Catherine Kirkness
Counselling Therapist
- Helps with ADHD and ADD, Anxiety, Blended Families More of Catherine's areas of practiceRepairing RelationshipsParentingAutism Spectrum DisorderLGBTQ2+Grief, Loss and BereavementDepressionNeurodiversityHigh SensitivityAttachment ConcernsHealthLife TransitionsImproving Communication
- LanguagesLanguages: English
- Online, and Vancouver North Commercial Drive More places Catherine worksSouth Granville (1285 W Broadway, #600)Burnaby Square (6th St/ 10 Ave)
Catherine welcomes people from all walks of life. She values the full spectrum of human diversity and offers identity-affirming care. Her goal is a safe counselling relationship where clients feel supported as they move toward resilience and recovery. Clients who choose a Catherine Kirkness counselling therapist can expect a warm, collaborative space.
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Catherine welcomes people from all walks of life. She values the full spectrum of human diversity and offers identity-affirming care. Her goal is a safe counselling relationship where clients feel supported as they move toward resilience and recovery. Clients who choose a Catherine Kirkness counselling therapist can expect a warm, collaborative space.
She has extra training in counselling parents, couples, international students, people with LGBTQIA+ identities, and neurodiverse clients. This includes ADHD, high sensitivity and giftedness. She has completed BC’s San’yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Training Program. She is also an approved provider with the First Nations Health Authority, the Crime Victim Assistance Program and ICBC.
Her therapy draws on Person-Centered Therapy and Narrative Therapy. For couples, she uses Gottman Couples Therapy and Emotionally Focused Therapy. For individuals, she also offers Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy and Humanistic Approaches.
Catherine supports clients with anxiety, depression, and grief, loss, and bereavement. She also works with attachment concerns, life transitions and health concerns. For families and couples, she helps with parenting, blended families, repairing relationships and improving communication. She also supports LGBTQ2+ clients, neurodiversity and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
Sessions with this counselling therapist, Catherine Kirkness, are available as individual counselling and couples counselling. You can meet in person at Vancouver North Commercial Drive, South Granville or Burnaby Square. You can also connect through Virtual Care.
Through laughter, tears and shared stories, Catherine helps clients understand themselves and trust their own capacity for growth.
Contact No Fear Counselling today to schedule an appointment with Catherine Kirkness, counselling therapist and take the first step toward healing.
Counselling types
2 typesAreas of practice
15 areasTherapies offered
- Person-Centered TherapyPerson-Centred Therapy is an approach first created by Carl Rogers.
- Narrative TherapyNarrative therapy suggests that distress can often result from people identifying so much with the problems they struggle with that it becomes difficult to separate it from who they are.
- Gottman Couples TherapyGottman Couples Therapy was developed by John and Julie Gottman based on John’s extensive research on couples.
- Emotionally Focused Individual TherapyStruggling with overwhelming emotions, unresolved trauma , or relationship issues ?
- Attachment-Based TherapyAttachment is something we all need as humans.
- Humanistic ApproachesIf you are looking for humanistic procedures in therapy, No Fear Counselling can help .
- Emotionally Focused TherapyEmotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for couples is a therapeutic technique invented by Sue Johnson, which utilizes emotions and attachment as its scientific basis in helping couples repair their damaged relationships .
Fees and funding
Counselling Therapist
$120 - $180per 50-minute session
Is my funding accepted?
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- Autism Funding
- Canadian Armed Forces (CAF)
- Crime Victim Assistance Program (CVAP)
- Employment Assistance Program (EAP)
- Extended Health Coverage
- First Nations Health Authority (FNHA)
- ICBC
- IFHP
- Low Cost / Free Counselling
- Partners in Canadian Veterans Rehabilitation Services (PCVRS)
- RCMP
- Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC)
- WorkBC
Where Catherine works
3 locations and onlineReviews
Catherine has been an excellent counselor for both me and my partner. She consistently listens carefully to both sides and makes sure each person feels heard and understood. She is highly engaged during sessions, asks thoughtful follow-up questions, and does a great job guiding the conversation in a productive direction. One of her strongest qualities is her ability to involve both of us equally and create a balanced environment where communication feels constructive rather than one-sided. She is also very skilled at tying conversations together, identifying the core issues, and helping us move toward clarity and understanding. Her professionalism, attentiveness, and communication skills made a significant positive impact on our sessions, and I would highly recommend her.
Catherine is a great counsellor! She has helped me a lot with my healing process. 100% recommended🫶🏻
I continue to be very happy with Catherine Kirkness. I really lucked in when I happened to get matched with her because she had an opening that very day. She's kind. Compassionate. I know that I can count on her to interpret my words and actions positively and speak to me about them gently and affirmatively.
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