Ciel team summer 2019
fall 2024 update
welcome! at ciel we strive to make counselling accessible and affordable. currently we are accepting new intakes right away with no wait.
we hold in person sessions at our comfy office and online sessions via secure video chat. we look forward to receiving your inquiry.
individual counselling: $60/session
we acknowledge that we live and work on the ancestral, occupied, unceded lands of the coast salish peoples, including the squamish Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, musqueam xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, and tsleil-waututh səl̓ílwətaʔi peoples.
about CIEL
We are a team of professional counsellors and student (intern) counsellors, serving the East Van community and residents of BC. At Ciel we are dedicated to providing accessible, affordable, collaborative counselling services.
All counselling sessions are delivered by Masters of Counselling Psychology interns who regularly participate in collaborative supervision with Ciel’s professional counsellors. We acknowledge that we practice on occupied, unceded Coast Salish lands.
Ciel’s counsellors provide low-cost individual counselling at a fee of $50 per session. We provide both in-person and secure video-chat sessions.
We are allies. Our approach sees your strength first and views your mastery as inherent. We work with multicultural, feminist, queer-positive, anti-oppression, decolonising, social justice-based perspectives. At Ciel Community Counselling we welcome all folks.
Ciel Services
Individual Counselling
Individual counselling provides support, encouragement, and guidance during challenging times. As part of the counselling process, you may experience healing, gain new perspectives, and eventually deal in new ways with personal topics.
Anxiety, depression, anger, substance abuse, relationship challenges, family and parenting problems, school difficulties, career changes, body image issues, disordered eating, identity, sexuality, and self-esteem are all areas of interest in the counselling space... and the list goes on. Whatever you bring in, we can work with.
In individual counselling you will work one-to-one with your counsellor in a caring and confidential environment. The counsellor will gently promote exploration of your feelings, beliefs, and behaviour. You may work through pain from the past, metabolize hurt, heal trauma, and identify aspects of your life that you would like to change. You might gain insight about yourself and others, and about circumstantial, systemic, and intersectional aspects influencing your experience. You may create life goals, and work toward them. Most of all, you will experience having an ally who believes in your abilities and strengths.
We are pleased to introduce our graduates and collaborators from the 2019/2020 team (large photo, below). From left to right in the back row, Elizabeth and Carmen, founders and collaborators. Next row down, Chantelle, Zoey, and Laurren. Next row down, Robert, Esha, and Ishtar, founder and collaborator; and Rosie. Bottom row: Jenny, Deborah, and Fiona. Together we are putting the vision of affordable community-based counselling into practice, here in East Van on unceded Coast Salish lands.
ciel collaborators
Ciel team summer 2018
Ciel team 2018/19: Ishtar, Esha, Deborah
SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT
Fall 2024 update: there is currently no wait for intake appointments. We look forward to receiving your inquiry and contacting you within 2-3 days to schedule your intake session.
**Please note that our counsellors are students who are finishing their Master of Counselling Psychology degrees. In order to graduate, they are required to review audio recordings of counselling sessions. This is a consent-driven process. It benefits clients by allowing the counsellors to invest more time and effort in each session. Thank you in advance for your consideration!
Our fee is $50/session for individual counselling. Due to provincial regulation, we serve BC residents only. We look forward to welcoming you.
office location: 2495 Commercial drive #10 (at broadway). by appointment only.
fee for counselling: $60 per individual counselling session. bc residents only.
sometimes technical glitches happen. if you don't hear back from us within three business days please try us again! connect with us via email:
cielcommunitycounselling@gmail.com