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Trauma Therapy and Counselling in Victoria, BC
Trauma Therapy for people in Victoria 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.
A large service and veteran population, and a specific reluctance to be seen using local services.
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Greater Victoria holds a substantial naval, military and veteran population, and with it a particular reluctance: a real concern about career consequences, and about being recognised in a waiting room by somebody who works alongside you. Whether or not that concern is justified in a given case, it reliably delays people from getting help, sometimes by years.
Distance solves the visibility problem completely. There is no local waiting room, no car outside a building, and no chance of meeting a colleague on the way in, which for this population is frequently the difference between starting and continuing to manage it alone.
Sessions are $140 for 50 minutes (BCACC’s 2026 fee guide recommends $140 to $175) 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.
For trauma work in Victoria, 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 Victoria: who you would see
Taking new clients for trauma therapy and seeing people in Victoria 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 in Victoria
Victoria is a ferry or a flight from the mainland, which means the specialist pool is genuinely bounded rather than merely inconvenient. If the practitioner you need is in Vancouver, "going to see them" is a day.
Island Health runs public intake, and the private sector in Greater Victoria is active. When the specific approach you want has no opening on the Island, the next option on the mainland involves a sailing.
Public mental-health intake for Victoria 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 strait stops being a factor. Virtual care is the one arrangement where being on the Island costs nothing at all in access.
More on this city, including who else it serves and what the local picture looks like: online counselling in Victoria.
What trauma therapy involves
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 Victoria
Do you treat PTSD in Victoria?
Trauma therapy here includes work with people who have a PTSD diagnosis and people who do not; the diagnosis comes from a physician or psychologist, not a counsellor, and the therapy does not depend on it. In Victoria a large share of that work is with serving and former military, DND civilians and first responders, for whom the question of what goes on a file matters, and that is answered plainly in the first session.
Will this affect my career or my file?
This is a private practice and nothing is reported anywhere. The limits of confidentiality are set out on the standards page and they are narrow, specific, and the same as they would be anywhere.
Are Esquimalt, Oak Bay and James Bay covered?
Yes, on identical terms. Nothing about the service depends on where in the region you are.
Is trauma therapy available in Esquimalt or Oak Bay?
Yes. Trauma Therapy by secure video reaches Esquimalt and Oak Bay exactly as it reaches Victoria: there is no office to get to and the same fee applies however far out you are. Island Health is the public route for Victoria 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 Victoria
- Couples and Marriage Counselling in Victoria
- EMDR Therapy in Victoria
- Anxiety Counselling and Therapy in Victoria
- Depression Counselling and Therapy in Victoria
Trauma Therapy nearby
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- Trauma Therapy and Counselling in Saanich
- Trauma Therapy and Counselling in Langford
The practice is virtual and covers all of British Columbia. See every city page, or the full list of services. Questions specific to Victoria are answered on the city page.
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Trauma Therapy and Counselling in Victoria, 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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