Nice to meet you!
I live with my partner and two weird and wonderful kids in North Vancouver. I’m a registered Master’s level social worker with 18 years experience counselling individuals and families in acute crisis.
My family is filled with psychotherapists and yes, Thanksgiving was fascinating! How DID I feel about passing the gravy? My family’s passion for the people and my own experiences inspired my focus on healing from trauma and post traumatic growth.
Meeting a new therapist can feel nerve wracking! I focus on warmth, an eye for serious details of your story and a touch of humour. Although I offer many concrete approaches, one of the most profound experiences we can have is to be understood and validated for what we have been through.
I look forward to doing meaningful work with you.
Laura Vander Steen, BAPsych, MSW, Certified EMDR Therapist
In the spirit of reconciliation, mend counselling acknowledges and respects the unceded traditional territories of the Coast Salish, Tsleil-Waututh, Squamish and Musqueam First Nations people where we work, live & play.