Trauma and PTSD therapists in Vancouver, BC
Find experienced trauma and PTSD therapists in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada who provide testing, evidence-based treatment for trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder, and related challenges such as anxiety, depression, and stress. Compare detailed therapist profiles and connect with a provider that’s right for you.
PTSD/Trauma
Dena Marie Counselling & EMDR Therapy
Counsellor/Therapist, MEd, RCC
Flashbacks that pull you out of the present, feeling on guard even when nothing's wrong, memories that still feel too close no matter how much time has passed — trauma can leave you stuck in survival mode long after the danger is gone. Using EMDR, I gently help you process distressing memories that feel overwhelming or "stuck," so your brain can reframe these experiences instead of letting them keep dominating your thoughts, emotions, or reactions. Clients often notice fewer triggers, greater emotional regulation, and a stronger sense of safety, control, and resilience in everyday life.
4 Years Experience
Online in Vancouver, BC (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Natalie V. Bochenska
Registered Psychotherapist, RP, RCAT, Certified Somatic Practitioner
Trauma can affect how you experience your body, emotions, relationships, and sense of safety long after difficult events have passed. I specialize in trauma-informed somatic psychotherapy, helping clients understand survival responses and gently process experiences that may feel unresolved. Through body awareness, parts work, and relational approaches, we work toward greater regulation, self-trust, and connection with yourself.
6 Years Experience
Online in Vancouver, BC (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Tanya Master | Online Somatic & Psychosomatic Consulting
Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, Trauma-Informed Somatic Practitioner | Integrative Coach
Trauma often continues to influence the body long after the original event has passed. My practice integrates somatic, trauma-informed, and relational approaches to support greater regulation, self-understanding, and lasting change.
5 Years Experience
Online in Vancouver, BC (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Dave Vass
Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Clinical Counsellor: RCC
I offer a steady, compassionate space for working with PTSD—helping you feel safer, regain control, and reclaim daily life. I use both top‑down approaches (like trauma-focused CBT and memory processing to reframe thoughts and beliefs) and bottom‑up methods (such as grounding, breathwork, sensorimotor techniques, and nervous‑system regulation) so we address both cognitive meaning and bodily responses. Together we’ll pace the work to your needs, build safety and resilience, and create practical tools for coping and recovery.
7 Years Experience
In-Person in Vancouver, BC V5L 3X9
Online in Vancouver, BC
PTSD/Trauma
Linda Szeto
Therapist, RCC, CCC
Trauma can affect nearly every part of your life, from how safe you feel in the world to how you experience emotions, relate to others, and see yourself. Flashbacks, body memories, nightmares, and hypervigilance can leave you feeling unsafe, overwhelmed, or constantly on edge. You might struggle to relax, feel hijacked by emotions or physical sensations, find that the past keeps intruding on the present, or feel emotionally numb, disconnected, or unable to feel much of anything. My approach draws on EMDR, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Brainspotting, and somatic approaches to help you process traumatic experiences and work through the emotions and body responses that remain. Therapy is collaborative and paced to your needs, with the goal of helping you feel safer in yourself, experience greater emotional freedom, and have more room for connection, enjoyment, and the life you want to live.
1 Years Experience
Online in Vancouver, BC (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Vanessa Fingland
Counsellor/Therapist, CCPCPR.cand, RPC-C
Trauma can continue to affect you long after the events have ended, leaving you feeling anxious, emotionally overwhelmed, hypervigilant, or triggered by situations that seem difficult to explain. Whether your trauma stems from childhood experiences, emotional abuse, narcissistic abuse, or another painful event, together we'll work at a pace that feels safe to process your experiences, reduce the impact of triggers, and help you regain a sense of control. My goal is to help you heal with compassion, rebuild your sense of safety, and move forward with greater confidence and resilience.
8 Years Experience
Online in Vancouver, BC (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Transversality Counselling & Psychotherapy
Counsellor/Therapist, Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) with the British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors
Understanding our relationship with trauma is one of the keys to developing preferred narratives in our lives. Getting to know how it influences you and those around you. Exploring what tricks and tools you have in standing up to the trauma and its triggers as a way to develop an alternative path. Looking after our wounded selves and even carrying the scars with pride as definite act of compassion and power.
16 Years Experience
Online in Vancouver, BC (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Kristen Bailey Counselling
Counsellor/Therapist, Masters of Arts Counselling Psychology
I worked with a specialist organisation for five years with sexual trauma and abuse. During this time I also engaged in multiple trainings around how to support people through processing these sensitive issues without causing overwhelm and retraumatization , managing issues that arise from PTSD and getting to a place of more acceptance and ease.
