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Calm Lake

Welcome

Whether you are seeking emotional support and empathic listening from an experienced, mature counsellor; assistance in the development of a personalized action plan to help you meet a goal; or consultation about a particular issue so you may receive reliable guidance, you will find it here.  Tara Hope Counselling  offers professional services to individual adults, couples, and small groups in downtown Courtenay with online and telephone options to residents of British Columbia. Tara has specializations in adult ADHD, addiction, anger, anxiety, caregiving, grief & loss, parenting and communication challenges and more. 

You are most welcome to email with any questions.

ABOUT

ABOUT 

Specializations*
Education & Professional Experience

  • Addiction (mild to moderate )

  • ADHD (Adult; Parenting; Late-in-Life Diagnosis)

  • Aging;  Caregiving 

  • Anger

  • Anxiety

  • Binge Eating

  • Co-dependency

  • Communication Challenges

  • Compulsive Eating

  • Disordered Eating

  • Emotion Regulation

  • Entrepreneurship 

  • Grief and Loss

  • Mood Disorders (anxiety, depression, bipolar) 

  • Menopause

  • Parenting, Relationship & Family Issues

  • Retirement; Life Transitions

  • Self-Compassion

  • Mindfulness

  • Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC), Licence #11323 with the British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors.

  • Certified Master EFT Practitioner.

  • Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology. Yorkville University, 2013.

  • Bachelor of Education. University of New Brunswick. 1998.

  • Bachelor of Arts, Honours Psychology. University of New Brunswick, 1995.

  • Elementary School Counsellor (Functional Behviour Analyses, Psychoeducation, Play Therapy Groups, School-Based Teams).

  • Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) in private practice (specializing in the early intervention and prevention of eating disorders and addiction).

  • Registered Clinical Counsellor for a Non-Profit EFAP Counselling Service for a diverse client base with a wide-range of presenting challenges.

  • Certified Teacher in BC and NB since 1998.

  • Ongoing Post-Graduate Training in many different modalities for over a eleven years.

Tara is an experienced, mature Registered Clinical Counsellor located in downtown Courtenay, BC.
In-Person (Downtown Courtenay, BC), Online, Telephone Counselling and Consulting
Background

Originally from Halifax, I have lived in the Comox Valley since 2000 with my husband and our two kids and many pets I like to say I "rescued".  I have been a competitive, national-level athlete in a couple of sports, a performing artist (wearable art and now theatrical clowning), an entrepreneur, a mountain biker, cross-country skier, a writer and other stuff I listed above.  I am down-to-earth, intuitive, and very caring.  I am not a "blank-slate therapist" - for example, I will tell you here that I was diagnosed with ADHD at age 55 and that I was born in 1967.  If that's not relevant for what you are seeking help with, my having ADHD simply means (in my case) that I am very focused on doing an excellent job, I'm very honest and forthcoming so you won't have to guess what I'm thinking, and I have multiple clocks and calendars in my office.  Also I have a sense of humour and you may hear a hint of my Nova Scotian accent.

Address

367 4th Street, Courtenay, BC, Canada. (Vancouver Island)

Email

tarahopecounselling@outlook.com

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