Joel Brass

Joel Brass, M.A.Sc., R.C.C. has been an individual, relationship and family therapist for the past 41 years. His areas of expertise and personal passion are the healing and growth of individuals and love relationships. Additionally, he is very committed to helping men understand themselves and their relationships better – assisting them with intimacy, sex and work related issues.

With private practices in both Vancouver and South Surrey, B.C., Joel is also a seminar leader and radio personality. Love Matters (his own call-in program) has aired on both KISS-FM and CFUN 1410 AM (Vancouver) and formerly on CJOC (Lethbridge, Alberta). Joel’s book, a part-time labour of love for 10 years of his life, Healing Your Relationship With Yourself : End Inner Conflict by Developing A Harmonious Inner Family is now available (Trafford Publishing).

I love my work. Why? I love what is real and have no time or interest for what is unreal. People in pain; people who speak honestly and openly about “the good, the bad and the ugly” things inside them; people seeking greater love, peace, meaning or happiness are very real to me. They inspire and teach me and, by their presence in my life, gently challenge me to do the same.

Over my career I have worked with people of extraordinarily diverse personalities and backgrounds, facing life issues of many kinds and complexities. It is my belief that, more than any other single factor, it is the quality and depth of the caring and honesty in my relationship with the client and in the client’s relationship with me that determines the success of the work together. Our ability to get extremely close to each other,in healthy and respectful ways,is the vehicle which transports the client to their therapeutic destination.