Psychologists & Clinical Counsellors in Coquitlam
Comprehensive counselling services for individuals, couples, and families.
Founded in 1982, our family-owned practice is built on a foundation of integrity, collaboration, and deep commitment to our clients. With a dedicated team of 22 therapists consisting of psychologists, clinical counsellors and a sleep specialist, we provide the highest quality of therapy in a supportive and positive environment. Through ongoing education, consultation, and annual retreats, we continuously grow, ensuring compassionate, effective, and evidence-based care for those we serve.
Feature Articles
Anxiety Protects You – But it Can Over Protect
Everyone feels anxiety at times, and when a real threat – like a truck is barreling your way – is present, you ought to feel anxious! But for many people who lack strong inner security, anxiety becomes like an alarm that trips too easily. You’re tensing up and feeling nervous about this, that and the…
Age-Related hearing Loss and Mental Health
Mary is 67 and she came in to discuss her fear that her 69-year-old husband had something terribly wrong with his behaviour. She noted that he was experiencing depression, irritability, isolation, confusion, anxiety and, at times, what appeared to be unprovoked rage. He would interrupt people and exhibited what appeared to be extreme self-centeredness. At…
Masking and Autism: How to Create Space for Acceptance and Authenticity
Most of us are familiar with the social skill of masking. Perhaps it is going to an interview-you dress a certain way, watch your posture, choose your words carefully, and observe the reactions of those around you more carefully. Most people find these experiences tiring and are happy to come home, relax and just be…
7 Tips to Help You Process tough Emotions
What exactly does it mean to “process your feelings?”. It is certainly very common advice, and generally we tend to believe this to be true – identifying our emotions and expressing them in healthy ways is an important part of healthy human emotional development. But what exactly does this entail? How do we avoid simply…
Boomer Upgrade
Baby Boomers (born between 1946-1965) are entering into their “winter years” and in the process are facing a variety of stressors which they may not know how to manage. Mis-managed stress (distress) can contribute to a variety of mental and physical health challenges. When Boomers were children and young adults, the popular method for dealing…
The High Cost of Disconnection
An attractive 16 year old girl was describing how hard it was for her to go to school each day. She complained that while she had two friends at school, neither was in any of her classes. I suggested that this gave her an opportunity to reach out and make some casual connections with her…
Welcome to our two new team members
