Louise Chivers

About Louise

I’m a Registered Clinical Counsellor with a Master Degree in Counselling Psychology from UBC. I have over 30 years experience in the field. Currently I use CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) and EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) to help clients struggling with adverse childhood experiences, historic traumas and/or anxiety disorders, including panic and GAD or Generalized Anxiety Disorder.

I am a realist and a feminist, and I maintain a buddhist frame of reference when it comes to an overall philosophical approach. I fundamentally believe that every human being can learn to manage their own minds and lives.

In 2022, a long time into the covid pandemic, I had to use online sessions almost exclusively. The clients and I were happy to realize that online EMDR works!

My clients, both longterm and short term,, have been able to benefit from the power of EMDR while stuck in their homes. They engage their sessions from the dining room tables, lunchtime at work, from their cars or walking in the woods. Working from home can make privacy hard to find for some but the benefits of online CBT or EMDR are clear.

As of April 2025 I will be moving to online counselling only. I find that clients benefit from being able to have sessions from the peace and comfort from their own homes.