
Ann Downie, M.Ed., RCC
Offers
In-person and virtual appointments
- Clinical Counsellor
- Woman
Accepting new patients
Provider's hours
Sunday
10:00 am
-
5:00 pm
Monday
Closed
Tuesday
Closed
Wednesday
10:00 am
-
5:00 pm
Thursday
Closed
Friday
Closed
Saturday
10:00 am
-
3:00 pm
Provider information
Description
Ann offers in person counselling in Victoria, BC, and video/phone counselling sessions for clients across BC. Through a trusting, collaborative relationship with clients, she helps clients build resiliency to cope with life's challenges. She helps clients get "unstuck" and move toward the changes they want in their lives. She helps with parenting challenges, stress, personal growth, healing from trauma, workplace issues including burnout. She works with adults, couples and families. She also supports older teens (16+) with the challenges of adolescence and young adulthood.
Conditions
- Abuse
- Anxiety
- Body Image
- Bullying
- Communication
- Depression
- Divorce
- Eating disorders
- Emotion Regulation
- Grief, loss, bereavement
- Loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Parenting
- Relationship Issues
- Self Esteem
- Social Isolation
- Stress
- Trauma
- Women's Issues
- Workplace stress
Services
- Acceptance and commitment therapy
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Dialectical behavior therapy
- Emotionally focused therapy
- Family systems therapy
- Humanistic therapy
- Marital counselling
- Marriage and family therapy
- Motivational interviewing
- Relationship counselling
- Solution-focused brief therapy
- Strength-based therapy
- Trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy
Clientele
- Adults (18+)
- Couples
- Families
- LGBTQ2+
- Seniors (65+)
- Teens (13-17)
Languages spoken
- English
Professional designations
- Master of Counselling Psychology (M.Ed.)
- Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC)
Education
- Masters of Education in Counselling Psychology (University of British Columbia)
Professional associations
- BC Association of Clinical Counsellors (BCACC)
Facility: Gravitate Counselling Inc.
Summary
At Gravitate, our team of therapists brings diverse life experiences, education, mental health training, and counselling methods to our practice. We offer services to children (5-12), teenagers (13-19), adults, seniors (65+), families, and couples of all ethnicities, religions, genders, sexual orientations, and relationship structures. We offer a free matching service, where our Clinical Director helps clients choose a counsellor that is likely to be a good fit based on the client's needs, preferences, schedule, ability to pay and more.
Business hours
Sunday
By appointment only
Monday
7:00 am
-
10:00 pm
Tuesday
7:00 am
-
10:00 pm
Wednesday
7:00 am
-
10:00 pm
Thursday
7:00 am
-
10:00 pm
Friday
7:00 am
-
10:00 pm
Saturday
By appointment only
Services & supplies
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Culturally sensitive therapy
- Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy

