Counsellors with openings today in Victoria

235 practitioners in Victoria currently show an opening today.

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12 clinics

from $1015 min · lowest listed fee235 practitionerslisted in Victoria45of the 134 clinics whose billing we have read$0booking fees, ever

84 openings left today in Victoria

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.

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What counselling costs in Victoria

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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Rooted Discovery TherapeuticsFrom $72 for 45 min — the lowest counselling price shown for this clinic.LowestPay & claim yourself

Good to know

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

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

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How much does counselling cost in Victoria?

The median listed price is $168, taken from 1,406 priced services at 105 clinics in Victoria. Half of them fall between $150 and $225. 2,515 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 Victoria?

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 Victoria?

Right now, yes: 84 openings are still free today at 10 clinics, out of the 129 clinics we can currently check. We could not check 6 other clinics in Victoria, 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 Victoria clinics direct-bill my insurer?

45 clinics of the 134 clinics whose billing page we have read in Victoria state they submit a claim for you. Public funders named most often: ICBC (27), WorkSafeBC (3), Veterans Affairs (3), FNHA · NIHB (2) — those pay the clinic instead of you. Patient plans named most often: Extended health plans (23), Sun Life (5), GreenShield (4), Canada Life (4) — claiming on one of those spends your own annual maximum. We have not read the billing page of 1 other clinic in Victoria; 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 Victoria: what it costs, how fast you get in

Clinicly holds 336 practitioners across 439 clinics in Victoria, which is what makes comparing them worth doing at all. Half of the listed prices sit between $150 and $225, though the lengths behind them are not all the same treatment. 6 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: 1,406 services at 105 clinics, from their own published fee schedules.
Openings: read from the booking systems of 129 clinics, last reconciled 17 Sept 2026.
Billing: read from the billing pages of 134 clinics; 1 not yet read.
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