Shenaya Matvieshen, RCC

Shenaya is passionate about creating space where people feel seen, accepted, and safe to explore the depths of their experiences. She approaches counselling from a holistic view, recognizing that the mind, body, and spirit all play an important role in wellbeing.

Counselling Specialties

• Online Counselling and Phone Counselling
• Women’s Issues
• Depression & Anxiety
• Chronic Illness
• Pregnancy and Postpartum
• Self-esteem & Identity
• Grief & Trauma
• ICBC Counselling

Laura Belland, RCC

Laura works in CBT, self-compassion therapy and solution-focused therapy. She believes we can often be our own worst enemies and harshest critics, and hopes to help grow you to get past any negative thinking to become your most alive and thriving self; through CBT, compassionate self-care, and mindfulness amongst other strategies.

Counselling Specialties

• In Office In Person Counselling, Online Counselling or Phone Counselling & Walk and Talk Therapy
• Clients who are dealing with anxiety/social anxiety, perfectionism, and depression 
• Limiting beliefs about themselves, negative thoughts that keep resurfacing
• Negative body image and disordered eating
• Self-esteem and self-worth
• Being stuck and barriers to becoming your most vibrant self 
• Adolescent and teen issues: friendships and difficult emotions, anxiety and social anxiety, building self-confidence and working on recognizing and growing your strengths 
• ICBC Counselling
• Increasing resiliency and empowerment
• Navigating new life changes such as sobriety, returning to school, career and overcoming grief amongst others.
• Counselling for Parents on childhood emotional and behavioural regulation
• Working as a teacher, I had the experience of learning about and employing different strategies to help students with their emotions in the classroom setting. In my role as a Student Support Services Coordinator, I was able to work with parents and teachers to create plans to help children best tackle these challenges. I would like to pass along practices often used in school and offer a collaborative approach where we can work together to target some of the things you’re seeing both at home and in the classroom. With a deeper understanding, we can begin to determine the best strategies to help you help your child gain back some equilibrium in their emotions, and gain the skills to deal with issues that may arise. A goal is to help kids feel more autonomy when dealing with tricky emotions, so they feel less at a loss of what to do next. Strategies may include different ways to regulate emotions and coping tools for dealing with each, ways to feel more confident in the classroom, and a growth mindset.

Beki Troock, MSW

Beki works in EMDR, Compassion and Trauma-informed approaches. She also works in anxiety and depression, DBT and CBT.

It’s almost always the case that whatever has wounded us will also be instrumental in our healing. I am here to offer a safely guided exploration of these wounds and pain. We are not meant to do this deep inner work alone and I would be honoured to walk alongside you.

Counselling Specialties

• In-Office In-Person Counselling
• Online Counselling
• EMDR Therapy
• Trauma (Single-event PTSD; Complex; Adverse Childhood Experiences)
• Relational Psychodynamic
• Dialectical and Cognitive Behavioural Therapies
• Compassionate Inquiry
• Emotional Freedom Technique (Tapping)
• Strengths and Resilience
• Anxiety & Depression
• Mindfulness/Hakomi and Radical Compassion
• Grief and Loss
• Forgiveness

Tamara Smith, RCC

Hi there, my name is Tamara, and I offer online counseling and walk and talk therapy services in Kelowna, BC. I am a strengths-based, person-centered and trauma informed counsellor who provides support to youth, young adults, individuals, parents and seniors who are seeking emotional support in dealing with various life challenges.

Counselling Specialties

• Trauma & EMDR
• Life Transitions
• Addiction
• Healthcare Professionals
• Athletes
• Anxiety/Stress/Depression
• Walk & Talk Therapy
• Brene Brown work
• Online Counselling

Hi, I’m Beki,

A Little bit about me!

I was raised in Oyama, where I grew up water skiing/wakeboarding and snowboarding. These are leisurely activities I enjoy as an adult, too.

I love music, postmodern philosophy, hiking and like to spend my leisure time connecting with my partner, friends and family. On any given weekend you may see me out in the community attending (or performing) live music, checking out an art installation, market, or local trail. 

I am also a researcher for the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) Canada podcast. This is an exciting time to be researching and advocating psychedelics in Canada as they are yielding results in the treatment of trauma, end of life anxiety, depression and addiction and the FDA has designated MDMA-assisted psychotherapy as a “breakthrough therapy.” 

My favourite quote is a Nikola Tesla quote: “If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.” I often find myself pondering the meaning of life and have found personal strength and resilience in connecting to the words of Don Miguel Ruiz and his book, The Four Agreements.

Hi, I’m Tamara,

Hi there, my name is Tamara, and I offer online counseling and walk and talk therapy services in Kelowna, BC. I am a strengths-based, person-centered and trauma informed counsellor who provides support to youth, young adults, individuals, parents and seniors who are seeking emotional support in dealing with various life challenges.

In my role as counsellor for over a decade, in private practice, as well as at a non-profit agency for several years, I have gained experience working with individuals from all walks of life: from the street entrenched homeless population to the upper-class margins of society. I have heard stories of all kinds and have held space for both the horrific and heroic aspects of peoples’ experiences. With this generalist approach I work across a wide variety of issues with specialized training in the areas of anxiety, depression, complex trauma/ptsd, substance use, self-esteem, vulnerability, shame, self-compassion, personal/spiritual growth, and grief and loss.

I believe in the healing power of storytelling and the resiliency of the human spirit. I believe in the strength, courage, and natural gifting in each one of us, and I’ve seen the fruit that comes, when walking alongside individuals who are ready and willing to grow. My great joy in my work is to see clients overcome whatever hardships they face, to once again live purposeful, joy-filled lives, while still honoring their past. Due to my personal life experiences I have a special interest in working with teen girls, leaders (of all kinds), practicing and retired athletes, university students, health care professionals, mothers, entrepreneurs, and individuals struggling with issues related to identity, spirituality or life transitions, but I am happy to welcome a wide range of cases.

I work from an integrative perspective and rely on a variety of clinical techniques, including Internal Family Systems Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy, Expressive Play Therapy, compassion and mindfulness practices, and EMDR. I am also a Certified Daring Way Facilitator™ and thrive on incorporating Brené Brown’s work on courage, vulnerability, shame and empathy into the work I do with people. I believe the principles found in Brené’s Daring Greatly™ and Rising Strong™ curriculum can literally change the world: recognizing the commonalities in shared struggles and connecting individuals to themselves and to one another.