Kathryn McInroy

Kathryn believes that counselling is a collaborative process between the client and their counsellor and treats the relationship as a partnership. She uses a strengths-based and solution-focused approach to help her clients move toward their goals. She helps clients learn and practice techniques to change unhelpful thought patterns, regulate their emotions, and cope more effectively with challenges. Kathryn also assists clients in improving their communication, boundary-setting, and conflict-resolution skills.

She enjoys working with clients on stress management, personal growth, identity exploration, goal setting, relationships, and life transitions. She has a special interest in supporting clients who are feeling ambivalent or uncertain about their relationship, and those who are going through a separation or divorce.

Kathryn supports clients to understand and manage symptoms of ADHD, with a focus on amplifying strengths and managing the challenges that ADHD brings to the client’s daily functioning, relationships, work, schooling, and more. With an abundance of experience in this area, Kathryn helps clients develop ADHD-adapted skills and strategies to support them to achieve their goals. 

She has extensive experience working with low-conflict couples who are seeking to strengthen their connection to one another, work through specific challenges they are facing, and/or build skills to support a strong, lasting relationship. Kathryn enjoys working with couples where one or both partners have ADHD.

Kathryn offers individuals and couples a space to talk freely about sex, sexuality, intimacy and pleasure. Her primary areas of focus for sex therapy are women and vulva-owners’ genito-pelvic pain disorders, resolution of desire, arousal and pleasure discrepancies and/or difficulties, and sexual and pleasure equity. She offers a supportive space for individuals and couples to explore their interest in or experiences with ethical/consensual non-monogamy (ENM/CNM).

Her approach to counselling therapy uses a blend of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), narrative therapy, emotionally focused therapy, and the Gottman Method approach to relationship counselling. She practices from an anti-oppressive and trauma-informed lens and welcomes clients of all races, sexual orientations, and gender identities/expressions.

Kathryn has over 10 years of counselling experience. She is a Registered Clinical Counsellor with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors (BCACC), a Registered Psychotherapist with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario, and a Counselling Therapist with the Association of Counselling Therapy of Alberta. She has a Master of Education degree from Thompson Rivers University, with post-graduation coursework from Yorkville University.

Kathryn has additional training for working with couples, including the Gottman Method Levels 1 & 2 and Treating Affairs & Trauma. She also has extensive training for and experience in supporting clients with ADHD, and holds the ADHD - Certified Clinical Services Provider (ADHD-CCSP) designation to showcase her skill in this area. Kathryn has over 150 hours of sex therapy training to draw from in her work with clients.

She provides phone and online counselling to clients across BC, Alberta, and Ontario. She works with individuals and couples, and is the Owner & Clinical Director of Gravitate Counselling Inc., a group practice based in Victoria, BC.