Counselling Specialties in Langley, BC
You may have a name for what’s troubling you, or you may be trying to understand what you or someone you love is going through. Choose a topic below to learn more about what you’re noticing and what you could explore with a counsellor.
Wondering who you might feel comfortable talking with? Meet the people behind the care at Gentle Currents Therapy.
Abuse Counselling
Dr. Michael Dadson (Mike Dadson) aides in the coping and recovery from Verbal, Physical and Sexual Abuse.
Adjustment Counselling
Dr. Michael Dadson (Mike Dadson) relates, “when adjustment issues present it can affect problems at home, school and social relationships”.
Anxiety Counselling
Learn how a counsellor can help you make sense of persistent worry, physical tension or sudden surges of fear.
Coping Counselling
Dr. Michael Dadson will focus on the development of your coping skills or enhancing existing coping skills for stress management and a variety of other mental health issues.
Couples Counselling
Explore how a counsellor can help you understand recurring conflict, talk about what matters to each of you, and find ways to feel more connected.
Developmental Attachment Injury
Dr. Michael Dadson explains: "If a child experiences terror, abandonment, or feels totally alone and vulnerable, it can be traumatic.
Depression Counselling
Explore how depression can affect your mood and daily life, and what you can expect from depression counselling.
Dissociative Disorders Counselling
Learn what dissociation can feel like and how counselling can help you understand what’s happening and find ways to feel more grounded.
Eating Disorder
Dr. Michael Dadson helps Langley residents deal with Anorexia nervosa, eating disorder not otherwise specified (ED NOS), and bulimia.
Family / Marriage Counselling
Everyone is navigating their daily challenges, individual parenting style, sibling rivalry and squabbles
Father Child Relationship
Dr. Michael Dadson (Mike Dadson), is highly specialized in the area of father and child relationships. Many of Dr. Mike Dadson’s university years were spent researching fatherly relationships and emotional childhood injury
Grief Counselling
Dr. Michael Dadson (Mike Dadson), helps his clients in Langley deal with loss and grief in one on one or group session therapy.
Individual Counseling
Individual Therapy is your opportunity to receive personal support on a one-on one bases with Dr. Michael Dadson (Mike Dadson).
Life Transition Therapy
Transition counseling with Dr. Mike Dadson can help you deal with your life changes and emotions.
Men’s Issues
Dr. Michael Dadson (Mike Dadson), has focused his research in the area of men’s mental health and men’s issues from the beginning of his carrier more than 30 years ago.
Men’s Mental Health Counselling
At key junctures in our life’s journey, we are confronted with painful experiences that can create the urgent need for change.Dr. Michael Dadson (Mike Dadson) has substantial experience dealing with men’s mental health issues throughout his career.
Mood Disorder Counselling
Learn how a counsellor can help you make sense of changes in mood and energy over time, whether you’re concerned about yourself or someone you love.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
A person can develop a range of compulsions or obsessions. For example, someone who has OCD can repeatedly check on things, need to organizes things over and over, obsessively wash their hands, or excessively clean their homes.
Peer Relationship Counselling
Dr. Michael Dadson (Mike Dadson) explains: “Before a relationship between individuals can be understood, it is important to recognize and acknowledge that each person has different life experiences, coping skills, reactions, or responses to various situations or stressors in their lives.”
Relationship Issues Counselling
Dr. Michael Dadson (Mike Dadson) believes it’s “important for couples to know they can acquire skills for understanding a partner and reignite what initially brought them together.”
Self-Esteem Counselling
“A person’s basic sense of worth determines how well we are able to deal with conflict, adversity, family and relationship matters, school performance, work and pressures of life in general,” Dr. Mike Dadson maintains.
Stress Counselling
Dr. Michael Dadson (Mike Dadson) relates stress to weight and the impact it has on you. Dr. Mike Dadson explains “although we can carry 10 lbs, if we have to carry it all day you’re very tired by the time the day is over.
Suicide Counselling
If you’re worried someone you love may be thinking about suicide, find guidance on how to respond and where to get immediate help.
Trauma & PTSD Counselling
Learn how traumatic stress can affect you and what you and your counsellor might work on together, at a pace you can manage.
Frequently Asked Questions
You can meet our counselling team and learn about their approaches and areas of experience. When you contact Gentle Currents, tell us what you’d like help with and any preferences. Our intake team can help you explore a suitable clinician and current availability.
Contact the Gentle Currents team to tell us a little about what you’re looking for, ask questions, and explore appointment options.
See current counselling fees or LENS neurofeedback fees and forms for the service you’re considering.
Low-cost and no-cost counselling is available through our supervised graduate practicum program. Explore affordable counselling options or contact us to discuss what may be possible for you.
Your first appointment gives you time to explain what brings you in, ask questions, and discuss the proposed care. Read what to expect at your first counselling session or what happens during a LENS neurofeedback appointment for the service you’re considering.