Gerald Loewen is a seasoned educator, a Registered Canadian Certified Counsellor, psychotherapist, and leader with more than 35 years of experience in teaching, student development, and human services. His career spans college-level instruction, academic administration, youth programming, and clinical support, giving him a wide and integrated understanding of human behaviour, learning, and well-being.

Gerald holds two master’s degrees, one in Education and one in the Social Sciences, along with extensive training in interpersonal communication, conflict resolution, and counselling practice. His work is grounded in compassion, professionalism, and a deep commitment to helping individuals navigate life’s challenges with clarity and resilience.

Throughout his career, Gerald has served in diverse leadership roles, including managing registrar operations, directing college policies and procedures, designing youth employment and life-skills training programs, and coordinating community events serving up to 1,000 participants. His experience working with individuals from varied cultural, social, and developmental backgrounds informs his inclusive and relational approach to counselling.

Gerald is known for his ability to build trust quickly, communicate with warmth and clarity, and support individuals through personal, educational, and emotional transitions. His practice integrates practical problem-solving with a strong understanding of human development, making him a valued member of the clinical team.

Outside of his professional work, Gerald is recognized for his steady, grounded presence and dedication to fostering growth in individuals, families, and communities.

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Sunny Qiu (she/her) is a Registered Social Worker and therapist passionate about helping people find calm, confidence, and connection in their lives. She specializes in supporting individuals who are kind to everyone but themselves — those who care deeply for others yet struggle to show the same compassion inward.

Sunny helps clients work through anxiety, trauma, self-criticism, people-pleasing, emotional overwhelm, and relationship challenges. She also works with couples who love each other but feel stuck, helping them rebuild trust, communicate openly, heal from past hurts, and strengthen emotional intimacy.

Sunny offers a calm, compassionate space where clients can feel fully accepted without judgment. She believes healing begins when people feel truly seen, heard, and understood. Her work focuses on helping clients understand the parts of themselves that feel anxious, avoidant, or self-critical — the parts that have been trying to protect them for a long time. Through this process, Sunny helps clients work with themselves rather than against themselves, fostering curiosity, kindness, and self-compassion.

Her approach is gentle, relational, and trauma-informed, integrating EMDR, DBT, CBT, parts work (IFS-informed), mindfulness, and the Gottman Method for couples. Drawing from Polyvagal Theory, she helps clients regulate their nervous systems, reduce emotional triggers, and feel safe in their bodies.

With years of training and experience in psychology, holding both a Master of Social Work and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of British Columbia, Sunny combines insight with practical tools to help clients understand what’s happening in their brain, body, and mind in clear and meaningful ways — guiding them from reactivity and self-blame toward resilience, balance, and self-trust.

As a first-generation immigrant and member of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, Sunny brings cultural humility, authenticity, and deep respect for diverse experiences. She helps clients explore how their unique cultural identities, values, and beliefs shape their sense of self and relationships. Her goal is to create a space where differences are understood and celebrated, and where each person can reconnect with their strength, dignity, and sense of peace.

Areas of Focus: anxiety, trauma, relationship challenges, attachment issues, LGBTQ+

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Angie Dirksen is a Registered Clinical Counsellor with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors (BCACC). She holds a Bachelors Degree of Education and a Masters of Counselling Psychology with Yorkville University.

Angie is a dedicated educator and counsellor whose training and experience span almost 35 years. Her greatest desire is to see lives change for the better and to provide every individual and family with hope as she partners with them on their journey to healing.

Angie can offer wisdom, support and care as you seek a safe space to understand your experiences and find ways to overcome your challenges. Angie loves laughter and joyfully celebrates with you when obstacles are overcome.

Modalities such as DBT, CBT, Attachment Theory, Act, Mentalization and techniques for somatization symptoms are drawn from to help support all clients overcome challenges in their lives. Angie has worked with people from a variety of backgrounds and cultures, including indigenous people, neurodivergent individuals, international students, and people who come from a faith-based community.

Areas of treatment include anxiety, depression, addictions, anger management, trauma and ADHD.

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Please note, Matthew is only taking couples and families at this time

FNHA approved provider*

Matthew is a Registered Social Worker in Kelowna, British Columbia with over a decade of experience working as a mental health professional. He has a passion for helping people and wants to see people reach their full potential.

Matthew strives to create a safe and empathetic place to heal, where clients can build insight and coping skills to empower their life. Matthew practices from a client-centered, trauma-informed, strength-based framework that is rooted in attachment, systems and intersectionality theory. Matthew is skilled in emotional-focused therapy(EFT), cognitive behaviour therapy(CBT), solution-focused(SFBT) and motivational therapy.

Whether you are seeking help as a couple, or as a family, Matthew strives to make you feel heard in a supportive, warm and sensitive manner as you discuss, explore and develop deeper insights into your current challenges.

Those who have been fortunate enough to meet Matthew Reimer can attest to being immediately captivated by his extraordinary interpersonal skills. He approachable, positive, patient, and cheerful.

When he isn’t working, you will find Matthew hiking, enjoying the lake, and salsa dancing

I am confident that you will feel that you are working with a counsellor who hears what you are saying and understands how to support you and be with you as we collaboratively co-create your change. My hope in serving you is to offer you skills, experience, wisdom and a real connection.

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Ryan is a Registered Clinical Counsellor in the Province of British Columbia who has spent most of his time in private practice focused on individual counselling of adults and teens. He enjoys working with a wide variety of clients and prior to his time as a counsellor, he spent over ten years working in the education system.

He believes that by creating a safe, empathetic, and non-judgemental space, individuals can explore what their authentic self is looking for in life. We are all shaped by our experiences in life, both positive and negative, many of those experiences took place during our childhood and adolescent years and have shaped who we are today. A significant amount of the habits, frustrations, and triggers that we have as adults, were formed during our youth, and were out of our control. This sometimes requires us to reflect on and challenge beliefs we have developed about oneself, family, and the perspective (lens) that we view the world through.

His philosophy is based around a humanistic approach to therapy. He believes that we should work towards being true to ourselves to live a fulfilling life. Everyone has a unique way of viewing the world which guides our actions and choices. Self-actualization, self-direction, and choice are essential components of our growth and healing.

He treasures seeing the changes that his clients make on their journey through life and believes it is a privilege to be allowed into his client’s lives. He believes that by making changes in our lives and how we approach things, individuals can live the life that they deserve and desire to live.

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