About Wanda
Wanda brings an optimistic, strength-based approach to her practice which is grounded in a deep passion, dedication, and respect for the innate wisdom of those she supports. She prioritizes genuine care, working collaboratively to discover approaches that are both meaningful and effective for each person’s unique needs.
Her professional experience spans working alongside children and youth, their parents, and adults with a variety of neurodiversities in settings such as daycares, preschools, elementary, middle, and high schools, as well as with undergraduate and graduate university students. She has also worked with the Ministry for Children and Family Development in Duncan and Victoria, and served as a person-centred crisis intervention telephone support worker.
Wanda’s focus areas are as diverse as the unique clients she supports. She especially enjoys working with children ages 4–12, including those who have experienced trauma, anxiety, shame, separation anxiety, attachment challenges, autism spectrum disorder, fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, ADHD, selective mutism, anger, or other behavioural or relationship difficulties. Her work fosters each child’s connection to their sense of self and the world around them.
With children, youth, parents, adults, and couples, Wanda’s approach is optimism-based, strength-based, attachment-based, and informed by resilience and trauma research. Her work is grounded in acceptance, empathy, cultural humility, and creating a safe space for individuals to explore who they are and who they aspire to become.
In her work with couples, Wanda supports the building of strong, healthy relationships by fostering mutual fondness and admiration, constructive conflict management, and the creation of shared meaning together.
Approaches: Sand Tray Therapy, Non-Directive and Directive Play Therapy, Expressive Arts Play Therapy, CBT, Solution-Focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Gottman Method Couples Therapy, and Child-Parent Relationship Therapy.
Specializations: Anxiety, Depression, Grief & Loss, Self-Esteem, OCD, Neurodiversity (ADHD, Autism, FAS), Trauma, C-PTSD, Relationship Issues, Parenting Support, and Disabilities.
Populations: Children (4+), Youth, Adults, Parents, and Couples.
Education and Experience: Wanda has a Ph.D. in Elementary Education and a Master of Counselling in Counselling Psychology. She is a Registered Clinical Counsellor with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors and an Associate Professor Emerita from the University of Victoria, where she performed research and teaching in educational psychology and counselling, including research and undergraduate and graduate courses in child development, children’s self-regulation, children with neurodiverse needs, supporting children’s holistic safety, and trauma-focused, family-focused, and positive psychotherapeutic counselling topics. Wanda also worked for seven years as a teacher of children with varied levels of neurodiversity as well as incarcerated youth.
Beyond the Work: Outside of her passion and commitment to creating a therapeutic alliance with the individuals with whom she works, Wanda enjoys spending time with her husband and child, finding new walking paths and trails, reading and talking with them about books they are reading, taking courses to enrich her practice with individuals, and writing.
Wanda Boyer, Registered Clinical Counsellor, is available for children/youth, parents, couples, and adult counselling in Victoria and online. She looks forward to working with you.
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