Elysia Bronson

About Elysia

I’m a Registered Clinical Counsellor working online with adults across British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Newfoundland & Labrador, Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut. My practice focuses on chronic pain, chronic illness, and health trauma — the ground most therapists weren’t trained to stand on.
Most of my clients come to me after they’ve been poked, prodded, dismissed, or told it’s all in their head. They’re living with persistent pain, ME/CFS, fibromyalgia, Long COVID, POTS, EDS, or the kind of medical burnout that builds up after years of fighting to be believed. They’re tired. Often grieving. Usually pacing a life that used to look different.

I combine evidence-based modalities — Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT), the Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP), DBT, and CBT — with somatic pacing and nervous-system-informed care. No workbooks you have to translate into your own body. No pushing through flares. We work at the pace your system can actually hold.
I also live with chronic illness, which shapes how I show up in session. It means I get the math of a bad pain day, the cost of a phone call, the absurdity of being told to “just exercise.” You don’t have to explain the basics — we can start from somewhere useful.

Outside of practice, I sit on the Board of the Canadian Pain Society and co-chair its Interprofessional Special Interest Group. I work with Pain BC on chronic pain education and advocacy. I write and speak on chronic pain care, nervous system regulation, and pacing.

Sessions are online only, 50 minutes, $150 (therapy-integrated SSP $180). Most extended health plans reimburse RCC services. ICBC and WorkSafe BC claims accepted. Free 20-minute consultations available.