Counselling Services

Individual Counselling

Individual counselling is a collaborative and deeply personal process - a space to slow down, turn inward, and explore what’s happening beneath the surface. Together, we’ll make sense of how your early experiences, relationships, and nervous system patterns continue to shape your life.

At True Belonging Counselling, I offer a boutique practice with a small, intentional caseload so that every client receives personalized care and thoughtful attention. You’ll often receive carefully selected resources - including somatic tools, guided practices, videos, and psychoeducational materials - to support your healing between sessions.

Rooted in trauma-informed, attachment-based, and somatic approaches, this work helps you reconnect with your body, regulate your nervous system, and build more compassionate relationships with the parts of you that have been protecting or struggling. Over time, you’ll develop greater clarity, calm, and connection - within yourself and your life.

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    • You’re carrying trauma, shame, or emotional pain that feels heavy or unspoken

    • You’re navigating anxiety, depression, identity shifts, grief, or nervous system dysregulation

    • You’re healing from childhood wounds or attachment trauma

    • You’ve always felt different, like you don’t quite belong or never felt accepted

    • You’re unlearning internalized beliefs and rebuilding self-trust

    • You’re a cycle-breaker, deep feeler, or spiritual seeker craving connection - to yourself, your body, and your truth

    • You’re carrying the weight of what came before you, intergenerational wounds, ancestral grief, or cultural disconnection

    • You’re yearning to reconnect to something larger - land, lineage, or a deeper sense of place and belonging

    • You’re drawn to gentle, depth-oriented, body-based support

    • A personalized, collaborative approach tailored to your needs and pace

    • Tools to regulate your nervous system and increase emotional resilience

    • Support for healing attachment wounds, anxiety, depression, shame, and internalized beliefs

    • Identity exploration and parts work to reconnect with disowned or silenced parts

    • A non-judgmental space to deepen self-understanding and build self-trust

    • Personalized tools and resources sent directly to your inbox for support between sessions

    • Optional spiritual or ancestral integration for those drawn to meaning-making beyond the clinical frame

    • Attachment-Based Therapy — Exploring early relational wounds and cultivating secure internal and external connections.

    • Parts Work (IFS-Inspired) — Bringing compassion and curiosity to the inner parts that carry pain, protection, or unmet needs.

    • Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT) — Nurturing warmth toward the self, softening inner criticism, and fostering a sense of safety within.

    • Mindfulness-Based Therapy — Building emotional regulation, resilience, and inner steadiness through present-moment awareness.

    • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) — Gently challenging unhelpful thought patterns while honoring lived experience.

    • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) — Cultivating psychological flexibility, values-based living, and self-compassion.

    • Narrative Therapy — Reauthoring internalized stories of shame, identity, and worthiness.

    • Psychedelic Integration — Offering grounded support for processing and integrating insights from non-ordinary states of consciousness.

    • Spiritual & Existential Exploration — Supporting those drawn to deeper meaning, ancestral healing, or reconnection with their essence.

  • 50 minute session - $165

    75 minute session - $245

    *Many extended health plans in British Columbia cover counselling/psychotherapy sessions provided by a RCC, though coverage varies - please check with your insurance provider or employer before booking.

    After each session, you’ll receive an invoice that includes all required information for billing with your provider, which you can use to submit for reimbursement (if applicable).

Relationship Counselling

Relationship counselling offers a supportive and collaborative space to strengthen connection, improve communication, and navigate challenges with care. Whether you’re feeling distant, caught in recurring conflict, healing after a rupture, or simply wanting to deepen your bond, therapy can help you move toward greater intimacy, trust, and understanding.

Together, we’ll explore your emotional patterns and attachment dynamics, uncovering how past experiences may be shaping how you show up with one another today. Through curiosity, compassion, and evidence-based tools, you’ll learn to repair, reconnect, and grow in ways that feel authentic and sustainable.

I honour diverse expressions of love, gender, and sexuality - including LGBTQ2S+ folkx, polyamorous and open relationships, chosen families, kink communities, and those engaged in sex work (e.g. strippers, escorts, and adult content creators). My approach is inclusive and trauma-informed , offering a non-judgmental space for every form of love to be seen and supported

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    • You love each other - but something feels out of sync.

    • You’re caught in repeating patterns of conflict, shutdown, or disconnection

    • You feel unseen, unheard, or misunderstood by your partner

    • Arguments escalate quickly or lead to long silences and emotional distance

    • One or both of you struggle to name or express needs and emotions

    • You’re navigating trust issues, life transitions, or questions about commitment

    • Sexual intimacy feels strained, pressured, or out of alignment

    • You want to deepen emotional safety, rebuild connection, or heal relational wounds

    • You're in a non-traditional or evolving relationship structure and seeking support that affirms your values and boundaries

    • You’re ready to move from reactive cycles to conscious, compassionate connection

    • You’re longing for it to feel safer, softer, or more secure

    • A collaborative and non-blaming space to explore each partner’s experience

    • Support with communication, boundaries, emotional safety, and intimacy

    • Attachment-based, emotionally focused insight into your relational patterns and triggers

    • Repair work for unresolved conflict, resentment, or trust injuries

    • Tools and rituals for connection that support long-term relational health

    • Thoughtfully curated practices and reflections to deepen the work between sessions - delivered to your inbox when helpful.

    • Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) — To identify attachment needs beneath conflict and foster secure emotional connection

    • Attachment-Based Couples Work — Exploring how each partner’s past shapes their current relational dynamic

    • Somatic Awareness in Relationships — Attuning to how the body responds to relational triggers and learning to co-regulate

    • Parts Work with Couples — Bringing awareness to the inner parts that show up in conflict (e.g., protectors, critics, abandoned selves)

    • Mindfulness & ACT-Informed Tools — Supporting presence, acceptance, and values-guided relating

    • CBT for Couples — Gently addressing unhelpful thought loops, assumptions, or communication habits

    • Relational Repair & Communication Skills — Grounded in trauma-informed, non-blaming approaches

    • Affirming Care for Non-Traditional Relationships — Queer, polyamorous, kink-affirming, and decolonial relational support

  • 50 minute session - $195

    75 minute session - $290

    *Many extended health plans in British Columbia cover counselling/psychotherapy sessions provided by a RCC, though coverage varies for Relationship Counselling - please check with your insurance provider or employer before booking.

    After each session, you’ll receive an invoice that includes all required information for billing with your provider, which you can use to submit for reimbursement (if applicable).

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  • Our Journey Together

    Starting therapy can feel like a big step. To make it simple, I offer a clear path so you know what to expect as we begin →

  • Step 1: Free 15-Minute Discovery Call

    Choosing a therapist who feels aligned is an important step in your healing. To help ensure a good match, I offer a free 15-minute, no-pressure phone or video consultation. This is a chance for us to briefly connect, explore what you’re looking for, and see if working together feels right. You’re welcome to ask questions and share what’s bringing you here.

    It’s completely normal to feel uncertain or even nervous about starting therapy - this call is meant to make that first step feel easier. It’s as much about you sensing whether you feel comfortable with me, as it is about me learning how I can best support you. At the heart of therapy is trust, and this call is a first step in sensing whether that trust feels possible.

  • Step 2: Initial Assessment Session

    Our first session is a gentle entry point into your story. Together, we’ll explore what challenges are present in your life, what you’re longing for, and what safety looks like in this space. We’ll begin identifying patterns or parts of you that may need care, and lay the foundation for our work - whether that means setting clear goals or allowing an unfolding, intuitive path to emerge.

    You’ll have space to share as much or as little as feels right, and to ask questions about me, the process, or what therapy can look like. My role is to listen, attune, and help guide you toward inner clarity and awareness. From here, we’ll begin to chart a path that supports not just symptom relief, but a deeper sense of connection and belonging.

  • Step 3: Ongoing 1-to-1 Sessions

    Ongoing sessions are a space for deep, relational, body-based healing. This is a co-created space, where we’ll regularly check in with your goals and ensure you’re getting what you need out of therapy.

    Much of what we explore together will be an invitation to notice and experiment with new ways of relating - to yourself, to others, and to the world. As we look into the deeper patterns shaping your experience, you’ll be supported in carrying insights from session into your daily life and bringing them back for reflection. Some people come for short-term clarity; others stay for longer-term integration. Weekly or bi-weekly sessions are recommended to keep the work active and evolving.

Accessible Counselling

At True Belonging Counselling, I believe that everyone deserves access to meaningful, high-quality therapy. I also recognize that not everyone has the same financial resources or access to the things that support your well-being, like safe housing, stable income, healthcare, food, education, and community support. To honor this, I use the Green Bottle Method - an equity-based sliding scale created by Alexis J. Cunningfolk. This approach helps make therapy more accessible.

For me, this isn’t only about affordability - it’s about equity, accountability, and community care. Therapy becomes sustainable when we all participate honestly: those who can contribute more do so, making space for those with less access to still receive the care they need

  • If you’ve ever struggled financially, I want you to know: you are worthy of care, belonging, and healing. Poverty is not a personal flaw. It is often the result of systems that underpay, undervalue, and keep resources out of reach for many, while concentrating wealth for a few.

    Your ability to pay does not define your worth or your right to access therapy. I choose transparency so that you don’t have to carry the shame of asking - you are already enough, and you deserve to be here.

    If you’re financially secure, this scale is also an invitation: to reflect on your privilege and consider how paying at the higher end redistributes resources, supporting access for those who face systemic barriers. This is how we move toward economic justice together

  • The Green Bottle is an equity-based sliding scale that offers a range of payment options based on your financial capacity. Unlike traditional fixed-fee structures, it acknowledges that privilege, systemic barriers, and life circumstances affect how much someone can sustainably contribute.

