent-Child Relationship Therapy and Emotion Focused Family Therapy.
Trained Parent Coach with Happily Family Inc.
Trained facilitator in the Circle of Security parenting program.

CONTACT ME

CONTACT

Message me here to book an appointment or to arrange a free 15 minute phone consultation.

PHONE

604-670-8332

ADDRESS

212-5729 West Boulevard, Kerrisdale Village, Vancouver, B.C. V6M 3W8

Counselling sessions are available in person or online anywhere in British Columbia.

Coaching sessions are available in Canada and internationally.

E-MAIL

kathleen@kathleenblackmorecounselling.com