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MEET THE TEAM

Client Centered. Collaborative. Invested.

South Okanagan Counselling is a team of ethical, compassionate, and impeccably skilled therapists
that effectively partner with clients in their journey toward optimal wellbeing.

Meet the Team: Team Members
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STEFANIE IVERSON

Registered Clinical Counsellor

Clinic Owner/Director

Specialty: Individuals & Couples
Issues: Anxiety | Life Stress | Maternal Mental Health | Grief & Loss | Trauma

Modalities: Strength-Based | Mindfulness/ACT | Gottman Method | Traumatic Incident Reduction (TIR) | Life Stress Reduction (LSR)

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LUCINDA BIBBS

Registered Clinical Counsellor
Clinic Owner/Director

Specialty: Individuals & Youth
Issues: Anxiety | Self-Esteem | Workplace Stress | Men's Issues | Trauma | Sexual Abuse

Modalities: Trauma Informed | CBT | NLP Mindset Coaching | Minfulness | Narrative | Strength-Based

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DR. CHRISTOPHER KINMAN

Registered Clinical Counsellor

Specialty:  Individuals, Youth, Elders, Families & Clinical Supervision

Issues: Addictions | Anger Management | Conflict Resolution | First Nations | LGBQ2IA2S+

Modalities: Existential | Family Systems | Narrative | Strength-Based

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STEPHANIE MCALISTER

Registered Clinical Counsellor

Speciality: Individuals & Youth
Issues: Anxiety | Trauma | 

Anger Management
Modalities:   ACT | CBT | EMDR |  Solution-Focused 

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SARAH KENNEDY

Certified Music Therapist

Specialty: Individuals, Youth, & Groups

Issues: Anxiety | Chronic Pain | Emotinal Disturbance | Grief & Loss 

Modalities: Music Therapy | Expressive Arts

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ANNA JOHNSON

Registered Clinical Counsellor

Specialty: Individuals & Couples/Families

Issues: Addiction | Conflict Management | Relationship Breakdown | Trauma 

Modalities: ACT | Emotion-Focused Couples & Family Therapy | Motivational Interviewing | Eye-Movement Integration (Level 1)

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JENNIFER POVOLEDO

Registered Social Worker

& Canadian Clinical Counsellor

Speciality: Child, Youth, & Families

Issues: Behavioural Issues | Trauma | Crisis Intervention | Parent Education

Modalities: Holistic Expressive Arts | Play Therapy

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ZACH HAIR

Intern Counsellor

Speciality: Individuals, Youth, 

& Clergy/Spiritual Leaders

Issues: Addictions | Anxiety | Stress |

Grief & Loss | Trauma |Spiritual Distress 

Modalities: Existential | Narrative | AEDP | Somatic | Rogerian |

Emotion-Focused Therapy | CBT

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AMY THAIN

Registered Clinical Counsellor

Specialty: Individuals

Issues: Anxiety | Trauma | Stress |  Compassion Fatigue/Burnout

Modalities: Somatic | ACT |

Mindfulness-Based | Neuroscience-Informed  Person-Centred | Strengths-based

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CHIZOR VASQUEZ

Registered Social Worker

Specialty: Adults | Youth | Couples/Families
Issues: Behavioural Issues | Attachment Parenting | Trauma/Abuse | Race-Related Trauma | Suicide Prevention

Modalities: CBT | Culturally Sensitive Therapy | Attachment-Based | Emotion-Focused | Family Systems | Psychodynamic | Collaborative Problem Solving

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DEANNA BUCKNER

Registered Social Worker

Specialty: Adult Individuals & Couples

Issues: Trauma | Stress | Burnout/Compassion Fatigue | Grief & Loss | Divorce

Modalities: Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) | Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) | Grief Treatment | Gottman Method | Integrative Therapy | Socratic Dialogue

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SHERIDAN CLIFFORD

Intern Counsellor

Specialty: Adult Individuals

Issues: Anxiety | Depression |  Stress | 

Grief & Loss | Self-Esteem | Life Transitions

Modalities: Strength-Based | Trauma Informed | Solution-Focused | CBT

Session rate: $50 + gst

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JOIN THE TEAM

Want to work with us? Click here to learn more: Associate Clinical Counsellor

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