Awareness is something we learn to practice.
Online counselling for adults and parents across British Columbia who want to better understand themselves, their relationships, and the patterns that keep showing up.
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When the same patterns keep showing up
You might understand a lot about yourself and still find yourself caught in the same reactions, relationship patterns, or ways of coping.
Maybe relationships keep becoming more complicated than you expected. You feel overwhelmed by emotions that seem to take over, question your own needs or self-worth, or notice yourself responding in ways you don’t fully understand.
As a parent, you may know something isn’t working but feel unsure what your child needs, or find that the harder you try to make things better, the more frustrated or disconnected everyone becomes.
Sometimes we know we want something to change long before we understand what is actually happening.
We don’t have to rush past that uncertainty. We can become curious about it.
What we see shapes how we respond.
When something isn't working, it's natural to want an answer: What do I do? How do I change this? How do I make it better?
Sometimes practical tools are helpful. But before rushing toward a solution, I believe there is value in slowing down enough to see more of what is happening.
Rather than looking only at the anxiety, conflict, reaction, behaviour, or pattern we want to change, we can become curious about what may be happening beneath it, around it, and over time.
What has shaped this response? What emotions are involved? What happens within relationships? What might be difficult to see when we're right in the middle of it?
This isn't about excusing harmful behaviour or suggesting that change doesn't matter. It's about understanding more of the picture before deciding what needs to change.
Sometimes what we do changes because what we see has changed.
A map, not a set of directions.
You don't need to come to counselling already knowing exactly what's wrong, or what you need to do about it.
My role isn't to hand you a set of instructions for your life. Together, we'll slow things down, notice patterns, explore what may be happening beneath your reactions, and make connections that can be difficult to see when you're living right in the middle of them.
There may be practical tools, new ways of communicating, or things to try along the way. But the deeper work is also about developing a clearer understanding of yourself: your emotions, relationships, needs, protective responses, and the experiences that have shaped you.
Over time, the hope is not that you become better at following someone else's directions. It's that you develop a stronger map of your own: one that helps you recognize where you are, understand what is happening, and respond with greater awareness and choice.
The work becomes increasingly your own.
About Gabriela
Meet Gabriela
I'm Gabriela, a Registered Therapeutic Counsellor and the person behind Practice Counselling.
I believe people make more sense when we have enough of the picture. That belief shapes the way I work: with curiosity, warmth, reflection, and a willingness to stay with something long enough to understand it rather than rushing toward an answer.
I'm interested in the person in front of me, not simply the problem that brought them through the door. Our conversations may hold seriousness, uncertainty and difficult emotions, but there can also be humour, humanity and moments when something suddenly makes a little more sense.
I continue to learn and deepen my own understanding of attachment, development, relationships and what helps people grow. I don't believe becoming a good counsellor is something you finish. Awareness is something I ask of myself, too.
RTC · MPCC-P · Online throughout British Columbia
What might bring you here
People come to counselling for many different reasons. Sometimes there is a clear crisis or transition. Other times, it's simply a growing sense that something isn't working the way they want it to anymore.
- Relationship patterns and relationship challenges
- Anxiety and emotional overwhelm
- Self-worth and understanding yourself more deeply
- Parenting and understanding what's happening beneath a child's behaviour
- Life transitions, loss and uncertainty
- Repeating patterns or reactions that are difficult to understand or change
You don't need to know which category you fit into. Sometimes knowing that something feels difficult, different, or worth understanding is enough of a place to begin.
I work online with adults, parents, teens and couples throughout British Columbia.
We can start with a conversation.
You don't need to have everything figured out before reaching out.
I offer a free 60-minute consultation so we can talk about what has been bringing you here, what you're hoping for, and any questions you have about working together.
It's also an opportunity for both of us to get a sense of whether working together feels like a good fit.
Don't see a time that fits your schedule? Email me, and I'll let you know whether another appointment time may be available.
Sessions
Online, wherever you are in BC.
All sessions are held securely online, making counselling accessible wherever you are in British Columbia.
Common questions
What to expect.
Do you offer sessions in person or only online?
How long are sessions, how much do they cost, and how often do we meet?
What happens in the free consultation?
How does counselling with a teen begin?
What does 'attachment-informed' actually mean?
Do you work with couples or only individuals?
Is counselling covered by insurance?
Credentials
Registered Therapeutic Counsellor
RTC #3403 · Association of Cooperative Counselling Therapists of Canada
Location
Serving all of British Columbia
Sessions
50-minute online sessions
Individual counselling: $100
Couples counselling: $135
Secure video sessions across British Columbia.