Alexandra is a Canadian Clinical Counsellor (#10004941) and a Registered Clinical Counsellor (#18689). She specializes in trauma therapy from a client-centred, humanistic approach. Tailoring her services to the individual needs of the client, Alexandra believes in the intrinsic uniqueness of each youth, adult, family, and intimate partnership.

With a lifelong passion for helping others, Alexandra has explored a variety of experiences before setting down roots in mental health. Her broad experiences enable her to connect easily and hold unique spaces for others.

Alexandra has a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology from Trinity Western University, and a Bachelor of Arts Specialized Honours in Psychology from York University. She has a variety of specialized training in trauma including Observed and Experiential Integration, and Sand Tray Therapy. With a passion for working with people at all stages of life, Alexandra journeys alongside to help others overcome past histories and patterns to create a more fulfilling future.

Alexandra recognizes that individuals are shaped by their experiences, both in and outside of their control. Utilizing talk, experiential and play therapies, Alexandra uses a holistic approach that focuses on the relationships that individuals have with themselves, and with important people in their past as well as in their present. She meets individuals where they are and helps them understand how to make lasting changes in their lives.

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Gillian is a Registered Clinical Counsellor (#22672) and holds a Master’s in Counselling Psychology from Adler University. Her journey in counselling has been shaped by a diverse range of experiences, particularly in assisting individuals navigating addiction, anxiety, trauma, shame, and burnout, as well as years of experience offering support to Survivors of human trafficking, violence and abuse.

Gillian strongly believes in the inherent human capacity for change. When life’s challenges leave individuals feeling stuck, Gillian is guided by the conviction that healing happens through deeper connections with others and expanding the inner dialogue with our authentic self. She approaches all of her work with compassion and curiosity and aims to support clients in doing the same.

Beyond the counselling room, you’ll find Gillian mountain biking, crocheting, embracing cold ocean dips, walking her dog Oli, and immersing herself in a captivating book (sci-fi and fantasy are her favourites!).

Gillian’s approach to counselling is relational, experiential, attachment-based and trauma-informed. Gillian specifically draws upon Emotionally Focused Therapy and Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy in her practice, guiding her as she helps individuals explore and navigate their emotions and experiences. Gillian is also dedicated to tailoring her approach to each client, using theoretical models as a guide while also seeing clients beyond the model—recognizing the uniqueness of each person with a distinctive set of experiences and goals.

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Neelu Din is a Canadian Certified Counsellor - Qualifying (#11247803). She speciailizes in working with adults, couples, and families dealing with challenges such as trauma, anxiety, grief, PTSD, and depression. Her focus areas include self-worth, life transitions, healing past trauma, anger, anxiety, depression, parenting, personal growth, relationships, and workplace issues.

With a deep commitment to supporting individuals through significant life challenges, Neelu helps clients navigate complex emotional landscapes. Her compassionate, client-centered approach fosters healing by encouraging individuals to connect with their inner selves and intuition.

Neelu utilizes various therapeutic approaches, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), trauma-informed care, the client-centered Rogerian approach, Adlerian therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Motivational Interviewing. Recently, she completed advanced training in Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT). Her approach is culturally sensitive, evidence-based, and tailored to the unique needs of each client, with a focus on enhancing emotional connections, improving communication, and fostering personal growth.

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Ian is a Registered Clinical Counsellor (#20600) who works with children, youth and adults who are struggling with the experience of disconnection. To help clients along the healing process, Ian draws from therapies that emphasize the importance of connection.

Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. – Samuel Beckett

Inspired by these simple words, Ian treasures the inherent uniqueness of all human beings, a uniqueness that deserves to be witnessed in all its beauty and the growing pains that come with its becoming. Ian strives to walk alongside individuals in their search for the apostrophe and the space that separates imperfect from I’m perfect.

Ian holds the core belief that suffering is the experience of disconnection, be it with their loved ones, with their lived-worlds, or with themselves. As such, Ian’s approach draws from therapies that emphasize the importance of connection as a healing process. These theories include Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP), Existential Analysis (EA), and Third-Wave Cognitive Behavioral Therapies.

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Gabi holds a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology and is a Registered Clinical Counsellor (#21862) with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors. She has worked with youth and adults experiencing anxiety, emotional dysregulation, life transitions, grief and loss (including traumatic bereavement and non-death losses), identity confusion, relational trauma, family estrangement, and shame-related concerns.

Gabi believes in our inherent capacity for growth. She is committed to helping you uncover the ways trauma and adversity have shaped your thoughts, feelings, and overall sense of self. Together, you’ll work through the lingering effects of past traumas, gradually reclaiming agency in your life. This process aims to help you feel more energized and empowered, allowing you to embrace your authentic self and forge deeper connections with others.

