PTSD Counselling
PTSD Counselling in British Columbia
If you’ve experienced a traumatic event and feel stuck in a cycle of fear, flashbacks, or emotional numbness—you’re not alone. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can affect your mind, body, and relationships, but with the right support, healing is possible. At Kalantar Counselling, we offer trauma-informed care designed to help you feel safe, empowered, and in control again.
What Is PTSD?
PTSD is a response to experiencing or witnessing a deeply distressing or life-threatening event. It can develop immediately after trauma—or surface months or even years later.
Common Symptoms of PTSD:
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Nightmares, flashbacks, or intrusive memories
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Avoiding people, places, or conversations that remind you of the trauma
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Feeling emotionally numb or disconnected
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Hypervigilance, startle responses, or irritability
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Trouble sleeping or concentrating
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Guilt, shame, or self-blame
How We Help
At Kalantar Counselling, we create a safe, supportive space for you to process trauma at your own pace. Using evidence-based approaches such as Trauma-Focused CBT, Mindfulness-Based Therapy, and Emotion-Focused Therapy, we guide you through understanding your triggers, building resilience, and finding inner peace.
Why Kalantar Counselling?
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Extensive Clinical Experience with Trauma & PTSD – Over 15 years of combined clinical and academic experience supporting individuals impacted by trauma, abuse, accidents, and complex life stressors.
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Trauma-Informed & Safety-First Approach – Therapy begins with emotional safety, stabilization, and trust before processing traumatic memories.
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Humanistic, Client-Centred & Existential Framework – You are treated as a whole person, not as a diagnosis. Therapy follows your pace, your readiness, and your personal meaning-making.
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Culturally Sensitive & Indigenous-Informed Care – Respectful, relational, and decolonizing approaches that honour cultural identity, intergenerational trauma, and community-based healing.
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2SLGBTQIA+ Inclusive & Affirming – A safe, welcoming space for all identities and lived experiences.
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Evidence-Based Trauma Treatments – Integrating EMDR, CBT, mindfulness-based therapy, attachment-based, and emotion-focused trauma approaches.
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Systemic & Holistic Understanding of Trauma – PTSD is understood within the context of relationships, family systems, work, culture, and environmental stressors.
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Support for Acute & Complex Trauma – Including accidents, violence, abuse, childhood trauma, medical trauma, and cumulative stress.
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Flexible In-Person & Secure Online Therapy Across BC – Accessible trauma care regardless of location.
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Confidential, Ethical & Secure Practice – Your safety, dignity, and privacy are always protected.
Ready to Get Started?
If you're living with the effects of trauma or PTSD, you don't have to face it alone. Counselling can offer a supportive, trauma-informed space to process what happened and work toward safety and healing. I offer in-person sessions in Downtown Vancouver and Port Coquitlam, serving the Tri-Cities, as well as secure virtual counselling throughout British Columbia.
