Kelsey Ashe
she/her/hers
Registered Clinical Counsellor
I am grateful to be able to conduct work and be located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
Clinical Director
I strongly believe in the power of the human spirit, the ability to overcome obstacles, and that the phoenix rises from the ashes. I have witnessed brave people willing to face challenges, willing to learn, and willing to change. I believe my role is to support each person who wishes to grow, grow — who wishes to heal, heal — and who wishes to learn, learn. I support each person uniquely, and together we will face your current life challenges and move through them towards a brighter and better tomorrow.
Therapeutic Approaches: Trauma Counselling, Attachment, Somatic Experiencing, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, Acceptance and Compassion Therapy, and Gottman. When working with children and youth I use age appropriate art, play and explorative therapy.
Degrees: Interdisciplinary BA in Psychology, Sociology and Philosophy; Masters in Leadership; Masters in Psychology Counselling, Registered Clinical Counsellor through the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors.
Additional Training: Family Systems Therapy; Sexually Competent Therapist; Gottman: The Seven Principles for Marriage Work and Bringing Baby Home workshop facilitator. CBT for Anxiety; Supervision Training; Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing; Indigenous Cultural Training; Applied Suicide Interventions Skills Training; Infant Mental Health; Trauma Informed Practice; Core Addictions Practice; Motivational Interviewing I; Therapeutic Crisis Intervention.