My clinical practice includes both short-term solution focused counselling and longer-term therapy. I enjoy working with a wide range of people - late teens to seniors, men and women, both individually and in couples - gay, lesbian and heterosexual.

I am a member in good standing of the British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors. I
worked for many years as a Registered Nurse in the field of mental health. I am a founding
member of Westcoast Clinical Counselling. I have volunteered my time as a member of the B.C.A.C.C. ethics committee and delegate council. I have served on the board of Citizens Counselling Center.

I engage in regular on-going peer supervision, professional development and self directed studies.

In addition to my private practice, I provide counselling services through various Employee and Family Assistance Programs, including the City of Victoria EFAP.

My relationship with my very creative young-adult daughter enriches and expands my life. I have a wide range of interests and enjoy learning, playfulness and connection.

My clinical practice includes both short-term solution focused counselling and longer-term therapy. I enjoy working with a wide range of people - late teens to seniors, men and women, both individually and in couples - gay, lesbian and heterosexual.

I am a member in good standing of both the British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors and the College of Registered Nurses of British Columbia. I am a founding member of Westcoast Clinical Counselling. I have volunteered my time as a member of the B.C.A.C.C. ethics committee and delegate council. I have served on the board of Citizens Counselling Center.

I engage in regular on-going peer supervision, professional development and self directed studies.

In addition to my private practice, I provide counselling services through various Employee and Family Assistance Programs, including the City of Victoria EFAP.

My relationship with my very creative young-adult daughter enriches and expands my life. I have a wide range of interests and enjoy learning, playfulness and connection.

A few words about my approach:

I help my clients recognize and experience that they have the resources they need in order to live the lives they want to have. My clients learn to safely challenge old ineffective beliefs, habits and behaviours in order to connect with and build personal resourcefulness. When this happens, old challenges, those old "stuck painful places," become much less daunting, even resolved, and clients can meet new challenges in positive, satisfying and creative ways.

I work with awareness of body/mind/spirit connectedness. I am experienced in helping people recover from traumas such as sexual abuse, accidents or witnessing traumatic events.

TO CONTACT ME:

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or Phone: (250) 384-1160 and leave a confidential message for Susan.

Westcoast Clinical Counselling offices are located at 1045 Linden Avenue
which is at the corner of Fort and Linden in a heritage house called 'The Gables'.

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Angela Burns, Susan Farling and Jocelyn Harris formed Westcoast Clinical Counselling after completing their Masters degrees in Counselling Psychology at the University of Victoria.

Besides sharing adjoining office space, Angela, Susan and Jocelyn share core professional values and beliefs. Their approach favors gentle non-invasive therapies. They see the role of client and therapist as a partnership in self-exploration and healing.

As part of their private practice, they work with the City of Victoria and the Township of Esquimalt in providing counselling services to their employees and family members.

They are committed to both their clients and their profession. In 1988 they were actively involved in the founding of the B.C. Association of Clinical Counsellors, a regulatory body that sets the standards for the counselling profession in British Columbia. They remain committed and active members in good standing. As well, they engage in regular, on-going professional development and clinical peer supervision.

In November 1998, Angela, Susan and Jocelyn were featured in Focus on Women, a local Victoria magazine. Here are a few quotes from that article:

• "If Angela, Susan and Jocelyn share an area of focus, it is transition issues, the ways in which we can navigate and enhance our journeys from one stage of life of another."
• " As they talk, the words safety, respect, support, and choice come up again and again. If Westcoast Clinical Counselling has a mantra, these words might be it."
• "It's not so much how fast these women are able to get to the heart; what counts is that they get there."
• "Dedicated Professionals - They make a difference"