Gabi’s approach to therapy is grounded in understanding and valuing your unique experiences through a trauma and violence-informed lens. She integrates client-centered, attachment-based, emotion-focused, psychodynamic, somatic, and systemic theories into her practice. Her primary approach, Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP), will support you in exploring and processing challenging experiences. Additionally, she uses parts work to help you understand and integrate different aspects of yourself.

Central to her work is the concept of undoing aloneness, which addresses the emotional disconnection that can result from experiencing traumatic and adverse events alone. By building a strong, empathetic connection with you, Gabi will ensure you feel supported and understood as you navigate past emotional and relational experiences at your own pace.

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Dane is currently completing his Masters in Counselling Psychology at Trinity Western University. He has experience working with children, teens, and adults with various presenting concerns including trauma, anxiety, depression, identity development, and relationship issues.

Dane believes that each person is doing their best to respond to pressures from the past, present, and future, that currently weigh on them within life. He acknowledges that sometimes the ways individuals cope may need to shift throughout life and that through a process of reflection, connection, and understanding, clients can move into a space where they feel more empowered and able to respond to the opportunities around them. Through offering a safe space to process and learn, open to the breadth of experience which can be carried into the room, he hopes to walk with clients as they find relief from suffering and meaning within living.

Dane uses an integrative approach to therapy drawing heavily from the work of Existential-Analysis, Satir, and Internal Family Systems. He offers a client-centred, supportive approach to meet the client where they are at in their unique journey of life. Dane has received additional training for basic Neuroscience and the Satir in the Sand Tray (NSST) therapy. Through the combination of these models, he hopes to offer clients a space to find parts of their authentic self they can rely upon in their time beyond therapy.

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Marianna is a Canadian Certified Counsellor (#6438) and has been in private practice for over 10 years. She works with individuals of all ages and has extensive experience working with children and youth. Marianna’s specialization is in the areas of grief and loss, depression, anxiety, anger, self-esteem, relationships issues, and spiritual concerns.

Marianna is honoured by the opportunity to listen to a person’s story, to hear what has brought them to this present place, and to help them unravel the challenges they are currently facing. As pain becomes a part of everyone’s story at some point in their journey, it’s beneficial to have someone who can offer to be a guide. She considers it to be a privilege to be able to assume such a role. She trusts you will find her to be a compassionate, caring and gentle person as—together—you walk the path toward helping you experience greater freedom and healing in your life.

Her approach is to seek to gain an understanding of the whole person, from a bio-psycho-social and spiritual perspective (i.e., the mind-body-spirit connection and how that influences all of our relationships). Marianna works primarily from an Emotionally Focused Therapy approach, looking for the emotion behind the emotion and to the attachment issues that form the basis of this therapy. She also works from a person-centred perspective and incorporates aspects of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Narrative Therapy and Play Therapy in her work.

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Jayden Keleny BA, MA in progress

Therapist Intern, starting mid June

Jayden is currently a Master of Counselling student at City University of Seattle. She has also completed her Bachelor of Arts degree as a Psychology Major at the University of British Columbia. Jayden has experience working with youth and adults in recovery, as well as experience with trauma, depression, anxiety, relationship challenges, developmental disabilities and personality disorders.

Jayden’s approach to counselling is person-centered and is grounded in empathy, compassion, and connection. She incorporates the mind-body experience through somatic approaches, knowing that both the mind and body are interconnected and equal parts of our healing. Knowing that each person’s unique self embodies strengths to attend to themselves in challenging times, Jayden offers tools for practicing and developing the client’s strengths and assists in creating comfort, safety, awareness and self compassion. With patience, she encourages the clients’ recognition of the sensations in their body, thoughts in their mind, and engages in therapeutic conversation. While creating a safe environment to process and share, there is a beautiful transformation that occurs. With this holistic approach, Jayden hopes to create lasting change for her clients.

Jayden’s belief is that every person has their own unique path through life and when we are faced with struggle and overwhelm, as humans we may feel lost. She recognizes that we each have the ability to come together to coregulate and ground one another back into our ideal self. Jayden believes in meeting her clients exactly where they are at this moment, to not apply pressure to get better but to provide a safe space that has the ability to cultivate and inspire growth and empathy. Jayden knows that her clients are resilient and that they have the motivation to achieve their desired level of functioning, therefore her focus is to empower, encourage and guide her clients to their desired outcomes of therapy.

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Chris is currently out of office. Please contact the office for more information: info@treehousetraumacentre.com 778-298-9555

Chris is a Registered Clinical Counsellor (#13332), approved Clinical Supervisor, and the owner of Treehouse Trauma Centre. He specializes in trauma therapies with a highly client-centred approach. Chris helps young children, teens and adults who’ve experienced trauma or abuse to move beyond their experience to a place of security, certainty and joy.

A member of the International Society for the Study of Trauma & Dissociation, Chris also offers services in German.

