Psychotherapy...Sequoia Strong
OUR THERAPISTS
COMPREHENSIVE CLINICAL, CONSULTING AND THERAPEUTIC SERVICES
BRITTA REGAN WEST
MA, RCC-ACS, TITC-CT/CFST Registered Clinical Counsellor, Approved Clinical Supervisor, Clinical Traumatologist/Compassion Fatigue Specialist
Clinical Supervision | Supervision of Supervision | Consulting | Public Speaking
CLINICAL DIRECTOR
Britta is a Registered Clinical Counsellor with the BCACC (British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors) and a Clinical Traumatologist and Compassion Fatigue Specialist with designation from the Traumatology Institute of Toronto. Britta is a strong presence in the therapeutic and consulting community appearing on Theravive, Psychology Today and Counselling BC. She specializes in public speaking, training and clinical supervision and consultation in acute behavioural and mental health.
Qualifications:
Master of Arts, Counselling Psychology
Registered Clinical Counsellor
Approved Clinical Supervisor
Clinical Traumatologist/Compassion Fatigue Specialist, Traumatology Institute
Bios:
Theravive | Psychology Today | Counselling BC
Articles, Interviews and Trainings:
"Trauma and Adoption", BC Adoptive Families Association
6th International Conference on FASD Presenter
Ethics in Counselling Interview, Insights Magazine
"Navigating Trauma and FASD: Ethics, Practice and Perspective"
Having provided over fifty distinct trainings and workshops in mental and behavioural health across the lower mainland in clinical settings.
STEPHANIE PRICE EVANS
MSc, RCCBoard Certified Behaviour AnalystRegistered Clinical CounsellorTransference-Focussed | Child and Youth | Family Systems
ASSOCIATE
Stephanie is a Registered Clinical Counsellor with the BCACC (British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors) and a Board Certified Behaviour Analyst with the BACB, (Behavior Analyst Certification Board ). She has a rich background in family systems and child and youth therapy. Her work includes support for families and individuals who have experienced life altering illness, stress, anxiety and depression. Stephanie also has extensive experience with ADHD, ASD and ODD. She has over 20 years of experience in behavioural health and has worked within a wide range of settings including non-profit, public and private. Stephanie understands the many facets of working with other professionals and is well-versed in working with a therapeutic team when supporting families, children and youth.
Stephanie works closely with parents and children to find a therapeutic approach that fits each individual’s or family’s own unique circumstances and enjoys working to support the family system while enhancing the lived experience of each individual within the family. Stephanie is passionate about using the therapeutic relationship to help families and individuals live their lives with joy and emotional security. Stephanie has extensive experience working with children with various levels of communicative skills – and has expertise in meeting each child where they are in a manner that fits their communication style and comfort level. She views caregivers as integral in the therapeutic process and strives to enhance the well-being of parents and caregivers by exploring attachment as well as assessing practical strategies and parenting skills.
BARI EMAM
MA, MC, RCC
Registered Clinical Counsellor
PTSD | Nervous System Regulation | Family Systems
Bari is a Registered Clinical Counselor with the BCACC specializing in post traumatic growth, family systems, couples and individuals. Bari uses the principles of existential psychology, attachment, polyvagal theory, and somatic experiencing as well as other therapeutic modalities which best serves the needs of the client.
Bari works with youth, adults, families, and couples. Bari believes that we all have the potential to experience a joyful and prosperous existence no matter what life throws at us. One of Bari’s passions is to work with individual men and women who have been forced to oppress their true self and inner goodness because of familial, cultural, societal, and gender roles which can often cause disharmony in a person’s life. Bari also works with high conflict couples, especially those who feel stuck and are looking to restore a sense of peace and harmony in their relationships and family. Bari and his spouse of 20 years are parents to three children. This allows him to integrate his lived experiences into his work with couples and families.
Bari helps clients identify the root causes of their struggles, detach from limiting beliefs, and unhelpful identities. Bari uses the power of positive psychology and matches it to the realities of life by encouraging clients to focus, set realistic and achievable goals, followed by a sustained effort in order to see results. Bari uses a trauma informed & strength-based approach to assist clients with finding emotional safety in the world, rise above life’s existential challenges, and live their best lives.
As a professional, Bari has worked in the field of human emotions for over 25 years. His professional interactions with thousands of individuals who faced some of the most difficult circumstances in life in addition to his personal lived experiences of struggle and perseverance enables him to connect with clients at a human level. Bari sees the challenges of his clients much like his own, creates a safe and collaborative therapeutic environment, and works from a compassionate and non oppressive base where the ultimate power is put in the hands of clients.
Bari is a published author, his book Uprooted and Thriving tells his life story. Bari is also an active volunteer in his community and believes that if each individual attends to their mental and physical wellness, we can thrive as individuals, couples, families, communities and a society. If you are ready to begin your healing journey and take charge of your mental and emotional well being by working with a no nonsense and passionate therapist as your guide, then Bari is the right therapist for you.
Qualifications:
Master of Arts
Master of Counselling
Registered Clinical Counsellor, BCACC
Professional Affiliations:
BCACC
ASSOCIATE
ANDREA COLLIAR
MEd, RCC
Registered Clinical Counsellor
Family Systems | Couples | Individuals
ASSOCIATE
Andrea is a Registered Clinical Counsellor with the British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors. She has extensive experience working with families and individuals experiencing difficult life circumstances, anxiety, depression, PTSD, and overwhelm. Many of these families and individuals faced complex relationship issues, family histories, and diagnoses such as ADHD and ASD. Today, as a registered clinical counsellor her work stands out as being highly relational, experiential, and comprehensive; connecting the mind, body, and whole self through the latest neuroscience. Through her highly transformational approach, she is able to help go beneath what clients' already know to uncover truths, healing, and change they did not at first see possible.
She works together with clients from a relational, attachment-based, and trauma-informed lens. In her work with individuals, this means that she will work in coordination with you to discover what feels right therapeutically and prioritizes you, as your authentic self. She welcomes feedback and your experience of the process as you and her work together. She has extensive experience utilizing the unique therapeutic relationship she constructs with each client to help them achieve emotional wellness, stability in their relationships, and strengthened skills in bolstering and maintaining their relationships.
This is true for her work with parents and children as well. Andrea works supportively and diligently with parents and children to see what will work best for them. She has a warm and understanding way of being and communicating. With each family, she endeavours to create a sense of deep trust to open the lines of communication and bring about healing and harmony. A cornerstone to her work is the way she adapts and listens to each child and parents' ways of communicating and understanding the world to build strong pathways to change.
Following the same threads of connection from her work with individuals and families, in her work with couples she believes in first truly understanding and learning from the couples she works with to build bridges of communication and trust in the therapeutic process. She fine-tunes her approach with each couple as no one couple is the same. She aims to understand their style of communication, strengths, and the unique challenges they face. She supports them in breaking down the walls of resentment and conflict to help them get back to their version of love and commitment.
With all of the wonderful clients she works with, she strives to enhance their everyday life through helping them feel heard and understood and shares practical psychological information and tools along the way.
