I work with early childhood, children and youth, families, couples and adults. I also support groups and organizations to recognize the importance of maintaining strong mental health awareness and becoming equipped with self-care tools.
I work with early childhood, children and youth, families, couples and adults. I also support groups and organizations to recognize the importance of maintaining strong mental health awareness and becoming equipped with self-care tools.
Life happens, but you are not alone. As long as you are alive, you have hope. I am honored that you would consider allowing me into your life for this season as you pursue wellness. I invite you to a 15min free consultation.
Life happens, but you are not alone. As long as you are alive, you have hope. I am honored that you would consider allowing me into your life for this season as you pursue wellness. I invite you to a 15min free consultation.
Dieko’ is a Registered Clinical Counsellor with the British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors. She is honoured to hold space for everyone that comes through the door. Dieko’ takes a genuine, positive, non-judgmental approach with all of her clients.
Dieko’ believes that everyone deserves to have a sense of belonging, to feel seen and heard. She therefore takes a relational, encouraging, reflective, and sometimes, spiritual approach in counselling. Dieko’ acknowledges that the journey through life can present with many challenges and therefore strives to work with clients from a holistic and trauma-informed lens, to guide individuals through these life transitions.
She has over six years’ experience working with people with physical and/or developmental disabilities, supporting them to lead full and rich lives in their communities. She empowers clients to build resilience, hope, compassion, and acceptance by using their life’s challenges to enhance personal growth and healing.
Dieko’ has experience working with mood disorders such as depression and anxiety, grief & loss, life transitions, chronic illness, substance-use, and relationship difficulties. She uses a combination of evidence-based therapeutic modalities tailored to each person’s unique needs. Dieko’ is a person with physical disability. She strives to create a safe and empathetic environment, walking alongside her clients towards living a fulfilling life.
Dieko’ is a Registered Clinical Counsellor with the British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors. She is honoured to hold space for everyone that comes through the door. Dieko’ takes a genuine, positive, non-judgmental approach with all of her clients.
Dieko’ believes that everyone deserves to have a sense of belonging, to feel seen and heard. She therefore takes a relational, encouraging, reflective, and sometimes, spiritual approach in counselling. Dieko’ acknowledges that the journey through life can present with many challenges and therefore strives to work with clients from a holistic and trauma-informed lens, to guide individuals through these life transitions.
She has over six years’ experience working with people with physical and/or developmental disabilities, supporting them to lead full and rich lives in their communities. She empowers clients to build resilience, hope, compassion, and acceptance by using their life’s challenges to enhance personal growth and healing.
Dieko’ has experience working with mood disorders such as depression and anxiety, grief & loss, life transitions, chronic illness, substance-use, and relationship difficulties. She uses a combination of evidence-based therapeutic modalities tailored to each person’s unique needs. Dieko’ is a person with physical disability. She strives to create a safe and empathetic environment, walking alongside her clients towards living a fulfilling life.
Petrina Atawo (she/her) is a Registered Social Worker with over a decade of experience working with individuals and families across the lifespan and provides an inclusive, anti-oppressive framework.
Petrina’s experience includes working in youth and women’s shelters as well as extensive experience as a medical social worker in both hospital and community settings across the healthcare spectrum. Petrina utilizes several therapeutic approaches and integrates values of kindness and compassion across various counselling topics, including grief and loss, life transitions, and academic and career challenges. As a BIPOC woman, Petrina offers an understanding of race-based trauma and discrimination and an awareness of systemic inequalities rooted in colonialism. Petrina’s hope is for clients to reach a state of being where their thoughts, emotions and actions are guided from a place of self-worthiness and true belonging to themselves.
Petrina Atawo (she/her) is a Registered Social Worker with over a decade of experience working with individuals and families across the lifespan and provides an inclusive, anti-oppressive framework.
Petrina’s experience includes working in youth and women’s shelters as well as extensive experience as a medical social worker in both hospital and community settings across the healthcare spectrum. Petrina utilizes several therapeutic approaches and integrates values of kindness and compassion across various counselling topics, including grief and loss, life transitions, and academic and career challenges. As a BIPOC woman, Petrina offers an understanding of race-based trauma and discrimination and an awareness of systemic inequalities rooted in colonialism. Petrina’s hope is for clients to reach a state of being where their thoughts, emotions and actions are guided from a place of self-worthiness and true belonging to themselves.
John Nweke is a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) with the British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors.
He has been working in the community mental health field for 5 years, in a variety of roles including as a behavior interventionist, shelter support worker, and clinical counsellor. He works from a Cognitive-Behavioral lens that is informed with a biopsychosocial framework. As such, John utilizes evidence- based practice, while placing them in the context of each client’s concerns. John has experience with a wide variety of clients and concerns with a focus on matters of anxiety, depression, and substance use.