10 Years Experience
In-Person in Vancouver, BC V5L 3Y4
Online in Vancouver, BC
PTSD/Trauma
Suzanne Nievaart
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW
I support folks with trauma, including trauma due to intimate partner violence.
1 Years Experience
Online in Vancouver, BC (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Rebekkah Stainton
Registered Psychotherapist, RCC
When someone has experienced a traumatic event or series of events, the resulting impact can influence many areas of their life (e.g. work, relationships, self-esteem, etc.) and overwhelm their ability to cope.
The fall-out of trauma can take many forms including confusion, negative self-image, shame, guilt, anger, deep sadness, grief, anxiety, depression, feelings of isolation/ loneliness, nightmares, intrusive thoughts, as well as physical challenges.
Not all negative past experiences announce themselves as "trauma." Sometimes they show up as feeling disconnected from your body, difficulty with intimacy, or patterns that don't quite make sense. Whether it's sexual abuse, sexual assault, childhood neglect, or other overwhelming experiences, you don't need to have named it as trauma to benefit from this work.
Complex trauma—especially sexual trauma—often lives in the body long after the mind thinks it has "moved on." This work focuses on helping you reclaim parts of yourself that may have been shut down or protected for good reason. We go at your pace to process experiences that may still be influencing how you move through the world.
I work with clients who present as high-functioning but feel stuck, numb, tense, or disconnected in ways they can’t fully explain. The goal is to help you feel safe and connected in your own skin again, to trust your instincts, and to engage in life from a place of choice rather than protection. You deserve to feel whole and present in your own life.
**I’m an approved provider for the Crime Victim Assistance Program, the Residential Historical Abuse Program, and Survivors of Residential Schools. My approach is steady, trauma-informed, and grounded in helping you reclaim safety, capacity, and a sense of self that feels whole and trustworthy.
16 Years Experience
In-Person in Vancouver, BC V6K 4N3
Online in Vancouver, BC
PTSD/Trauma
Karen Baker
Registered Psychotherapist, RP, CTP Dipl
Complex trauma (CPTSD) often develops not from a single event, but from prolonged relational environments where safety, attunement, or consistency were missing. I work with the lasting imprints of this kind of trauma — chronic overwhelm, difficulty trusting or setting boundaries, and a fragmented sense of self — using an attachment-based, somatic, and Polyvagal-informed approach. Rather than just managing symptoms, we work toward understanding and integrating what those early experiences shaped, at a pace your nervous system can sustain.
7 Years Experience
Online in Vancouver, BC (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Adam Manz
Licensed Mental Health Counsellor, Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC), MCP
Trauma can leave lasting imprints on the body and mind—showing up as anxiety, numbness, irritability, or a sense of being “stuck” in old patterns. In therapy, we’ll move at a pace that feels safe, helping you reconnect with a sense of stability and self-trust. My approach draws on nervous system regulation, trauma-informed care, and attachment awareness to support healing that’s both gentle and lasting—so you can begin to feel more grounded, present, and whole.
3 Years Experience
In-Person in Vancouver, BC V6B 1P2
Online in Vancouver, BC
PTSD/Trauma
Nadia Zamzul
Registered Psychotherapist, R.P., LL.M
I work with individuals who have experienced trauma to gently process what happened without overwhelming the system. Using somatic and relational approaches, I help you reduce symptoms, restore safety in your body, and move toward integration and healing.
5 Years Experience
Online in Vancouver, BC (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Heal(ing) Trauma Therapy
Counsellor/Therapist, Registered Psychotherapist, HBA, MPsy
From a trauma-informed perspective, trauma is what happens when we are unable to cope with the things that happen to us, at no fault of our own. We can understand trauma as being a lack of resources to deal with situations, not a lack of ability, character or willpower. The work we can do will include helping you better understand your trauma, developing healthier and more helpful ways of coping with it, and processing it so that you can be free of the ways that your past is showing up in your present.
14 Years Experience
Online in Vancouver, BC (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Candice Seligman
Counsellor/Therapist, MACP, DVATI, CCC
Trauma can show up as persistent anxiety, emotional overwhelm, feeling shutdown, difficulty trusting yourself or others, numbness, hypervigilance, or feeling stuck in patterns that seem rooted in the past. I focus on working with CPTSD, complex and developmental trauma, including childhood and relational trauma, rather than acute single-incident trauma such as recent accidents or medical emergencies. I work somatically, trauma-informed, and with the nervous system, inner child, and energy field in mind to help release the deeper roots of trauma responses. My focus is compassionate, root-cause healing that supports safety in your body, integration of painful experiences, and movement toward greater freedom and wholeness.
