Melissa Davies, M.ACP., RCC
Offers
In-person and virtual appointments
- Clinical Counsellor
- Woman
Accepting new patients
Provider's hours
Sunday
Closed
Monday
8:00 am
-
7:00 pm
Tuesday
8:00 am
-
7:00 pm
Wednesday
8:00 am
-
7:00 pm
Thursday
8:00 am
-
7:00 pm
Friday
8:00 am
-
7:00 pm
Saturday
8:00 am
-
4:00 pm
Provider information
Description
As a counsellor, my goal is to provide a safe, non-judgmental space where healing can unfold organically. I draw upon on both evidence-based therapies and mind–body practices to support my clients effectively, while creating a therapeutic relationship rooted in connection, empathy and care.
Conditions
- Addiction
- Adjustment disorder
- Aging
- Alcohol Abuse
- Anger
- Anxiety
- Behavioral Issues
- Bullying
- Codependency
- Communication
- Depression
- Divorce
- Emotion Regulation
- Family planning
- Fears / Phobias
- Gambling Addiction
- Grief, loss, bereavement
- Learning Disabilities
- Loneliness
- Mental Disorders
- Mood disorders
- Oppositional Defiance (ODD)
- Parenting
- Persistent Depressive Disorder (Dysthymic Disorder)
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
- Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
- Relationship Issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder
- Self Esteem
- Sex, sexuality, intimacy
- Social Anxiety Disorder
- Social Isolation
- Somatic symptom disorder
- Stopping Smoking
- Stress
- Substance Abuse
- Substance Use
- Trauma
- Women's Issues
- Workplace stress
Services
- Dialectical behavior therapy
- Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
- Play therapy
- Somatic therapy
Clientele
- Adults (18+)
- Children (under 12)
- Couples
- Families
- LGBTQ2+
- Pediatrics
- Seniors (65+)
- Teens (13-17)
Languages spoken
- English
Professional designations
- Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology (M.ACP.)
- Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC)
Education
- Masters of Counselling
Professional associations
- Registration: RCC# 21936, RP(Q)# 18476
Facility: Island Clinical Counselling
Summary
Island Clinical Counselling has intern counsellors, associates, and a child and youth care worker on staff. We provide services to children, youth, families, couples, and individuals. We provide group therapy. We also offer clinical supervision. We specialize in many different treatment modalities including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, addiction support, trauma therapy, marriage and family therapy, emotion focused therapy, habit reversal, exposure and response prevention, art and play therapy to name a few. We have offices in Duncan, Nanaimo, Port Alberni, and Parksville.
Business hours
Sunday
Closed
Monday
8:00 am
-
7:00 pm
Tuesday
8:00 am
-
7:00 pm
Wednesday
8:00 am
-
7:00 pm
Thursday
8:00 am
-
7:00 pm
Friday
8:00 am
-
7:00 pm
Saturday
8:00 am
-
4:00 pm
Services & supplies
- Accelerated experiential dynamic psychotherapy (AEDP)
- Acceptance and commitment therapy
- Adlerian therapy
- Animal-assisted therapy
- Art therapy
- Attachment-based therapy
- Bibliotherapy
- Career counseling
- Christian counseling
- Coaching
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Cognitive processing therapy
- Compassion-focused therapy
- Culturally sensitive therapy
- Dialectical behavior therapy
- Eclectic therapy
- Emotionally focused therapy
- Experiential therapy
- Exposure and response prevention
- Exposure Therapy
- Expressive arts therapy
- Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy
- Family counselling
- Family systems therapy
- Feminist therapy
- Forgiveness therapy
- Gestalt therapy
- Group counselling
- Hoarding therapy
- Humanistic therapy
- Integrative therapy
- Interpersonal psychotherapy
- Life Coaching
- Marital counselling
- Marriage and family therapy
- Medication management therapy
- Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
- Motivational interviewing
- Multicultural therapy
- Multidisciplinary pain management program
- Music therapy
- Narrative therapy
- Person-centered therapy
- Play therapy
- Positive psychology
- Prolonged exposure therapy
- Psychoanalytic therapy
- Psychodynamic therapy
- Relational therapy
- Relationship counselling
- Sandplay therapy
- Schema therapy
- Solution-focused brief therapy
- Somatic therapy
- Sports psychology
- Strength-based therapy
- Structural family therapy
- Teen mental health
- The Gottman method
- Therapeutic intervention
- Trauma informed care
- Trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy
- Workplace facilitation/mediation
Amenities
- Close to public transit
- Free parking
