Andrew McKenzie, RCC

I come to my clinical work with insight and knowledge gained through experiences both as an adoptive and birth parent, as well as over a decade of supporting children living with complex needs in the British Columbia public school system.  I provide counselling services through a lens of practice which values and promotes respect for the most genuine parts of the self, through an attuned focus on the therapeutic relationships I form with my clients.  I view mental health through a developmental lens, acknowledging that many forms of current distress or suffering are rooted in past experiences which we often did not have any control over (especially as children).  As a clinician who practices EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) therapy, I work collaboratively with clients to identify early memories and experiences which may be causing current challenges, or preventing personal growth.  I also draw from orientations such as CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) and DBT (Dialectical Behavioural Therapy) in the work I do with clients.  I combine all of these therapies in different ways through the lens of the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT), which lays out a sequence to put therapeutic activities in, and focusses on working with the part of the brain where the greatest need is first.

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I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) with the British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors (RCC# 16543)

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It is a privilege and an honour to live and work in the unceded traditional territories of the Halalt, Lyackson, Meluxulh (Malahat), Puneluxutth’ (Penelakut), Quw’utsun, Stz-uminus, Ts’uubaa-asatx nation, and the traditional keepers of their land