My Therapy Style

Compassionate Counselling & Consultation in Victoria, BC

Ariel Graham Counselling & Consultation provides a warm, relational, and evidence-based approach to therapy for individuals, couples, and families across British Columbia. Whether you’re healing from trauma, navigating life transitions, or looking for guidance as a parent or clinician, this is a space to feel grounded, supported, and understood.

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A Relational, Trauma-Informed, and Embodied Style of Therapy

Meet Your Therapist, Ariel

Hi, I’m Ariel, a Registered Clinical Counsellor and Approved Clinical Supervisor based in Victoria, BC. Therapy is a professional space built on trust and expertise, but it’s also fundamentally a relational experience. Together, we’ll navigate challenges with compassion and openness, where you can bring your whole self, including your sense of humour. Yes, when it’s appropriate we can laugh!

As someone in a long-term marriage, I understand the efforts required to stay connected and committed. As a mother, I know parenting can bring us to our knees; it is not for the faint of heart.

My approach blends relational depth with evidence-based practice, integrating EMDR, cognitive-behavioural, somatic and attachment-based therapies, and the SPACE program for parents supporting anxious children. Each session moves at a pace that honours your story, helping you build safety, emotional regulation, and lasting resilience.

Clients describe me as warm, insightful, approachable, and funny. Someone who brings clarity and compassion to even the most complex challenges.

My work integrates:

EMDR & Trauma-Informed Therapy Helping you process painful experiences and develop new, adaptive beliefs.

Somatic & Relational Techniques Incorporating neuroscience and embodiment to guide healing from within.

Mindfulness & Self-Compassion Practices Building calm, emotional balance, and a gentler relationship with yourself.

Evidence-based SPACE Empowering parents to respond to their child’s anxiety with confidence and care.

Strength-Based Perspective Focusing on what’s strong, not just what’s wrong, to help you move toward lasting change.

Education & Credentials

Master’s Degree in Counselling Psychology (City University, 2005)
Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors
Approved Clinical Supervisor (BCACC)
Certified in Somatic Transformation
Certified in EMDR Therapy
Trained in Somatic, SPACE, Gottman Couples Therapy, CBT, ACT, IFS Approaches
Provider for the First Nations Health Authority & ICBC
Completed Systemic Clinical Supervision Course

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My Therapist Toolkit

Internal Family Systems (IFS)

Internal Family Systems (IFS) helps you understand and heal the different “parts” within yourself — the protective, reactive, and wounded aspects that shape how you think and feel.
By building compassion and curiosity toward these parts, IFS guides you toward greater self-understanding, harmony, and emotional freedom.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

This groundbreaking therapy technique helps people heal from the emotional distress of traumatic experiences.

It works by using bilateral stimulation to help the brain reprocess traumatic memories and reduce their emotional impact.

SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions)

SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions) empowers parents to help their children manage anxiety by changing their own responses.
Instead of focusing on the child’s symptoms, SPACE teaches caregivers how to reduce accommodations and model calm, supportive confidence — helping kids build resilience and independence over time.

Attachment-Based Therapy

Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationships shape the way we connect, trust, and communicate today.
If you’ve ever felt anxious in relationships, struggled with self-worth, or found it hard to rely on others, this approach can help you understand why — and learn to create healthier, more secure patterns.

Somatic Therapy

Somatic therapy recognizes that the body carries our life experiences, including shock, trauma, and emotional pain. Through techniques that promote body awareness somatic therapy helps restore the nervous system to a state of healthy self-regulation.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a science-backed, goal-oriented therapy that helps people manage anxiety, depression, and stress by changing unhelpful thought patterns. It’s based on the idea that our thoughts influence our emotions and behaviors, meaning that shifting negative thinking can lead to positive changes in how we feel and act.

Where We’ll Meet

I offer counselling sessions both in-person and online, so you can choose the environment that feels most comfortable and convenient.

In Victoria, I meet with clients at Island Family Counselling Centre, a welcoming and centrally located space with free parking. I also see a number of clients from my home office in Cordova Bay, a calm and quiet setting designed to foster reflection and ease. For privacy and safety, that address is shared once a booking is confirmed.

Whether we meet at Island Family Counselling, in my home office, or virtually anywhere in British Columbia, my goal is the same, to provide a safe, grounded space where you can explore your story and move toward lasting change.