Our Counsellors

 

Melissa Ander
MEd, RCC

(she/her)

Clinical Director &
Family Development Specialist

Rachelle Graham
MA, RCC

(she/her)

Child, Youth and Family Therapist &
Group and Community Programming Coordinator

Connie Shaw
RTC

(she/her)

Individual and Relationship
Development Therapist

Rosie Ander
RCC, MC

(she/her)

Child and Youth
Therapist

 
 

Nadja Graham
MA, RCC

(she/her)

ADHD Therapist

Mariah Soleway
MC, RCC

(she/her)

Trauma Specialist

 
 

Our Administration

 
 
 
 

Zoie Phillips

(she/her)

Operations Manager

 
 
 

Affiliate Practice Partnerships:

 
 

Honeycomb Counselling & Wellness

We are pleased to be able to provide referrals and collaborative care to families, though our partnership with Honeycomb.  Our practices are unified by the principles of attachment theory, the science of interpersonal neurobiology and a commitment to working collaboratively to improve outcomes for individuals and families by integrating and streamlining care.

Honeycomb has a multi-disciplinary team that specializes in eating and feeding disorders across the developmental spectrum, nutritional counselling, over-controlled coping,  complex psychiatric presentations in children and youth and parenting sensitive children with diverse needs. The team at Honeycomb are dedicated to providing clients with holistic, trauma-informed care grounded in the science of attachment, neurophysiology and nutrition. 

 

Suli Ackhurst
MSW, RCSW, RCC 

Clinical Director
Individual and Family Therapist 

 
 
 
 
 

Cassidy McDonald

Cassidy has dedicated most of her adult life to helping people and their families, navigate through trauma, grief, addiction and recovery. With 25 years of personal sobriety, mentorship and sponsorship, her lived experience informs her professional qualifications. She has worked in the addictions and recovery field for decades, including many years as the General Manager of the Orchard Recovery Centre on Bowen Island, BC. Cassidy has mentored countless addicts into recovery, and her degrees in psychology and liberal arts (UBC and SFU respectively) provided the foundation for her work across varying ages, socio-economic scales, ethnicities, and nationalities.

She has served on various boards of directors in the addictions field, volunteered in the DTES and provided recovery consulting and coaching for private clients. Her gifts lie in connecting with those in darkness. Her ability to give hope, guidance and safety, supports them to grow and find their next steps. Cassidy’s ability to bring compassion, honesty and relatability when most needed has proven to reach her clients in very precarious times and is the key to her success in this industry.

 

Cassidy McDonald
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Kelly Adler and Associates

Kelly Adler and Associates are a team of highly trained trauma counsellors. They specialize in decreasing the negative impacts from both single incident trauma and complex trauma sustained in childhood. They are experts in their field, providing individual therapy as well as education and consultation to other professionals. They primarily use the modality of Lifespan Integration to facilitate healing. 

 

Kelly Adler
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Illuminate Counselling

Illuminate Counselling specializes in couples counselling and women’s reproductive mental health, including fertility challenges, pregnancy loss, birth trauma, and pregnancy & postpartum support.  We also support couples in preparatory counselling such as pre-marital counselling and preparing your relationship for a baby. All our therapists have extensive training and experience in their areas of speciality. 

 

Illuminate Counselling
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