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Trauma Therapy and Counselling in North Vancouver, BC
The Shore’s community psychiatric service is for serious or persistent illness, and the aftermath of one event rarely looks like either.
Trauma Therapy 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 describes its North Shore Adult Community Psychiatric Services as being for people with a serious or persistent mental illness, reached through a referral from a health-care provider. It leaves a large group in between: somebody shaken by a crash on the Upper Levels, a fall on a trail, or an emergency they were part of at work, who is still functioning, sleeping badly, and unsure their reaction counts.
It counts. Trauma-focused counselling is built for that middle ground, and it needs neither a diagnosis nor a referral to begin. By video, the first conversation about what happened takes place somewhere you already feel settled, rather than after a drive past where it happened.
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.
For trauma work in North Vancouver, 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.
Trauma therapists in North Vancouver: who you would see
Taking new clients for trauma therapy 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 trauma therapy involves
Trauma is not only the events people expect to count. It is anything that overwhelmed you at the time and did not finish being processed, which is why it can follow a single incident, a childhood, or a job you were good at.
What it is commonly used for
- A memory that intrudes, or a stretch of time that will not come back at all
- Reactions out of proportion to what is in front of you
- Feeling numb, distant, or watching yourself from outside
- Sleep, nightmares, and a body that will not settle
- What got carried down through a family rather than happening to you
- Vicarious trauma from work: healthcare, first response, care
Pacing first. Nothing here starts with the hardest thing: the early sessions build enough safety and enough control that the harder work is possible, and you decide what gets approached and when. EMDR is one of the tools, not the whole of it.
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. 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
Is it trauma if nobody was badly hurt?
It can be. What matters is how the event has stayed with you: sleep, startle, avoiding a road or a trail, replaying it at odd moments. Those are reasons to talk to somebody whether or not anyone else would call it serious.
Do I have to describe what happened in detail straight away?
No. Early sessions are about steadiness and pacing, and how much is said, and when, is agreed with you rather than expected of you.
Who would I see for trauma therapy in North Vancouver?
For trauma therapy 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 trauma therapy available in West Vancouver, Lower Lonsdale, Lynn Valley, Deep Cove, Bowen Island or Lions Bay?
Yes. Trauma Therapy 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 trauma therapy cost in North Vancouver, and will my plan cover it?
In North Vancouver, as everywhere in BC, trauma therapy 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.
- Depression Counselling and Therapy in North Vancouver, The North Shore’s public door asks for a doctor’s referral first, a sequence that depression makes hardest to start.
- 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.
Trauma Therapy 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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Trauma Therapy and Counselling 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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