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Candace Plattor
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Providing therapy
And counselling
For addictions
and Addictive behaviours In the
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ARIS is a full service coaching company that takes a practical approach to change. It's for people who are really ready to make a difference in their lives. Discover a straight-forward way to get to solutions that take you forward. Experience focused, results-oriented personal conversations that can work for you if you're facing a past issue, a personal difficulty, a new situation ...even a habit you want to change.

“Uncover your inner resources and gain practical ways to develop focus.”

Habit Change, Personal Performance & Mastery:
  ...overcome personal time issues, indecision, procrastination or overwhelm
  ...interrupt negative thinking, limiting beliefs and old behaviour patterns
  ...increase motivation, passion and commitment
  ...develop new habits, break through personal barriers or achieve mastery in
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Telephone: 604.739.2111
 

“If nothing ever changed, there would be no butterflies.”

Congratulations! You have made the decision to change and overcome your addictive behaviours.  Whether this is your starting point or you have wisely chosen a post-treatment aftercare program I am here to help with your journey to new and healthy living.

Individual counselling for any addiction gives you a chance to resolve your problems in a safe place as well as practice new skills while developing new and healthy disciplines and habits.
 
As we work together in therapy, we will uncover and deal the deeper reasons for your past unhealthy choices. Our goal in therapy is to help your learn to process, to be able to eliminate any need to engage in destructive addictive behaviours and make more positive life choices.
I provide therapy and counselling services for the Greater Vancouver area including Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond, North Vancouver and West Vancouver.

"I also provide Telephone Counselling worldwide." 

Phone: 604-677-5876


 

Addiction Counselling Services

Crossroads offers counselling and psychotherapy on an outpatient basis. Clients receive counselling around their addiction and underlying issues such as grief, abuse, trauma, and mental health. Family members looking for their own counselling around the impact of addiction and their own ability to draw boundaries have found benefit in this service as well.

Why Outpatient Addiction Counselling

• For some people, the option of going to residential treatment does not fit into their life.
• For others, outpatient addiction counselling will be enough for them to explore their addiction while continuing to function in their lives.
• Those coming to our 28-day residential program may wish to supplement their group treatment with individual counselling.
• Often times clients want to continue with one-on-one counselling after they leave residential treatment (whether here or somewhere else) as part of their aftercare.

Addiction Counselling Services

• Individual Counselling – one-on-one psychotherapy for adults struggling with addiction or in recovery.
• Family Counselling – helping couples and families heal from the impact of addiction
• Family Consultations – helping families determine how to help/manage a loved one with an addiction. (Usually a one time meeting with possible follow ups).
• Family Meetings – our version of an intervention where the addicted loved one is invited to the meeting.

Meet our Outpatient Therapist

Jason McCarty, MA, CCC



Jason holds a Masters degree in Psychology with a Specialization in Marriage and Family Therapy. He is also a Canadian Certified Counsellor through the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association. Jason has been in a variety of roles at Crossroads. He has taught workshops, facilitated therapy groups, and managed the treatment programs. His counselling approach is grounded in humanistic/existential principles and operates from an integrative and systemic understanding of addiction and people. Jason realizes that each client is different and that their time in counselling will be individualized. Jason’s passion is helping people to break free into who they really are.

Phone: 250-860-4001 contact Jason directly at ext. 317


 

Pre and Post Treatment Services

Recent research has overwhelming shown the importance of pre and post care treatment in the ongoing success of addiction recovery. EDGEWOOD is delighted to now offer on-going support pre and post treatment in the new EDGEWOOD Vancouver office located at 7th and Granville.

More than just a clinical office, EDGEWOOD Vancouver represents what we believe will be the next major innovation for EDGEWOOD’s modality of treating addiction. The combination of long term aftercare with built-in monitoring and consequences (therapeutic, not punitive), regular meetings to ensure adherence and 12 Step requirements have excellent sobriety results.

Patrick Zierten, Program Director

EDGEWOOD - Vancouver Addiction Services 1525 West 7th Avenue

Phone: 604.734.1100 - Cell: 778.686.6376 - 1.800.683.0111 (24 hours)


 

“Positive Life Changes”

Ina Stockhausen, RPC

Are you in the process of deciding to seek counselling to solve a problem or to overcome obstacles that have kept you from reaching your goals and becoming the person you want to be? I not only bring to you my professional and practical skills and knowledge in a place of safety and compassion, but honour and respect your uniqueness as an individual. You will experience a highly personalized approach, tailored to your specific needs!

It’s time to live your life with a real sense of self-worth, growth and
well-being!


Together, we will examine whether your current issues are influenced by beliefs and old ways of thinking that should no longer serve you. I will provide you with transformational tools to open your heart, receive more joy in your life, heal your inner child, and resolve past injuries.

