Nicole Van Stekelenburg, counsellor at No Fear Counselling

Nicole Van Stekelenburg

Practicum Student

Nicole is eager to hear your story and help facilitate a supportive path forward that is unique to you. As a practicum student, currently completing her Master of Counselling degree, she draws on a client-centered approach, seeing you as the expert of your own life. Her role is to create a collaborative and welcoming space where you can tap into the innate strengths and skills you already possess.

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About Nicole

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Nicole is eager to hear your story and help facilitate a supportive path forward that is unique to you. As a practicum student, currently completing her Master of Counselling degree, she draws on a client-centered approach, seeing you as the expert of your own life. Her role is to create a collaborative and welcoming space where you can tap into the innate strengths and skills you already possess.

Whether you are navigating a life transition, career burnout, anxiety, or feeling stuck, Nicole is there to walk alongside you with compassion and understanding, as well as to provide you with the tools to cope with life’s many unexpected turns. Her work is grounded in a deep respect for who you are and aims to support you in building a hopeful future that aligns with what matters most to you.

Outside of the counselling room, Nicole spends her time volunteering with the Big Sisters of BC Lower Mainland, skiing the North Shore mountains, seeing live music, or running along the seawall.

Nicole practices on the traditional and unceded territories of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish), Stó:lō, Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh), scəẃaθən məsteyəxʷ (Tsawwassen), and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations.

Counselling types

2 types

Areas of practice

10 areas

Therapies offered

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Person-Centered TherapyPerson-Centred Therapy is an approach first created by Carl Rogers.
  • 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.

Specializations

The areas Nicole has the most training and experience in.

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Fees and funding

Practicum Student

$50 to $75per 50- or 80-minute session

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Where Nicole works

2 locations and online
Online, anywhere in BCHow online counselling works

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Reviews

Nicole is good, definitely helpful with working through things. Feel like she provides a safe space for me to open up
J. B. · July 2026

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