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Couples and Marriage Counselling in Saanich, BC
On the Peninsula, couples counselling often arrives late: after a retirement, a diagnosis, or one partner becoming the other’s carer.
Couples Therapy for people in Saanich 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
A marriage built around two working lives has to be rebuilt when both stop, and in the Peninsula towns, where a large share of residents are past sixty-five, a great many couples are doing that at once. Time together doubles overnight. Roles that were never discussed become the whole of the day, and an illness can turn a partner into a patient with very little warning.
Couples rarely seek help at this stage, partly because counselling is assumed to be for younger marriages in trouble. It is not. Working out a retirement together, or how to stay partners while one cares for the other, is ordinary couples work, and joining from your own living room removes the drive into Victoria entirely.
Sessions are $175 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.
Couples or marriage counsellor in Saanich: who you would see
Taking new clients for couples therapy and seeing people in Saanich 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
Getting counselling in Saanich
Saanich runs from Gordon Head and the university to farmland and the Peninsula towns at the end of Highway 17, and the listings people search treat all of it as Victoria. From Sidney or Brentwood Bay, an appointment in town is the highway in both directions.
Island Health’s public intake for the South Island is downtown, on Pembroke Street, and a search under “Victoria” returns the whole region at once, with no sense of which end of it you live at. Students have campus counselling; the Peninsula’s towns are small enough that the local counsellor may well be a neighbour.
Public mental-health intake for Saanich runs through Island 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 district stops having a far end. Cordova Bay, Gordon Head and Sidney are the same distance from a video session, and the end of a term does not have to be the end of the work.
More on this city, including who else it serves and what the local picture looks like: online counselling in Saanich.
What couples therapy involves
Every couple hits friction. Couples therapy is a structured, research-based space to understand the patterns underneath the arguments, and to build the skills to move through conflict without losing each other. Sessions are 50 minutes (or a 110-minute extended option), online across BC.
What it is commonly used for
- Communication that keeps breaking down
- Recurring conflict and gridlock
- Rebuilding trust after a rupture
- Growing apart or feeling unseen
- Navigating big decisions together
Couples work here is Gottman-informed, drawing on one of the most researched approaches to couples therapy. It's practical and skills-based: you'll leave sessions with tools, not just insight, and a clearer map of how the two of you connect and repair.
The full picture: how sessions are structured, what the first one is like, and what it does not do, is on the couples therapy page. 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 Saanich
Is it too late for couples counselling after forty years together?
No. Long marriages bring their own advantages to the work, including a great deal of shared history to draw on. What tends to be harder is naming patterns that have been in place for decades, and that is exactly what the sessions are for.
One of us is now caring for the other. Is that couples work?
It can be. Caregiving changes the balance of a relationship, and both partners often feel the loss of how things were without saying so. Sessions make room for both experiences rather than only the illness.
Can sessions run in Punjabi if one of us is more comfortable that way?
Not for couples sessions, which currently run in English or Tagalog. Punjabi is available for individual counselling, so a partner who would rather speak Punjabi can have sessions of their own in it. The free consultation is the place to sort out which combination fits.
Who would I see for couples therapy in Saanich?
For couples therapy in Saanich, Camille Granda, RCC, CCC, who works in English and Tagalog. Every session is by secure video, and the free consultation is with Camille as well, so the person you meet first is the person you would see.
Is couples therapy available in Gordon Head, Cordova Bay, Royal Oak, Central Saanich, North Saanich or Sidney?
Yes. Couples Therapy by secure video reaches Gordon Head, Cordova Bay, Royal Oak, Central Saanich, North Saanich and Sidney exactly as it reaches Saanich: there is no office to get to and the same fee applies however far out you are. Island Health is the public route for Saanich and the rest of its region; this is the private one, and it needs no referral.
What does couples therapy cost in Saanich, and will my plan cover it?
In Saanich, as everywhere in BC, couples therapy is $175 for 50 minutes (BCACC’s 2026 fee guide recommends $155 to $205), 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 in Saanich
- Anxiety Counselling and Therapy in Saanich, Around the university, anxiety runs to a term calendar, and the calendar does not pause for treatment.
- Depression Counselling and Therapy in Saanich, On the Peninsula, low mood after retirement or a loss is easily put down to age rather than recognised as depression.
- Trauma Therapy and Counselling in Saanich, Same-day public help in Greater Victoria is good at the immediate; trauma work is rarely immediate and rarely short.
- EMDR Therapy in Saanich, For a student, EMDR’s preparation phase has to fit a term, and a term has an end date.
Couples 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 Saanich are answered on the city page.
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Couples and Marriage Counselling in Saanich, without the travel
A free 30-minute video call, in English or Tagalog. No charge, no card, and no obligation to book anything afterwards.
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