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Need help finding the right therapist? We offer Client-Therapist Match Consultations. Book below or email Kathy, our Clinical Coordinator, at coordinator@shivaniwells.com

Please note the following updates:

We are excited to offer reduced-cost counselling starting in September with our Graduate Intern Counsellor, Rahel Claman while she completes her Master’s level practicum under the supervision of Shivani Wells-Shaw.

We are now offering direct billing with the Crime Victims Assistance Program (CVAP) and ICBC.

We are excited to welcome Vanessa Coady, RCC, to our team starting September 23rd.

Shivani has a waitlist for new clients. Please email Kathy at coordinator@shivaniwells.com to be added to her waitlist.

Katrina Kaiser, MSW is accepting new clients for individual therapy and CVAP counselling online and in-person.

Shima Derakhshanfar, RCC, is accepting new clients for individual therapy online.

Please email your therapist directly if you feel unwell, regardless of the severity of symptoms, or if you have tested positive for Covid within 10 days of your appointment. Your therapist may request that you reschedule or switch to a virtual appointment. Thank you for doing your part to keep our team safe and healthy.

Cancellation Policy: Appointments rescheduled or canceled within 48 hours of the appointment time result in a 50% session fee, and within 24 hours of the appointment time result in a 100% session fee.

Sessions

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Client-Therapist Match Consultation

Finding the right therapist can feel overwhelming. Our Clinical Coordinator is here to help! During this complimentary video consultation, our goal is to understand your needs and preferences and to match you with the right therapist on our team. Once you've been referred to a therapist, you can have a complimentary phone consultation with them to ensure it feels like a good fit before booking.

Free 15-Minute Phone Consultation

Wondering if a therapist on our team is the right fit for you? You can now book online for a complementary 15-minute phone consultation to discuss your goals, the therapist's approach, ask questions, and see if it feels like a match. If you don't see a time that works for you, email the therapist directly at [the therapist's first name]@shivaniwells.com to ask if they can accommodate a different time. If you're not sure where to start and would like support with getting matched with a therapist on our team, you can book a Client-Therapy Matching Consultation with our Clinical Coordinator via our online booking page or by emailing Kathy at coordinator@shivaniwells.com

In-Person Therapy with a Graduate Intern Counsellor

These reduced-rate sessions are provided by Graduate Intern Counsellors who are completing their Master's-level practicums under the direct supervision of Shivani Wells-Shaw. Graduate Interns provide supportive counselling to clients with a wide range of issues and concerns with a high degree of empathy and compassion, and share the values of our clinic. They are committed to growth and learning, are aware of the most up-to-date research on evidence-based practices and transfer this knowledge to their work with clients. These sessions provide a space where you can feel seen and heard, gain perspective on your experience, learn healthy coping skills, and explore your thoughts, emotions, and behaviours. Sessions can take place online or in person at our office in Downtown Vancouver. Sessions with a Graduate Intern are not covered by extended health benefits.

Online Therapy with a Graduate Intern Counsellor

In-Person Therapy with a Registered Clinical Counsellor

Our Registered Clinical Counsellors provide individual counselling for adults and adolescents of all cultural backgrounds, genders, and orientations and support clients with trauma-related symptoms and a variety of other issues. Our therapists are trained in various evidence-based approaches, and sessions will include therapeutic approaches unique to your counsellor. These may include Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Somatic Experiencing (SE), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Emotionally Focused Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Adlerian Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Mindfulness-based Therapy, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Clinical Hypnosis, and more.

Online Therapy with a Registered Clinical Counsellor

Crime Victim Assistance Program (CVAP) Counselling

These sessions are for clients who have an approved CVAP claim and have been awarded counselling benefits. The therapist does direct billing and clients are charged the balance of our fee + GST.

ICBC Counselling

If you've been affected by a motor vehicle accident, ICBC provides pre-approved coverage for twelve counselling sessions to customers within the first 12 weeks from the date of the crash. These sessions focus on rehabilitation, processing the emotional impacts of the accident, and reaching functional goals. We do direct billing to ICBC, and clients are charged $20 per session. If you require additional treatment beyond the 12-week early access period, your therapist will submit a treatment plan to ICBC and request additional sessions on your behalf, although a doctor's recommendation is also typically required.

