I believe healing begins when mind, body, and emotions are honoured—transforming distress into resilience and self-acceptance..
Finding the Help You Deserve
Vanessa is a Registered Clinical Counsellor with a background as a Registered Massage Therapist, bringing over a decade of experience supporting health and well-being. Her approach recognizes that challenges affect the mind, body, and emotions, and she helps clients tune into all three to transform signs of distress into insight, self-soothing, and emotional regulation. She integrates EMDR, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Ego States work,and other experiential and body-focused techniques to create a personalized approach that meets each client where they are. Vanessa works with clients of all ages, backgrounds, and identities, with a particular focus on supporting members of the LGBTQIA2S+ community. Areas of interest include anxiety, trauma, self-esteem, identity, organizational coaching, meaning-making, and managing chronic pain.

MEd, RCC, CCC
Willow Bark Wellness,
628 Sixth Avenue, New Westminster, British Columbia, V3L 6Z2
(778) 715-0112