Counsellors who see LGBTQ2S+ people in Courtenay

9 practitioners in Courtenay who say they see LGBTQ2S+ people.

See all 9 practitioners →Upcoming openings in Courtenay: Tomorrow

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from $37.5090 min · lowest listed fee9 practitionerslisted in Courtenay4of the 15 clinics whose billing we have read$0booking fees, ever

Upcoming openings in Courtenay: Tomorrow

We cannot confirm a citywide count for today, but the next openings we hold are 30 openings with 2 practitioners at 2 clinics, counted across the 9 practitioners on this page rather than the whole city — so there may be earlier or additional openings elsewhere. Times come straight from each clinic’s calendar and expire when they are taken.

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What counselling costs in Courtenay

Each clinic’s own listed fee, and the length it buys. Clinicly never marks a price up, and direct billing can vary by practitioner as well as by clinic.

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Seahorse Counselling and PsychotherapyFrom $37.50 for 90 min — the lowest counselling price shown for this clinic. No bookable opening at this price is shown.Lowest

Good to know

Short answers to what people booking counselling in Courtenay usually ask.

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How much does counselling cost in Courtenay?

The median listed price is $160, taken from 61 priced services at 12 clinics in Courtenay. Half of them fall between $130 and $180. 258 services here publish no price at all and are not in that figure. These are the clinics’ own published rates — Clinicly adds no booking fee and never marks a price up.

Is counselling covered by MSP or extended health in British Columbia?

Counselling with a registered clinical counsellor is not covered by MSP. Sessions with a family doctor or psychiatrist are, and some publicly funded and non-profit services are free at the point of use — those are separate from the private clinics indexed here. Private sessions are paid by the patient and claimed on an extended-health plan if it includes counselling, which many do only up to a low annual maximum.

Do I need a referral to book counselling in Courtenay?

No referral is needed to see a registered clinical counsellor in British Columbia. Some extended-health plans reimburse only for specific designations — RCC, CCC or a registered psychologist — so check which your plan names before you book.

Can I get a same-day appointment in Courtenay?

Not today. Nothing is left in the calendars of the 15 clinics we can currently check in Courtenay, and 1 other clinic we could not check at all. Cancellations are where most short-notice appointments come from, so an alert is usually a better bet than refreshing.

Which Courtenay clinics direct-bill my insurer?

4 clinics of the 15 clinics whose billing page we have read in Courtenay state they submit a claim for you. Public funders named most often: Veterans Affairs (1), ICBC (2), RCMP / Canadian Forces (1) — those pay the clinic instead of you. Patient plans named most often: Extended health plans (2), Medavie Blue Cross (1), Pacific Blue Cross (1), GreenShield (1) — claiming on one of those spends your own annual maximum. We have not read the billing page of 1 other clinic in Courtenay; that is a gap in our records, not a clinic that declines to direct-bill. These are the clinics’ own words, repeated — confirm with them before you book, because whether a particular claim goes through is between the clinic and the payer.

Counselling nearby

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Other care in Courtenay

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Clinics in Courtenay

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Local context

Counselling in Courtenay: what it costs, how fast you get in

Clinicly holds 43 practitioners across 74 clinics in Courtenay, which is what makes comparing them worth doing at all. Half of the listed prices sit between $130 and $180, though the lengths behind them are not all the same treatment. 1 clinic here cannot currently be checked for availability, so anything this page says about openings is about the rest.

The fifty-minute hour is close to universal in counselling, which makes this the one discipline on Clinicly where two prices are usually for the same appointment. What the difference between them reflects is the practitioner rather than the session — most often their designation, which is on each of their own pages here where a clinic or a register has told us what it is.

Where these numbers come from

Prices: 61 services at 12 clinics, from their own published fee schedules.
Openings: read from the booking systems of 15 clinics, last reconciled 16 Sept 2026.
Billing: read from the billing pages of 15 clinics; 1 not yet read.
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