I hope you feel welcome right from the get go. In our first session, we will go through the process of informed consent, confidentiality and what to expect in counselling. Informed consent includes the risks and the benefits associated with counselling. Our first session is an opportunity for you to share some of your journey and the process leading you to seek counselling support.

At the end of this first session, you will have the opportunity to check for “fit” meaning that you decide if you want to begin the processing of counselling with me. I know that the relationship you develop with your counsellor is really important and it is important that you get the sense that we can work together. I am pleased to help you find someone who is a better fit for you if you decide to move on.

In the sessions that follow, we will collaborate towards accomplishing your goals. The process involves client participation and is, in so many ways, client directed. The counsellor is considered the guide and maybe sometimes an illuminator of ideas, thoughts or revelations that might be just out of reach.

The client/counsellor relationship is confidential and I will not share the details of your session work with anyone without your written consent. There are legal requirements where I am obligated to disregard confidentiality. If you reveal to me that you intend to harm yourself or someone else, or child abuse is suspected, or an elderly individual is being neglected, I will contact the appropriate government or community authorities. I am required to release your client records if subpoenaed by a court of law.

Some benefits of counselling include a better understanding of oneself, strengthening of self-esteem, and a greater capacity to manage and cope with stress or anxiety. Counselling, also, involves stepping into emotional territory that might feel uncomfortable or unpleasant. It is a risk stepping leaning into what feels uncomfortable. It is, also a risk to make a change that is for your benefit but might result in push back from friends, family or colleagues. When client's want to develop more assertive ways of being, walking out this change in "real life" can be tricky and one of the risks of the change process.

The process involves your commitment both during the session and will benefit with your additional effort outside the office as you practice new skills and new ways of thinking and being.

Tracey Dahl Counselling follows the rates recommended by the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors, the designating body for Registered Clinical Counsellors. Individual Therapy $160.00 (50-minute session not including GST). See the professional recommended fee schedules here.

You will need to check your health insurance plan to discover how your individual plan determines coverage. Every plan seems to be unique. Receipts include my RCC membership number and can be submitted to your health insurance provider directly.

Please give 48hrs notice of appointment cancellation. We understand that emergencies do happen, but generally, a full session will be invoiced for cancellation without 48hr notice. Please text or email me directly if you need to cancel or cancel your appointment.

You can pay for your session with a credit card, or e-transfer.