Counselling Services in Maple Ridge
At our practice, we provide comprehensive counselling services in Maple Ridge designed to support you through various life challenges and nurture healthier relationships. Our dedicated counselling team is here to guide you on your journey towards emotional well-being, personal growth, and stronger connections. Whether you’re seeking private counselling services in person or online therapy in BC, we have the right support for you. Our counselling services include:
Choosing Private Counselling Services with a Social Worker
Social workers in private settings offer flexible, personalized, and confidential private counselling services to empower individuals, strengthen families, and uplift communities. Social worker counselling provides professional support tailored to each client’s needs, dedicated to creating meaningful and lasting change. Our clinicians are registered members of the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors (BCACC), ensuring you receive care that meets the highest professional standards in British Columbia. Choosing our counselling services in Maple Ridge ensures you receive compassionate and effective care designed to address personal challenges and promote overall well-being.
HOW SOCIAL WORKERS SUPPORT
Individuals, Families, and Communities
Support for individuals
- Counselling to explore emotions, build coping skills, and manage stress or anxiety.
- Connecting clients to external systems for additional support such as healthcare, community and social services, and the education system.
- Helping clients identify strengths and overcome barriers.
- Providing LGBTQ+ affirming and identity-conscious support for people exploring gender, sexuality, or navigating discrimination.
Support for families
- Improving communication and strengthening family relationships.
- Mediating disagreements and challenges, such as parenting conflicts or divorce.
- Supporting families during difficult times like loss or financial strain.
- Providing guidance on effective parenting strategies.
Support for communities
- Addressing social injustices and helping underserved populations access services.
- Designing and implementing programs like support groups and wellness initiatives.
- Collaborating with organizations to create collaborative support networks.
COUNSELLING SERVICES
Individual Counselling
Our private counselling services for individuals are designed to empower you to embrace your inner strength, rewrite your story, and reclaim your future. We guide you through this transformative journey with compassion, support, and expertise. We use various approaches, including:
- Somatic Experiencing
- Narrative Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Feminist Theory
- Queer Theory
Whether you attend in person or access online therapy in BC, our goal is to support your healing and growth in a safe and empowering space.
COUNSELLING SERVICES
Couples Counselling
Our couples counselling offers an opportunity to create lasting change in your relationship. By learning more about yourselves and each other, and examining old patterns, you can build a stronger, more connected partnership. Whether you’re facing specific challenges or seeking to deepen your relationship, our private counselling services support you in this transformative journey.
We help by:
- Encouraging self-growth
- Fostering understanding
- Promoting mutual language development
We help by encouraging self-growth, fostering understanding, and promoting mutual language development. This helps couples navigate challenges and nurture a lasting relationship. Sessions are available in person or as online therapy in BC for your convenience.
COUNSELLING SERVICES
Trauma Therapy
Trauma therapy offers hope and relief for those affected by traumatic experiences. It focuses on processing traumatic memories, reducing symptoms, and restoring safety and stability. Through approaches like somatic experiencing, we help individuals heal both their minds and bodies, reclaiming peace and empowerment.
Our counselling services in Maple Ridge aim to support your healing and recovery from trauma, providing the tools and environment needed for lasting well-being.
COUNSELLING SERVICES
Family Counselling
Our family counselling helps families tackle unique challenges by fostering healthier relationships and supporting both parents and children. We acknowledge the complexities of modern life and provide families with the tools to thrive despite a changing world, manage technology-driven challenges, and work together as co-parents.
Available as both in-person and online therapy in BC, our social worker counselling approach ensures your family receives culturally aware, trauma-informed support every step of the way.
The Lens We Bring To All Our Work
A feminist and inclusive therapeutic approach…
Across all our services, we bring a feminist, queer-affirming, and identity-conscious lens to our work. We understand that your mental health doesn’t exist in a vacuum, it’s shaped by the systems, expectations, and relationships you’ve navigated throughout your life. Therapy here is a space to understand those influences, reclaim your autonomy, and move toward greater self-compassion and empowerment. This approach is especially supportive for those impacted by sexism, homophobia, transphobia, racism, or other forms of oppression and for anyone seeking care where their full identity is welcomed and celebrated.
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.”
Clinical Supervision and Mentorship
SUPPORTING THERAPISTS AND SOCIAL WORKERS
At our practice, we understand the importance of clinical supervision and mentorship in developing compassionate, skilled, and resilient therapists and social workers. As part of our counselling services in Maple Ridge, we offer structured supervision and mentorship opportunities, providing a supportive and collaborative environment where professionals can grow, reflect, and thrive.
Whether you’re a new practitioner seeking guidance or an experienced professional aiming to deepen your expertise, we are here to help you advance in your career and continue making a meaningful impact in the lives of others.