Accessible Counselling in Victoria, BC Updated: January 2026
In this article, Arbour therapist, Beth Cowin, offers an update on various options for accessible counselling in Greater Victoria, BC. Beth draws her knowledge from her experience of work at Mental Health Recovery Partners (MHRP), where she helps connect people to various mental health resources around Greater Victoria. She also leads a weekly support group for family members of those in treatment for mental health and addictions. For people who don’t have workplace benefit
Art Therapy: Integrating Emotions through Creative Expression
In this article, Arbour Counselling therapist Joan Dosso shares a personal experience of art therapy that helped her integrate and...
Externalizing Problems: A Narrative Therapy Approach to Mental Health
In this article, Arbour Therapist Calvin Black explains how Narrative Therapists use externalization to separate people from problems
Understanding Trauma: Key Mental Health Insights in Canada
In this article, Dr. Fred Chou gives a primer on trauma clarifying what it is and suggesting helpful approaches for treatment
The Music that moves us
From time to time, you might hear music playing in the counselling rooms at Arbour. Clients and counsellors are reminded of their...
Making Beauty and Meaning – A Shift from Imagining to Embodying
I regularly hear people expressing concern about what seems to be a growing epidemic of fear, sedentariness, and depressive affect in...