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Tara Hope Counselling  offers professional emotion-focused, trauma-informed mental health counselling and consulting services to individual adults, couples, and parents in downtown Courtenay with online and telephone options to residents of British Columbia. Tara is an affirming, inclusive neurodivergent therapist with specializations in adult ADHD, addiction, anger, anxiety, caregiving, grief & loss, couples' counselling, parenting, and communication challenges. 

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. 

You are most welcome to email with any questions or book a free consultation.

ABOUT

ABOUT 

Specializations*
Education & Professional Experience

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

  • Aging;  Caregiving 

  • Anger

  • Anxiety

  • Binge Eating

  • Co-dependency

  • Communication Challenges

  • Compulsive Eating

  • Couples' Counselling 

  • Disordered Eating

  • Emotion Regulation

  • Grief and Loss

  • Mood Disorders (Anxiety, Depression, Bipolar) 

  • Menopause

  • Neurodivergence 

  • Parenting, Relationship & Family Issues

  • Retirement; Life Transitions

  • Self-Compassion

  • Substance Use Issues (mild to moderate ) 

  • Mindfulness

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

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

  • Bachelor of Education (BEd). University of New Brunswick. 1998.

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

  • Elementary School Counsellor.

  • 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 specializing in ADHD, Neurodivergence, Neuroaffirming Practices, Addiction, Emotion-Focused Couple's Counselling, and Parenting.

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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 various pets.  I am down-to-earth, intuitive, and definitely not a "blank-slate therapist" - for example, I will tell you here that I was diagnosed with ADHD late in life and that I was born in 1967. My life experiences complement (rather than form the basis of) my practice as a Registered Clinical Counsellor, giving me a depth of empathy that cannot be forced. 

 

I am committed to ongoing professional development dedicated to best, up-to-date practices as a therapist working with couples, parents, and individuals seeking help for the issues listed on my website.  And so, I "walk the talk" and have made tremendous gains in my life and so, I  believe, will you.  

 

I have a sense of humour and you may hear a hint of my Nova Scotian accent and the occasional swear word.  

Address

367 4th Street, Courtenay, BC, Canada. 

Email

tarahopecounselling@outlook.com

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