Pacific Islander therapists in Victoria, BC
Browse Pacific Islander therapists in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Compare credentials, specialties and therapeutic approach. Contact a therapist to learn more.
Serving Pacific Islander
Strength in Heart Counselling
Treatment Center, RSW, RCC, CCC
Seeking support shouldn’t add more stress to your life. Strength in Heart Counselling offers a welcoming, diverse team ready to make finding the right counsellor simple and comfortable. Whether you prefer to select your own therapist in Victoria, BC, Cobble Hill, BC, or connect online from anywhere in Canada, we’re here to help, or let our easy matching process pair you with someone who truly understands your needs.
Our process is straightforward, with fast booking and warm support at every stage. Let us handle the logistics, so you can focus on your well-being and start feeling better, sooner.
8 Years Experience
In-Person in Victoria, BC V8V 1L3
Online in Victoria, BC
Serving Pacific Islander
Our Landing Place
Therapist, RCC, CCC, RSW, RP, RCT
We are a collective of 2SLGBTQIA+ identified counsellors offering sex-positive, affirming and competent online and phone counselling across Canada (Turtle Island). We work through an anti-oppressive intersectional feminist lens.
We have a variety of levels of experience and professional qualifications on our team to suit your needs.
16 Years Experience
Online in Victoria, BC (Online Only)
Serving Pacific Islander
Ekta Abhay Lather
Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Psychotherapist
What I offer isn't a formula. It's a real conversation — one that gets underneath the noise and into what's actually driving the patterns. My focus is simple: helping you simplify your life, reconnect with what love and joy mean to you, and re-establish yourself on your own terms.
Life is change. Stagnant water goes stale — but flowing water nourishes everything it touches. Therapy is how you keep moving, on purpose, toward the life that's meant for you.
That change can begin with a single session
4 Years Experience
Online in Victoria, BC
Serving Pacific Islander
Dr. Stéphanie Gamache, PhD
Hypnotherapist, PhD
Something in you knows that what you're carrying runs deeper than the presenting problem.
Many of the people I work with are thoughtful, capable, and outwardly composed-yet internally they live with anxiety, depression, chronic tension or pain, relentless self-criticism, or a sense that something essential is blocked, muted, or just out of reach. These struggles may surface in mood, in the body, in behavior, or in relationships-including sexuality and intimacy-but they are rarely contained to any one area. They tend to reflect deeper emotional and relational patterns formed early in life, often before language, that continue to shape how a person approaches closeness, vulnerability, agency, pleasure, and self-expression.
My work centers on how early experience shapes the capacity for self-regulation, desire, connection, and meaning throughout life-and particularly on how people come to know what they need and want, how they learn to express or inhibit those impulses, and what happens when these capacities become conflicted, constricted, or difficult to sustain.
I integrate psychoanalytic hypnotherapy, somatic awareness, and clinical sexology within a reflective, depth-oriented process. Hypnosis functions as a central clinical tool-creating conditions for deeper internal contact with emotional, bodily, and unconscious experience that can be difficult to reach through conversation alone. The aim is not only relief from symptoms, but the development of a more coherent and compassionate relationship with one's inner life: sensations, emotions, impulses, and desires.
This work is oriented toward lasting psychological change-and toward greater freedom in how one relates to oneself, one's body, and one's capacity for connection, authenticity, and vitality. It is best suited to those ready to move beyond symptom management toward something more fundamental.
7 Years Experience
Online in Victoria, BC (Online Only)
Serving Pacific Islander
Bonny Kaman Li
Counsellor/Therapist, Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), MACP
I believe therapy should be a place where people feel safe enough to slow down, reflect, and reconnect with themselves—often for the first time in a long while. Many individuals come to therapy carrying invisible burdens: unprocessed trauma, chronic stress, cultural or family expectations, or the exhaustion of always having to hold it together.
My work is grounded in a trauma-informed, emotion-focused approach that honours each person's lived experience, cultural context, and nervous system. I integrate evidence-based modalities—including Internal Family Systems (IFS), EMDR, and somatic-based interventions—to help clients understand their emotional patterns, heal from past experiences, and develop practical strategies for daily life.
I value collaboration, transparency, and respect in the therapeutic relationship. Therapy isn't about fixing or forcing change; it's about creating the conditions for clarity, resilience, and self-trust to emerge. My goal is to help clients build a more grounded, compassionate relationship with themselves—and move forward with greater confidence and emotional balance.
12 Years Experience
Online in Victoria, BC
Victoria is British Columbia's capital city and a major retirement destination, giving it an older demographic profile than most Canadian cities — one that generates consistent demand for therapists working with aging, loss, caregiver stress, and the psychological dimensions of life transitions in later years. The city's government-worker culture, combined with the University of Victoria and Royal Roads University, creates a well-educated population that is generally comfortable seeking therapy and willing to engage in longer-term work. Island Health provides public mental health resources alongside a well-established private therapy community serving Oak Bay, Saanich, and the Inner Harbour area. Victoria's separation from Metro Vancouver by water means specialist therapist access can be limited in some areas, with telehealth filling an important gap for clients seeking a specific type of match.
Pacific Islander therapists in Victoria, BC Statistics
Pacific Islander therapists in Victoria, BC average 9 years of experience and charge around $162 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The most commonly treated issues are Anxiety or Fears (92%), Depression (88%), and Stress (88%).
Average years in practice
9 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$162
Accept insurance
67%
Offer sliding scale
79%
Gender ID
| 77% |
Female |
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| 15% |
Male |
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| 4% |
Gender Fluid |
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| 4% |
Non-Binary |
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Session Type
| 54% |
In Person and Online |
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| 46% |
Online Only |
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Top Specialties
| 92% | Anxiety or Fears |
| 88% | Depression |
| 88% | Stress |
| 83% | Loss or Grief |
| 83% | Self Esteem |
| 79% | Body Image |
| 75% | Women's Issues |
Ages Served
| 100% | Adult |
| 88% | Senior |
| 79% | Young Adult |
| 63% | Teen |
| 21% | Children |
Client Focus
| 100% | Pacific Islander |
| 96% | Asian |
| 96% | Buddhist |
| 96% | LGBTQ+ |
| 96% | Women |