📍 211- 1940 Lonsdale Ave, North Vancouver | 📞 (604) 674-3380 | ✉️ undacounselling@gmail.com
Meet Breeana, Registered Clinical Counsellor in British Columbia
This is what we call love. When you are loved, you can do anything in creation. When you are loved, there’s no need at all to understand what’s happening, because everything happens within you.
Paul Coelho, The Alchemist
Hi, I am Breeana, the person behind Unda Counselling
When I was younger and people asked what I wanted to be when I grew up, my answer was always some version of, "I just want to work with people." Over time, that path led me to counselling—a profession that brings together my deep curiosity about people, relationships, healing, and what helps us find our way back to ourselves. This work is more than a career to me; it is a calling. I continue to be humbled by the courage it takes to show up, tell the truth of our experiences, and heal in relationship.
Why Unda?
"oon-duh"
I have always found myself returning to water: rivers, lakes, oceans, and even the West Coast rainfall on my face. On water’s banks and shores, I’ve sorted through a lot of my own grief, pain, and transitions. I have reconnected to myself, played, cried, and breathed a little deeper. Unda, Latin for wave, is meant to capture the healing way water moves, breathes, stills, storms, and holds.
A little more about me...
Before I became a counsellor, I spent 10 years working on the front lines of mental health, in residential and outreach settings, primarily alongside young adults navigating housing, addictions, and family conflict.
Over those years, I had the privilege of meeting some incredible people. People whose stories stayed with me. People who challenged what I thought I knew, changed the way I saw the world, and shaped the way I now understand this work. I carry those experiences with me into the counselling room.
I am also a client of therapy myself, and I know what it is like to take the time, effort, and vulnerability to search for—and find—someone who feels like the right fit. I know that choosing to enter therapy is not always an easy or straightforward decision, and I don't take the trust involved lightly.
I understand the complexity of living in a world created by many systems designed to keep many of us small, stuck, and powerless. In this, I acknowledge my privileges as a White, cisgender, middle-class, educated woman. I am aware of the privilege it is to be in the position of carer and helper, and I strive to bring my whole self into this work—both my personal and professional experiences.
When I'm not working, I'm moving. I'm an avid dancer, having grown up doing competitive dance and now loving it simply for fun. I love exploring this beautiful country and the place I get to call home—hiking, swimming, or wandering through the many parks around me.
I also love travel and language. I'm currently learning Spanish, and I am inspired by the Latin American culture I'm getting to know through this experience.
I hope that, through these words and pages, you get a glimpse of the person behind the counsellor—the things that have shaped me, the things that move me, and the way I understand this work.
Wherever you are in your journey, you don't have to arrive with everything figured out. If something here resonates with you, I would be honoured to hear your story, to meet you where you are, and to be alongside you for whatever comes next.
Background, Education, and Trainings
Registered Clinical Counsellor (#25045)
I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor with the British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors in good standing.
MA Counselling Psychology Degree
I completed a graduate degree in counselling psychology from an accredited and rigorous Canadian program.
Lifelong-Learner:
I am always learning, reading, podcasting, researching and attending trainings. I love learning about new ways to support my clients and will continually seek out consultation and training, as well as do my own work to continue to hold space for you well.
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Processing): Basic EMDR trained therapist.
EMDR is an evidence-based therapy that helps people process trauma, anxiety, distressing life experiences, and long-standing negative beliefs. I integrate EMDR into my work when it feels aligned with a client's goals and readiness.
Emotion Focused Family Therapy (EFFT) Level 1:
Training in supporting caregivers and families through attachment-based and emotion-focused approaches that strengthen connection, regulation, and healing.
Introduction to Nature-Based Therapy:
Foundations in integrating the natural world into therapeutic work to support regulation, connection, and holistic healing.
Introduction to Neuroscience and Satir in the Sandtray (Dr. DeLittle):
Training in using sandtray therapy informed by neuroscience and the Satir Model to access deeper emotional processing and internal integration.
Applied Suicide Intervention Skills:
Evidence-based training in assessing suicide risk and offering collaborative, immediate safety planning and intervention.
Research/Academics:
I completed my master's thesis on decolonizing mental health using an experiential and arts-based approach to explore the research topic. This research is very close to my heart, and I am always attempting to decolonize myself and my work and the profession of psychology.
