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Tamara Ukwu, RCC
Offers
In-person and virtual appointments
- Clinical Counsellor
- Woman
Accepting new patients
Provider's hours
Sunday
12:00 pm
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2:00 pm
Monday
12:00 pm
-
4:00 pm
Tuesday
11:00 am
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4:00 pm
Wednesday
7:00 pm
-
8:00 pm
Thursday
6:00 pm
-
8:00 pm
Friday
6:00 pm
-
8:00 pm
Saturday
1:00 pm
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6:00 pm
Description
Tamara has been providing therapy for over 20 years to individuals from a wide spectrum of cultural, socio-economic, ethnic, educational, multiracial and multiethnic backgrounds. She works with adults and youth and their families, experiencing difficult life transitions, stress, anxiety, anger, substance use, trauma, emotional dysregulation and depression. She specializes in DBT therapy, EMDR, ADHD work, addictions, trauma and eating disorders. Her practice is person-centered, trauma-informed, collaborative, anti-oppressive and strength-based.
Conditions
- Abuse
- Addiction
- ADHD
- Adjustment disorder
- Aging
- Alcohol Abuse
- Anger
- Anger Management
- Anxiety
- Asperger's Syndrome
- Behavioral Issues
- Binge eating disorder (eating disorders)
- Bipolar Disorder
- Body Image
- Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
- Bullying
- Communication
- Depression
- Divorce
- Domestic Abuse or Violence
- Drug Abuse
- Eating disorders
- Emotion Regulation
- Emotional Abuse
- Fears / Phobias
- Gambling Addiction
- Geriatric Counselling
- Grief, loss, bereavement
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Infidelity
- Internet Addiction
- Loneliness
- Mental Disorders
- Mood disorders
- Narcissistic Personality Disorder
- Parenting
- Personality Disorders
- Post-traumatic stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Psychosis
- Quiet Borderline Personality Disorder
- Racial Identity
- Relationship Issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder
- Self Esteem
- Self-harming or suicidal behavior
- Sexual Abuse
- Social Anxiety Disorder
- Social Isolation
- Stopping Smoking
- Stress
- Substance Abuse
- Substance Use
- Suicidal Thoughts
- Suicide
- Trauma
- Women's Issues
- Workplace stress
Services
- Attachment-based therapy
- Career counseling
- Coaching
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Cognitive processing therapy
- Culturally sensitive therapy
- Dialectical behavior therapy
- Eclectic therapy
- Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy
- Family counselling
- Family systems therapy
- Feminist therapy
- Group counselling
- Life Coaching
- Marital counselling
- Marriage and family therapy
- Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
- Motivational interviewing
- Multicultural therapy
- Person-centered therapy
- Play therapy
- Reality therapy
- Relationship counselling
- Sandplay therapy
- Schema therapy
- Solution-focused brief therapy
- Strength-based therapy
- Structural family therapy
- Teen mental health
- Therapeutic intervention
- Trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy
Clientele
- Adults (18+)
- Children (under 12)
- Couples
- Families
- LGBTQ2+
- Seniors (65+)
- Teens (13-17)
Languages spoken
- Bosnian
- Croatian
- English
- Serbian
Professional designations
- Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC)
Education
- I am a PHD candidate at BC Institute of Gender, Race and Social Justice.
- I have a Master of Social Work from University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN, USA.
- I have a Bachelor of Social work from University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Europe.
Professional associations
- I belong to BC College of Social Workers (RSW) as well as to Association of Social Workers. I am also a Register Clinical Counsellor (RCC) with BC Association of Clinical Counsellors. I am registered with Crime Victim's Assistance Program (CVAP), First Nations Health Authority (FHNA) and Employment Assistant Program (EAP) with Government of Canada. I am PhD candidate at UBC Institute for Gender, Race and Social Justice.
Facility Information
U-Matter Counselling Services
Summary
I have over 15 years of experience providing therapy to individuals from a wide spectrum of cultural, socio-economic, ethnic, educational and other diversified (multicultural, multiracial and multiethnic) backgrounds. I work with adults and youth and their families, experiencing difficult life transitions, stress, anxiety, anger, substance use, trauma, emotional dysregulation and depression. I specialize in DBT therapy, EMDR, ADHD work with kids and teenagers and eating disorders. My practice is person-centered, trauma-informed, collaborative, anti-oppressive and strength-based.
Business hours
Sunday
12:00 pm
-
2:00 pm
Monday
10:00 am
-
5:00 pm
Tuesday
2:00 pm
-
6:00 pm
Wednesday
7:00 pm
-
8:00 pm
Thursday
7:00 pm
-
8:00 pm
Friday
By appointment only
Saturday
2:00 pm
-
6:00 pm
Services & supplies
- Attachment-based therapy
- Career counseling
- Coaching
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Cognitive processing therapy
- Culturally sensitive therapy
- Dialectical behavior therapy
- Eclectic therapy
- Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy
- Family counselling
- Family systems therapy
- Feminist therapy
- Group counselling
- Life Coaching
- Marital counselling
- Marriage and family therapy
- Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
- Motivational interviewing
- Multicultural therapy
- Person-centered therapy
- Play therapy
- Reality therapy
- Relationship counselling
- Sandplay therapy
- Schema therapy
- Solution-focused brief therapy
- Strength-based therapy
- Structural family therapy
- Teen mental health
- Therapeutic intervention
- Trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy
Amenities
- Close to public transit
- Free Wi-Fi
- Wheelchair accessible
