--- title: "Anxiety Counselling in Kamloops, BC" description: "Online anxiety counselling for Kamloops. Shift work keeps the body braced long after the shift ends. $140 per 50-min session · free 15-min consult." url: https://www.westpeakwellness.com/online-counselling/kamloops/anxiety-counselling lang: en-CA section: "Kamloops · Thompson-Nicola · 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/kamloops/anxiety-counselling index_of_site: https://www.westpeakwellness.com/llms.txt license: "Content © Westpeak Wellness. Quote with attribution and a link." --- # Anxiety Counselling and Therapy in Kamloops, BC Anxiety Counselling for people in Kamloops 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. Shift work keeps the body braced, and a braced body reads as anxiety long after the shift ends. [Book a free consultation for anxiety counselling in Kamloops](https://www.westpeakwellness.com/book) [What anxiety counselling involves](https://www.westpeakwellness.com/services/individual-therapy#online-anxiety-counselling-in-bc) Updated October 17, 2026 Rotating shifts are ordinary in Kamloops, and they do something specific to anxiety: sleep goes first, and once sleep is unreliable the physical symptoms arrive on their own. The racing heart, the shallow breathing, the sense of being permanently about to react. People often reach for a psychological explanation for something a schedule is producing. That does not mean the anxiety is imaginary; it means the work has to include the pattern that is feeding it. Sessions booked around a rotation, rather than a rotation forced around a standing appointment, are the version that survives past week four. 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. ## Anxiety therapists in Kamloops: who you would see Taking new clients for anxiety counselling and seeing people in Kamloops 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/kamloops) ![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/kamloops) ## Getting counselling in Kamloops Kamloops is a hub for a very large and very sparse catchment. People drive in from Merritt, Chase and Barriere, and in winter that drive is a real deterrent rather than a theoretical one. Interior Health runs public intake. The local private sector is small relative to the area it effectively serves, so the choice for a specific approach is narrower than on the coast, and openings vary. [![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 Kamloops. There is no catchment, because there is no office. Interior Health asks for no referral for its Mental Health Group Counselling & Education service, which is for moderate to severe concerns and can be joined virtually, so somebody in Kamloops with anxiety can call 310-MHSU (6478) and ask for it directly. The Lansdowne Street centre lists it alongside individual counselling and treatment. A rotation is worth mentioning in that first call, as it is here. **Weather stops being a reason to miss a session. A snowed-in highway does not cancel a video appointment.** More on this city, including who else it serves and what the local picture looks like: [online counselling in Kamloops](https://www.westpeakwellness.com/online-counselling/kamloops). [Book a consultation](https://www.westpeakwellness.com/book) [Ask a question first](https://www.westpeakwellness.com/contact) ## What anxiety counselling involves [![A four-node loop: a trigger produces anxiety, avoidance brings immediate relief, that relief teaches the brain the threat was real, and the situation becomes more frightening next time, feeding back into the trigger.](https://www.westpeakwellness.com/img/anxiety-avoidance-cycle.svg) (full size, opens in a new tab)](https://www.westpeakwellness.com/img/anxiety-avoidance-cycle.svg) Relief is the reward that keeps the loop running. 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 anxiety counselling across BC](https://www.westpeakwellness.com/services/individual-therapy#online-anxiety-counselling-in-bc). 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 Kamloops **Do you use ACT or narrative therapy?** ACT, yes. Acceptance and commitment therapy is part of Savneet Singh’s training, alongside CBT and DBT, and it suits anxiety work because anxiety rarely leaves on request, so the useful question becomes what you do while it is present. Narrative therapy is not an approach either counsellor here lists. If it is the approach you want, ask about it on the free 15-minute consultation, or look for a counsellor who names it on their profile. **I work rotating shifts. Can this fit?** Yes, and say so in the first conversation. Booking in blocks around a rotation is a normal pattern here rather than a special arrangement. **Are Merritt and Salmon Arm covered?** Yes, on the same terms, with no distance penalty for being further out. **Is anxiety counselling available in Merritt, Salmon Arm, Chase, Sun Peaks, Logan Lake, Clearwater, Revelstoke, 100 Mile House or Williams Lake?** Yes. Anxiety Counselling by secure video reaches Merritt, Salmon Arm, Chase, Sun Peaks, Logan Lake, Clearwater, Revelstoke, 100 Mile House and Williams Lake exactly as it reaches Kamloops: there is no office to get to and the same fee applies however far out you are. Interior Health is the public route for Kamloops 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 Kamloops - [Couples and Marriage Counselling in Kamloops](https://www.westpeakwellness.com/online-counselling/kamloops/couples-therapy) - [EMDR Therapy in Kamloops](https://www.westpeakwellness.com/online-counselling/kamloops/emdr-therapy) - [Trauma Therapy and Counselling in Kamloops](https://www.westpeakwellness.com/online-counselling/kamloops/trauma-therapy) - [Depression Counselling and Therapy in Kamloops](https://www.westpeakwellness.com/online-counselling/kamloops/depression-counselling) ### Anxiety Counselling nearby - [Anxiety Counselling and Therapy in Kelowna](https://www.westpeakwellness.com/online-counselling/kelowna/anxiety-counselling) 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 Kamloops](https://www.westpeakwellness.com/online-counselling/kamloops) are answered on the city page. Sources - [Interior Health](https://www.interiorhealth.ca/) - [Interior Health, Mental Health Group Counselling & Education (read 3 Oct 2026)](https://www.interiorhealth.ca/services/group-counselling-education) - [Interior Health, Kamloops Mental Health & Substance Use (read 3 Oct 2026)](https://www.interiorhealth.ca/locations/kamloops-mental-health-substance-use) - [HealthLink BC, mental health and substance use (8-1-1)](https://www.healthlinkbc.ca/mental-health-substance-use) ## Anxiety Counselling and Therapy in Kamloops, 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. 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