Angela Herd, MA

Angela Herd has been helping people of all ages to live their best life for over 30 years!

She is a couples and family counsellor and provides clinical supervision with a specialization in strengths-based and art-based supervision. Angela is passionate about partnering with clients to obtain results from the counselling process at any stage of their journey.

Are you looking for a counsellor who:

Celebrates with clients as they reach their goals and gain a sense of personal freedom.
Helps children learn to identify and voice their feelings.
Supports couples to end high conflict cycles and create fondness and admiration in their relationship.
Helps clients discover relaxation strategies they can count on to foster peace, health, and clear thinking.
Bridges opportunities for warmth, trust, connection and understanding between a parent and child?
Facilitates groups that increase participants’ awareness and commitment to mental health and wellness.
Supports family members to understand one another’s perspectives in healthy new ways.
Teaches clients strategies to cope with ADHD or reduce anxiety through breaking down tasks and developing time management, communication, and relaxation skills.
Holds a safe space for clients who have limited experiences of being heard and understood
Offers inspiring dialogues about creativity and witnesses clients of all ages reconnect with their creative source and fall in love with making art, crafts, music, storytelling or another creative outlet.
Helps identify, support or increase safety for a child, teen or adult?
Creates a safe place for clients to express loss for a loved one they may be separated from due to any number of situations, relationship dynamics or because their loved one has died.
Looks and listens for the many opportunities clients can be proud of themselves, but who may not be consciously aware or verbalized yet?
Helps clients link past success with recent success opportunities?

Angela is a registered clinical counsellor (RCC), Certified Canadian Counsellor (CCC) Registered Canadian Art Therapist (RCAT) and a Registered Art Therapist in BC. Angela supports individuals seeking a nurturing and safe milieu to explore widespread personal, couple and family-related issues. Additional areas of concentration include career and vocation counselling, retirement, self-care, and corporate mental health and wellness.

Angela’s practice includes the use of evidence-based practices and draws from the theoretical orientations of Solution Focussed, CBT, MBCT and the Gottman Method (for couples); as well as rich Transpersonal and experiential approaches that include Art Therapy, Sand & Play Therapy, SoulCollage, Labyrinth Walks, Therapeutic Writing and Nature Therapy.

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