About Makayla
Choosing a therapist can be a vulnerable and challenging process. You may have been struggling for a long time, or this may be the first time you have felt like you need professional support. I aim to create a space that feels warm, accepting, and compassionate where we can work together to identify what is getting in the way of you living a joyful and purposeful life in wholeness. I use a person-centred approach to address your unique experiences, needs, and goals for therapy. By meeting you where you are, we can collaborate to find a way forward together.
Makayla (she/they) is a Registered Clinical Counsellor and a UBC graduate with a master’s degree in counselling psychology. She is currently working towards her PhD in Counselling Psychology at UBC. She has worked with clients at UBC’s Psychological Services and Counselling Training Centre, in private practice, and in clinical research with a focus on symptoms of depression, anxiety, family relationships, parenting, and life transitions. They have training and experience in working with 2SLGBTQIA+ and non-monogamous clients, and find great joy in walking alongside clients who are exploring their gender and sexuality, or looking to improve their relationships.
Now accepting new clients in-person and online. You’re welcome to book a 20 minute free consultation to meet me and see if we might be a good fit! You can reach me at [email protected].
Other Information
Areas of Practice
- Adult Counselling
- Adults
- Anxiety
- Chronic Illness
- Chronic Pain
- Codependency
- Communication Issues
- Depression
- Eating Disorders
- Eating Issues
- End of Life Counselling
- Family Caregiver Counselling
- Family Conflict
- Family of Origin
- Gender Identity
- Goal-Setting
- Grief and Loss
- Grief and Loss - Peri / Postnatal
- Grief and Loss - Pets
- Grief and Loss - Suicide
- Individual Counselling (General)
- Infertility | Reproductive Support
- Intimacy
- LGBTQ2
- Life Transitions
- Multicultural Concerns
- Panic
- Parenting
- Parenting - Blended Families
- Peri/Post Natal Concerns
- Person-Centred
- Personal Growth
- Phobias
- Post Traumatic Stress
- Racialized Violence
- Racism
- Relationships
- Relationships - Alternative Structures
- Relationships - Couples
- Relationships - Dissolution | Separation | Divorce
- Relationships - Infidelity
- Relationships - LGBTQ2
- Relationships - Marriage
- Relationships - Premarital
- Retirement
- Self Esteem
- Sex Therapy
- Sexual Assault
- Sexual Concerns
- Sexuality
- Shame and Chronic Shame
- Sleep Difficulties
- Spiritual
- Stress
- Teen | Adolescent Counselling (14 - 19 yrs)
- Transgender - Social / Physical Transition
- Trauma
- Trauma - Accidents Death Loss
- Traumatic Birth
- Women's Concerns
- Workplace Concerns
Modalities
- Body-Centred Therapy
- Client-Directed Outcome-Informed Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Culturally Sensitive
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
- Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT)
- Feminist
- Group Therapy
- Humanistic
- Internal Family Systems
- Interpersonal Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Online Counselling
- Person-Centred
- Relational Psychotherapy
- Solution Focused Brief
- Somatic
- Strength Based
- Telephone Counselling
Being and Becoming Counselling & Wellness Services
Locations
-
405-3701 Hastings Street
Burnaby BC
V5C 2H6Tel: (778) 658-0582
Wheel Chair Access
Accepting new clients
Gender
- Non-Binary
- Woman
Language
- English