Our Visions for Transformative Counselling Services
We envision a thriving counselling clinic with a diverse team of specialists dedicated to supporting a wide range of clients. Our growth is driven by mentoring and empowering staff, fostering a culture of supervision, training, and peer mentorship. This focus ensures that we provide transformative counselling services that truly make a difference.
Prioritizing professional development, we deliver consistent, client-focused sessions that address each client’s unique needs. By nurturing confident and grounded clinicians, we ensure clients feel supported and empowered in their healing journey.
Our aim is to create a supportive workplace that enhances both client well-being and staff professional growth, setting a benchmark of excellence in walking with your authentic path alongside each person.
“Do the best you can until you know better. Then, when you know better, do better.”
– MAYA ANGELOU –
About Ignite Counselling
TRANSFORMATIVE COUNSELLING SERVICES TO SUPPORT YOUR HEALING THROUGH EMPATHY AND INNOVATION
In the heart of our community, Ignite Counselling was founded to fill a gap in traditional therapy. Many felt confined by conventional norms and sought a more empathetic, innovative approach to healing. Our passionate team of seasoned clinicians, with diverse backgrounds, shared a vision to create a safe, unconventional space for exploration and growth.
At Ignite, we believe in the untapped potential within each individual. Our transformative counselling services go beyond addressing symptoms, by fostering connections between mind, body, and spirit. Through various therapeutic modalities, tailored to each client’s needs, we explore hidden strengths and insights.
Clients are welcomed into a judgment-free environment where their narratives are valued. Using techniques like embodied healing, intentionality, and experiential exercises, we guide each person on their journey toward self-discovery and empowerment.
Ignite Counselling is more than a practice; it’s a beacon of hope and healing, committed to transforming lives and igniting the inner strength within all.
We are dedicated to bridging the gap between individuals and the accessible mental health care they deserve.
Recognizing the unique experiences and challenges faced by marginalized groups, our counselling clinic offers a transformative counselling service. We address immediate emotional concerns and empower clients to thrive beyond therapy. Our approach fosters lasting positive change and advocates for clients’ rights and voices, ensuring that mental health care is both empowering and trauma-informed.
Through personalized and compassionate support, we strive to build a more just, compassionate, and empowered society. Our commitment is to create meaningful, lasting change for individuals who feel underserved, misunderstood, or alienated by traditional mental health practices.
Our core values include inclusivity, trauma-informed care, collaboration, boldness, curiosity, and integrity.
Inclusivity and trauma-informed care
We respect and honour the diverse identities and experiences of all individuals, including those of different sexes, genders, and races. We are committed to providing trauma-informed care that minimizes harm and promotes healing.
Collaboration
We believe in working together with our clients to discover solutions. By fostering a collaborative environment, we ensure that power dynamics are minimized through interconnectedness of the therapeutic bond, and clients can feel empowered and supported.
Boldness
We are committed to advocacy, ensuring clients receive the highest quality services. We listen with care, value their voices, and stand steadfast beside them, upholding their rights and health.
Curiosity
We approach each client with genuine curiosity and a desire to understand their unique needs. Our customized, innovative approach ensures that care is tailored to the individual, rather than a one-size-fits-all model. We do this by discovering new opportunities of meaning and growth within every story, sensation or mention that arises within the space.
Integrity
We prioritize honesty and transparency in all our interactions. Our focus is on providing ethical, client-centered services, ensuring that support is tailored to each client’s needs as we move through the healing journey.
15+
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN SOCIAL SERVICES
5+
YEARS EXPERIENCE AS CLINICAL COUNSELLORS
Availability
ONLINE AND IN-PERSON SESSIONS
Approved
ICBC, CVA, FNHA & WORKSAFE
YOUR PATH TO A MORE EMPOWERED AND FULFILLING LIFE STARTS HERE
Book a consultation with our dedicated team of compassionate therapists today.
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FROM OUR CLIENTS
Testimonies to our expert care and compassion
“Before we started seeing Shawna, we could not stop having the same argument,
however now we know how to listen to understand each other instead of how to just react. This has been a game changer in our relationship as we know how to communicate in a way where we both feel heard and this has decreased our fights. I am a firm believer in couples counselling and we highly recommend Ignite Counselling and Shawna in particular.”
“Shawna’s ability to help me understand how my body holds onto past trauma and then guide me through releasing it was lifechanging for me.
I feel more in control of my emotions and more connected to my body than I’ve ever before. Shawna is an incredibly intuitive and compassionate therapist who has helped me make huge strides in my healing journey.”
“I have never had a therapist be so present when I was talking about my pain.
I felt safe and comfortable to try new tools that really moved me towards healing. I look forward to our sessions now to see more growth within myself.”
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