Andrea Kiesser, RSW
Senior Counsellor
She/Her/Hers
We all have moments in our lives when our challenges seem insurmountable. As a social worker and counsellor, Andrea’s goal is to help you make sense of what is going on and offer strategies to improve your situation. She knows that understanding your unique circumstances is key to effective therapy tailored specifically to you. Her specialties include supporting individuals, youth, children and families with life transitions and distressing life events. Andrea has particular expertise helping individuals who have a child or loved one struggling with mental illness.
As a settler on this land, Andrea has had the honour of working alongside Indigenous communities. She is committed to providing ally-ship as a counsellor and work from a social justice, non-judgmental, trauma-informed, and strength-based perspective. She is skilled at providing therapy in an online format, in the comfort of your own home. Andrea’s therapy style brings warmth, empathy and maybe even some cheeky humour into each session. Your time together will be collaborative and productive.
Andrea is a Registered Social Worker in good standing with the BC College of Social Workers and a graduate of Dalhousie University Masters of Social Work program.
ANDREA SPECIALIZES IN: Supporting people who have a loved one (parent, child, partner, sibling) with mental health challenges.
Services
- Individual Counselling (Virtual)
- Individual Counselling (Telephone)
Ages Served
- Ages 19 +
Languages Offered
- English
Support Topics
- Abuse (childhood abuse, domestic abuse, sexual abuse)
- Adapting to lifestyle changes and aging
- Addressing loneliness and isolation
- Addictions (drug and/or alcohol)
- Anger management
- Anxiety
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Bipolar disorder
- Body positivity
- Borderline personality disorder
- Building resilience in later life
- Career guidance
- Chronic illness management
- Chronic impulsivity
- Chronic pain management
- Climate anxiety
- Co-dependency
- Colonization
- Coping skills
- Coping with health changes
- De-colonizing life and practice
- Dementia diagnosis and support
- Depression
- Dissociative disorders
- Divorce and separation
- Dual diagnosis
- Emotional disturbances
- Emotional turmoil
- Exercise planning
- Facing end-of-life issues
- Family conflict
- Family of origin issues
- First responders’ mental health
- Gambling
- Impulse control disorders
- Infidelity
- Life management issues
- Life transitions
- Marital discord
- Meal planning
- Meditation
- Mood disorders
- Navigating family and caregiver relationships
- Non-ordinary experience integration (e.g., spiritual, extraordinary experiences)
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
- Overcoming phobias, such as fear of death
- Parenting children with special needs
- Peer relationships
- Personality disorders (narcissistic personality disorder, borderline personality disorder)
- Psychosis
- Rehabilitation from trauma
- Relationship and marriage conflict
- School issues
- Self-esteem issues
- Sexual abuse
- Sexual behaviours
- Sexualized violence
- Sexuality (2SLGBTQIA+ inclusive)
- Sleep issues or insomnia
- Sports performance
- Spirituality (non-emergency spiritual issues)
- Suicidal ideation
- Trauma and PTSD
- Transgender transition issues
- Video game addiction
- 2SLGBTQIA+ challenges
Therapeutic Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Complex Trauma Therapy
- Emotion Focused Family Therapy (EFFT)
- Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
- Motivational Interviewing