Meet Our Team at NorthShore Counselling & Wellness

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Taking the first step to reach out for mental health support through counselling can be challenging, yet it opens the door to positive change. As your counsellor, my goal is to be a compassionate companion, walking alongside you on your healing journey. I offer flexible options, including in-office sessions, walk-and-talk meetings, telephone consultations, or NorthShore Counselling through online video sessions. By fostering a safe, supportive, and non-judgmental environment, I aim to provide therapeutic counselling that encourages compassion, connection, and space for personal growth.

As a long-time resident of North Vancouver, my passion lies in helping others. I love connecting with individuals and listening with kindness and compassion, all while contributing to our community. My educational background and work experience include various roles in the medical field, such as pediatric lab/pathology, radiology, and long-term care. Additionally, I have explored social work and early childhood education.

Theoretical Orientations:

- Talk Therapy

- Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)

- Narrative Therapy

- Somatic Therapy

- Eco-Therapy

- Mindfulness

- Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), also known as "Tapping."

By integrating these theories, I customize therapy to support each individual I meet, providing essential skill-building interventions along with deeper, experiential approaches.

Areas of Specialties:

- Neurodiversity-Affirming Therapist

- Working with Youth

- Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), also known as tapping

- Health/Reintegration after serious medical issues or chronic illness diagnoses

- Supporting families with children with neuro-differences and learning differences

- Traumatic Loss & Grief Facilitator

- Assistance for caregivers with loved ones receiving long-term care or palliative support

- Anxiety

- Grief and Loss

- Career Changes & Life Transitions

Registration & Associations:

Master Practitioner in Clinical Counselling (MPCC- Provisional #4451) and Registered Therapeutic Counsellor (RTC) with the Association of Cooperative Counsellors of Canada (ACCT) #3067.

Contact Information:

heather@nscw.ca

Sean brings a dynamic energy wherever he goes, driven to create a world filled with more love, freedom, and possibility. To achieve this vision, he empowers those around him, fosters safe and welcoming environments, and advocates for the belief that the truth will set us all free. With a wealth of knowledge acquired from extensive work experiences across the service, technology, arts, and finance sectors, Sean's diverse background profoundly influences his private counselling practice. His therapeutic counselling work focuses on key areas such as grief & loss, relationships, identity, and life transitions. In North Vancouver, he co-facilitates a monthly Death Café, an accessible space for community members to connect and share their stories of loss. Additionally, Sean is a certified Life Skills Coach, emphasizing mental health support through goal setting, creativity, and emotional self-regulation. 

His theoretical orientations include Gottman Theory, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), Narrative Therapy, Bowen Family Systems, and Talk Therapy.

Areas of specialities include: 

- Couples Counselling 

- Relationships 

- Anxiety 

- Self-Esteem 

- Emotional Self-Regulation 

- Identity 

- Life Transitions 

- Grief and Loss 

Sean holds the designation of Master Practitioner in Clinical Counselling (MPCC- Provisional #4405) and is a certified Life Skills Coach.

For mental health support, you can reach out at: sean@nscw.ca