Many spheres interact to contribute to well-being, particularly cognitions, emotions, physiology, environment, and social contexts. John’s undergraduate experience in biology makes him equipped to provide psycho-education as to the biological components impacting wellness. This information, in combination with the other contributing factors mentioned above, will be utilized to the benefit of moving clients towards their goals. Oftentimes, people facing challenging moments feel disconnected and isolated from those in their lives. John aims to create a supportive and empathetic therapeutic relationship that encourages the growth and well-being of each client.
John Nweke is a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) with the British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors.
He has been working in the community mental health field for 5 years, in a variety of roles including as a behavior interventionist, shelter support worker, and clinical counsellor. He works from a Cognitive-Behavioral lens that is informed with a biopsychosocial framework. As such, John utilizes evidence- based practice, while placing them in the context of each client’s concerns. John has experience with a wide variety of clients and concerns with a focus on matters of anxiety, depression, and substance use.
Many spheres interact to contribute to well-being, particularly cognitions, emotions, physiology, environment, and social contexts. John’s undergraduate experience in biology makes him equipped to provide psycho-education as to the biological components impacting wellness. This information, in combination with the other contributing factors mentioned above, will be utilized to the benefit of moving clients towards their goals. Oftentimes, people facing challenging moments feel disconnected and isolated from those in their lives. John aims to create a supportive and empathetic therapeutic relationship that encourages the growth and well-being of each client.
I’m passionate about empowering individuals who have lived through traumatic experiences, are facing grief & loss, or struggling with a health crisis to reorient themselves towards a healing pathway & restore their resiliency!
My counselling practice, Sacred Circle Counselling, is informed by over 15 years of experience working as a helping professional in the health care system, and focuses on promoting practices that are nurturing, healing, and balancing. At the heart of my work, I bring the culmination of my experience as a clinical nutritionist & registered clinical counsellor into my holistic therapeutic practice specializing in grief, trauma, PTSD, chronic pain & endometriosis, cancer recovery, eating disorders, body image issues, stress management, high sensitivity, and anxiety. My private practice has been complemented by her work with organizations such as The Bloom Group, Surrey Hospice Society, Centre for Pelvic Pain & Endometriosis at BC Women’s Hospital, and BC Cancer.
I offer a welcoming space where you are invited to ‘come as you are’. Within this space, I provide trauma-informed, culturally-responsive, gender-affirming, queer-friendly care. I am committed to inclusive anti-oppressive values and welcome folks across the diverse spectrum of abilities, gender, sexuality, race, culture, body size, and religion.
I’m passionate about empowering individuals who have lived through traumatic experiences, are facing grief & loss, or struggling with a health crisis to reorient themselves towards a healing pathway & restore their resiliency!
My counselling practice, Sacred Circle Counselling, is informed by over 15 years of experience working as a helping professional in the health care system, and focuses on promoting practices that are nurturing, healing, and balancing. At the heart of my work, I bring the culmination of my experience as a clinical nutritionist & registered clinical counsellor into my holistic therapeutic practice specializing in grief, trauma, PTSD, chronic pain & endometriosis, cancer recovery, eating disorders, body image issues, stress management, high sensitivity, and anxiety. My private practice has been complemented by her work with organizations such as The Bloom Group, Surrey Hospice Society, Centre for Pelvic Pain & Endometriosis at BC Women’s Hospital, and BC Cancer.
I offer a welcoming space where you are invited to ‘come as you are’. Within this space, I provide trauma-informed, culturally-responsive, gender-affirming, queer-friendly care. I am committed to inclusive anti-oppressive values and welcome folks across the diverse spectrum of abilities, gender, sexuality, race, culture, body size, and religion.
With over 15 years of experience as a therapist, she is able to work with a wide variety of clinical issues. Lindi uses evidence-based approaches to work with individuals, couples, and families in areas such as anxiety, depression, life transitions, grief & loss, trauma, relational difficulties, and parenting.
Lindi provides support for those experiencing emotional, social, family, or psychological challenges. Lindi strives to create a safe place for clients to improve self-awareness, interpersonal relationships, communication skills, and to deal more effectively with mental health and life challenges. Lindi’s hope as a counsellor is to maintain an individualized perspective, and culturally & spiritually safe space to strengthen individuals and families while meeting their unique and diverse needs.
With over 15 years of experience as a therapist, she is able to work with a wide variety of clinical issues. Lindi uses evidence-based approaches to work with individuals, couples, and families in areas such as anxiety, depression, life transitions, grief & loss, trauma, relational difficulties, and parenting.
Lindi provides support for those experiencing emotional, social, family, or psychological challenges. Lindi strives to create a safe place for clients to improve self-awareness, interpersonal relationships, communication skills, and to deal more effectively with mental health and life challenges. Lindi’s hope as a counsellor is to maintain an individualized perspective, and culturally & spiritually safe space to strengthen individuals and families while meeting their unique and diverse needs.
