My counselling style incorporates several therapeutic approaches including the IITAP, Pat Carnes Sex Addiction Task model (CSAT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), and Solution-Focused Therapy Utilizing my own personal experience and journey of recovery from addiction, my philosophy prioritizes active participation, relationship building, flexible and adaptable methods, inquiry, and reflection based learning. I believe in a client-initiative, collaborative approach to healing.

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For the last six years, Carli has been providing therapeutic support to men and women who are seeking to courageously confront their use of drugs and alcohol. She is proud to approach this work with the kind of empathy that can only be fostered through one’s own trials and triumphs over mental illness, and believes that we are not defined by our darkest moments, but rather the ways we choose to overcome them. She holds a Masters degree in Counselling Psychology and knows that therapy, at its heart, is simply a relationship; a trust that forms between two people who are united in their efforts to uncover truths, explore meaning, and walk new paths together. Inviting elements of narrative therapy, feminist theory, and anti-oppressive practice into her sessions, her approach is collaborative and inclusive, and deeply rooted in the practice of self-compassion and creative expression.

Peter’s journey into recovery began in 2016. A graduate of Camosun’s Mental Health and Addictions Program, Peter brings both personal experience and foundational knowledge of the many difficulties around Substance Abuse and Mental Health recovery. His extensive work with individuals in recovery-based supportive living gives him a unique insight into the many day-to-day challenges of early recovery, and the opportunities to learn and grow from those experiences. His ease and ability to connect with individuals has helped him connect with many clients on a deep, personal level and helped them achieve many successes.  Having worked in, and deeply involved in the Victoria recovery community, Peter has great connections and knowledge of the services and resources available to clients to help them achieve their individual needs and goals in recovery. 

Yin-Yee is a registered clinical counsellor (RCC) with over seven years of experience working with individuals struggling from substance and behavioural addictions, mental health challenges, and trauma. Yin-Yee is a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist after undergoing training from the International Institute of Trauma and Addiction Professionals, with a specialization in sexual addiction and financial disorders (which encompasses compulsive sexual behaviours, intimacy disorders, childhood/attachment/family of origin wounds, and unhealthy behaviours around money).

She has also completed a Certified Partner Trauma Therapist qualification to work with the partners who have experienced betrayal trauma from experiencing their loved one struggling with compulsive sexual behaviours. She is pursuing certification as a Somatic Experiencing practitioner, which along with Cognitive Processing therapy; an evidence-based therapeutic modality proven to reduce the experience of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms, and with these two approaches is able to support clients to heal from trauma holistically.

This is Yin-Yee’s second career after 20-years in the Canadian Navy, including a deployment to Afghanistan, making her uniquely qualified to work with First Responders around trauma, operational stress, after experiencing sexual misconduct, and moral injuries.

Kennedy is a Certified Canadian Counsellor that specializes in trauma. She completed her Master’s in Counselling Psychology at the University of Victoria where she focused on counselling men that have PTSD.  She currently operates a private practice where she does extensive trauma work with her clients, integrating Gestalt, Interpersonal and Polyvagal approaches. Kennedy does work with individuals, couples and families at an agency in Victoria that specializes in supporting MCFD involved clients. She also co-operates a program called Extraordinary Workers that provides counselling services, workshops and trainings for support, front line and outreach workers.

Kennedy believes that unresolved trauma can be a primary driver of distress; whether someone is coping with addiction, domestic violence, relationship issues, anxiety, depression, self- harming, etc. Often, people have a hard time coming back to a place of internal or external safety when an event, or series of events has occurred. She is passionate about supporting people in finding a sense of safety, so they can begin to explore root causes and create sustainable, meaningful change in their own lives.