Pegah Behbehani is a Registered Clinical Counsellor (#18073) with a Master’s degree in Counselling Psychology. Her passion is to help people overcome personal crises and achieve deep healing and personal success. Her new journey began when she immigrated to Canada and decided to radically shift from her career in business and industrial management to one that was more meaningful and served others. As an immigrant, she had to overcome many challenges. Through this process, she learned to connect with her inner strengths and developed insights into the untapped potential that we all have to gain strength from our setbacks and to thrive from them. Pegah has a long history of working with individuals from diverse backgrounds. In addition to a Master’s in Counselling Psychology from Adler University she also has both a Bachelor of Science degree in Software Engineering and a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering. Pegah has two decades of international experience in business and management settings as a software programmer, systems analyst, management consultant, and human resource specialist in different manufacturing organizations as well as her role as a Teacher Assistant and academic researcher at universities in Iran. Her passion for research inspired her to publish a book about Iranian Entrepreneur Organization: IT Domains in Tehran. Pegah draws from a variety of therapeutic approaches including Mindfulness, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Act Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Bowen family systems therapy, Narrative therapy. Pegah collaborative style of counselling is informed by trauma-informed therapy, strength-based therapy and multicultural and diversity approach. Pegah is also working toward additional specializations in EFT (Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy) and EMDR therapy. Services: Pegah provides individual, couple, and family counselling.

Languages: English, Farsi

Areas of Focus: • Depression • Anxiety • Low Mood • Stress Management • Emotional Regulations • Anger Management • Trauma • PTSD • Social Anxiety • Life transitions • Phase of Life Adjustment • Codependency • Grief & Loss • Relational Issues • Women’s Issues • Self-esteem issues • Isolation & Loneliness • Social Skills • Life Coaching

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Mei Wong, M.C. is a Registered Clinical Counsellor with BCACC. Mei has a person-centred approach and has focused her practice on trauma-informed care with individuals, couples and families. Her goal is to help clients feel heard, understood, and supported. By helping to enhance client’s unique strengths and capacities, individuals feel positive improvements with their resilience, well-being and potential. Mai creates a safe and non-judgemental space where clients feel empowered to explore their thoughts, behaviours and emotions at their own pace. As a counsellor she creates a safe place for you to feel accepted and understood to begin transformation and healing.

Therapeutic Approach:

Mei is a compassionate, trauma informed clinician who will collaborate with you to find the best treatment approach. Mei works holistically while integrating evidence based treatment methodologies including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT),Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Gottman Institute Couples Counselling, Mindfulness, Somatic Psychotherapy, Narrative and Strengths-Based Interventions. Mei has had the privilege of working with children, teens, adults, seniors, couples, and families with a range of different challenges. She is authentic, warm and has a non-judgemental approach.

Areas of Expertise:

Anxiety and anxiety disorders

Depression

Mood disorders

Grief and loss

Stress management

Relationship challenges

Isolation / Loneliness

Traumatic experiences

Shame

Substance use

Addiction(s)

Self-Esteem / self-worth concerns

Sleep Difficulties / Nightmares

Abuse (physical, emotional, sexual)

Goal setting

Life transitions

Career changes

Vocational support

Anger management

ADD/ADHD management

Languages: English, Spanish

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Julia Ossipova is a Registered Clinical Counsellor with British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors. With 10 years in the mental health field, Julia is experienced in helping individuals, couples, and families address a wide variety of life challenges and improve their mental health and relationships. Julia often combines multiple therapeutic approaches in order to provide comprehensive, well-rounded care to her clients. She uses elements of Narrative, Cognitive-Behavioural, Acceptance-Commitment, and Solution-Focused therapies and remains open to drawing from other theories to suit the needs and personalities of her clients.

Julia likes to think of the counselling process as a shared journey. She feels privileged to be invited to join her clients on their unique and adventurous travels towards meaningful change. Coming from a client-centred, strengths-based, culturally-sensitive approach, she envisions clients as the captains of these journeys, trusting their wisdom, experience, and intuition. She is not afraid to join them in the darkest hours of the trip, invests fully into helping them navigate the maps, and is there to celebrate the joys along the way.

Julia has a wealth of experience working with trauma stemming from childhood experiences, crime and violence, unexpected events, and challenging life situations. She uses a trauma-informed approach in her therapy, shares knowledge about the effects of trauma, and remains attuned to client’s unique needs along the way. Julia’s gentle and respectful approach often helps couples and individuals find their way through relationship difficulties and towards healthier partnerships grounded in collaboration, mutual support, and effective communication. She is likewise experienced in helping clients through the end of their relationships. In addition, Julia has years of experience working with youth, young adults, and families, and is knowledgeable in the intricacy of challenges faced by young people today. Julia welcomes clients of all ages, cultural backgrounds, identities, and walks of life into her practice and is ready to help them address a wide variety of concerns.

Areas of Expertise:

Anxiety Depression Emotion Regulation Life transitions Perfectionism Personal growth Relationship difficulties Self esteem Social skills Stress Management Trauma Youth and Young Adult challenges

Languages: English, Russian

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Dan Monument M.A. is a Registered Clinical Counsellor with BCACC. Dan brings a decade plus of experience in various clinical, and professional settings within the field of mental health. Working with families, parents, and youth from diverse backgrounds, Dan connects well with those challenged by traumatic events, and multi-generational issues related to trauma. Dan utilizes a solution-focused approach, with trauma-informed principles, to help clients develop self-regulation skills, and thereby build healthy relationships. Dan offers Individual counselling, and couples counselling in his practice.

Therapeutic Approach:

Dan approaches every individual as deserving of a unique therapeutic plan and approach. Developing a foundation of therapeutic trust through listening and understanding, Dan focuses on the personality traits, life experiences, relationship history, personal and family histories as vital keys to understanding the best course of treatment. Dan draws upon training from a variety of therapeutic modalities including Solution-Focussed Brief Therapy (SFT), Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness Based Cognitive therapy (MBCT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and Bader-Pearson Couples Counselling theory.

Areas of Expertise:

Anxiety

Depression

Emotion Regulation

Life transitions

Perfectionism

Personal Growth

Relationship issues

Parenting and Co-parenting

Self Esteem

Boundaries and Co-dependency

Stress Management Trauma Release (Emotional, Sexual, Physical, Medical)

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Meena Hira is a Register Clinical Counsellor (RCC) with British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors and has a Master of Counselling Psychology degree. Meena has many years of experience working with diverse populations in various social service and mental health sectors. Meena is passionate about supporting clients by building a deeper understanding of their struggles and reaching their personal goals. Meena honors diverse perspectives and experiences and understands how difficult it can be to share the most vulnerable parts of ourselves. Meena provides clients with a warm and supportive environment to collaboratively work towards their healing.

Meena’s collaborative and trauma-informed style of counselling is influenced by an anti-oppressive and multiculturally lens. Meena draws her practice from a variety of approaches including Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT), Somatic therapy, Mindfulness-based therapy, Person-Centered therapy, Depth Oriented therapy, and Gottman couples therapy.

Meena offers counselling to youth (aged 9-18), adults, and couples.

Call: 778 316 8080 for an appointment or book online

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