    This is a model built on trust and collective care. I do not ask for proof of income. Instead, I invite you to reflect honestly on your situation and choose the fee that feels sustainable for you, knowing that paying at the higher end helps create access for those with fewer resources. If your financial situation changes, you’re welcome to revisit our agreement.

    The Bottle Analogy

    Imagine your resources - money, time, energy, and stability - as water inside a bottle.

    • Some people have bottles that are consistently full or easily refilled.

    • Others may have bottles that are half-full, stretched thin, or cracked and leaking due to systemic oppression, marginalization, or personal hardship.

    This framework reminds us that not all bottles hold the same capacity. An equity-based sliding scale allows people with fuller bottles to contribute more, sustaining the service, while those with less capacity can still access support without tipping into hardship.

  • Investing in therapy may sometimes mean adjusting your budget - perhaps eating out less often, or postponing a purchase. That’s sacrifice, and it can be worthwhile if therapy aligns with your values and growth.

    But if paying for therapy means you can’t cover essentials like rent, food, or transportation - that’s financial strain. In that case, the lower end of the sliding scale is what’s fair.

  • To support both accessibility and sustainability, I offer a limited number of reduced-rate sessions.


    Sliding scale rates are available for up to 12 sessions. After this period, reduced-fee spaces are generally offered to others on the waitlist. At that time, we’ll collaboratively review options, which may include adjusting fees, changing session frequency, or exploring referrals to support you moving forward. This approach helps balance accessibility with the sustainability of the practice, while keeping reduced-fee spaces available for others who may need them

    Mid Bottle / Accessible Rate (35% off)

    • Individual Counselling: $107 + $159 (50–75 min sessions)

    • Relationship Counselling: $127 + $189 (50 + 75 min sessions)

    Low Bottle / Deep Support Rate (50% off)

    • Individual Counselling: $83 + $123 (50 + 75 min sessions)

    • Relationship Counselling: $98 + $145 (50 + 75 min sessions)

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  • The Green Bottle Sliding Scale

    A reflection-based framework to help you choose a fee that feels both accessible and sustainable.
    This model recognizes that financial access is shaped by systemic and personal circumstances. Please read through the tiers below and choose the rate that most accurately reflects your current situation.

    🌑Full Bottle / Privileged (Pay Full Fee and/or Contribute More)

    You comfortably meet all basic needs (food, housing, healthcare, transportation) and have stable income, savings, or access to generational wealth. You may carry debt, but it does not interfere with meeting needs. You rent or own higher-end housing, may own a car (or more than one), and have regular access to healthcare and other supports. You can regularly afford non-essentials - vacations, dining out, new technology, entertainment - and paying the full fee does not cause hardship.

    Expendable income: You can buy coffee/tea out, new clothes, books, or concert tickets each month without stress.

    💲 Pay full fee. If you’re able, you’re welcome to contribute a little more to help subsidize access for others. To contribute email: dana@truebelongingcounselling.ca

    🌒 ¾ Full Bottle / Stable (Pay Full Fee)

    You can meet basic needs with some ease, though budgeting is important. You may have debt, but it doesn’t prevent you from meeting essentials. You rent stable housing, may own or lease a car, and have access to healthcare and occasional savings. You can afford some non-essentials, though less frequently or with trade-offs. Paying the full fee may feel like a stretch, but it doesn’t cause lasting harm.

    Expendable income: You can occasionally eat out, buy new items, or take modest vacations every few years.

    💲 Pay full fee.

    🌗 Half Full Bottle / Assessable Rate

    You can meet your basic needs, but it often feels tight. You have little or no savings, and debt may create ongoing stress. You may rent lower-cost housing, share with others, and find car-related costs (gas, repairs, insurance) challenging.
    Employment may feel unstable, underpaid, or insufficient to meet all needs. Paying the full fee would mean sacrificing essentials or increasing financial strain.

    Expendable income: You rarely afford extras like eating out or new clothes without juggling bills or cutting back elsewhere.

    💲 Pay reduced fee (35% off standard rate).

    🌔 Low Bottle / Deeply Supported Rate

    You frequently worry about or struggle to meet basic needs (rent, food, healthcare, transportation).
    You may have no savings and debt that limits your ability to meet essentials. Housing may be unstable, or you’ve faced periods of housing insecurity. You may not have reliable access to a car or cannot afford associated costs. You might be unemployed, underemployed, or reliant on financial assistance. Paying the full fee would cause significant hardship or make therapy inaccessible.

    Expendable income: You do not have expendable income; any spending beyond survival compromises your essentials.

    💲 Pay reduced fee (50% off standard rate)

When you reach out, please share whether you’re hoping for the Accessible Rate or the Deeply Supported Rate. This helps me match you with what’s currently available. If all spots are full, I’ll add you to the waitlist and connect with you as soon as an opening emerges.

Email Dana to Inquire →