Child & Family Counselling Center

Sophia Van Vuuren is a Registered Psychologist with the College of Psychologists in British Columbia (#1659). I have a Master's Degree in Clinical Psychology and worked in Private Practice and Teaching for the past 25 years with many clients with a broad range of mental health stressors.

I have been motivated by my scientific curiosity and human compassion to bring research-based psychotherapeutic knowledge in the field of Psychology to my clients to guide them with compassion, unconditional acceptance, respect and empathy, on the road to full recovery.I trained in various Psychotherapeutic modalities to be able to meet all my client's needs.

Psychotherapy, combined with the latest research about the brain and the nervous system, provides the client with the help of the Psychologist, with a clear roadmap back to recovery. The pace of life is very fast and life throws challenging curveballs to us.

Daily continuing stressors, illnesses, loss of a loved one or a motor vehicle accident, apart from our daily full schedules, can affect our health and overwhelm our nervous system, which can lead to severe stress, burnout, anxiety, anger outburst, panic attacks, depression or suicidal thoughts.Early intervention to determine the dynamics of the stressors on your life and how to change the impact of the stressors can bring relief and healing.

Children can present very different when they are overwhelmed, due to their unique personalities and their stress response. They can become anxious with trouble to sleep or to play with their friends. At the Child and Family Counselling Center, we will do an in depth assessment of what might be troubling your child, to develop a comprehensive treatment program with the help of Parents who know their child the best.

The road to falling in love and getting married is a wonderful, romantic and life changing experience. To expect that the romance and butterflies might continue on the long term in your relationship, is unrealistic. To grow into a mature, engaged, loving and emotionally connected relationship can be a rocky, but very exciting journey!

Many people have various misperceptions about a Learning Disability like Dyslexia. Parents often think that their child/teen might be labelled and stigmatized at school. Luckily research has enlightened us to understand the significant challenges of a highly intelligent child/teen with a Learning Disability, like Dyslexia and other Learning Disabilities.