Savneet Singh · North Vancouver
Updated October 2, 2026
Counselling for North Vancouver, with Savneet
The North Shore has its own public front door, which asks for a referral, and two bridges to everywhere else.
Savneet works with clients in North Vancouver 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
- Savneet does not offer couples counselling, EMDR or family counselling; Camille Granda does.
Paid at booking, with a receipt for your extended health plan; whether your plan reimburses it depends on the plan. Fees and coverage.
North Vancouver is two municipalities, the City and the District, and together with West Vancouver they make up what everybody calls the North Shore. It is its own corner of Vancouver Coastal Health, with Lions Gate Hospital, a mental-health centre on the hospital campus and a public intake team that also covers Bowen Island and Lions Bay. What the Shore does not have is a short way to anywhere else.
Two road bridges and the SeaBus carry it across Burrard Inlet, and in the 2021 Census about two in three North Shore commuters with a usual workplace worked outside the municipality they live in. A weekly appointment across the water adds a crossing to both ends. A Registered Clinical Counsellor by secure video does not, from Deep Cove to Horseshoe Bay.
Her focus is anxiety, depression, trauma and attachment, personality disorders. Sessions run in English or Punjabi, including moving between them within one session.
For the fuller picture of accessing counselling from North Vancouver: waitlists, the health authority, and what is available locally. See counselling in North Vancouver.
Why a video session suits North Vancouver
- No bridge either way, The Lions Gate, the Ironworkers Memorial or the SeaBus add a crossing to both ends of an appointment across the water. A video session adds none.
- No referral first, The public intake on the North Shore asks for a referral from a family doctor or walk-in clinic. Seeing a Registered Clinical Counsellor privately does not.
- Deep Cove to Horseshoe Bay, Bowen and Lions Bay, Lower Lonsdale, Lynn Valley, Deep Cove, West Vancouver, Bowen Island and Lions Bay on identical terms, with no sailing and no drive for being further out.
- Around a term or a roster, University terms and hospital rotations change week to week. Sessions are booked block by block, and the booking calendar shows each counsellor's real open times.
Sessions in English or Punjabi
Savneet works in English and Punjabi, 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 Savneet works with
Anxiety
Cycles of worry and overthinking, and a nervous system learning that it is safe to slow down.
Depression
Helping small steps and small moments feel possible again, without pressure to snap out of it.
Trauma and attachment
Trauma at whatever pace feels right, sometimes before you are ready to look at it at all; and attachment patterns, so the way you connect with others starts to feel like a choice rather than a reflex.
Personality disorders
Building a steadier sense of self without losing what makes you who you are.
Savneet may suit you if you are
- Managing everything on the outside, while quietly struggling on the inside
- Carrying trauma or attachment wounds that keep showing up in your relationships
- Stuck in patterns you recognise but cannot seem to shift on your own
- Not sure if what you are feeling has a name yet, and that is okay
- Wanting to work in English, in Punjabi, or moving between the two
Reaching out does not commit you to anything. We can start with a conversation and see if it feels right.
Questions people in North Vancouver ask
Which health authority covers North Vancouver?
Vancouver Coastal Health, the same authority as Vancouver, but the North Shore has its own intake. The Central Intake Team at the HOpe Centre, on the Lions Gate Hospital campus, serves adults in North Vancouver, West Vancouver, Bowen Island and Lions Bay, and asks for a referral from a family doctor or walk-in clinic. Private counselling runs alongside it rather than instead of it.
I don’t have a family doctor. Where do I start?
A walk-in clinic can make the referral to Central Intake, and the North Vancouver Urgent and Primary Care Centre offers same-day care for urgent concerns, low mood and anxiety included. 8-1-1 connects to HealthLink BC at any hour. Seeing a Registered Clinical Counsellor privately needs no referral at all, so it can start while the public route is still being arranged.
Isn’t the SeaBus quick enough to see someone downtown?
For some people it is, and if an office near Waterfront suits you, that is a reasonable choice. The crossing itself is twelve minutes; the trip is the walk or bus to Lonsdale Quay, the wait, the crossing and the walk at the far end, twice. Travel is one of the ordinary reasons a course of counselling stops early, and video takes it out.
Can I have sessions from Bowen Island?
Yes, on exactly the same terms as anywhere on the Shore, with no sailing either way. The one thing worth doing first is testing the connection from the room you would use, and the free 30-minute consultation is a good moment to do it.
Is there anything free or low-cost on the North Shore?
Yes. The Canadian Mental Health Association’s North and West Vancouver branch runs short-term, low-cost counselling for adults 19 and over who live on the North Shore. Family Services of the North Shore offers affordable and sometimes subsidized counselling. Foundry North Shore has drop-in counselling for young people aged 12 to 24. If one of those fits, use it.
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