Individuals, Couples, Families, Children
North Vancouver Counselling Centre
Using warmth and connection to help you heal and grow
Autism Funding Service Provider
In Person/Online Sessions
Views of the Child Reports
Welcome to Boomerang Counselling Centre!
Life is full of struggles! Even when you try your hardest, the difficulties can be overwhelming. Counselling with the right therapist can help you navigate these challenges.
We’ve been there, and we know what to do. We work with anxiety, depression, relationships, grief, trauma, couples, neurodiversity (ADHD/Autism/LD’s), life transitions, family issues and more.
We are a highly skilled professional team of caring and competent Registered Clinical Counsellors who have struggled, suffered and survived to provide you with evidence-based, tailored, transformative care. We look forward to working with you!
We offer reduced rate counselling services provided by masters-level interns at $60/50 minute session with evening/weekend availability.
Why the Name Boomerang?
We use the metaphor of a boomerang’s flight to explain how we maintain optimal mental health.
For our system (brain and body) to grow and thrive, we need access to another human system to witness and validate our experience of ourselves.
When you send out a piece of yourself (your thoughts, feelings, behaviours), it must go through another individual and return as you sent it; you must be seen and heard.
When this happens, the brain and body ignite with biochemistry that floods the body, reinforcing your value and worth. The result is an influx of proactive thoughts, feelings, and behaviours.
In contrast, when you send out a piece of yourself and the Boomerang does not come back as you sent it but instead is infused with another person’s thoughts, feelings, or behaviours (e.g., analysis, criticism, disgust), the body sounds an alarm.
This alarm communicates that something is wrong because our brain and body need this witnessing to grow and function optimally. Thoughts and feelings translate to “I am not enough,” and the result is mental unwellness because our brain and body are strained and desperate to find that witness. At Boomerang Counselling Centre, we provide the witnessing so your system can heal, grow, and thrive.
If you look at the top 10 important factors to find a therapist, repeat rapport 10 times. What does rapport mean? It’s paying attention, trust, back and forth like, I’m doing something difficult, and I am doing it with someone helping me, paying attention and wanting me to be better. That’s indispensable.
- Dr. Paul Conti, MD
We Can Help.
Boomerang Counselling Centre is focused on client approaches that meet mental health needs for healing and growth.
- Gain a better understanding of yourself and your situation
- Feel compassion and kindness towards yourself and others
- Address strong emotional moments in your life
- Form constructive communication patterns
- Build supportive relationships
- Live with meaning, purpose and fulfillment
What’s the Process?
1. Choose a therapist:
- Read through the therapist bios
- Pick a therapist you connect with, or two, or three
- Book a consultation to see if its a good fit
- Or book a full session to start
2. At the consultation:
- Discuss the help you need
- Learn how the therapist can help
- Consider your options
- Book a session
3. At the session:
- You will discuss confidentiality, the counselling process, and begin to talk about what brought you to counselling.
- You’re therapist will focus on building rapport and helping you to feel comfortable and heard.
- Together, you will discuss your direction, focus, or goals as your therapist gathers information to understand you or your situation, and begin working together towards your desired outcomes.
Is counselling right for me?
Counselling and therapy help you work through mental health and life challenges resulting in decreased anxiety, increased mood, enhanced self-esteem and overall well-being.
Research shows that different approaches can yield similar results for the same condition or situation and that your relationship with your therapist is the #1 predictor of success in therapy. You can select a therapist based on a specific approach, your personal needs, or your comfort level. That said, results vary based on your specific situation. Click here to schedule a consultation with as many therapists that it takes to find the right fit for you.
We have a beautiful, welcoming space at Lonsdale Quay to meet with you in person, in addition to online and phone sessions. However, the initial consultation is done through telehealth or over the phone. Click here to schedule a consultation or book an in-person session with a therapist.
