Valerie provides compassionate support to individuals navigating a wide range of challenges including anxiety, depression, life transitions, and relationship struggles. With a focus on helping clients regain their sense of strength and clarity she offers a safe space to explore emotions and develop practical tools for personal growth.

With particular interest in disordered eating and body image concerns, Valerie supports clients in cultivating a healthier, more balanced relationship with themselves. She also specializes in assisting individuals through various life stages including midlife transitions and the challenges from perimenopause, while her insights as a parent of four inform her work with those navigating the demands of parenting.

Dedicated to fostering clarity and resilience, Valerie is committed to helping clients embrace their lives with confidence, curiosity, and self-compassion.

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Leslie Silverwood is passionate about providing personalized counselling and empowering her clients to attain a meaningful, balanced and resilient life. She earned her Masters Degree in Counselling Psychology at UBC in 2011 and brings over 20 years of experience working with youth, adults and families as an educator and then counsellor at the Vancouver School Board. She has a professional passion for supporting youth, adults and families through many challenging issues such as anxiety, depression, trauma, relationships, life transitions, grief and loss. Leslie supports parents in navigating the educational system when their children and youth are struggling with learning differences, mental health, emotional and self-regulation challenges and behavioral concerns. Her skills include working with neurodiverse people such as those living with learning disabilities and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Leslie supports her clients in a safe, non-judgmental, and empathic environment where they work together to create growth and change. She focuses on a collaborative approach and integrates a variety of different counselling modalities into her work to meet the individual needs, such as, client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, trauma-informed practice, positive psychology, and mindfulness based stress reduction techniques.

She provides counselling for youth (14+) and adults. As a former teacher, resource teacher, case manager and school counsellor, she also offers parent consultations which can be stand alone or paired with therapy for their youth. Leslie also practices what she preaches for a healthy and balanced lifestyle. She is a mother of two active and involved women. She enjoys cycling, tennis, hiking and travel.

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Drawing from his own experience as a client, Justin understands firsthand that counselling can have a profound positive impact on one’s well-being and personal growth. At the same time, he knows that it can take incredible courage to come to therapy, which is why he considers it both an honour and a privilege to hold space for the people with whom he works. Justin’s approach to counselling is rooted in nonjudgment, empathy, and respect for all clients, and he consistently strives to create a therapeutic space in which they experience a genuine sense of safety, trust, and connection. Drawn to this work through his long-standing fascination with human stories and relationships, he also believes that all individuals are unique and sees them as the experts in their own lives. Justin views his role as that of a guide who works collaboratively alongside clients, empowering them to reach for their goals.

Justin has experience supporting adults of all ages from diverse backgrounds as they manage a variety of issues and, in doing so, has helped them to develop a greater sense of stability, self-worth, resilience, meaning, and direction in life. In tailoring his work to the specific needs of each client, he incorporates elements from several approaches, including Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Narrative Therapy, and Mindfulness. Much of his work is also grounded in Attachment Theory and the belief that humans have an innate need to form close, secure emotional bonds with others. This latter view has heavily informed his interest in working with couples, particularly through Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT). Justin earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of British Columbia as well as a Master of Counselling from City University of Seattle. Outside of his work as a counsellor, he can often be found spending quality time with family and friends, playing music, attending concerts, or birdwatching.

Justin’s Areas of Interest and Specialization include:

Intimate Relationships Couples Counselling Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (particularly Relationship Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder) Grief and Loss Life Transitions (e.g., the transition to adulthood, break-ups, changes in employment, retirement etc.) Anxiety Depression Perfectionism Men’s Issues

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Glenda Wallace has an intuitive ability to connect with her clients. She is warm, caring and deeply attuned to each person’s unique needs. Glenda listens thoughtfully, asks the right questions, and stays curious. She is dedicated to her practice in a way that is safe, intuitive, knowledgeable and genuine.

Her ability to meet her clients where they are in their lives is informed though her entrenched philosophy of life long learning. Through on-going training and life experience, she demonstrates lessons acquired and lessons applied. She has gained invaluable wisdom from her own personal therapy (thanks to Peter Vaughan) in her imperfect life. As a result, she is confident that she can offer better care to the people in the community.

Before working in private practice sixteen years ago, she worked for five years with the Vancouver School Board as a District Area Counsellor. She also taught communication skills to first year medical students at UBC.

Glenda is highly qualified to provide the right strategies for you. Her academic achievements include a BA, B Ed and MA in Counselling Psychology.

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