--- title: "Trauma Therapy in Burnaby, BC" description: "Online trauma therapy for Burnaby. It frequently surfaces only once life is finally stable enough to let it. $140 per 50-min session · free 15-min consult." url: https://www.westpeakwellness.com/online-counselling/burnaby/trauma-therapy lang: en-CA section: "Burnaby · Metro Vancouver · Online" date_modified: 2026-10-17 publisher: "Westpeak Wellness" publisher_type: "Registered Clinical Counsellor practice, British Columbia, Canada" delivery: "secure video only; no in-person office" not: "not a crisis service; not a medical practice; not covered by MSP" contact: info@westpeakwellness.com source_html: https://www.westpeakwellness.com/online-counselling/burnaby/trauma-therapy index_of_site: https://www.westpeakwellness.com/llms.txt license: "Content © Westpeak Wellness. Quote with attribution and a link." --- # Trauma Therapy and Counselling in Burnaby, BC Trauma Therapy for people in Burnaby is with Camille Granda or Savneet Singh, both Registered Clinical Counsellors, by secure video, with a free 15-minute consultation, no referral, and receipts your extended health plan can process. It frequently surfaces only once life is finally stable enough to let it. [Book a free consultation for trauma therapy in Burnaby](https://www.westpeakwellness.com/book) [What trauma therapy involves](https://www.westpeakwellness.com/services/emdr-therapy#online-trauma-therapy-in-bc-with-and-without-emdr) Updated October 17, 2026 A pattern seen often in Burnaby: somebody arrives in their thirties or forties, settled, employed, housed, and describes symptoms that started recently for no reason they can identify. What has usually happened is not that something new occurred. It is that the conditions which made suppression necessary have finally eased, and the nervous system has taken the first opportunity in years to raise the subject. That is disorienting, and it is frequently misread by the person experiencing it as a sign of getting worse rather than of getting safer. It is neither a relapse nor a failure of the life that was built. It is the delayed part of an old event, arriving late because it could not arrive earlier. Sessions are $140 for 50 minutes (BCACC’s 2026 fee guide recommends $140 to $175) and start with a [free 15-minute video call](https://www.westpeakwellness.com/book), no charge, no card, and no obligation to book anything afterwards. Many BC extended health plans reimburse a Registered Clinical Counsellor; whether yours does is plan-dependent, so check it for the RCC designation before the first paid session. [Fees and extended-health cover](https://www.westpeakwellness.com/pricing) are set out in full. For trauma work in Burnaby, a memory that needs a longer run than a weekly session can move to the EMDR Intensive later, once stability is in place: $190 for 90 minutes with Camille Granda. [How the intensive differs from weekly EMDR](https://www.westpeakwellness.com/compare/emdr-intensive-vs-weekly-emdr). ## Trauma therapists in Burnaby: who you would see Taking new clients for trauma therapy and seeing people in Burnaby by secure video. Each is a Registered Clinical Counsellor; the registration is on the profile and can be checked on the BCACC register. ![Camille Granda, Registered Clinical Counsellor, seated and listening](https://www.westpeakwellness.com/_next/image?url=%2Fimg%2Fphoto%2Fcamille-chin.jpg&w=256&q=75&dpl=dpl_5oWqSyeZ3Dmx9o1tJgbj87jckevt) ### Camille Granda, RCC, CCC English and Tagalog · Trauma, Anxiety and chronic stress, Grief, loss and life transitions [Book with Camille](https://www.westpeakwellness.com/book?with=camille-granda#calendar) [More about Camille](https://www.westpeakwellness.com/practitioners/camille-granda/burnaby) ![Savneet Singh, counsellor at Westpeak Wellness, smiling at the camera](https://www.westpeakwellness.com/_next/image?url=%2Fimg%2Fphoto%2Fsavneet-singh.jpg&w=256&q=75&dpl=dpl_5oWqSyeZ3Dmx9o1tJgbj87jckevt) ### Savneet Singh, RCC English and Punjabi · Anxiety, Depression, Trauma and attachment [Book with Savneet](https://www.westpeakwellness.com/book?with=savneet-singh#calendar) [More about Savneet](https://www.westpeakwellness.com/practitioners/savneet-singh/burnaby) ## Getting counselling in Burnaby Burnaby sits between two health authorities in practice if not on paper, residents routinely look for care in Vancouver and end up on a different intake route than they expected. Public mental-health intake for Burnaby runs through Fraser Health, not Vancouver Coastal, which surprises people who work downtown and assume the city they commute to is the one that covers them. Private practices here are fewer than the population would suggest, and many people simply travel west. [![A stylised map of British Columbia with a central video-session hub linked by dotted lines to Prince George, Kamloops, Kelowna, Abbotsford, Surrey, Vancouver, Nanaimo and Victoria, showing that sessions reach every region of the province.](https://www.westpeakwellness.com/img/bc-reach.svg) (full size, opens in a new tab)](https://www.westpeakwellness.com/img/bc-reach.svg) Anywhere in BC includes Burnaby. There is no catchment, because there is no office. Public mental-health intake for Burnaby runs through [Fraser Health](https://www.fraserhealth.ca/health-topics-a-to-z/mental-health-and-substance-use). That route matters if you are seeking publicly funded care. It has no bearing on seeing a Registered Clinical Counsellor privately, which needs no referral and no diagnosis. See [how RCCs, psychologists and social workers differ](https://www.westpeakwellness.com/compare/rcc-vs-psychologist-vs-social-worker-bc). **Not travelling west. A virtual session removes the assumption that serious counselling has to happen in Vancouver and be fitted around a commute in both directions.