Chelsea Kirkpatrick

Chelsea offers individual counselling to all folks 18+. She takes a deep, compassionate, and non-judgemental interest in her clients’ inner experience.

Chelsea seeks to help you to authentically connect with yourself and to determine what it means for you to live a fulfilling life. Through this process her clients grow to understand and embrace the value in their experiences while reducing the suffering and feelings of distress that accompany fear and anxiety. She is passionate about helping clients to identify the strengths that accompany ADHD, while helping to manage stressors and heal the impacts on self-worth and relationships.

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Approach to Counselling

Chelsea’s approach to therapy is individualized to the client and pulls primarily from existential therapy as it provides a comprehensive base for understanding the range of a person’s suffering, joy, heartbreak, decision making, relationships, fears and the many other human experiences. She also incorporates other humanistic approaches, such as person-centered, emotion-focused therapy (EFT), feminist therapy and mindfulness. She strongly believes that whatever a person brings to therapy is important to explore and she is committed to ensuring that her clients feel deeply seen and understood. She is a generous listener and works collaboratively to help clients take a deep look at their values, feelings, and experiences so they can make wholehearted decisions. She is passionate about helping clients cultivate self-compassion and self-acceptance while also navigating towards the changes they are hoping for.

Professional Memberships

Chelsea is a Registered Clinical Counsellor with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors.

Education and Experience

Chelsea has specialized training in Existential Analysis and Logotherapy through Existential Analysis Canada. She is a member of Existential Analysis Canada and can provide self-experience to EA counselling diploma trainees.

She holds a Master’s degree in Counselling Psychology at Adler University, a Professional Counselling Diploma from VCCT and a Bachelor’s degree in Honours Psychology.

Chelsea has vast experience and training working with social anxiety, general anxiety, OCD, ADHD, depression and loneliness, self-worth, sexuality, relationships, and loss and grief. She aims to provide queer and neurodivergent affirming care and pays close attention to her client’s individual identities and experience in the world, which may include societal and/or cultural attitudes, constraints, and prejudices.

On a personal note, Chelsea thrives through connection and creativity. When she isn’t at work, you can likely find her spending quality time with people, potatoes, or her puppy.

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