Camille Granda · Victoria
Counselling for Victoria, with Camille
On the Island, specialist care has often meant a ferry, a day off, and a return sailing. It no longer has to.
Camille works with clients in Victoria 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.
Victoria has a solid local counselling community, and for a lot of people it covers what they need. Where it runs out is specialisation — a particular modality, a particular language, or a practitioner with specific experience in what you are bringing.
Historically the answer was a ferry. A single appointment on the mainland means a sailing each way, a day given up, and a cost that turns weekly therapy into an impossibility. Which meant the practical choice was usually not "which practitioner is the best fit" but "which practitioner is on this side of the water".
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 Victoria — waitlists, the health authority, and what is available locally — see counselling in Victoria.
Why a video session suits Victoria
- No sailing, no day lost — The main practical change. Weekly work becomes sustainable in a way a ferry schedule never allowed.
- Access to mainland specialisation — Modality and language options that were previously a full travel day away.
- Works up-Island too — Nanaimo, Courtenay, Campbell River, and smaller communities where local options thin out considerably.
- Continuity through moves — Island to mainland or back — common here — without restarting with a new counsellor.
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 Victoria ask
Can a mainland counsellor see me on the Island?
Yes. Registration is province-wide, so a BC-registered counsellor can work with clients anywhere in British Columbia by secure video, under the same ethical and privacy standards as in person.
Do you work with people further up-Island?
Yes — Nanaimo, Duncan, the Comox Valley, Campbell River, and smaller communities. Distance from Victoria makes no difference to a virtual session.
Is online therapy actually as good as in-person?
The research finds outcomes broadly comparable for the concerns most people bring, with some genuine trade-offs. The guide on online versus in-person therapy sets out both sides.
Is there something free I should try first?
Yes, and it is genuinely good. Island Health's CARES service at 1119 Pembroke Street offers same-day assessment and walk-in counselling, in person or virtually, with no referral and no wait. If that meets what you need, use it. Private counselling is the better fit when the work is ongoing rather than immediate, or when what you need is specific enough that the local list is short.
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.
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Counselling in Victoria, without the drive
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