Avraham Cohen  Ph.D.  RCC

Counselling Office (Map)


117-3195 Granville Street
Vancouver, BC
V6H 3K2


Counsellor's Contact Info:

Phone 1: 604 732-4204

Email Avraham Cohen

Additional Information about this counsellor or psychologist:

Avraham Cohen, Ph. D., RCC, CCC holds the designations of Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors and Canadian Counsellor Certification (CCC) with the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association. His office is at 16th and Granville.

Avraham's work with clients is holistic and individualized in ways that are most fitting for each person. He is noted for his ability to connect in just the right ways with clients. His ability to facilitate working through issues at an optimal pace is well known along with his innovative and creative ways of helping individuals to see things in new ways, and make changes that fit with their needs, circumstances, and life stage.

His particular areas of expertise are:

  1. Relationship and post-relationship issues with a particular focus on entrenched, repetitive non-functional patterns.
  2. Anxiety and depression as manifestations of life circumstances.
  3. Personal growth
  4. Mindfulness Meditation

He has been in private practice for twenty-two years. He is also Senior Faculty at City University of Seattle (Vancouver BC site) in the Master's in Counselling Program. He has published widely, including peer reviewed journal articles, book chapters, and general articles. His 2008 article, co-authored with Dr. Heesoon Bai, Suffering Loves and Needs Company: Buddhist and Daoist Perspectives on the Counsellor as Companion was published in the Canadian Journal of Counselling and was awarded the Professional Article of the Year Award by the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association. He presents regularly at national and international conferences. He was awarded the 2007-2008 BC Association of Clinical Counsellor's President's Award for Contributions to the Discipline of Counselling.

Contact him to obtain a copy of his book (at a discount), Gateway to the Dao-Field: Essays for the Awakening Educator (2009, Cambria Press) (click on 'Download Brochure' for information about the book).

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