Experience Heart-Centered Counselling in Victoria, BC

If you’re struggling with anxiety, emotional pain, or patterns that keep repeating no matter how hard you try to change, counselling may be what you’re searching for—but not in the traditional way you might expect.

At Hypnotherapy Victoria, I offer a unique, integrative approach to counselling in Victoria that gently guides you beyond the surface. Rather than focusing only on conscious insight, I help you connect to the deeper part of your mind—your subconscious—where lasting emotional healing and transformation truly begin.

I’m a Registered Counselling Hypnotherapist – Here’s What That Means

To help you understand what kind of support I offer, I want to be fully transparent about my background and credentials.

I am a Registered Counselling Hypnotherapist (RCCH), trained through the Canadian Association of Counselling Hypnotherapists and Educators (CACHE). This means I’ve been trained in a therapeutic approach that blends:

• Mindfulness-based counselling

• Emotional processing

• Clinical hypnotherapy

• Subconscious reprogramming

My sessions integrate supportive talk therapy with subconscious exploration, creating a path for meaningful and lasting change. This allows clients to move beyond surface-level insight and into deep emotional healing—at a pace that feels safe and guided.

It is also a participatory therapy, meaning my clients and I work together in a collaborative way. Using the structured process and modalities I offer, we act as a team—supporting your healing path, your direction, and your goals from the inside out.

How a Registered Counselling Hypnotherapist (RCCH) Differs from a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC)

It’s important to know that I am not a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC). While both RCCs and RCCHs are trained professionals, our approaches and frameworks differ in key ways:

RCCH – Registered Counselling Hypnotherapist (my designation)

• Works with both the conscious and subconscious mind

• Uses therapeutic conversation to access emotional trance states

• Integrates mindfulness, emotional processing, and hypnotherapy

• Helps clients uncover and rewire root beliefs and patterns

• Sessions are intuitive, guided, and often involve imagery and inner parts work

• May or may not be covered by insurance

RCC – Registered Clinical Counsellor

• Works primarily with the conscious mind and clinical models

• Often follows protocols from CBT, DBT, and other talk therapy methods

• Focuses on diagnostic frameworks and symptom management

• Sessions are typically more structured and talk-based

• Usually covered under extended health benefit plans

Both designations are valid and helpful—but the experience, structure, and depth of the work can feel very different. Many of my clients have tried traditional counselling and later chose this work because they were seeking something more intuitive, holistic, and transformative.

As part of my personal approach, I also offer clients access to my Freedom Through Mindfulness (FTM) audio program—a structured set of tools to support emotional healing and integration between sessions.

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What About Insurance Coverage?

Because I’m not a Registered Clinical Counsellor, my services are not automatically covered under most extended health benefit plans. However, some clients have reported success in two areas:

• Some plans may include hypnotherapy as a reimbursable service. It’s worth reviewing your specific policy to see if this applies.

• Some employers may choose to reimburse therapy sessions directly, even if they’re not formally covered under your plan—particularly in recognition of the mental health value for their employees. It’s often helpful to speak directly with your employer or HR department to explore this possibility.

I provide detailed receipts including my professional designation and registration number if you wish to submit for reimbursement.

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Rather than diagnosing or following clinical protocols, I guide clients through a structured, heart-centered process that:

• Explores emotional root causes
• Works through subconscious blocks
• Helps reframe limiting beliefs
• Supports lasting change through emotional integration

What Is Counselling Hypnotherapy?

Counselling hypnotherapy is a unique blend of therapeutic dialogue and subconscious work. It doesn’t involve formal hypnotic inductions like stage hypnosis or traditional hypnotherapy—but instead uses emotional connection and present-moment awareness to guide clients into a natural, receptive trance state.

This subtle trance often arises while:

• You’re talking openly about something deeply emotional
• You’re describing how a situation is affecting you
• You’re exploring the root of a recurring feeling or pattern

In these moments of heightened emotional feeling, the subconscious mind opens—ready to listen, learn, and shift. That’s when we begin working directly with the inner parts of you that feel stuck, fearful, or wounded.

Together, we:

• Identify the part of your subconscious holding you back
• Bring compassion and understanding to that part
• Guide it gently toward a new, empowering experience
• Use emotion, imagery, and felt experience to integrate lasting change

This is how real healing happens—not just through words, but through subconscious emotional re-patterning.