** More on this city, including who else it serves and what the local picture looks like: [online counselling in Burnaby](https://www.westpeakwellness.com/online-counselling/burnaby). [Book a consultation](https://www.westpeakwellness.com/book) [Ask a question first](https://www.westpeakwellness.com/contact) ## What trauma therapy involves [![Three stacked bands describing nervous-system states: hyperarousal above the window, the window of tolerance where thinking and feeling work together, and hypoarousal below it.](https://www.westpeakwellness.com/img/window-of-tolerance.svg) (full size, opens in a new tab)](https://www.westpeakwellness.com/img/window-of-tolerance.svg) Therapy works inside the middle band, which is why capacity is built before memory is opened. The full picture: how sessions are structured, what the first one is like, and what it does not do, is on the page for [online trauma therapy across BC](https://www.westpeakwellness.com/services/emdr-therapy#online-trauma-therapy-in-bc-with-and-without-emdr). If you are still working out what you need, [the short questionnaire](https://www.westpeakwellness.com/tools/which-service) is a quicker route than reading all of them, and [what to expect in a first session](https://www.westpeakwellness.com/guides/what-to-expect-first-therapy-session) covers the part most people are actually nervous about. ## Questions from Burnaby **Why now, when it happened years ago?** Because suppression takes resources, and it is usually released when the demand on those resources drops. Late onset after a period of stability is a common presentation rather than a strange one. **Does it matter that I cannot remember all of it?** No. Gaps are a feature of how traumatic memory is stored rather than an obstacle to the work, and nothing here requires you to reconstruct a complete account. **Is trauma therapy available in Metrotown, Brentwood or Lougheed?** Yes. Trauma Therapy by secure video reaches Metrotown, Brentwood and Lougheed exactly as it reaches Burnaby: there is no office to get to and the same fee applies however far out you are. Fraser Health is the public route for Burnaby and the rest of its region; this is the private one, and it needs no referral. [More frequently asked questions](https://www.westpeakwellness.com/faq), or [book the free consultation](https://www.westpeakwellness.com/book) and ask directly. ## Other counselling in Burnaby - [Couples and Marriage Counselling in Burnaby](https://www.westpeakwellness.com/online-counselling/burnaby/couples-therapy) - [EMDR Therapy in Burnaby](https://www.westpeakwellness.com/online-counselling/burnaby/emdr-therapy) - [Anxiety Counselling and Therapy in Burnaby](https://www.westpeakwellness.com/online-counselling/burnaby/anxiety-counselling) - [Depression Counselling and Therapy in Burnaby](https://www.westpeakwellness.com/online-counselling/burnaby/depression-counselling) ### Trauma Therapy nearby - [Trauma Therapy and Counselling in Surrey](https://www.westpeakwellness.com/online-counselling/surrey/trauma-therapy) - [Trauma Therapy and Counselling in Vancouver](https://www.westpeakwellness.com/online-counselling/vancouver/trauma-therapy) - [Trauma Therapy and Counselling in New Westminster](https://www.westpeakwellness.com/online-counselling/new-westminster/trauma-therapy) The practice is virtual and covers all of British Columbia. See [every city page](https://www.westpeakwellness.com/online-counselling), or [the full list of services](https://www.westpeakwellness.com/services). [Questions specific to Burnaby](https://www.westpeakwellness.com/online-counselling/burnaby) are answered on the city page. Sources - [Fraser Health](https://www.fraserhealth.ca/) - [HealthLink BC, mental health and substance use (8-1-1)](https://www.healthlinkbc.ca/mental-health-substance-use) ## Trauma Therapy and Counselling in Burnaby, without the travel A free 15-minute video call, in English, Punjabi or Tagalog. No charge, no card, and no obligation to book anything afterwards. [Book Free Consultation](https://www.westpeakwellness.com/book) Not ready to book? [Send a line about what is going on](https://www.westpeakwellness.com/contact). A reply comes within one business day, or read [the guides](https://www.westpeakwellness.com/guides) first and come back when you want to. Looking on behalf of someone else? [What to send them, and what not to](https://www.westpeakwellness.com/refer), including the funded routes most people do not know they qualify for.