Tyler Milley

Welcome. I’m glad you’re here. My clients are the most incredible people and I would be glad to include you as one of them. I love this work and the venue it creates for the kind of conversations that change our lives - honest, compassionate, insightful, vulnerable. Because I have found it to be the greatest therapeutic tool we can create together, my focus is on our relationship, our trust and resonance.

I was born and raised on the North Shore of Vancouver, but somehow, I never owned a mountain bike. In a way, that small detail captures something about me in that I find freedom on the outside of typical. As the third of four kids, I didn’t realize until much later how unusual my fascination with people was. As a child, I’d lie awake at night, replaying moments from my day and trying to make sense of the things others did that I didn’t quite understand. I’d imagine their motivations and wonder what made them do what they did in an attempt to understand why I did what I did. In high school and university, I often traded sleep and letter grades for long, meandering conversations about life, people, and the mysteries of human connection.

Collectively, I’ve spent years of my life in many parts of the world—Brazil, England, India, South Africa—and each place has only deepened my love for people. The family of five my wife and I have created represents four distinct cultural backgrounds, and being part of the adoptive community has given me a profound appreciation for different cultures, orientations, and the myriad ways families are formed. These experiences have shaped me, fostering a deep respect for the diversity that makes us all so uniquely human.

I am fully affirming of the LGBTQ2S+ community and routinely support those who have experienced non-affirming families or communities. I also support those of all orientations experiencing deconstruction from various faith traditions.

I'm registered with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors (#2886), and hold both a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master of Counselling Psychology degree from The University of British Columbia. I'm also a Gottman Level 2 trained marriage therapist and an Approved Clinical Supervisor for both newly registered and experienced counsellors.

I began my counselling practice in 2007 at the Able Developmental Clinic supporting neurodiverse and neurotypical individuals, couples, and families. This experience gifted me most of what I’ve learned about ADHD, ASD, and other unique ways of seeing the world. In 2020 I moved my practice online from home and discovered it suits me and my family very well.

In my free time I like to run, fish, feed the chickens, watch standup comedy, and wonder what my life would have been like if I had discovered coffee before the age of 45.