Camille Granda · Courtenay
Updated October 2, 2026
Counselling for Courtenay, with Camille
A posting, a drive down-Island, or two ferries from Hornby: counselling in the Comox Valley has to survive all three.
Camille works with clients in Courtenay entirely by secure video. What changes is what getting to an appointment in person would have cost you, and that is the part this removes.
- First 30-minute consultation free, by video, with no obligation to book afterwards
- Individual counselling, $140 for 50 minutes
- Couples counselling, $175 for 50 minutes, or extended $340 for 110 minutes
- EMDR, $140 for 50 minutes, or intensive $190 for 90 minutes
Paid at booking, with a receipt for your extended health plan; whether your plan reimburses it depends on the plan. Fees and coverage.
Courtenay is the Comox Valley's main city, and the valley is better served than its size suggests: the Comox Valley campus of North Island Hospital, North Island College's largest campus, and an Island Health mental-health team that takes self-referrals. What shapes counselling here is less what exists than who is looking for it. CFB Comox brings families in on a posting and moves them on with the next one, and around the base the valley is small enough that people know each other.
Both of those work against a local office. A course of counselling tied to a building ends when the posting does, and in Comox or Cumberland the waiting room may hold a neighbour, somebody from the base, or a parent from your child's school. Video takes both out of it. A Registered Clinical Counsellor anywhere in BC is as available in Royston or on Hornby Island as in downtown Courtenay.
Her focus is trauma, anxiety and chronic stress, grief, loss and life transitions. Sessions run in English or Tagalog, including moving between them within one session.
For the fuller picture of accessing counselling from Courtenay: waitlists, the health authority, and what is available locally. See counselling in Courtenay.
Why a video session suits Courtenay
- Survives a posting within BC, A posting from Comox to Esquimalt, or a civilian move anywhere in the province, keeps the same counsellor, with the work picking up where it paused.
- Outside the valley's circles, Nobody from the squadron, the school run or the street sees you walk in, because the session happens behind your own door.
- Comox, Cumberland and the islands, Comox, Cumberland, Royston, Union Bay, Fanny Bay, Denman and Hornby on identical terms. From Hornby that is two ferries each way that never have to be caught.
- Around a schedule that moves, Flying, exercises, courses away and hospital shifts rarely follow a fixed pattern. The booking calendar shows each counsellor's real open times, so you can see what fits before you book.
Sessions in English or Tagalog
Camille works in English and Tagalog, including moving between them inside one session. For a lot of people that is the difference between explaining a feeling and being understood the first time, and it does not require travelling to a bigger city to find it.
What Camille works with
Trauma
Difficult or overwhelming experiences, worked through at a pace you set, building safety and a sense of control first, rather than going straight at the hardest thing.
Anxiety and chronic stress
The patterns underneath high-functioning anxiety, perfectionism and burnout. The kind almost nobody around you can see, because you are still delivering.
Grief, loss and life transitions
Room for the changes you chose and the ones you did not: endings, identity shifts, and the uncertainty that arrives with them.
Camille may suit you if you are
- Anxious, overwhelmed, burnt out, or running on empty
- In the middle of a big change, a relationship, a move, a loss
- Carrying something from before that still shapes how you feel and how you are with people
- Tired of perfectionism, people-pleasing, or never quite feeling like enough
- Trying to make sense of yourself alongside culture, family expectations, and what got handed down
- Disconnected from your body, your feelings, or who you actually are
- Wanting better relationships and boundaries that hold
- Looking for someone who brings warmth and practical tools, not just listening
You do not need to have everything figured out before you start. Sometimes knowing that something is not working any more is enough of a reason to begin.
Questions people in Courtenay ask
Can I refer myself to public mental-health services in the Comox Valley?
Yes. Island Health's Comox Valley Mental Health & Substance Use team at 941A England Avenue in Courtenay is the single access point for adults, and no referral is needed: walk in, or call 250-331-8524. Starting private counselling does not take you off a public list, and the two can run side by side.
I am serving at 19 Wing. Should I call Member and Family Assistance first?
It is a reasonable first call. Member and Family Assistance Services, 1-800-268-7708, serves Regular Force and Reserve members and their families around the clock, and it is a short-term problem-solving service: often a few sessions, with a referral onward if more is needed. Private counselling sits outside it and outside the chain of command: nothing is reported to anybody, within the narrow limits set out on the standards page.
A posting is likely in the next year or two. Should I wait until after the move?
Not if the move stays inside British Columbia: Esquimalt, Victoria or anywhere else in the province is the same session, so waiting buys nothing. A posting to another province is different, because a counsellor can only see you where they are permitted to practise. Raise the expected date on the free consultation and the plan is built around it.
I live on Denman or Hornby. Does that change anything?
Nothing about the session itself. From Hornby, an appointment in Courtenay means the Gravelly Bay ferry, the drive across Denman and the Buckley Bay ferry, then the same again home, and that is the part video removes. Island connections vary, so test yours before the first session and settle at the start what happens if the line goes.
Is there something free for a teenager or young adult?
Yes. Foundry Comox Valley, run by the John Howard Society of North Island on 10th Street in Courtenay, offers free and confidential counselling, substance-use support and peer support for people aged 12 to 24 and their families. 8-1-1 connects to HealthLink BC at any hour.
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This is not a crisis service. If you need urgent support in BC right now: Emergency services 911 · Suicide Crisis Helpline 9-8-8. In immediate danger, call 911.
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