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Roxanne Chou/周瑞菁 MA, RCC, RCAT
English & Mandarin
Roxanne J.C. Chou holds an M.A. in Counselling of Psychology and Art Therapy. With over 18 years of experience in individual and group counselling, she continues to successfully help children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families to find hidden abilities, strengths, and new ways to enhance their quality of life. Progress is achieved through an integrative approach, art therapy, attachment theory, the Gottman method, family therapy, trauma therapy, narrative therapy, CBT, and hypnotherapy. She believes that every person has the inborn ability for healing, breaking through life's challenges and achieving growth; the more we seek to better understand and integrate ourselves, the more strengths will be seen.
Roxanne conducts lectures and workshops on parenting, emotion and behaviour issues, marriage, family relationships and art therapy-related topics. Before founding Dogwood Counselling Associates in 2020, she worked with non-profit organizations throughout the region, and taught Art Therapy Introduction at Vancouver School Board Continuing Education. Look for Roxanne’s interviews featured in local newspapers, and broadcast by Fairchild TV, OMNI and FM96.1 Radio.
周瑞菁 Roxanne J.C. Chou 擁有藝術治療和臨床心理諮商碩士，卑斯省註冊臨床心理師及加拿大註冊藝術治療師。在超過18年個人和團體心理輔導經驗中，通過心理綜合療法、藝術治療、葛文婚姻輔導法、親子依附理論、家族治療、創傷療法、敘事療法、認知行為療法和催眠，她成功幫助許多兒童、青少年、成人和家庭找到隱藏的能力、長處和新的方法來重建心理健康、提高生活質量。她相信每個人都有與生俱來的自我療癒、突破生活挑戰和獲得成長的能力；我們越尋求更好地了解和整合自己，就會看到更多的濳能。
Roxanne 多年受邀在各大機構和社區就親子管教、情緒和行為議題婚姻、家庭關係和藝術治療相關主題舉辦講座和研討會。在 2020 創立『暖木心理諮商所』(Dogwood Counselling Associates) 之前，她在非營利組織工作多年，並在溫哥華教育局成人進修班和其他私人機構教授基礎藝術治療。自2009 起，她長期作為當地電視和廣播節目的固定特邀專家嘉賓。
Mary Kam, MSc, RCC
English, Cantonese & Mandarin
Mary Kam has been a Registered Clinical Counsellor since 2002 with British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellor (BCACC). With the belief that every human being has potential to thrive, her compassion, positive attitudes and over 20 years of counselling experiences have brought great commitment to her counselling career.
Mary has the privilege working with people from all walks of life, immigrants, refugees, and international students for the past years. Therefore, adapting a culturally sensitive, trauma-informed, and client-centred approach is essential in her work.
Mary published the article “CBT – Does it work well with Chinese population in Vancouver?” on Visions BC’s Mental Health and Addiction Journal and am honoured to be the recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee and Canada 150 Community Leadership Awards.
Irene S. Tang, MTSC, RCC
English, Cantonese & Mandarin
Irene S. Tang, MTSC, RCC is a registered clinical counsellor (RCC#916) in Canada who has provided counselling services for over 25 years. Her primary areas of practice are individual, couple and family counselling on behavioral addictions, emotional and behavioral issues, relationship and marriage difficulties.
Irene’s educational background includes a Master’s degree in Theological Studies and Counselling from the Trinity Western University. Irene has worked at Family Service of Greater Vancouver for 15 years as a counsellor on behavioral addictions. She has worked at S.U.C.C.E.S.S. as a clinical supervisor/manager and counsellor since 2012. She is now working in a private practice setting and has experience working in a private practice setting previously for more than 5 years.
Irene employs a client-centered approach to help clients define therapeutic goals and identify workable steps collaboratively with clients to reach such goals. Irene always helps clients embrace their strengths which often are qualities that promotes clients’ resiliency in adverse conditions. Ultimately, Irene encourages clients grow with increased self-confidence and self-worth.