6 Years Experience
Online in Vancouver, BC (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Romana Hrivnakova
Registered Psychotherapist, MA, RP, RCC
Healing from trauma requires more than just talking about the past; it requires helping your nervous system feel safe in the present. Drawing on over 15 years of experience in the mental health and addiction field, I have developed a specialized focus on childhood trauma and Complex PTSD (C-PTSD). I understand how early relationship wounds can leave 'parts' of you stuck in survival mode long after the danger has passed.
My approach is gentle, paced, and focused on your safety. We move beyond simple symptom management to address the deep-seated patterns formed in childhood. By combining my extensive clinical background with a compassionate, relational lens, I help you unburden these protective parts and move from a state of constant hyper-vigilance toward a life of genuine internal peace and resilience.
11 Years Experience
Online in Vancouver, BC (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Cayla Townes, Memento Psychotherapy & Counselling
Registered Psychotherapist, RP, CCC
Trauma isn’t just about what happened to you—it’s also about what your mind and body had to do to survive. You may find yourself stuck in patterns of avoidance, shutdown, overreactivity, or people-pleasing, and wonder why you can’t “just move on.” That’s because trauma imprints itself deep in the nervous system and in implicit emotional memory—parts of the brain that don’t respond to logic or willpower alone. In therapy, we won’t just talk about your trauma; we’ll gently engage the parts of you still holding onto it. Using experiential approaches and memory reconsolidation, we create the conditions for those painful emotional learnings to be updated, so your system no longer reacts as if the past is still happening. With compassion and care, we’ll work toward healing that feels real and lasting—not just managed.
15 Years Experience
Online in Vancouver, BC (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Sophia Kopelow
Counsellor/Therapist, MA, RCC
I define trauma as anything that overwhelms our nervous system's ability to cope. It's not only about the event or experience itself, but about how one perceives it. Those with a highly sensitive nervous system will likely be more impacted, and I'm passionate about empowering clients to feel more whole, integrated and accepting of themselves. My trauma- informed approach involves prioritizing safety and trust by allowing clients to have full autonomy and collaborate in the therapeutic process. I use EMDR therapy to help reprocess traumatic memories that might be keeping you stuck, and integrate a mixture of cognitive and somatic approaches to help you heal. I offer in-person, virtual or walk and talk therapy. I would love to hear from you—head to my website to book your free 20-minute consultation.
6 Years Experience
In-Person in Vancouver, BC V6C 1V5
Online in Vancouver, BC
PTSD/Trauma
Alex Henderson
Registered Psychotherapist, MACP, B.A
The bulk of my training is in the world of trauma. My approach is a mixture of neuroscience and spirituality with an emphasis on healing and witnessing. My work around trauma is focused on shame and unburdening, with a specific interest in understanding how what we have experienced has brought us to the moment we are currently in. I have training and experience in various types experiences, including but not limited to sexual, physical, medical, emotional and complex/relational trauma. I cannot promise that the work of healing will be pleasant or easy but I do believe that it is worthwhile and I would be honoured to join you on your journey.
1 Years Experience
In-Person in Vancouver, BC V6Z 1K9
Online in Vancouver, BC
PTSD/Trauma
Chris Graham
Psychologist, Registered Psychologist
I believe that trauma can interrupt our ability to connect with others and can be a driver of disconnection. Therapy can help us to reestablish meaningful bonds and experience safety in connection. Book your free 20 minute meet & greet today to see if I might be the right fit for you.
7 Years Experience
Online in Vancouver, BC (Online Only)
Trauma and PTSD therapists in Vancouver, BC Statistics
Trauma and PTSD therapists in Vancouver, BC average 11 years of experience and charge around $161 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (59%), Internal Family Systems (IFS) (57%), and Somatic Therapy (51%).
Average years in practice
11 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$161
Accept insurance
68%
Offer sliding scale
55%
Gender ID
| 70% |
Female |
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| 24% |
Male |
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| 3% |
Gender Fluid |
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| 3% |
Non-Binary |
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Session Type
| 61% |
In Person and Online |
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| 39% |
Online Only |
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Top Treatment Approaches
| 59% | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
| 57% | Internal Family Systems (IFS) |
| 51% | Somatic Therapy |
| 51% | Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) |
| 48% | Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) |
| 45% | Existential / Humanistic Therapy |
| 42% | Narrative Therapy |
Ages Served
| 100% | Adult |
| 73% | Young Adult |
| 56% | Senior |
| 48% | Teen |
| 14% | Children |
Client Focus
| 65% | Women |
| 54% | Men |
| 49% | LGBTQ+ |
| 38% | Persons with Disabilities |
| 29% | Christian |