Simrit Cheema

In addition to being a counsellor, Simrit is also a teacher and has completed her Bachelor of Education at Simon Fraser University, further strengthening her understanding of child and adolescent development, emotional regulation, learning, and the importance of creating safe and supportive environments for growth.

Simrit holds a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work with a specialization in Child Welfare and a Master’s degree in Counselling. She also works as a Clinical Counsellor with Fraser Health, where she provides mental health support to youth and families experiencing significant emotional and psychological challenges. Through her clinical work, Simrit has experience supporting youth in crisis, including individuals struggling with severe anxiety, depression, suicidality, emotional dysregulation, trauma, self-esteem concerns, substance use, behavioural challenges, and family conflict. She has also worked closely with youth and adults navigating life transitions, relationship difficulties, stress, burnout, and workplace bullying and harassment.

In addition to her clinical and school-based work, Simrit has facilitated empowerment groups for preteen and teenage girls, helping youth build confidence, resilience, healthy coping skills, emotional awareness, and stronger relationships. She also has experience supporting athletes and understands the unique pressures that can come with balancing performance, identity, mental health, confidence, injury recovery, stress, and high expectations. Simrit is passionate about helping individuals feel understood, supported, and empowered both within and beyond their challenges.

Simrit’s approach to counselling is rooted in empathy, authenticity, and genuine connection. She deeply values the therapeutic relationship and believes that healing and growth happen when clients feel safe, heard, accepted, and supported without judgment. She works from a person-centered and trauma-informed lens, recognizing that every individual’s experiences and needs are unique. Her goal is to create a warm, collaborative, and non-judgmental environment where clients can openly explore their emotions, experiences, and goals at their own pace.

Simrit integrates a variety of evidence-based therapeutic approaches tailored to each client’s individual needs, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Mindfulness-Based interventions, and strengths-based and relational approaches. She believes that clients are the experts in their own lives, and her role is to walk alongside them with compassion, curiosity, and practical support as they build insight, develop coping strategies, strengthen relationships, and move toward meaningful and lasting change.