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If you’re looking for a therapist to truly meet you where you’re at with validation and empathy, please reach out. I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) and a Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC). My approach is flexible and integrative, adapting to your needs and situation, considering bio-psycho-socio-spiritual influences on your life and wellbeing. Together, we will balance support and processing with skills and resource enhancement, tailored to you and your goals. Working with children and youth, I adjust for their stage of development through play, activity and age-appropriate talk strategies.
I was “raised” as a counsellor in trauma-informed, intersectional, feminist theory which remains with me in my prioritization of trust and safety in the therapeutic relationship, efforts to level the power differential between therapist and client and acknowledgment of client wisdom, strength and expertise on their own experience. I recognize that we live in social, cultured and gendered contexts that present disproportionate concerns for gender, sexual, racial and cultural minorities and work to create a safe space for diverse folks in the LGBTQ2SI+, Indigenous and multicultural communities. I started in the social service field in 2005, spending much of my career supporting women and young survivors of violence, abuse and neglect, those with multiple barriers to housing and indigenous communities in northern BC.
Areas of Focus:
Interpersonal trauma
Survivors of intimate partner violence and abuse
Survivors of childhood sexual abuse
Survivors of sexual assault
Intergenerational trauma
PTSD and complex trauma experiences
Depression
Anxiety
Stress management and burnout
Misophonia
Neurodiversity-affirming support for individuals and caregivers with developmental differences such as autism, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity (ADH), FAS, and intellectual disabilities
Gender and sexual diversity-affirming support
Children and youth
Chronic pain and illness
Traumatic Brain Injury
Self-harm and suicidality
Substance use
Children’s problematic sexual behaviour
Body-focused repetitive behaviours (BFRBs)
Education and Professional Membership:
Member of the Canadian Counselling Psychological Association
Student member of the Canadian Horticultural Therapy Association
Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology – Yorkville University
Coursework toward Graduate Certificate in Child and Youth Mental Health – Thompson Rivers University (internship not completed)
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, minor in English – St. Andrews College
Certifications:
Certified Trauma Professional
Certified Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) Practitioner
Introduction to Gender Diversity – Expanded
Introduction to Nature-Based Therapy
Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Instructor
Behaviour Interventionist Basic Training
Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TF-CBT)
Trauma informed yoga instructor
Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)
San’yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Training
Therapeutic Modalities:
Safe and Sound Protocol listening therapy
Mindfulness-based strategies
Trauma-focused cognitive behavioural therapy (TF-CBT)
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)
Body-based / somatic / sensory strategies
Person centered therapy
Strengths-based therapy
Therapeutic Writing
Traumatic Brain Injury Therapy
Expressive arts and activity-based strategies
Horticultural therapy
Nature-based therapy
Pain reprocessing therapy
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Direct Billing: I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) and a Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC) and you should be able to submit receipts to most benefit plans. I am able to work with clients in British Columbia and the unregulated provinces. I can direct bill to the Autism Funding Unit if I am approved as a service provider for your family. Contact Autism Funding for more information. I am a service provider for Heritage School. I am able to direct bill to the Crime Victim’s Assistance Program (CVAP), Metis Nation, and AgSafe (for agriculture industry members). If your plan allows it, I can direct bill to most insurance plans (Blue Cross, Telus eclaims, Greenshield), see them here.
Age ranges served: all ages.
Session Types: Individual adults, children, and youth. Families and Couples Counselling. In Person or Virtual.
Email: april.link@islandclinicalcounselling.ca
Phone: 778-762-3750 ext. 120
Text: (778) 410-5279
Pronouns: She/Her
Fees: $150-165.00 per session (Registered Clinician Rates)
Registration: CCPA CCC 11255460
BCACC RCC 22349
Location: I work out of the downtown Nanaimo office on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. I work in North Nanaimo on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
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