CHRIS HELLEWELL:
CPTSD THERAPIST

MSW RSW Registered Social Worker / Counsellor
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Rate: $150 per 50 minute session
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Availability virtually:
Mon, Tues, Wed & Friday 12-4pm
4-6pm by request, Saturdays by request
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FNHA approved provider

Accepting New Clients

Reflecting back on my journey to becoming a counsellor, I feel it stems from an openness towards, and deep curiosity of people that began from a young age.

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Growing up, I met refugees my parents were involved with sponsoring and helping settle, prisoners we visited with inside and later outside the prison walls, and lived in a household where there was welcome and space for whoever came through the door.

Years later, working in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver I came to know people from many different places and circumstances, heard their stories of pain, oppression, trauma and also courage, resilience and sacrifice. I love to encourage peoples strengths and collaborate with them through areas of challenge, just as I have been helped by others in aspects I have struggled with. I truly believe in mutual transformation, and that our liberation as people is bound up together. 

After 7 years of working in mental health and addictions, I found I wanted to go deeper with the people I was encountering and completed my Masters of Social Work from UBC. Since then I have worked for 7 years, first in a transitional housing facility for refugee claimants, then in primary care health centres, as well as in private practice providing individual therapy where I have supported people around trauma, mental health concerns, addictions, grief and loss .

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       Areas of Focus:​

• Trauma

• Depression​

• Anxiety

• Grief

• Anger

• Men's Issues

• Substance Use

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Therapy Modalities:

• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)​

• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)

• Narrative Therapy

• Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT)

• Solution-Focused Therapy

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More about Chris:

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My partner and I have two wonderful daughters- we love to have dance parties, make up songs, explore and forage in the forest. 

Playing basketball, swimming, reading, writing and especially connecting to nature with my friends, family or alone, are some of the things that bring me the greatest joys and peace.

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Education and Training:

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-Masters of Social Work, University of British Columbia (2017)

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