Rachel Pham

Founder & Registered Clinical Counsellor

Why I Became a Therapist

I became a therapist because I've lived through some of what my clients bring to sessions, and that experience changed how I show up for others.

With years of experience supporting individuals and families in community and healthcare settings, I bring both clinical training and compassion to every session.

These experiences continue to guide how I show up in the therapy room: with curiosity, humility, and a commitment to an individualized approach to therapy, honouring each person’s lived experiences.

Today, my work is rooted in creating a space that feels safe, supportive, and collaborative.

Outside of therapy, you will find me hanging out with my cat, cozying up to a good book, or chasing sunrises.

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A quote that inspires me
“The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.”
– Carl Jung

What Working Together Looks Like

My approach as a Registered Clinical Counsellor is collaborative.

Every person who walks through my door has already shown courage just by showing up.

My goal is to meet you with compassion, offer space to process, and the clinical knowledge and tools to help you move forward in a way that's truly yours.

Therapy Shaped Around You

Shaping the work around your experiences and a pace that feels right.

Compassionate & Evidence-Based Approach

Our approach to therapy is with care, curiosity, and respect for the complexity of your experience.

We’ll draw on multiple evidence-based approaches and tailor them to your needs and experiences.

Prioritizing Safety, Trust, and Connection

Therapy begins with creating a space where you feel safe, understood, and supported.

Your needs, experiences, and pace guide our work. We’ll focus on helping you feel more grounded, connected, and empowered through your healing journey.

Honouring Your
Lived Experience

Our culturally responsive and trauma-informed approach holds the broader context of your life.

This includes family expectations, cultural identity, intergenerational experiences, and social pressures that may shape how you grow.

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Therapeutic Approaches

My counselling practice is grounded in evidence-based, trauma-informed, and integrative therapeutic approaches.

Whether you're navigating anxiety, trauma, disordered eating, perfectionism, or the weight of cultural expectations, I draw from the following approaches to meet you where you are:

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Attachment-Based Therapy
Compassion-Focused Therapy
Culturally Sensitive Therapy
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
Gottman Method
Interpersonal Therapy
Motivational Interviewing (MI)
Person-Centered Therapy
Somatic Therapy
Strengths-Based Therapy
Trauma-Focused Therapy

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Education and Specialized Trainings

Master of Counselling Psychology from Adler University

Bachelor of Psychology with distinction at Simon Fraser University (SFU).

Beyond her core clinical training, Rachel has pursued additional specialized education in the following areas:

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is an evidence-based approach that helps you make room for difficult thoughts and feelings while taking action toward what matters most to you.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is an evidence-based approach that helps you make room for difficult thoughts and feelings while taking action toward what matters most to you.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is an evidence-based approach that helps you make room for difficult thoughts and feelings while taking action toward what matters most to you.
This training explores the intersection of autism and eating disorders, looking at how sensory experiences, routine, and communication style can shape care for clients.
This certification provides in-depth training in neurodiversity-affirming clinical care for clients with autism.
Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a therapy model that views the mind as made up of different parts, each with its own role, and helps you build a compassionate relationship with all of them.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is a an evidence-based approach built on the connection between thoughts, feelings, and behaviours, helping you build skills to shift unhelpful patterns.
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) combines mindfulness with practical skills for managing intense emotions, tolerating distress, and building healthier relationships.
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) is an attachment-based approach that helps identify the patterns keeping people stuck and rebuild safety, trust, and connection.
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) is an attachment-based approach that helps identify the patterns keeping people stuck and rebuild safety, trust, and connection.
FREED is an early-intervention model designed to support people within the first three years of an eating disorder.
The Gottman Method is a couples therapy approach backed by over 40 years of research by Drs. John and Julie Gottman, helping couples strengthen their friendship, navigate conflict constructively, and build a deeper, more resilient sense of shared meaning in their relationship.
Somatic therapy is a body-based approach to trauma treatment that works with the nervous system's stress responses, using physical awareness and regulation techniques alongside traditional talk therapy.
Solution Focused Brief Therapy is a goal-oriented approach that centers on your strengths and what's already working, helping you move forward without needing to dive deeply into the past.
This training focuses on dissociation and the fragmented sense of self that can develop after complex trauma, and how to support integration and healing.
This training explores how early attachment experiences shape the nervous system and adult relationships, and how trauma disrupts that foundation.
This training focuses on the specific pain of abandonment, and how to help clients process it and rebuild a sense of trust and security.