Available In-Person & Online

Jon Dickson

M.A., CCC

Counselling Practice Website

Practice Information

Asking yourself questions like these: Is this authentic for me? Can I be me? Am I allowed to be myself? What is life asking me at this time?

These important Life questions are openings, invitations, and horizons for possible discovery, often during times of immense change and transition. This can be a frightening, exciting, draining, and confusing time, all at once. What is holding you back? It may be time to look closer.

As a counsellor-psychotherapist, I have heard many times some version of: “It’s a relief to be here, to talk and not feel judged”. How much energy goes into holding the weight of the world’s judgement on ourselves? Is there not another way? We long for the space and freedom to be our True Self.

A professional counselling relationship can be a space to learn or re-discover the resilience and permission to really be ourselves. It can also serve as a profound corrective experience for a life that has been lived in a highly protective and defensive way.

In my practice, I strive to create a safe enough space to allow the natural courage and hidden resources necessary for a client’s growth, healing, and maturation to emerge. When called for, I am unafraid to go into the depths with my client’s, to linger there as long as the Soul needs, supporting the healthy risk taking necessary to re-emerge fortified and transformed on the other side.

I believe in the sufficiency and multiple intelligences each person is born with. I work co-creatively with individuals in developing uniquely tailored treatment plans to meet the diverse needs of my clients. Trauma trained and informed, and I inhabit a blend of empathetic concern with an edge of compassionate coaching, because it takes a delicate balance of care and encouragement to support true learning and integrated lifestyle change.

I offer counselling support for addictions and problematic substance use, difficulties with mood (anxiety/depression/stress) and negative thinking, grief/loss, and behavioural change. I’m interested in supporting folks who feel blocked in their creativity, relationships, work-life and performance.

I am drawn to the therapeutic benefits of supporting clients in understanding their habits, beliefs, and personality structure, while encouraging both acceptance and commitment to sustained change. Therapy is an opportunity to try something completely new because what was working isn’t anymore.

I also specialize in working with adults who are living with unresolved trauma, developmental trauma, or complex PTSD symptoms and their recovery.

I have a special interest in working therapeutically with Psychedelics and plant medicines (Ketamine, MDMA, Ayahuasca, DMT, Psilocybin), and integrating these experiences with clients who choose this avenue. I have participated in ceremonial communities for the past decade and am currently undertaking formal Psychedelic Psychotherapy training.

I am informed by my work-life experience in health authorities, First Nations communities, treatment facilities, a career as an exercise therapist, devoted yoga and meditation practice/teaching, my own therapy, and enthusiasm for uncageing the inner artist, warrior and healer in myself and others.

We can do this.

Specialized Training

  • Certified Integral Therapist,
    Integrative Body psychotherapy - in training.
    500 HR yoga teacher.
    Psychedelic Therapy
    Existential therapy.
    Narrative Therapy
    Kinesiologist/Exercise Therapy

Client Fee (Individuals)

$150

Client Fee (Couples/Families)

$190

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Latest Blog Post by Jon Dickson

The Yoga of Mental Health, the Mental Health of Yoga

This post is a reflection and information sharing on the interconnections between the practice of mental health therapy and counselling, and the 8-limbed practice of modern yoga. This article is for people interested in Self-development and personal/collective evolution. Therapists and clients, and the general public, may find this an enriching read. Yoga teachers and practitioners may find it supportive of contextualizing and affirming modern western practices. The hope is that at bare minimum, the article is an opening which inspires further study and a broadening of perspective. If it…
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The CounsellingBC blog is written by participating therapists & counsellors who are experts in their field.

Areas of Practice

Addictions - Including Substances
Anger Management Issues
Anxiety and/or Panic
Attention Deficit Disorder - ADHD
Death and Dying
Dreams
First Nations Issues
Grief and Loss - General
Intimacy Issues
Men's Issues
Perfectionism
Procrastination
Self-Esteem Issues
Spirituality
Trauma

Approaches Used

Body Centred Psychotherapy
Coaching
Existential Analysis
Integral Therapy
Integrative Psychotherapy
Meditation
Mindfulness approaches
Narrative Therapy
Online / Telehealth / Virtual Counselling
Relaxation Therapy
Spiritual Counselling
Transpersonal