Camille Granda · Kelowna
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Counselling for Kelowna, with Camille
Camille works with clients in Kelowna 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.
The Okanagan's population has grown faster than its mental-health services have, and specialist options remain thin.
BC Association of Clinical Counsellors keeps a public register, so you can check Camille’s registration yourself before a consultation in Kelowna.
- First 15-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.
Kelowna has grown quickly, and it has grown in a specific way: retirees, remote workers who left the coast, students at UBC Okanagan, and a large seasonal workforce in agriculture and tourism. Health and social services have not expanded at the same pace, and mental health is where that gap shows most clearly.
The result is that local options exist and openings vary, most of all at the specialist end: a particular modality, or a particular language.
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 Kelowna: waitlists, the health authority, and what is available locally. See online counselling in Kelowna.
Why a video session suits Kelowna
- Reaches specialisation that is not local, Modality and language options that the Central Okanagan list does not currently include.
- Works around seasonal peaks, No travel time either side of the session, so a session costs fifty minutes rather than an afternoon.
- Covers the wider Okanagan, West Kelowna, Lake Country and the smaller Interior communities where local coverage thins further. Penticton and the South Okanagan and Vernon and the North Okanagan have pages of their own.
- Continues through evacuation or travel, Anywhere in BC with a connection, which in a wildfire season is not a hypothetical benefit.
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 Kelowna ask
Do you work with people in Lake Country, Peachland, or West Kelowna?
Yes. The practice covers all of British Columbia, so anywhere in the Okanagan works identically, with no drive into Kelowna either side of a session. Vernon and the North Okanagan have a page of their own.
Can I get counselling about wildfire evacuation or loss?
Yes. Evacuation, property loss, and repeated seasons of alert are legitimate reasons to seek support, and the fact that a whole community experienced it does not make your response to it less real.
I work the season. Can sessions stop and start?
Yes, and in the Okanagan that is the normal pattern rather than the exception. Agricultural and hospitality work here runs on a season, and a schedule assuming the same weekday at the same time for six months straight does not survive contact with it. Booking block by block, with gaps, works, and nothing is lost by pausing. Better to plan for that than to book weekly, miss three, and conclude counselling did not suit you.
Is there a free option I should try first?
CMHA Kelowna runs a free virtual counselling programme for adults 25 and over, and it is worth looking at before paying for anything. Interior Health also provides mental-health and substance-use services across the Okanagan. Both are real options and this page is not an argument against using them.
Can sessions be in Tagalog?
Yes: in English or Tagalog, or moving between them as the conversation needs. Most people switch without planning to, particularly when something is hard to say, and nothing about the session requires picking one and staying there.
For what working in Tagalog means for someone in Kelowna, the practice’s page on Tagalog counselling in Kelowna covers it.
Deciding between Camille and Savneet?
| Question | Camille Granda | Savneet Singh |
|---|---|---|
| Languages | English and Tagalog | English and Punjabi |
| What she offers | Individual counselling, couples counselling, EMDR and family counselling. | Individual counselling. Camille Granda offers couples counselling, EMDR and family counselling: book couples counselling with Camille, or book EMDR or family counselling with Camille. |
| Often works with | Trauma; anxiety and chronic stress; grief, loss and life transitions | Anxiety; depression; trauma and attachment; personality disorders |
| Next free consultation | The calendar shows Camille’s open times | The calendar shows Savneet’s open times |
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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