I help clients radically accept their reality.

Your unique concerns and/or life challenges can be discussed on the phone, through email, or in your first session. Depending on the complexity of your situation, a multitude of factors could be impacting your life. These factors will determine your treatment plan and the corresponding time frame. Your goals for therapy, the severity of your situation, life’s history will all impact the amount of time we will see each other. 

I charge $150 per hour. This fee is standard across the industry and reflects my training and experience. 

McTavish Counselling accepts e-Transfer, cash, credit card, and/or cheque. 

Soon, I will provide direct billing to the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC), Work BC, First Nations Health Authority, and the Crime Victim Assistance Program (CVAP). I am currently in the application process. 

For all other insurance companies, I unfortunately do not provide a direct billing service. I am happy to issue you a receipt after payment so that you can seek compensation directly from your insurance company. If you are interested in counselling services with us and do have insurance, please contact your insurance provider directly to evaluate your eligibility and terms.

I have a master’s degree in counsellor education from Gonzaga University. This education has made me into a counsellor who embodies a growth mindset. I intentionally:

• Honour the power of relationships, stress the importance of self-reflection, and personal growth promoting well-being.
• Understand, identify, and develop strategies for working with clients at different developmental stages, including understanding how addiction, trauma, and developmental concerns impact the client and process of human growth and development.
• Understand career development dynamics and incorporate this knowledge into work with clients across all cultures, stages of development, and levels of care.
• Counsel within the expectations of Multicultural and Social Justice Competencies.
• Have respect for healthy collaboration with other professionals and adopt the professional identity of a counselor and practice as such, including following and knowing the BCACC Code of Ethics, provincial legal codes, reporting and referral processes, and the roles and functions of a professional counselor.
• Understand group counseling dynamics and are able to facilitate various types of groups using appropriate and relevant group facilitation skills to create transformational experiences in serving clients.
• I intentionally, creatively, and effectively use essential counseling and interviewing skills in working with clients from various cultures and backgrounds.
• I incorporate theoretical understanding into work with clients, including using techniques and interventions, conceptualization, and have developed an understanding of my own theoretical approach.
• I understand the assessment process in counseling and intentionally and effectively utilize appropriate assessments for a variety of reasons across a variety of settings.
• I have learned to be an effective consumer of research and understand how to intentionally apply research to the counseling process.