Primary Areas of Practice:
Anxiety and/or Panic
Career Issues
Life transitions
Marriage / Couples Issues
Personal Growth


Approaches Used:
Adlerian Therapy
Body Centred Therapy
Brief Therapy
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Family Systems
Marriage and Couples Counselling
Meditation - General
Narrative Therapy
Solution Focused Therapy
Visualization


Kate Gates, M.A. RCC

Main Counselling Office    (Map)

#201 - 1118 Homer Street
Vancouver
V6B 6L5



Second Counselling Office

Deep Cove
North Vancouver


Counsellor's Contact Info:

Phone 1: 604 986-5152

Email Kate Gates

Counsellor or Psychologist's website:

www.womanssolace.com


Fees for Individuals:

100.00

Fees for Couples/Families:

140.00

Additional Information about this counsellor or psychologist:

Kate is a Registered Clinical Counsellor with the B.C. Assoc. of Clinical Counsellors. She has offices in Downtown Vancouver & North Vancouver.

Kate has provided compassionate, consistent counselling for women and couples since 1996-13 yrs in private practice and is currently the Head of the Department of Counselling at Vancouver Community College, and has worked as a College counsellor at VCC for 8 years.

Areas of focus include: relationships, anxiety, depression, self esteem, transition and couples counselling. Kate utilizes mind and body therapy to integrate the counselling experience and pulls from Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction as well as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to foster change and growth in her clients.

She includes some cognitive approaches, Adlerian along with Narrative therapy and introduces daily skills for coping.
Visualization and breathe work can also be incorporated into sessions depending on the needs of the client.

Kate encourages her clients to join with her on their goals of therapy and believes that the counselling relationship is a very sacred and healing relationship. She will offer you a respectful, non-judgemental, objective approach and give you unconditional positive regard. She will view you holistically (mentally, physically, spiritually) and as a unique and invaluable individual with the potential for growth and possibilities.

She will meet with you to understand what may be hindering you from moving forward and create with you the interventions that will help your life unfold.

She will uphold and respect your own wisdom and resources to help yourself as crucial to your healing and growth.

Kate believes the counselling relationship exists for her clients best interests and cares very deeply for all of her clients. All sessions are strictly confidential (some exceptions to confidentiality exist which she will go over with you.

For further information, visit Kate 's web site .

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