counselling and psychotherapy

A safe, non-judgmental place to talk about, work through and heal your anxiety, depression, trauma, PTSD, childhood abuse, grief, stress and transitions.

Counselling. Coaching

I am Trish Scoular, a Registered Professional Counselor who specializes in Anxiety & Depression, since 2014. I develop a treatment plan that includes appropriate interventions and techniques that specifically address depression and for each of the anxiety disorders. It’s important to understand the root of anxiety and depression so we can treat it accordingly with proper medical necessity and appropriate treatment. My goal when working with clients is to help them find a clear path to reducing symptoms and function better on a day-to-day basis. We work together to address the many conditions that coexist with anxiety and depression, while developing a plan of action that meets the goals we establish together. My other training is in abuse, domestic violence, youth, family, community based counselling, addictions & recovery and couples (I am currently learning the Gottman method). I also work with clients who need transitional Life Coaching, which is focussed on helping you achieve your goals and dreams.

Registered Clinical Counsellor

**Counselling Services Telephone or Skype Counselling Sessions** - Lower priced Telephone or Skype Counselling Sessions are offered, please inquire with us for more details.  **Individual Counselling** - Respectful, client-centered approach.  May include goal-setting or be more exploratory.  Blend of approaches related to particular client needs   **Family Counselling** - Involves two or more individuals that consider themselves family.  Takes a respectful, family-systems approach, with an emphasis on individual and collective safety   **Couples Counselling** - Includes a blend of counselling approaches, tailored to the particular needs of the couple.  We may follow a respectful Gottman Method Couples Therapy   **Parenting and Step-families** - Respectful, strengths-based, and non-judgmental approach to parenting and step-coupling or step-parenting work.  A blend of parenting approaches and strategies to create re-connection, more effective boundaries, and to examine types of family and parenting styles.  Parenting after separation, parental alienation issues, Family Law Act   **Child and Adolescent Counselling** - Child counselling incorporates a blend of play therapeutic approaches, psychoeducational work, and behavioural aspects.  Respectful, non-judgmental, and relevant to teens.  Provide a safe, child and teen led environment to begin in order to build relationship, essential to the counselling work.   **Trauma Counselling** - 10 years of trauma-informed, specialized trauma training and counselling.  Certified Trauma Specialist, Bessel Van der Kolk approach, (www.pesi.com) Work with complex trauma and resulting impacts to well-being **LGBTQ Counselling** - Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Queer counselling.  LGBTQ families, parenting and advocacy, sexual identity; health; and support

Anxiety

Who I Work With?My business is about Loving Self, a journey that requires you look at how you can love yourself first and loving others second.      Loving ourselves looks at where your pain originates, and offers solutions that help to work through them.    We look at what keeps you stuck and provides the necessary tools to help you achieve optimum results, transforming your lives and the relationships around you; looking at not only your core beliefs but those that limit you too.My focus is on people living with depression, anxiety, chronic pain, have been bullied (victim, bystander & perpetrator), suffer self-esteem and self-confidence issues, addiction recovery and abuse.    I understand each one and am able to help the individual work through the issues that need to be addressed. (Sliding scale available for those in need)

Counselling

Ray Freed ~ Green Door Counselling Vancouver, BCPrior to going into private practice in 2012, I was employed (22 years) as a chemical addictions counselor with West Coast Alternatives in North Vancouver. In that capacity my colleagues and I also worked with other addictions (gambling, sex, food, technological) and the deep personal and relationship issues which lie beneath all addictive behaviours.Through work experience and formal education I developed an understanding of social and emotional dynamics, problem formation and strategies for change. My teachers were many and varied, but the most important of these arrived unsolicited, early on in my life. I grew up on a farm in the prairie heartland. A child of second generation Swedish immigrants I quickly learned, the importance of independence and hard work, but, more importantly, I learned the value of co-operative relations with other human beings.The family name ‘Freed’ means ‘ peace’ in Swedish. None violent words and actions woven into the fabric of community life produced a pattern of mutual care and social responsibility. These values continued to inform the choices of myself and my siblings long after we had left the farm. Beneath social and moral codes was the land itself and the opportunity to learn, through our relationship with primal nature, the art of ‘ stillness ‘ and simply being ‘ present ‘ in life.The ‘ art ‘ of stillness, of ‘ listening ‘ respectfully and being present with others is the foundation upon which I have built my counselling practice. These are the values which are woven into the strategies I employ to help people face their fears and find the courage and skill to start creating the lives they want.The counsellor-client relationship is the primary tool in counselling work. Within that framework I promotes the healing process through the use of techniques and approaches such as the following: Cognitive behavioral therapy, family therapy, focusing, somatic experience, gestalt, EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique), buteyko breath work, stress management, journal and creative writing, mindfulness and meditation.I have a Master of Social Work degree from the University of British Columbia and is registered with the British Columbia College of Social Workers. I have over thirty years experience in counselling in the areas of social work, mental health and addictions. Counselling is often covered by your health care plan – Ray Reed: MSW, RSW #10381There is no going back when we are stuck with ‘concerns and worries’.The solution is going through it; opening the door and crossing the threshold into adeeper, richer relationship with ourselves and the world around us.And Green Door Counselling is here to help you. (Sliding scale available for those in need)

Counselling

Clinical Counselling