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Valerie Thomas, C.C.C., RCC
Offers
In-person and virtual appointments
- Psychotherapist
- Woman
Accepting new patients
Provider's hours
Sunday
8:00 am
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8:00 pm
Monday
8:00 am
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8:00 pm
Tuesday
8:00 am
-
8:00 pm
Wednesday
8:00 am
-
8:00 pm
Thursday
8:00 am
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8:00 pm
Friday
8:00 am
-
8:00 pm
Saturday
8:00 am
-
8:00 pm
Description
Val offers client-focused support, guiding positive change through trauma, PTSD, grief, anxiety, depression, and relationships. Her empathetic approach, enriched by personal experiences, integrates somatic and cognitive-behavioral therapies. Trained in trauma, addictions, and Emotion Focused Therapy, Val tailors interventions, emphasizing strengths. She values the multicultural atmosphere and family time, balancing a fulfilling marriage and a blended family. Val's goal is to empower clients, providing tools for positive change in self and relationships.
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
- Elderly Persons 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
- Tourette Syndrome
- Trauma
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
- 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
- Strength-based therapy
- Structural family therapy
- Trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy
Clientele
- Adults (18+)
- Children (under 12)
- Couples
- Families
- LGBTQ2+
- Pediatrics
- Seniors (65+)
- Teens (13-17)
Languages spoken
- English
Professional designations
- Canadian Certified Counsellor (C.C.C.)
- Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC)
Education
- Masters Degree in Counselling Psychology
Professional associations
- British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors (BCACC)
- Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA)
Facility Information
Coastal Clinical Counselling Services
Summary
Coastal Clinical Counselling Services offers expert counseling by a team of over 40 professionals including Counsellors, Social Workers, with in-person and online options available. For over a decade, we've been dedicated to accessible and personalized mental health support, expanding now to the Lower Mainland. Our mission: Exceeding your emotional needs meaningfully and completely. We are dedicated to providing quality, accessiblity, prompt service, creativity, and a commitment to respect, compassion, and ethical work.
Business hours
Sunday
8:00 am
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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
- Career counseling
- Christian counseling
- Coaching
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Compassion-focused therapy
- Culturally sensitive therapy
- Dialectical behavior therapy
- Emotionally focused therapy
- Existential therapy
- Family counselling
- Family systems therapy
- Feminist therapy
- Forgiveness therapy
- Group counselling
- Humanistic therapy
- Integrative therapy
- Interpersonal psychotherapy
- Life Coaching
- Marital counselling
- Marriage and family therapy
- Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
- Motivational interviewing
- Multicultural therapy
- Narrative therapy
- Parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT)
- Person-centered therapy
- Play therapy
- Positive psychology
- Psychodynamic therapy
- Psychological testing and evaluation
- Relational therapy
- Relationship counselling
- Social recovery therapy
- 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
