Counselling & Psychotherapy | Gabrielle Cordella-Chew

I believe outstanding and meaningful therapy comes to life at the intersection of art, science & compassion. It’s a purposeful collaboration that offers greater ease, clarity and purpose.

My clinical counselling and psychotherapy services draw from a range of client-centred approaches in order to offer you the most personalized and helpful experience possible. We work at your pace, based on your needs and comfort level.

I work with people who desire inner peace, confidence and satisfaction in their lives despite the pain and setbacks resulting from personal loss, trauma, anxiety, illness, or difficulties in their important relationships.

We can work together around:

anxiety and worry
acute or chronic stress
adult children of addicted and/or abusive caregivers
bullying
burn-out
childhood trauma
communication
depression
fears
grief
guilt and shame
generational trauma
illness
impact of residential school
life transitions
loneliness
perfectionism
personal loss
pregnancy and postpartum
parenting
relationships
separation and divorce
traumatic event

You can choose to participate in your counselling experience through:

conversational support and exploration
Creative Arts Therapy activities along with conversation
a combination of both whenever you wish.

All of these approaches will include applications from CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy), Family Systems, and Solutions Focused therapy models where helpful.

You are welcome to ask questions about the process at any time.

I believe in a holistic approach, so if you’re interested we’ll take the opportunity to reflect on how your physical health and self-care practices may be supporting, or undermining, your emotional wellbeing and vice versa.

I often share resources, ideas and book titles with the aim of enhancing your efforts toward personal enrichment and self-empowerment. I welcome your input and would love to hear about titles or authors you find inspiring.

Our work together may include simple writing and reading assignments and/or other helpful activities for you to practice outside our meetings.

These are always optional, but I recommend them for anyone addressing challenges like chronic worry, anxiety, or a tendency toward overly critical or negative self-talk.

Why? I want your positive experience in therapy to expand into your daily living and be integrated beyond the therapeutic hour.

When people talk about concerns and challenges during therapy, they often feel better in the moment and may experience flashes of deeper understanding and more clarity around what they need.

However, once they have left that productive and private hour to re-enter their busy lives, details of their process may slip away.

If you’re attempting to make changes in your habits of thought and action, you’ll want the details to stick.

Doing simple exercises I suggest, or making personal notes in a journal, will provide you the chance to build and strengthen some practical new tools. You gain more.