About Michael
Professional Summary
Dr. Michael Dadson, PhD, RCC, CCC, has maintained continuous clinical practice in Langley, British Columbia since 2000. He brings over three decades of experience in counselling psychology, clinical supervision, and program development, with a sustained focus on trauma-informed care.
Dr. Dadson has held clinical leadership roles across academic and private practice settings, including Clinical Director positions at Trinity Western University, Brookswood Counselling Services, and Gentle Currents Therapy. He also served as National Executive Director and Clinical Director of the Veterans Transition Network, contributing to the development and delivery of trauma-informed programming for veterans across Canada.
His work includes the supervision and training of Registered Clinical Counsellors (RCCs), with contributions to trauma-informed clinical practice across Langley and the Fraser Valley. His clinical approach is grounded in compassionate presence and the application of refined therapeutic skills to support meaningful, sustained change.
Areas of Practice
Trauma and PTSD
Anxiety and depression
Relationship and attachment concerns
Operational stress injuries (first responders and veterans)
Men’s mental health
Approaches
Trauma-informed therapy
Attachment-based therapy
Neurofeedback (LENS)
EMDR-informed approaches
Group-based therapeutic models
Professional Background
Ph.D., University of British Columbia
Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC #1467), continuous clinical practice since 2000
Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC #10007387)
Fellow, International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD)
Former Adjunct Professor, University of British Columbia and Trinity Western University
Advisory Board Member, Centre for Group Counselling and Trauma (UBC) (2014–2018)
Board Member, Centre for Group Counselling and Trauma (UBC)
Invited presenter to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security (SECU) on operational stress injuries and veteran mental health
Practice Information
Gentle Currents Therapy
Langley, British Columbia
Other Information
Areas of Practice
- Addictions
- Adult Counselling
- Anger
- Anxiety
- Autism
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- Chronic Pain
- Depression
- Eating Disorders
- Family Conflict
- Family Counselling
- Gambling
- Gender Identity
- Goal-Setting
- Grief and Loss
- Grief and Loss - Pets
- Grief and Loss - Suicide
- Individual Counselling (General)
- Infertility | Reproductive Support
- Intimacy
- LGBTQ2
- Men's Concerns
- Mood Disorders
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Person-Centred
- Personal Growth
- Post Traumatic Stress
- Relationships - Couples
- Relationships - LGBTQ2
- Relationships - Marriage
- Self-Harming Practices
- Self Esteem
- Sexual Assault
- Sexual Concerns
- Sexuality
- Shame and Chronic Shame
- Spiritual
- Stress
- Substance Use Counselling
- Suicide
- Teen | Adolescent Counselling (14 - 19 yrs)
- Trauma
- Trauma - Accidents Death Loss
- Workplace Concerns
Modalities
- Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP)
- Anger Management
- Attachment-based Therapy
- Bowen Family Systems
- Brief Therapy
- Christian Counselling
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Collaborative Couple Therapy
- Critical Incident Stress Management
- Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT)
- Existential
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gestalt Therapy
- Grief Counselling
- Group Therapy
- Interpersonal Therapy
- Online Counselling
- Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
Dr. Michael Dadson (Mike Dadson) Gentle Currents Therapy
Locations
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20103 40th Ave. Langley B.C. V3A 2W3
Langley BC
V3A2W3
Gender
- Man
Language
- English
