A quieter space to meet yourself gently.
Online counselling for adults, parents, teens and couples across British Columbia who feel overwhelmed, stuck in repeating relationship patterns, or ready to understand themselves more deeply.
Free consultation · No pressure to continue
What may bring you here
You're not alone in what you carry.
Relationship challenges
Familiar dynamics that keep appearing with a partner, a parent, or at work, even when you're trying to do things differently. It can feel frustrating to keep arriving at the same place without understanding why.
Emotional overwhelm
Feelings that seem to arrive faster than you can make sense of them, or a quiet numbness that's been there for so long it almost feels normal.
Anxiety and self-doubt
A busy inner critic, difficulty resting, or the sense that you have to keep proving yourself to belong, even when part of you already knows you're enough.
Parenting from a fuller place
Wanting to show up for your child in ways you weren't shown, while noticing how your own history quietly joins the conversation.
Life transitions
Endings, beginnings, and the in-between: grief, identity shifts, or a longing you can't quite explain. Sometimes the hardest part isn't the change itself, but not recognizing the person you're becoming.
Self-worth
A longing to feel like enough, not by performing, but by slowly arriving at a truer sense of who you are.
For
Who I work with
Adults
For overthinking, self-worth, recurring relationship patterns, emotional reactivity and life transitions.
Parents
For support when your child is struggling, after a difficult or traumatic experience, or when parenting is bringing up fear, guilt, helplessness or old patterns.
Support is not only about figuring out how to help your child. It can also be a space to explore how you stay connected, regulated and responsive while carrying your own fear, grief and uncertainty.
Teens
For anxiety, friendship pressure, social overwhelm, school stress, big emotions and the quiet sense that no one really gets it.
Counselling with teens is not about pushing for answers. It is a space where they can show up as they are, express what feels hard, and begin to understand themselves with less judgment and more self-compassion.
Couples
For couples experiencing recurring conflict, communication breakdowns, emotional distance, trust concerns, or patterns that leave both partners feeling misunderstood.
Free consultation · No pressure to continue
What to expect
What you can expect
You do not need to arrive with the right words or a clear explanation of what is wrong. We can begin with what feels most present and move at a pace that feels manageable. My role is not to rush you toward an answer, but to help you understand what may be shaping your experience and create room for something different.
How I work
Slower, deeper, together.
Most of what we call "problems" are often old, intelligent adaptations: ways we learned to stay connected, safe, or loved.
Rather than trying to get rid of them, we'll become curious about them.
We'll slow things down enough to notice what they're protecting, how they're showing up today, and what new possibilities emerge when they're finally understood.
About Gabriela
Hi, I'm Gabriela.
I'm a counsellor working online with adults, parents and teens across British Columbia, navigating emotional overwhelm, relationship patterns, life transitions and the impact of difficult experiences.
One of the things you'll probably notice about me is that I don't rush to conclusions. I like to slow things down, understand the lens through which you are experiencing your world, and notice the patterns or connections that can be difficult to see from inside them.
Sometimes that means listening to what your body is communicating. Sometimes it means exploring what an old way of protecting yourself is still trying to do for you today. And sometimes it means staying with something a little longer before deciding what needs to change.
I don't think awareness is the destination. I think it is where practising something new can begin.
My hope is that this website gives you a small sense of who I am before we meet. If this feels like a space where you could arrive just as you are, I would be honoured to connect with you.
Sessions
Online, wherever you are in BC.
All sessions happen over secure video, so you can meet from a place that already feels like yours, whether that's Vancouver, Victoria, Kelowna, Prince George, or a quiet corner of the Kootenays.
Common questions
What to expect.
Do you offer sessions in person or only online?
How long are sessions 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
Online sessions from Vancouver and Victoria to the Interior, the North, and the Islands.
How we meet
Secure video sessions
50-minute sessions on a private, encrypted platform, from wherever feels most yours.
A free consultation.
A chance to connect, ask questions, and see whether working together feels like a good fit. There's no pressure to commit, just space to notice how it lands.
Free consultation · No pressure to continue
Don't see a time that fits your schedule? Email me, and I'll let you know whether another appointment time may be available.