Camille Granda · Vancouver
Counselling for Vancouver, with Camille
The most therapists in the province, and still a waitlist — because the constraint here is affordability, not supply.
Camille works with clients in Vancouver entirely by secure video, so nothing about the fee, the availability or the work changes with where you live. What changes is what getting to an appointment in person would have cost you — and that is the part this removes.
Vancouver has more counsellors per capita than anywhere else in British Columbia. It is also the city where people most often report giving up on finding one — which sounds contradictory until you look at what the actual constraint is.
It is not supply. It is cost, time, and the specific difficulty of finding someone who is both a genuine fit and currently accepting clients. In a city where housing already takes an outsized share of income, a $140 weekly session is a real decision rather than an obvious one.
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 Vancouver — waitlists, the health authority, and what is available locally — see counselling in Vancouver.
Why a video session suits Vancouver
- No commute attached to the session — In a city where cross-town travel can double the time cost of an appointment, this is usually what determines whether people keep going.
- Lunch-break appointments — A session from a closed office or a parked car is entirely workable, and removes the need to explain an absence.
- It follows you — Moving within BC — common here — does not mean starting again with someone new.
- English or Tagalog — Including moving between them inside one session, which is how most bilingual people actually think.
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.
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 Vancouver ask
Is virtual therapy cheaper than in-person?
Fees here are the same either way. What virtual removes is the surrounding cost: transit or parking, and the hour or more of travel that an in-person appointment adds to a working day.
I have extended health through work. Will it cover this?
Most BC plans that list Registered Clinical Counsellors will. Some list only psychologists and social workers, so it is worth checking the exact wording — the extended health coverage page explains what to look for.
What if I cannot afford private fees?
Vancouver Coastal Health runs free mental-health services, and there is a broader set of free and low-cost options across BC worth checking before paying out of pocket. Those are listed on the free and low-cost counselling page.
I just moved here and do not know anyone. Is that a reason to come?
Yes, and it is one of the more common ones. Vancouver has a well-documented reputation as a hard city to build a social life in, particularly for people who arrived as adults, and a great deal of what comes up in this work is not a diagnosable condition at all — it is loneliness in a place where everyone appears to have arrived with their friendships already assembled. That is worth working on rather than waiting out.
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.
Camille also works with
The same practice, the same fee and the same availability — only the journey you are not making changes.
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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