Positive change and healing happens when we consider the whole person!

Too often how we feel is how we behave.  Through searching your mind, body, emotions and spirit we will seek to connect with your core self, the place that contains your inner voice, your real truth and your authenticity.  From this place we will “free the prisoner” and you can start to live the full life you truly deserve.

Whether dealing with myriad of addictions or self-defeating thoughts and behaviours, my goal starts with dealing with core issues.

My services include:

• Individual Counselling
• Counselling for Family & Couples
• Counselling for Men
• Counselling for Women
• Premarital Counselling/Relationship Success
• Counselling for Emotional Eating
• LGBTQ Counselling

*Serving North Vancouver, Vancouver & surrounding areas*

I also offer effective On-line Therapy or E- counselling
I am happy to offer a free 30 minute info session!

Please Call 778-558-8207

Sometimes you just need to talk to someone… someone who can help.

Counselling & Interventions!

Kathleen Landry and Associates is an organization that helps individuals and families deal with difficult life issues and anxieties.
Kathleen Landry MCS RCC, the founder of the center, has over twenty five years of counselling experience working with individuals and couples in groups and the workplace. She specializes in addiction recovery for individuals and their families. She is a Mastered Degreed psychotherapist from UBC and Is a British Columbia Registered Clinical counselor.
Kathleen’s experience encompasses over 70,000 clinical hours and over 3,000 clients. She has also performed over 150 successful family and workplace addiction interventions.

At Kathleen Landry and Associates, an intervention is the loving process into a troubled person's life to help motivate them to change and seek help. It is a process that begins long before the troubled person is even spoken to and continues long after the person seeks help. It involves the caring support of the troubled person's closest friends, family and business associates. It is a process that brings the person's "bottom up" rather than waiting for the person to "sink to the bottom"

You can reach Kathleen at:
Phone: 604-924-0042

 

"Helping people one step at a time".

Private Counselling


Life Development Resources' highly skilled and trained counsellors educate, empower, and provide options and solutions to help move clients to effective problem solving. • Post Treatment Monitoring • Substance Abuse Counselling • Relapse Prevention • Anger Management and Conflict Resolution • Personal Issues Counselling
During your first session, we will conduct a Clinical Assessment and will create an Individualized Focus Plan. Appropriate referrals can/will be made if appropriate.

We provide consultation via telephone and the Internet for out of town clients.

“We can’t change your past but can change your future.”

Administration: Phone: 604-530-9508  
Drug & Alcohol Referral line:  Phone: 604-916-7100

 

Willow House Wellness Ltd.

Trained and experienced in working with a broad spectrum of issues, Michele specializes in working with adults who are suffering from addictions, trauma, depression and anxiety. Michele’s clients come from a wide variety of cultures from within the home and the workplace. Michele is particularly proud of her years of success working with First Nations people.

Her counselling design, which transcends the usual approaches in therapy, is to help each client access solutions through a proven 2-step formula. The benefits of her methods are well documented in the scientific research.

Located in a comfortable character house in New Westminster, BC, Michele provides services in Greater Vancouver, including Vancouver, Burnaby, Coquitlam, Delta, Richmond, and Surrey. Appointments are booked from Tuesday to Friday, between 10:00 am and 7:00 pm and Saturdays between 8:00 am and 6:00 pm.

Phone: 604 515-9727

Counselling – Coaching - Interventions

Welcome to Pegasus Recovery Solutions! 

Pegasus offers a full range of recovery services to support individuals, couples, families and the workplace in attaining freedom from substance abuse and dependence.  Our menu offers from outpatient counselling to coaching, post treatment continuing care, custom designed interventions, to monitored recovery agreements and case management.  We also accept individual, family and professional referrals.


Sue Donaldson RSW,
Certified Executive Coach
Board Registered Interventionist – Level 1

Sue Donaldson and the team at Pegasus offer the expertise and skills to provide each client, including family and friends, a specialized level of encouragement, support and direction along the full journey of learning and processing the needs of recovery from addictions and other, often related concerns. The primary difference with Sue and the Pegasus Team is their non-judgmental attitude combined with genuine care, flexibility and adaptability, and the feeling that you are no longer alone.  Your safety and confidentiality are assured.

Our Menu

• Counselling
• Recovery Coaching
• Case Management
• Interventions
• Monitoring
• Continuing Care for individuals and groups
• Training and Consultation
• Workshop Facilitation

When you need help now

Whether it be the individual or the family desperately concerned about a loved one’s use of substances or an employer concerned about the health and performance of an employee including safety and further protection of others, we believe that the response to the “open window” of readiness to consider change needs to be immediate and effective. Therefore, the first phone consult is free and the first appointment will be obtained within two business days.

Phone: 250-514-1083


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