CVAP COUNSELLORS IN VANCOUVER (CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM COUNSELLING)

CVAP Counselling

The Crime Victim Assistance Program (CVAP) is a government-funded program that provides financial assistance to individuals seeking counselling following traumatic events. 

Several of our counsellors are registered therapists with the Crime Victim's Assistance Program and offer CVAP Counselling.

Please note that CVAP covers a portion of our fees ($135.00 per session). For clients that have the means, our counsellors request that clients pay the remainder of their standard session fee.

Know you want support but not sure where to start?

Come take your shoes off, curl up with some tea and let’s make a plan. You’re not broken, you’re just wonderfully human, which can be complicated (and sometimes frustrating) to navigate.

Our Find a Counsellor form can guide you in connecting with a counsellor who is the right fit for you.

Be matched with a CVAP counsellor

Meet Our CVAP Counsellors

The following members of our team offer online sessions and have availability for new clients. We offer free 15-minute consultation so you can connect and ask questions first.

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Hannah Adam (Virtual)
Hannah Adam (Virtual)

RCC, RP(Q), Art Therapist (She/Her)

Validating · Warm · Collaborative · Authentic & Human · Humour · Challenges Clients · Direct & Guides Sessions · Skills & Tools · Logic & Mindset · Mind-Body · Insight & Patterns · Emotional Focus

HANNAH’S BIO & BOOKING →

Hannah brings a direct, down-to-earth approach to counselling, moving between client-led and more directive work depending on what feels useful. As an art therapist working online in BC and Ontario, she brings creativity into the room as another way to explore and process experiences, emotions and patterns that can be difficult to put into words. She offers therapy-themed puns and enjoys supports clients in developing more self-compassion, strongly believing that self-compassion is a more powerful motivator than shame.

SPECIALTIES Seniors · Grief & Loss · Addictions & Substance Use · PTSD & Complex PTSD · Childhood & Sexual Abuse · First Responder & Veteran · ADHD · Spirituality · Anxiety · Depression · Self-Worth

APPROACHES Art Therapy · IFS · Trauma-Informed · CBT · Mindfulness · DBT · Social Justice · Sex Positive · Neurodivergent-Affirming · Client-Centred

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Yuan Zhou (Waitlist)
Yuan Zhou (Waitlist)

RCC (She/Her)

Yuan offers counselling in English and Mandarin. Grief and loss, complex and developmental trauma, and perinatal concerns are central to her work, alongside relationships, anxiety, depression, identity and neurodivergence, including family-of-origin experiences, interracial relationships and parenting, and people of Asian Canadian heritage. She specifically enjoys working with first generation immigrants, as well as clients with other immigration or refugee experiences. Yuan亦可提供普通话的心理咨询， 欢迎线上及线下来访者，包括长者、成人、青少年，以及夫妻或家庭。如有兴趣，请先预约15分钟的免费咨询

Approaches: · Mindfulness · Attachment-Focused · IFS · Somatic (Sensorimotor Psychotherapy) · Emotion-Focused (EFIT) · CBT · ACT · DBT

YUAN’S BIO & BOOKING →

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Be matched with a CVAP counsellor

If you have already been approved for CVAP funded counselling, and are interested in counselling with us, please contact us here to be connected with a counsellor for a free consultation and to book your first session.

CVAP funding isn't only for the person experienced harm.

If you're an immediate family member or witness to violence, including physical or sexual abuse in BC, you may also qualify for subsidized counselling.

Victim Service workers can walk you through the application and answer any questions along the way and can offer assistance applying for CVAP funding. 

Not sure whether what happened to you counts? That uncertainty is common, and it doesn't have to stop you from reaching out. VictimLinkBC (1-800-563-0808) can help you figure out where you stand.

CVAP Application Information