Counsellors with openings today in Vancouver

937 practitioners in Vancouver currently show an opening today.

See all 937 practitioners →43 left today in Vancouver

6 clinics

from $1550 min · lowest listed fee937 practitionerslisted in Vancouver114of the 295 clinics whose billing we have read$0booking fees, ever

43 openings left today in Vancouver

Counted across the 12 practitioners on this page rather than the whole city, while the citywide figure catches up — there may be more. Times come straight from each clinic’s calendar and expire when they are taken.

Anastasia Sutulova An Elegant Mind Counselling Clinic7:00a

clinicly.

Who's free this week?

See real openings near you — filter by time, price and area.

Browse openings

What counselling costs in Vancouver

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.

ClinicFromBills directlySoonest

Peak ResilienceFrom $95 for 50 min — the lowest counselling price shown for this clinic.Lowest

Good to know

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

Can’t come in this week?

We watch every calendar in Vancouver. Tell us what you need and when you’re free, and we’ll alert you the moment an opening matches.

Set an opening alert

How much does counselling cost in Vancouver?

The median listed price is $190, taken from 4,116 priced services at 233 clinics in Vancouver. Half of them fall between $165 and $247.50. 5,064 services here publish no price at all and are not in that figure. These are the clinics’ own published rates.

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 Vancouver?

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 Vancouver?

Right now, yes: 43 openings are still free today at 6 clinics, out of the 289 clinics we can currently check. We could not check 9 other clinics in Vancouver, so there may be more. Openings are read from each clinic’s own calendar and kept regularly up to date, rather than checked live, so confirm with the clinic before you travel.

Which Vancouver clinics direct-bill my insurer?

114 clinics of the 295 clinics whose billing page we have read in Vancouver state they submit a claim for you. Public funders named most often: ICBC (73), WorkSafeBC (11), MSP (premium assistance) (6), Crime Victim Assistance (1) — those pay the clinic instead of you. Patient plans named most often: Extended health plans (63), Pacific Blue Cross (7), Sun Life (5), Canada Life (5) — claiming on one of those spends your own annual maximum. We have not read the billing page of 3 other clinics in Vancouver; 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.

Local context

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

Clinicly holds 1,014 practitioners across 802 clinics in Vancouver, which is what makes comparing them worth doing at all. Half of the listed prices sit between $165 and $247.50, though the lengths behind them are not all the same treatment. 9 clinics 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: 4,116 services at 233 clinics, from their own published fee schedules.
Openings: read from the booking systems of 289 clinics, last reconciled 17 Sept 2026.
Billing: read from the billing pages of 295 clinics; 3 not yet read.
Clinicly takes no commission and no clinic can pay for position on this page.

Own a clinic here? Correct your listing →