Mark Streibel

Hi there,

I offer counselling services to adults in Surrey, BC and the surrounding areas. Everyone is on a journey of love with all of its beauty, pain, wounds, healing, heartbreak, connection, and growth. We all experience both joy and suffering in this. The connection, care, compassion, and guidance offered in counselling can help you find meaning and fulfillment in this.

Working Together 

Each person and their life story is unique and every part of you is welcome with me. I approach each therapeutic relationship as a new experience and opportunity for growth. I strive to meet you where you are while inviting any parts of you wanting or needing healing and growth to enter our therapeutic space. I believe that deep healing happens in the presence of acceptance, compassion, and respect. It is also facilitated by invitation rather than force.

In the first few sessions we will get to know each other and develop an understanding of the aspects of your life and internal world that you would like to change. We will design a plan to guide these changes and set milestones to measure progress. The next several sessions are filled with the work of your healing journey at this time. I constantly strive to attune to your specific needs as they arise and change.

Some of the things I help with are:

- Self-acceptance & compassion

- Healing trauma

- Cultivating emotional safety and open-heartedness

- Strengthening your mind-body-heart connection

- Expanding your self-awareness

- Treating the causes of depression and anxiety

- Reducing or eliminating addictive and other harmful behaviours

- Identifying and living in alignment with your core values

- Embodying gratitude and joy; and more

About Me

My path to becoming a counsellor began with my own journey of healing and growth. From this I developed a passion for connecting with and supporting others. I have dedicated the last 12 years to the study and practice of helping people in their journeys of wellness. In addition to a Master of Social Work degree, I also have training and experience in:

- Mindfulness                                       

- Embodied inquiry                                    

- Somatic healing practices

- Parts integration                                

- Working with trauma                               

- Addictions treatment

- Harm reduction                                 

- Journey preparation & integration       

- Cognitive behavioural therapy

- Life coaching; and more

On a personal note, I am the grateful father of 3 beautiful children and partner to a wonderful woman. Aside from helping others as a counsellor, some of the things that bring me fulfillment are spending time with loved ones, connecting with nature, travel, cooking and enjoying amazing food, salsa and bachata dancing, and self-exploration and growth.

I look forward to supporting you to heal, grow, and flourish!