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Vanessa is a Registered Clinical Counsellor with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors (#19943) and a Canadian Certified Counsellor with the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (#11246759). Her practice focuses on the treatment of trauma-related symptoms, anxiety, depression, identity/gender/sexuality concerns, the impacts of motor vehicle accidents, and management of chronic pain. Her approach incorporates EMDR, Ego States therapy, Solutions-Focused Therapy, and Gestalt techniques.

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Katrina (she/her) is a Registered Social Worker with the BC College of Social Workers. She specializes in the treatment of trauma-related symptoms, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, grief and loss, parenting support, adoption, and attachment wounds. Her approach combines DBT, EMDR, Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy (SP).

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Rahel is a Master’s-level Graduate Intern Counsellor providing reduced-cost counselling under the supervision of Clinical Director, Shivani Wells-Shaw. Rahel is passionate about supporting clients with PTSD, complex-PTSD, intergenerational and religious trauma, self-criticism, relational and sex-related issues, disordered eating, attachment wounds, grief and loss, anxiety, depression, oppression, and chronic pain.

Rahel’s therapeutic approach is embodied, non-judgmental, and compassionate. While primarily influenced by Internal Family Systems (IFS), she also draws inspiration from Somatic Experiencing (SE), Person-Centered Therapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Attachment Theory, and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy (SP).

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Kathy (she/her) is a retired Social Worker, drawing on over 20 years of experience as a counsellor, crisis response worker, and program coordinator. Her role as Clinical Coordinator is to understand the needs of new clients and match them with the right therapist on our team.

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Shivani (she/her) is the Clinical Director and a Registered Clinical Counsellor with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors (#17248). She specializes in the treatment of trauma-related symptoms and dissociative disorders. Shivani integrates EMDR, Somatic Experiencing, and parts work to help clients identify the root cause of their symptoms, process trauma and attachment wounds, and reclaim a sense of wholeness and aliveness.

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Shima (she/her) is a Registered Clinical Counsellor (#14847) with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors. She specializes in treating trauma-related symptoms, depression, anxiety, and ADHD. She supports individuals and families with grief, relationship conflicts, parenting issues, life transitions, and bullying. Her approach combines a Person-Centered approach with EMDR, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (TF-CBT), Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Clinical Hypnotherapy, and Grief Therapy.

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Chandra offers a trauma-informed, strengths-based and client-centred approach to counselling youth and adults with a wide variety of concerns. She respects each client’s unique values, goals and lived experience, while offering new perspectives and ideas for change. Through active listening, empathy, curiosity and encouragement, Chandra supports her clients to build new coping strategies and gently challenge areas of rigidity that are getting in the way of learning or growth. She can’t provide you with the internal motivation for change, but can help you to explore the parts of yourself that might be torn in different directions or scared to try something new. Chandra won’t be able to tell you what your unique goals should be, but will strive to help you identify how to live your life in ways that align with your own personal values.

Chandra’s clinical work integrates a variety of counselling approaches to holistically address each client’s unique concerns, personal goals and barriers to achieving them. These approaches include EMDR trauma therapy, Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP), Emotion-focused therapy (EFT), Cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT), Person-Centred (Rogerian) therapy and Solutions-focused therapy. She also incorporates motivational interviewing, conflict resolution & Non-Violent (aka compassionate) Communication strategies.

Chandra specializes in supporting clients to manage the symptoms of trauma, dissociation, anxiety, and mood disorders (depression, bipolar disorder). She has experience supporting clients with OCD, ADHD and mild to moderate levels of disordered eating. She provides both harm reduction and abstinence-based support to clients who are struggling with substance use concerns. Chandra provides specialized career counselling to support clients with intersecting disabilities, mental health concerns and trauma. To assist clients in exploring new career options, Chandra can offer career assessments, such as the Strong Interest Inventory (SII) & Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI).

Chandra always strives to provide a warm and welcoming space to individuals of diverse ages, genders, sexual orientations, abilities and cultural backgrounds. She endeavours to be anti-oppressive in her work by constantly learning from and supporting feminist, anti-racist, anti-homophobic, anti-transphobic, anti-ableist and anti-agist perspectives. Chandra is grateful to be living and working on the traditional and stolen territories of thexʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh)Nations.

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