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EMDR Therapy in Vancouver, BC
EMDR Therapy for people in Vancouver is with Camille Granda, RCC, CCC, by secure video, with a free 15-minute consultation, no referral, and receipts your extended health plan can process.
In Vancouver, the EMDR question is usually timing. Trained clinicians practise here; what varies is who has an opening that suits your week, and video takes the commute out of keeping it.
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Vancouver has EMDR-trained clinicians, and the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors’ directory and EMDR Canada’s list show who they are. What varies is who is taking new clients at a time that suits you, so a search can end on a waitlist rather than in a first session.
It is also a modality where the schedule matters more than usual. EMDR processing works best with a predictable rhythm, and a session that has to be moved because of traffic is more disruptive here than it would be in ordinary talk therapy. Removing the journey removes the most common reason the rhythm breaks.
Sessions are $140 for 50 minutes and start with a free 15-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, so check it for the RCC designation before the first paid session. Fees and extended-health cover are set out in full.
EMDR from Vancouver can also run as the EMDR Intensive once preparation is done: $190 for 90 minutes with Camille Granda. How the intensive differs from weekly EMDR.
EMDR therapist in Vancouver: who you would see
Taking new clients for EMDR therapy and seeing people in 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 · EMDR, Trauma, Anxiety and chronic stress
Getting counselling in Vancouver
Vancouver has more counsellors per resident than anywhere else in the province, and the constraint is almost never distance. It is that the ones taking new clients are booked, and the commute to a downtown or Kitsilano office at rush hour costs more time than the session itself.
There is no shortage of private practices here. What there is a shortage of is openings: the practices with the strongest reputations tend to hold waitlists, and a clinic that can see you this month is often one you found because nobody else could take you.
Public mental-health intake for 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.
Removing the commute is not a small convenience in this city. A 50-minute session that costs ninety minutes of travel either side is the appointment people quietly stop attending around week six.
More on this city, including who else it serves and what the local picture looks like: online counselling in Vancouver.
What EMDR therapy involves
The full picture: how sessions are structured, what the first one is like, and what it does not do, is on the EMDR 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 Vancouver
Does EMDR actually work over video?
The bilateral stimulation is delivered on screen or through self-administered tapping, both of which are established remote protocols. What matters more is preparation and pacing, and neither of those depends on being in the same room.
Do I need to have a formal PTSD diagnosis?
No. EMDR is used with a range of distressing memories and stuck patterns, many of which never attract a diagnosis and do not need one to be worth working on.
Is EMDR therapy available in East Vancouver, Kitsilano or the West End?
Yes. EMDR Therapy by secure video reaches East Vancouver, Kitsilano and the West End exactly as it reaches 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 Vancouver and the rest of its region; this is the private one, and it needs no referral.
More frequently asked questions, or book the free consultation and ask directly.
Other counselling in Vancouver
- Couples and Marriage Counselling in Vancouver
- Anxiety Counselling and Therapy in Vancouver
- Trauma Therapy and Counselling in Vancouver
- Depression Counselling and Therapy in Vancouver
EMDR 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 Vancouver are answered on the city page.
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EMDR Therapy in Vancouver, without the travel
A free 15-minute video call, in English or Tagalog. No charge, no card, and no obligation to book anything afterwards.
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