Irene has been invited to speak at workshops and media interviews on topics related to gambling addiction, gaming addiction, cross cultural developmental concerns, self-esteem issues, communication skills, women’s issues, relationship and marital concerns, etc.
Bella CHAN, MA, RCC
English, Cantonese & Mandarin
I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor with over 20 years of experience offering individual, couple and family therapy in Burnaby and the Tri-Cities. I believe therapy can be very helpful for individuals who want to move beyond their challenges and are willing to make changes to improve their quality of life. In therapy people may learn new skills, expand their coping strategies and increase self-understanding. By doing so they can enhance their functioning, develop more satisfying relationships and a more meaningful life. In therapy I strive to foster a non-judgmental and safe space where people feel comfortable exploring and working on their issues. I believe clients have their own resources and under adequate help and support, many of them have the potential to grow and to thrive.
Being a Chinese-Canadian myself I am particularly sensitive to cultural issues that may play a part in one's adjustment to a new environment. From my professional experiences I also fully appreciate how one's upbringing and past experiences may be influencing one's present challenges.
I work with children, youth and adults who may have emotional, behavioural or relationship difficulties. I also work with ICBC cases."
Veronica YU, MSc, RCC
English, Cantonese & Mandarin
Veronica believes every person is unique – their needs, values, beliefs, feelings, and culture are to be respected during the counselling process. It is a journey of exploring, understanding, solution finding, and uncovering inner strengths.
Veronica is a Registered Clinical Counsellor with over 18 years of experience in counselling. She holds a Masters of Social Science degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Hong Kong and is a registered clinical counsellor (RCC#11589) with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellor. She has worked with clients from all walks of life in community social services and mental health services. She is an approved health service provider with ICBC.
Her practices are strength based, client centered, culturally sensitive, evidence based, and trauma-informed with an integrative approach to support clients to face their challenges in life and move forward.
It is her passion to provide psycho-education, running stress management groups, and parenting workshops to the community. She has been facilitating the “Changeways” stress management program and co-facilitate “No body’s Perfect” parenting program for over 10 years. She has been a guest on various radio and TV programs, speaking upon the subjects of parenting, mental health, personal growth, and family issues since 2010.
With her ability to speak English, Cantonese and Mandarin, she can provide support to many different people in the community. It is her hope to accompany her clients alongside their journey to a better wellbeing.
Donna Dan, MA, RCC, CAT
English & Mandarin
Donna holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Simon Fraser University and a master’s degree in counselling psychology- art therapy from Adler University. She has been working with children and their families since 2007. She believes every child is unique, so she tailors her therapeutic approach to best fit each family. Donna is familiar with behaviour therapy, art therapy and hypnotherapy. She helps children learn social and emotional regulation skills and helps parents better understand and support their children.
Donna本科毕业于SFU 心理系，研究生毕业于Adler University心理咨商与艺术治疗专业。她从2007年开始和小孩以及家庭工作。她坚信每一个孩子都拥有自己独特的个性与挑战，所以她在工作中会采用不同的方法来与小孩和家庭合作。Donna熟悉运用行为治疗、艺术治疗以及催眠。她帮助孩子学习社交技巧和情绪管控的技巧， 帮助家长更好的了解和支持孩子。
Heiin Kim, MA, RCC
English & Korean
Sandra Almeida, MA
Portuguese, Spanish & English
Claire Cao, MA/Intern therapist
English & Mandarin
Claire came to Canada from China as an international student 16 years ago. She obtained her master’s degree in Experimental Medicine at McGill University, Montreal, where she performed medical research on breast cancer. After moving to Vancouver after graduation, Claire continued to pursue her curiosity and interest in human beings by studying psychology. She is now a third-year student in the Master of Counselling program at City University, Vancouver.
