Online Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP) Therapists in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

You've been managing. Keeping it together. Showing up for everyone who needs you, handling what needs to be handled, and quietly wondering why it still feels like something is missing or wrong. Maybe you've survived something hard. Maybe you can't quite name what's weighing on you, but you feel it. Maybe life looks fine from the outside, and that almost makes it harder to explain. Whatever happened to you, something covered the authentic you. Let's find it. I want to be someone you don't have to perform for. Somewhere you can set down whatever you've been carrying, fall apart if you need to, and know that nobody here will judge you for it. Just someone who genuinely listens, cares, and helps you start asking: what do I actually want now? Whether we meet online or in person, the experience is the same. The same care, the same presence, the same work.

Offering convenient, secured (HIPPA compliant) professional therapy services to meet the modern damands of life.

Do you feel stuck and disconnected? I support individuals and couples in addressing their well-being and feel more connected. With empathy, compassion, and deep understanding, I hope to create a safe, warm, and non-judgmental environment where you feel comfortable to explore your thoughts, feelings, and beliefs. As we are all social animals who need to be seen and heard in our relationships; we can only feel complete when we have authentic connections. I practice from a client-centered approach embedded with transpersonal and somatic therapy techniques to support you in feeling more connected to your mind and body. My focus is on individual and family relationships, intergenerational and racial trauma, limiting self beliefs, feminist perspectives, and mental health and substance use disorders. I know that coming to therapy can be terrifying. I honor you in taking this brave step for yourself. I am dedicated to being truthful with you and work with you at your pace with care, compassion, and gentleness. I invite you to reach out and schedule a FREE introductory consultation session. Together, we can unlock your true potential.

Perhaps you're looking to save travel time and want it to be easy to find time to meet that works with your schedule. If so, perhaps online would work well for you. Appointments for couples can also be done online. Simply have one partner join the meeting while the other is in the room with them. This allows for the three of us to meet together and, if needed, for partners to be able to speak to each other in session.

Shauna Switzer is a Registered Psychotherapist and Clinical Director at Switzer Counselling & Psychotherapy Associates, providing compassionate, evidence-based online therapy services for children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families across Ontario. With more than 20 years of experience in private practice, Shauna specializes in trauma-informed care, relationship counselling, emotional regulation, and personality disorder treatment. She is a Certified Personality Disorder Treatment Provider (C-PD), EMDR Certified Therapist, and trained in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy for Trauma and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT). In addition to her clinical work, Shauna offers clinical supervision and mentorship to registered professionals and Master’s-level interns, supporting excellence in the next generation of psychotherapists.

Vancouver's extreme housing affordability crisis has become a defining mental health issue, with therapists frequently addressing financial stress, housing precarity, and the grief of displacement from a city many can no longer afford to stay in. The city's large East Asian community — particularly its Chinese, Korean, Filipino, and South Asian populations — drives demand for culturally fluent therapists who can navigate family dynamics, immigration stress, and the intersection of cultural expectations with individual wellbeing. BC Mental Health & Substance Use Services provides institutional support, while Vancouver's large private therapy community is concentrated in Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Commercial Drive, and the West End. BC's expanded telehealth access makes it easier to connect with therapists across the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley.

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	40%	Female

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100%	Anger Management
100%	Loss or Grief
80%	Trauma and PTSD
80%	Stress
80%	Anxiety or Fears
80%	Self Esteem
60%	Men’s Issues

Online Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP) therapists in Vancouver, British Columbia BC, Canada CA

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