Our Practice
Areas of Practice
Location: Broughton Archipelago
Practice Information
My style of counselling is both grounded and practically based, stemming from a large base of knowledge acquired through 36 years of practice in the human services sector, academic training and ongoing professional development. I acknowledge and focus on both the context of your life and the interplay of your individual characteristics within that context. A strong, connected, respectful relationship is viewed as a key factor in counselling success.
The Counselling Experience
Client safety, confidentiality, and professional ethics are of primary importance to me in the counselling relationship. I strive to ensure that my clients’ experiences of counselling are positive, beneficial, useful and safe. While counselling can sometimes bring forth emotions that are painful and difficult to work through, I also respectfully incorporate lightness and humor into my work, engaging in the use of laughter’s healing powers which can be sometimes overlooked in the field of counselling.
Approaches Used
I use a client-centered humanistic approach in counselling, drawing from the theories of the schools of cognitive-behavioral, solution-focused, narrative and existential therapies. When required, I also incorporate coaching and teaching of skill based techniques such as relaxation, EMDR, creative visualization, and hypnosis to enhance clients’ personal knowledge of healthy living.
Make the Right Choice
Choose Healing Through Counselling - Virtually or In-Person
“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying ‘I will try again tomorrow’.” – Mary Anne Radmacher
Our Areas of Expertise
It's kind of fun to do the impossible
Your knowledgeable, well-equipped guide and partner Lisa (along with her trusted side-kick Reece) by your side as you slay the dragons in your way.
With my 36 years of experience and training in the human services sector, and a relaxed, private, comfortable setting for our sessions, you’ll be on your way to the place you want to be very quickly.
And I guarantee a few smiles and defeated dragons along the way.
– Lisa McLellan – Registered Clinical Counsellor
And as an added bonus, during in-person sessions Reece, my
doggie therapist side-kick, will join us.
Location: Golden Ears Park
Dragon Slaying
Dragons can be really nasty creatures, stealthily sneaking up on you, or ambushing you when you least expect it. They can be tough to defeat or tame, but it is possible… more so when you’ve got assistance from someone who knows a lot about them. I’ve had a lot of experience with the following breeds of dragons:
- Anxiety & Panic
- Depression
- Trauma and PTSD
- Substance Addictions and Co-Dependence
- Workplace issues
- Stress
- Grief
- Domestic Violence & Women’s Issues
- Critical Incident Stress Debriefing
Relationships
Sometimes we need assistance improving our relationships. At other times, we need assistance and support in leaving a relationship, or moving forward from one that has ended. These are the areas where I can help:
- Relationship & Couples Therapy
- Pre and Post Separation & Divorce
- Moving Forward
- Relationship Readinness
Personal Growth
We all have times in our life where we could use a little extra support, guidance or accountability as we grow to become the best possible person we can be. Counselling can provide all of this as well as the tools, information and new perspectives you need to assist you in jumping to a new and better level in your life. I can assist you in the following areas of personal growth:
- Self-esteem
- Perfectionism
- Procrastination
- Life Transitions
- Personal Empowerment
- Goal Attainment
- Assertiveness
We would love to hear from you...
Make an appointment
“Don’t forget – no one else sees the world the way you do, so no one else can tell the stories that you have to tell.” – Charles de Lint
Our location
Novii Counselling
Langley
British Columbia, Canada
Opening Hours
Mon-Wed: Daytime and evening appointments available
Thu-Sun: Available for CISDebriefings and emergency sessions
Contact
Phone: 604-785-6577
Email: [email protected]
Unless otherwise credited all photos for this website were taken by Lisa McLellan