Chris has a lifelong passion for helping kids overcome hardship—from trauma, abuse, anxiety or even the daily stress that comes from living in unprecedented times. Taking a humanistic, person-centred approach, Chris helps children and adults become the best version of themselves. His goal is to give new hope to kids, and their parents, as he helps them on the path to healthy, full relationships.

Chris earned a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology (MACP), a BA (Hons) in Psychology with a minor in Sociology, and a Human Services Certificate from Trinity Western University. He has specialized training in two specific trauma therapies: Lifespan Integration and Observed & Experiential Integration. Driven by a desire to see healing at every stage of life, Chris helps people overcome past trauma and pain and move forward in healthy, full relationships.

To help children and adults get unstuck and move beyond abuse or trauma, Chris takes a bottom up approach. This client-centred, attachment-informed focus is rooted in the belief that all people have the inner ability to help themselves and to create lasting change. In adults and older children, Chris uses talk therapy. In the case of acute or intense memories or backgrounds, he offers specific trauma therapies. For young children, he uses play and art in a predominantly child-led approach.

These approaches help adults and children break out of unhelpful relationship patterns that undermine their inner strength—and equip them to move forward with healthy attachments and firm relationships.

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Susan is a Registered Clinical Counsellor (#17030). She focuses on providing support to children, youth, parents and adults in a variety of emotional, behavioural and life challenges, as they work toward greater self-awareness, healing and growth.

Originally from Venezuela, Susan also offers services in Spanish.

Susan’s counselling approach is rooted in attachment therapy and integrated with counselling modalities such as relational therapy, person-centred therapy, trauma therapy and Emotion Focused Family Therapy (EFFT), among others.

Susan is passionate and warm. She places particular importance on the relationship with her clients. Trust, deep connection, respect and hope are pillars of the therapy work with her. She believes in all human beings’ inherited resilience and focuses on uncovering and strengthening this quality to facilitate self-awareness, healing and growth. Susan will work with you listening to what you need and following your own pace. She is flexible, communicative and open so you can always feel safe during your counselling journey together. Susan supports her clients from a strengths-based approach, encouraging interdependence, connection and belonging.

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Katelynn is a Registered Clinical Counsellor (#22150) who welcomes adults, adolescents, and children who are struggling with interpersonal relationships, depression and anxiety, self-worth and identity, shame, trauma, life transitions/personal growth, or emotional distress and regulation.

Katelynn welcomes adults, adolescents, and children who experience any of the following concerns regarding interpersonal relationships, depression and anxiety, self-worth and identity, shame, trauma, life transitions/personal growth, and emotional distress and regulation.

Katelynn welcomes you to come as you are, cozy up in a safe and comfortable space that encourages you to be fully present in your mind, body, and spirit. She is curious and humbled to hear your story and stay with you on your healing journey.

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Stephanie is a Canadian Certified Counsellor (#13020). She provides support for people experiencing stress and shame-related issues such as relational trauma, anxiety, perfectionism, religious trauma/deconstruction, self-acceptance/compassion, life transitions, compassion fatigue, and stress management. Stephanie also offers services in American Sign Language.

Stephanie’s deepest belief is that all people are worthy of love and belonging. She brings that sense of value to every client session. An avid reader, Stephanie has experienced personal growth from many of the books she has read. She brings this into therapy by sharing about some of the books that have been most impactful to her with her clients. Stephanie holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology with a minor in Studio Art. She then went on to receive her Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology, as well as certifications in Emotion Focused Individual Therapy and Emotion Focused Family Therapy.

Stephanie integrates some of the most relevant elements from several theories to meet each client where they are in their journey. She begins with building safety for vulnerability in each new counselling relationship, which includes validation and some grounding/relaxation practices. Her work is highly influenced by the research, writings, and lectures of Brene Brown on shame-resilience. Brown’s work embodies the belief that we are all human and, therefore, beautifully imperfect. That starting place is where humans can meet and see each other on our way to knowing we are worthy of love and connection—and therefore able to live with more growth, richness of life, and connection. Through these lenses, Stephanie helps clients build rewarding relationships with their emotions, both internally and in the context of the relationships around them.

In her spare time, Stephanie loves to listen to audio books, make art or craft projects, get outside, practice American Sign Language, and tend to her plants.

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In her over 17 years as a Registered Clinical Counsellor (#2163), Roshni has worked with women and youth who’ve experienced family violence as well as with people struggling with depression, anxiety, stress, burnout and boundaries, attachment and parenting struggles, identity and self-worth, and relationship repair.

Roshni believes in the inherent worth of every individual and in our innate desire to become our best selves. In 2012, she earned a Masters in Social Work degree with a focus on mental health and healthcare—while juggling the responsibilities of a busy young family.

Recognizing that each person’s journey to health and wholeness is unique and wholly their own, Roshni draws from a variety of therapeutic perspectives, including Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy; Narrative Therapy; Gestalt Therapy; Emotionally-Focused Therapy; the Gottman method; the Satir method; Person-centred Therapy; and Play Therapy.

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