How Counselling Hypnotherapy Works in Practice

My sessions are warm, collaborative, and deeply respectful of your pace. You are never rushed or pushed. You are gently guided inward, with support every step of the way.

The process includes:

• Talking about what’s going on and how it’s affecting your life
• Exploring what you want to change, and why it hasn’t shifted yet
• Going deeper into the emotional root cause
• Accessing the subconscious layer through focused, present conversation
• Using guided imagery and emotion to reframe and rewire old beliefs

When strong emotions arise—such as sadness, fear, anger, or even hope—it signals that the subconscious is engaged. This is where transformation begins. And I’ll be right there with you, helping you safely and skillfully work through it.

Alongside counselling, many people also find that Hypnotherapy can support deeper subconscious change and lasting transformation.

What Counselling Hypnotherapy Can Help With

This integrated style of therapy is highly effective for resolving emotional challenges that are subconscious in nature—meaning they resist change through logic or willpower alone.

Here are some of the issue areas I specialize in supporting:

• Anxiety Support Services: Find Relief from Anxiety with Effective Strategies.
• Panic Attack Help: Coping Strategies and Support for Managing Panic Attacks.
• Stress Management Solutions: Discover Effective Techniques for Stress Reduction.
• Confidence: Build Self-Esteem and Confidence.
• Intrusive Thoughts: Manage Intrusive Thoughts and Regain Control.
• Self-Esteem: Build Healthy Self-Esteem and Self-Worth.
• PTSD Therapy Services: Support and Strategies for Managing PTSD.
• ADHD Counselling Support: Guidance and Support for Managing ADHD.
• OCD Treatment and Support: Tools and Techniques for Understanding and Coping with OCD.
• Phobia Therapy Resources: Overcome Phobias with Therapy and Support.
• Spiritual Counselling Services: Explore Spiritual Growth and Personal Development.
• Dissociative Disorders: Understand and Manage Dissociative Disorders.
• Depression Counselling Services: Coping Strategies and Support for Managing Depression.
• Overcoming Shame: Heal from Shame and Reclaim Your Self-Worth.
• Overcoming Self-Doubt: Tools and Techniques for Building Confidence.
• Coping Skills Development: Enhance Your Coping Skills and Resilience.
• Finding Life Purpose: Discover Your Life’s Purpose and Direction.
• Overcoming Chronic Pain: Effective Holistic Strategies for Managing Chronic Pain.
• Positive Energy Protection: Protect Yourself from Negative Energy and Maintain Balance.

Each of the links above leads to a resource-rich page on that specific challenge. These issue area pages are continuously updated with supportive content, videos, and deeper insights—making them part of your ongoing self-healing journey.

The Freedom Through Mindfulness Program – A Guided Path Between Sessions

To deepen the work done in our sessions, I’ve created a unique, structured program called Freedom Through Mindfulness—a 6 section 10.5-hour audio series included as part of your therapy process.

This program:

• Supports your progress between sessions
• Covers topics we don’t always have time to fully explore in-session
• Guides you into mindfulness-based self-reflection and emotional integration

It’s not just an add-on. It’s part of what makes this process so effective.

Clients often tell me how much they appreciate having these tools and insights to return to again and again as they grow and heal.

Why Clients Choose This Approach

You may have tried talk therapy, self-help, or even spiritual growth practices—and still feel like something’s missing. That’s often because the subconscious layer hasn’t been addressed.

Want to explore this approach for yourself?
You can experience the benefits of this work through my Free Mini Freedom Through Mindfulness Program—a self-guided introduction designed to help you begin your healing journey from home.

» Click Here to Access the Free Mini Program 

People who are drawn to this work often:

• Are deeply reflective but still feel stuck
• Crave lasting inner peace, not just surface fixes
• Want to understand their emotional blocks and move through them
• Are ready to stop surviving and start truly living
• Feel called to reconnect with their deeper self

With the right support, transformation becomes not only possible—but natural.

Counselling Hypnotherapy in Victoria – Begin With a Free Consultation

If you’re looking for counselling in Victoria and want something that goes deeper—while still feeling grounded, supportive, and safe—I invite you to connect with me.

I offer online video and in-person sessions and begin with a free 1-hour video consultation so we can explore what’s going on for you, what you’re ready to shift, and whether this process feels like the right fit.

✨ Start your path to inner freedom today.

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