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Depression Counselling and Therapy in North Vancouver, BC
The North Shore’s public door asks for a doctor’s referral first, a sequence that depression makes hardest to start.
Depression Counselling for people in North Vancouver is delivered by secure video by Registered Clinical Counsellors registered with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors, with a free first consultation, no referral, and receipts your extended health plan can process.
Updated October 2, 2026
Vancouver Coastal Health’s Central Intake Team is the public route for adults on the North Shore, and it asks for a referral from a family doctor or a walk-in clinic before it gets in touch. Depression works directly against that kind of sequence: find a clinic, explain it to somebody new, then wait for a call. Each step is reasonable, and each is one more task on the days when tasks are the problem.
Two shorter routes are worth knowing. The North Vancouver Urgent and Primary Care Centre treats low mood and depression as same-day concerns, and a private Registered Clinical Counsellor needs no referral at all. Neither replaces the other, and the second can begin while the first is still being arranged.
Sessions are $140 for 50 minutes and start with a free 30-minute video call, 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. Fees and extended-health cover are set out in full.
Depression counsellors in North Vancouver: who you would see
Taking new clients for depression counselling and seeing people in North Vancouver 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
Savneet Singh, RCC
English and Punjabi · Anxiety, Depression, Trauma and attachment
Getting counselling on the North Shore
The North Shore reaches the rest of Metro Vancouver by two road bridges and the SeaBus, and in the 2021 Census about two in three of its commuters with a usual workplace worked outside the municipality they live in. An appointment across Burrard Inlet adds a crossing to both ends of the session.
Vancouver Coastal Health’s Central Intake Team at the HOpe Centre, on the Lions Gate Hospital campus, is the public door for adults on the Shore, and it asks for a referral from a family doctor or walk-in clinic first. Private counselling is booked directly, but a search for a particular approach can widen to Vancouver, and so to a crossing.
Public mental-health intake for North Vancouver runs through Vancouver Coastal Health. 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.
The crossing stops being part of the appointment. Nothing about a session depends on how the Lions Gate or the Ironworkers is moving that day, or on catching a sailing from Bowen.
More on this city, including who else it serves and what the local picture looks like: online counselling in North Vancouver.
What depression counselling involves
Depression is often described as sadness and is more often an absence: of energy, of interest, of the sense that any of it matters. It gets called laziness by the person experiencing it more than by anybody else.
What it is commonly used for
- Low mood that has outlasted whatever started it
- Losing interest in things that used to matter
- Exhaustion that sleep does not touch
- Harsh, constant self-criticism
- Withdrawing from people, then feeling worse for being alone
- Winters that are consistently harder than the rest of the year
Depression removes the energy required to do the things that lift it, which is why advice fails. The work starts small and concrete, restores movement before insight, and looks at what is maintaining the low rather than only at how it feels.
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 depression counselling across BC. If you are still working out what you need, the short questionnaire is a quicker route than reading all of them, and what to expect in a first session covers the part most people are actually nervous about.
Questions from North Vancouver
I have no family doctor. Can I still get help for depression here?
Yes. A walk-in clinic can make the referral to Central Intake, the Urgent and Primary Care Centre in North Vancouver offers same-day care for urgent concerns including low mood, and private counselling with an RCC needs no referral.
What if some weeks I cannot face a video call?
Say so rather than missing it quietly. The camera can stay off, and a pause agreed with a date to come back is a plan rather than a lapse.
Who would I see for depression counselling in North Vancouver?
For depression counselling in North Vancouver, Camille Granda, RCC, CCC, who works in English and Tagalog or Savneet Singh, RCC, who works in English and Punjabi. Each sees people 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 see.
Is depression counselling available in West Vancouver, Lower Lonsdale, Lynn Valley, Deep Cove, Bowen Island or Lions Bay?
Yes. Depression Counselling by secure video reaches West Vancouver, Lower Lonsdale, Lynn Valley, Deep Cove, Bowen Island and Lions Bay exactly as it reaches North Vancouver: there is no office to get to and the same fee applies however far out you are. Vancouver Coastal Health is the public route for North Vancouver and the rest of its region; this is the private one, and it needs no referral.
What does depression counselling cost in North Vancouver, and will my plan cover it?
In North Vancouver, as everywhere in BC, depression counselling is $140 for 50 minutes (BCACC’s 2026 fee guide recommends $140 to $175), after a free 30-minute consultation. 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.
More frequently asked questions, or book the free consultation and ask directly.
Other counselling on the North Shore
- Anxiety Counselling and Therapy in North Vancouver, On the North Shore, an appointment across the water is only as dependable as two bridges and a twelve-minute ferry.
- Trauma Therapy and Counselling in North Vancouver, The Shore’s community psychiatric service is for serious or persistent illness, and the aftermath of one event rarely looks like either.
- Couples and Marriage Counselling in North Vancouver, For a couple on Bowen Island, a mainland appointment means a sailing each way, together, on the ferry’s timetable rather than theirs.
- EMDR Therapy in North Vancouver, Choosing an EMDR therapist by which side of Burrard Inlet they work on narrows an already specific search.
Depression Counselling nearby
The practice is virtual and covers all of British Columbia. See every city page, or the full list of services. Questions specific to North Vancouver are answered on the city page.
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Depression Counselling and Therapy in North Vancouver, without the travel
A free 30-minute video call, in English, Punjabi or Tagalog. No charge, no card, and no obligation to book anything afterwards.
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