Claire believes in people’s inner wisdom to find answers for themselves, their capacities and desire for self-actualization, and their resiliency to heal and transform from adversities. Being a good listener and a person with an open mind, Claire offers a warm, genuine, and non-judgmental therapeutic environment and works collaboratively with clients to achieve their goals in counselling. As a mother of three, Claire is interested in working with children, families, couples and individuals. She aims to combine her life experiences and expertise to support clients in investigating their concerns and assist them with emotional support. Claire will journey alongside clients while they explore their values, open up possibilities and gain insights into their lives. At the same time, Claire understands the living experiences in a foreign country and the unique challenges faced by immigrants. She strives to provide a more culturally responsive counselling service by integrating both Eastern philosophies and Western counselling theories into therapy.
曹扬榭子现就读于温哥华城市大学心理咨询专业硕士学位三年级。十六年前，作为一名国际留学生，曹扬榭子来到加拿大蒙特利尔麦吉尔大学攻读实验医学硕士学位，参与乳腺癌的医学研究。硕士毕业后，她移居温哥华，在心理学领域继续探索生命科学的奥秘，并学习更实用的临床心理咨询知识与技能。
在心理咨询中，曹扬榭子相信每个人与生俱来的解决问题的智慧，自我提升的愿望与潜力，以及从创伤与逆境中自我愈合并成长的韧力。她将悉心倾听，在温暖、真诚、开明以及包容的咨询关系中与来访者携手同行，共同达到他们的咨询目标。作为三个孩子的母亲，曹扬榭子希望运用她的人生体验以及专业知识帮助来访的儿童、家庭、夫妻以及个人探索他们的咨询问题，提供情感支持。她期待能与来访者一起发掘更多可能，探索人生价值以及获得生命领悟。同时，海外求学的经历与移民的身份让曹扬榭子深刻了解多元文化带来的挑战与移民历程中的艰难，她旨在融合东方哲学与西方咨询理论，为来访者提供更加适合他们文化背景的心理咨询服务。
Crystal Li, BBA/Intern therapist
English, Cantonese & Mandarin
As a dedicated third-year counselling graduate student at the City University of Seattle, Crystal is passionate about understanding human emotions and fostering personal growth. Over the past seven years, Crystal has mentored youth groups, offering companionship to Canadian immigrants, locally raised high school and college students, and young professionals on their life journeys. In her role, she has provided emotional support and stress management tools, all while exploring relationships with selves and interpersonal relationships, such as the workplace, intimacy, and family dynamics. In the context of mentorship, Crystal finds great joy in actively listening to each individual's distinct life stories and discovering their inherent beauty and creativity. She firmly believes that everyone has unique values and deserves to be unconditionally loved and understood. Recognizing their inherent worthiness can illuminate their paths, imprinting each step with a sense of hope.
Crystal sees that and is committed to creating a safe space for her clients, fostering a collaborative exploration of their inner emotions and capabilities, and assisting them in finding the inner light and creating the lifestyle they aspire to.
Crystal目前正在溫哥華城市大學攻讀心理諮商碩士學位三年級，專注於研究情緒健康和個人成長潛力。在過去的7年中，Crystal曾在青少年團體擔任青年導師，陪伴許多加拿大移民、在本地成長的中學生、大學生以及剛畢業的職業青年走過他們人生重要的階段。在這段時間裡，Crystal不僅提供了情緒支持和壓力管理技能，也與他們一起探討個人成長和各類人際關係，包括職場、親密關係和家庭關係等重要的生活議題。在陪伴的過程中，Crystal深感享受聆聽每個人獨特的生命故事，從中發現他們固有的內在美和創造力。 Crystal堅信每個個體都有獨特的價值，值得被理解和關懷。這些內在價值與潛能猶如黎明的光，柔和卻堅定地指引前路。
Crystal期待提供訪客一個安全的空間，與他們共同探索那專屬他們的光與內在能力，協助他們創造他們所期望的生活方式。