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Online counselling in Coquitlam, BC
Online counselling for people in Coquitlam is with Camille Granda or Savneet Singh, both Registered Clinical Counsellors, by secure video in English, Punjabi or Tagalog depending on the counsellor, with a free 15-minute consultation and no referral needed.
The Tri-Cities commute takes the evenings a weekly appointment would have to live in.
Also serving Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Anmore, Belcarra and the rest of Metro Vancouver, by the same video sessions.
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Many extended health plans reimburse a Registered Clinical Counsellor, depending on the plan, so check yours; MSP does not. Receipts are issued for every session, and the fees are published in full. On a calendar-year plan, sessions held by 31 December count against this year: using benefits before the plan year ends.
The thing that ends courses of therapy in the Tri-Cities is rarely the therapy. It is the commute. A working day that starts with a drive or a SkyTrain ride into Vancouver or Burnaby and ends with the same in reverse leaves an evening with very little slack in it, and a 6pm appointment on the other side of a bridge is a commitment that survives about four weeks.
Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody function as one place for most purposes and are three municipalities for administrative ones, which is its own small source of confusion when you are trying to work out what you are entitled to and where.
Who you’d see in Coquitlam
Taking new clients and seeing people in Coquitlam 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, RCC, CCC
English and Tagalog · Trauma, Anxiety and chronic stress, Grief, loss and life transitions
In her words: “I want sitting with me to feel like the biggest belly breath you have ever taken.”
Savneet Singh, RCC
English and Punjabi · Anxiety, Depression, Trauma and attachment
In her words: “Comforting, safe and supportive, is what I aim for.”
Individual sessions are $140 for 50 minutes, after a free 15-minute consultation; card at booking. Every fee, and what plans reimburse.
How private is the video?
Bookings and client records are held in Cliniko, the practice’s booking and records system, in an account on Cliniko’s Canadian region. Records are encrypted and access-controlled. Sessions are by secure video: the link arrives by email and opens in your browser, with nothing to install. Sessions are never recorded, not for notes, not for supervision, not for training. The privacy policy sets out the rest.
A commute, three municipalities, and a growing population
The commute is the constraint, and it is not a soft one. Removing travel from either side of a session is worth more here than the session time itself. It is the difference between an appointment costing an hour and costing three. That is the variable that decides whether week six happens.
Three municipalities, one lived reality. Someone in Port Coquitlam searching "counsellor in Coquitlam" is doing the sensible thing; the boundaries do not describe how anyone lives. Availability here does not change across them.
Public intake runs through Fraser Health. The Tri-Cities sit in Fraser Health despite looking west for work and for most services. The same mismatch that costs Burnaby residents weeks in the wrong queue, and worth checking before joining a waitlist.
The population has grown faster than the provision. New density along the Evergreen extension arrived quicker than local services expanded to meet it, which is felt as waitlists rather than as absence.
Why virtual, specifically here
What changes when distance stops mattering
No commute on top of the commute
The single largest reason a course of therapy quietly stops here.
Covers all three cities
Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody on identical terms, plus Anmore and Belcarra.
English, Punjabi or Tagalog
Which of the three depends on the counsellor. Moving between one and English within a session is normal.
Not sure which kind of support fits? A free 15-minute consultation is the fastest way to find out, and it is a fine outcome if the answer is a referral somewhere else.
Available in Coquitlam
Ways we can help
Individual
1:1 for anxiety, depression, life transitions, identity, family dynamics.
Individual Therapy in CoquitlamQuestions from Coquitlam
Before you book
Do you cover Port Coquitlam and Port Moody?
Yes, and on the same terms. The practice is virtual and covers all of British Columbia, so which of the three municipalities you live in changes nothing about availability or fee.
Which health authority covers the Tri-Cities?
Fraser Health, despite most people here looking west to Vancouver and Burnaby for work and for a lot of services. It is worth confirming before joining a public waitlist. A referral into the wrong authority's queue costs weeks that nobody flags.
I get home late. What is the latest appointment?
Times depend on the counsellor, and the booking page shows what is open right now. If none of them work it is worth saying so on the consultation call rather than forcing a time that will not survive a busy month.
Does virtual therapy actually work as well?
For the concerns most people bring: anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship difficulty. The research on video-delivered therapy shows outcomes broadly comparable to in-person work. The trade-offs are real and worth talking through on a consultation.
Is there a free consultation first?
Yes: 15 minutes by video, no charge, no card, and no obligation to book anything afterwards.
Do you see people in Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Anmore or Belcarra?
Yes, on exactly the same terms as Coquitlam. Every session is by secure video, so Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Anmore, Belcarra and the rest of Metro Vancouver are served the same way: a Registered Clinical Counsellor, a free 15-minute consultation first, and no travel at either end.
What does counselling cost in Coquitlam?
From Coquitlam, an individual session is $140 for 50 minutes, couples counselling $175 for 50 minutes and an EMDR intensive $190 for 90 minutes, and the first 15-minute consultation is free. The fee is the same anywhere in BC. Many extended health plans reimburse a Registered Clinical Counsellor, but whether yours does is plan-dependent, so check it for the RCC designation before the first paid session.
Who would I see in Coquitlam?
People in Coquitlam see Camille Granda, RCC, CCC, who works in English and Tagalog or Savneet Singh, RCC, who works in English and Punjabi. Each is a Registered Clinical Counsellor taking new clients by secure video, and the free consultation is with whichever of them you choose, so the person you meet first is the person you would work with.
Do you have an office in Coquitlam, or is it online?
Online. There is no office in Coquitlam or anywhere else: every session is by secure video, and the confirmation email carries the link. Nothing to install and no waiting room, so you can join from home, a parked car or a closed office in Coquitlam.
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