Our Trauma-Focused Approach to Counselling
Heart-led and Evidence-Based Mental Health Counselling in Vancouver
Compassionate and Committed Care for Complex Trauma
At Emotion Wise Counselling our Vancouver counselling team has both a commitment and passion in providing therapy for those who experienced complex PTSD and mental health issues. We are warm, empathetic, validating and attuned while also bringing up our real life selves into the therapy room.
Accessible and Client-Centred
We keep clients at the centre of all we do, and are continually learning and self-reflecting on our own prejudices, blind spots, and privilege. We endeavour to see the problems our clients face in the broader context of the oppressive systems and society we all live in together. We aim to increase accessibility of counselling to those who need it most by partnering with funders such as FNHA and CVAP. We provide in-person care in Vancouver, BC and virtual support for those in BC, Alberta, and Ontario.
Evidence Based Therapies
We ensure that all of our counsellors are specially trained in evidence based therapies for PTSD, Complex PTSD and emotion regulation issues including EMDR and DBT. This commitment stems from our experiences in seeing the overwhelming need for high quality evidence-based therapy and the lack of options for those who are most highly impacted by adverse events in life.
What we help with
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Anger Management
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Immigrant and Refugee
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Substance Use Counselling
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FNHA Counselling
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LGTBQI+ counselling
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Spiritual Abuse Counselling
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Anxiety
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Depression
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Sexual Abuse
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Complex Trauma Counselling
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Bipolar Disorder
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Stress and Burnout
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Emotion Regulation
Trauma Focused Therapy for Adults: EMDR and DBT
At Emotion Wise Counselling we specialize in providing EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy) and DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) for those with CPTSD. Both EMDR and DBT have had decades of research behind them to treat Complex PTSD (CPTSD) and Emotion Regulation Issues. We believe specializing in these EMDR and DBT can provide confidence to clients and referrers that our clinic is highly trained and equipped to provide excellent Complex PTSD therapy in Vancouver and for those across British Columbia.
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Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP)
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Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)
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Inference-based CBT (I-CBT)
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Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
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Parts Work (Ego State therapy, Internal Family Systems)
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Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT)
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Indigenous Land-Based Approaches (ITFL)
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Narrative Therapy
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Trauma-Informed Practice (TIP)
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Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) for PTSD
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Motivational Interviewing (MI)
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Mindfulness Practices
The first step to embarking on a journey of change in your life is noticing the changes you have already made. In noticing how you have succeeded you start to tell a new story about yourself. In this story you are the central character – the hero – the one who overcomes – and the road ahead with all its challenges begins to seem possible.
– April Griffin MSW RSW
