Colleen Purka, RCC
Offers
In-person and virtual appointments
- Clinical Counsellor
- Woman
Accepting new patients
Provider's hours
Sunday
8:00 am
-
8:00 pm
Monday
8:00 am
-
8:00 pm
Tuesday
8:00 am
-
8:00 pm
Wednesday
8:00 am
-
8:00 pm
Thursday
8:00 am
-
8:00 pm
Friday
8:00 am
-
8:00 pm
Saturday
8:00 am
-
8:00 pm
Provider information
Description
Colleen, with over 20 years of experience, offers empathetic counseling for children, youth, adults, and families. Her client-centered approach emphasizes relational and emotion-focused therapy, fostering meaningful connections. Specializing in anxiety, depression, ADHD, trauma, and domestic violence, she tailors treatment plans to empower clients. Colleen's collaborative nature, humor, and personal experiences contribute to strong therapeutic alliances, guiding clients towards positive change.
Conditions
- Abuse
- Addiction
- ADHD
- Adjustment disorder
- Adoption
- Aging
- Alcohol Abuse
- Anger
- Anger Management
- Antisocial Personality disorder
- Anxiety
- Asperger's Syndrome
- Autism
- Behavioral Issues
- Binge eating disorder (eating disorders)
- Bipolar Disorder
- Body Image
- Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
- Bullying
- Chronic Pain or Illness
- Codependency
- Communication
- Compulsive gambling
- Conduct Disorder (CD)
- Conversion disorder
- Delirium
- Depression
- Dissociative Disorders
- Divorce
- Domestic Abuse or Violence
- Drug Abuse
- Dual Diagnosis
- Eating disorders
- Emotion Regulation
- Emotional Abuse
- Excoriation disorder
- Family planning
- Fears / Phobias
- Gambling Addiction
- Geriatric Counselling
- Grief, loss, bereavement
- Histrionic personality disorder
- HIV/AIDS
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Infertility or Adoption
- Infidelity
- Insomnia
- Intellectual Disability
- Internet Addiction
- Learning Disabilities
- Loneliness
- Medical Detox
- Men's Issues
- Mental Disorders
- Mood disorders
- Munchausen syndrome by proxy
- Narcissistic Personality Disorder
- Obesity
- Obsessive- Compulsive (OCD)
- Oppositional Defiance (ODD)
- Panic disorder
- Paranoid personality disorder
- Parenting
- Persistent Depressive Disorder (Dysthymic Disorder)
- Personality Disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
- Psychosis
- Quiet Borderline Personality Disorder
- Racial Identity
- Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
- Relationship Issues
- Schizophrenia
- Seasonal Affective Disorder
- Self Esteem
- Self-harming or suicidal behavior
- Sex, sexuality, intimacy
- Sexual Abuse
- Sexual Addiction
- Sleep Disorder
- Social Anxiety Disorder
- Social Isolation
- Somatic symptom disorder
- Spirituality
- Stopping Smoking
- Stress
- Substance Abuse
- Substance Use
- Suicidal Thoughts
- Suicide
- Thinking Disorders
- Trauma
- Video Game Addiction
- Weight Loss
- Women's Issues
- Workplace stress
Services
- Acceptance and commitment therapy
- Attachment-based therapy
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Compassion-focused therapy
- Culturally sensitive therapy
- Dialectical behavior therapy
- Emotionally focused therapy
- Existential therapy
- Family counselling
- Family systems therapy
- Feminist therapy
- Group counselling
- Humanistic therapy
- Integrative therapy
- Interpersonal psychotherapy
- Marital counselling
- Marriage and family therapy
- Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
- Motivational interviewing
- Multicultural therapy
- Parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT)
- Person-centered therapy
- Play therapy
- Psychodynamic therapy
- Psychological testing and evaluation
- Relational therapy
- Relationship counselling
- Solution-focused brief therapy
- Somatic therapy
- Sports psychology
- Strength-based therapy
- Structural family therapy
- Teen mental health
- Trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy
Clientele
- Adults (18+)
- Couples
- Families
- LGBTQ2+
- Seniors (65+)
- Teens (13-17)
Languages spoken
- English
Professional designations
- Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC)
Education
- Masters of Arts in Counselling Psychology
Professional associations
- British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors (BCACC)
Facility: Okanagan Clinical Counselling Services
Summary
At Okanagan Clinical Counselling Services, we provide individual, couples, children, family, and group counselling services. We offer a FREE 20 minute consultation to fully understand your concerns, and match you with one of our clinicians that is best suited to fit your needs. Our team of counsellors specialize in a variety of areas such as treatment for depression, anxiety, eating disorders, substance abuse, difficult life transitions, trauma, grief, divorce, sexuality, and many more.
Business hours
Sunday
8:00 am
-
8:00 pm
Monday
8:00 am
-
8:00 pm
Tuesday
8:00 am
-
8:00 pm
Wednesday
8:00 am
-
8:00 pm
Thursday
8:00 am
-
8:00 pm
Friday
8:00 am
-
8:00 pm
Saturday
8:00 am
-
8:00 pm
Services & supplies
- Acceptance and commitment therapy
- Attachment-based therapy
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Compassion-focused therapy
- Culturally sensitive therapy
- Dialectical behavior therapy
- Emotionally focused therapy
- Existential therapy
- Family counselling
- Family systems therapy
- Feminist therapy
- Group counselling
- Humanistic therapy
- Integrative therapy
- Interpersonal psychotherapy
- Marital counselling
- Marriage and family therapy
- Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
- Motivational interviewing
- Multicultural therapy
- Parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT)
- Person-centered therapy
- Play therapy
- Psychodynamic therapy
- Psychological testing and evaluation
- Relational therapy
- Relationship counselling
- Solution-focused brief therapy
- Somatic therapy
- Sports psychology
- Strength-based therapy
- Structural family therapy
- Teen mental health
- Trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy
Amenities
- Close to public transit
- Free parking
- Free Wi-Fi
- Wheelchair accessible
