About Valerie
Val is a Registered Clinical Counsellor and works in-person with individuals who are seeking support through difficult circumstances. Her approach is client-focused, collaborative and optimistic, views each person as an individual within a family system, and can help with difficulties impacting clients biologically, psychologically, socially and spiritually. She believes that how we interpret our abilities and experiences is key to working through life challenges with meaning, and her goal is to help clients navigate through their difficulties towards positive change.
Her areas of focus are trauma, PTSD, grief and loss, anxiety and depression, and relationships. Val has experienced difficult life events that deepen her capacity for empathy with individuals who have experienced trauma, complicated grief, chronic illness, family issues, anxiety, depression, PTSD symptoms and stroke recovery. She has training in trauma, addictions, Emotion Focused Therapy, Individual Psychology, and a certificate for Gottman Method of Couples Therapy Level, and incorporates somatic therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy, and a variety of interventions appropriate for each client.
Val has lived in lower mainland and Fraser Valley for most of her life and loves the rich multi-cultural atmosphere. She is happily married, the mother of a blended family with 7 amazing adult children and 4 grandkids. She values time with family, loves hiking, the symphony, and travelling to Europe. Her goal is to help clients recognize their areas of strength and resourcefulness, and provide tools to bring positive change in their relationship with themselves and others.
Areas of focus include:
- Trauma
- PTSD
- Grief/Loss
- Anxiety & Depression
- Relationships
- First Nations Community (FNHA Coverage)
- Often treats
- AbuseAddictionADHDAdjustment disorderAdoptionAgingAlcohol AbuseAngerAnger Management
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Antisocial Personality disorderAnxietyAsperger's SyndromeAutismBehavioral IssuesBinge eating disorder (eating disorders)Bipolar DisorderBody ImageBorderline Personality Disorder (BPD)BullyingChronic Pain or IllnessCodependencyCommunicationCompulsive gamblingConduct Disorder (CD)Conversion disorderDeliriumDepressionDissociative DisordersDivorceDomestic Abuse or ViolenceDrug AbuseDual DiagnosisEating disordersElderly Persons DisordersEmotion RegulationEmotional AbuseExcoriation disorderFamily planningFears / PhobiasGambling AddictionGeriatric CounsellingGrief, loss, bereavementHistrionic personality disorderHIV/AIDSImpulse Control DisordersInfertility or AdoptionInfidelityInsomniaIntellectual DisabilityInternet AddictionLearning DisabilitiesLonelinessMedical DetoxMen's IssuesMental DisordersMood disordersMunchausen syndrome by proxyNarcissistic Personality DisorderObesityObsessive- Compulsive (OCD)Oppositional Defiance (ODD)Panic disorderParanoid personality disorderParentingPersistent Depressive Disorder (Dysthymic Disorder)Personality DisordersPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stress Disorder (PTSD)Pregnancy, Prenatal, PostpartumPsychosisQuiet Borderline Personality DisorderRacial IdentityRejection Sensitive DysphoriaRelationship IssuesSchizophreniaSeasonal Affective DisorderSelf EsteemSelf-harming or suicidal behaviorSex, sexuality, intimacySexual AbuseSexual AddictionSleep DisorderSocial Anxiety DisorderSocial IsolationSomatic symptom disorderSpiritualityStopping SmokingStressSubstance AbuseSubstance UseSuicidal ThoughtsSuicideThinking DisordersTourette SyndromeTraumaTraumatic Brain Injury (TBI)Video Game AddictionWeight LossWomen's IssuesWorkplace stress
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