Hao Yen Lim
Counselling Therapist
- Helps with Acute Trauma, Abuse, Life Transitions More of Hao's areas of practiceFearsSelf EsteemAnxietyRepairing RelationshipsCareer Exploration with YouthAddictions / Substance UseGrief, Loss and BereavementDisordered EatingDepressionComplex TraumaAnger Management
- LanguagesLanguages: Cantonese, English, Mandarin
- Online
He is accredited under CCPA as a Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC). He has served clients coming from all organizations, like CVAP, ICBC, and other employee assistance programs. His clients span across the globe as a result of his language capabilities. He serves in Mandarin, Cantonese, Malay, and English.
Read Hao's full storyAbout Hao
He is accredited under CCPA as a Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC). He has served clients coming from all organizations, like CVAP, ICBC, and other employee assistance programs. His clients span across the globe as a result of his language capabilities. He serves in Mandarin, Cantonese, Malay, and English.
He emphasizes empathy, grace, and understanding in his sessions, putting clients first and listening attentively to what they have to say. He believes validation and encouragement can go a long way, specializing in Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, Observed Experiential Integration, and Play Therapy, to name a few.
His goal is to help you find meaning in the mess and have the capacity to process that going forward. We are not just here to overcome, but to also understand what needs to happen before we do.
Hao offers family counselling, children’s counselling, individual counselling, and couples counselling, supporting clients through concerns like complex trauma, grief, and anger management. His approach draws on play therapy with children, Gestalt, and CBT, depending on what each client needs.
Hao sees clients through virtual care, making his sessions accessible to clients across BC and beyond.
Counselling types
4 typesAreas of practice
14 areasTherapies offered
- Psychodynamic PsychotherapyThe psychodynamic psychotherapy approach was pioneered by Sigmund Freud and was the first modern psychotherapy approach to emerge in Western civilization.
- Play Therapy with ChildrenWhile talk therapy with adults mainly focuses on verbal forms of expression, children tend to communicate much of what goes on for them in the form of play.
- Person-Centered TherapyPerson-Centred Therapy is an approach first created by Carl Rogers.
- Observed Experiential Integration (OEI)Observed Experiential Integration (OEI) Therapy is a cutting-edge therapeutic approach designed to help individuals process and resolve emotional trauma and distress.
- MindfulnessMindfulness is the practice of paying attention to the present moment with openness and acceptance.
- GestaltGestalt therapy was initially developed by Fritz Perls (1893-1970).
- 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 .
- Emotion-Focused TherapyEmotion-Focused Therapy for individuals is a modality that approaches therapy as an experiential process, wherein change occurs through processing emotions in new ways and moving through defenses and secondary emotions to reach the core of one’s experience.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)CBT is an evidence-based therapy used to reduce distress and improve your ability to function.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is an evidence-based counselling approach developed by Stephen C. Hayes that helps individuals build psychological flexibility and improve their overall mental well-being.
- Solution-Focused TherapySolution-focused therapy, or solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) is a solution-focused approach to counselling that enables an individual to concentrate on finding a solution as opposed to concentrating on the problem.
Fees and funding
Counselling Therapist
$120 - $180per 50-minute session
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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 Hao works
Online
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