April Link, MA, RCC, CCC, CNBT-1

Registered Clinical Counsellor, Canadian Certified Counsellor
41 Chapel St., Nanaimo, British Columbia, V9R 5H3
Phone: 250-739-7944
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Session Fees: 50 minutes - $150, 80 minutes - $210, Double sessions - $300, half sessions - $90, Inquire about longer intensives
www.outercoasttherapy.ca
This member is also available for online counseling.
Online-counseling methods: Phone, Webcam

Free 15 Minute Consultation

I am a therapist who brings my humanity and authenticity to sessions and will walk alongside you as you do the work to get closer to where and who you want to be. I enjoy and am experienced supporting people across the lifespan, from moms with babies to toddlers through childhood and teen years, plus adults all the way into their senior year.

What I can help with:

PTSD and trauma responses
Nervous system dysregulation issues
Anxiety
Depression
Supporting neurodivergent kids
Body-focused repetitive behaviours
OCD
Borderline personality traits
Stress-related problems
Chronic pain and illness
Brain injuries
Developmental differences

Benefits of therapy with April:

Strong therapeutic alliance to support the conditions for change
Validation
Skills for coping and self-management
Desensitization and reprocessing of traumatic experiences
Better self-regulation
Empowerment and improved self-esteem

April uses these therapies to help

Nature-based therapies - We can do our counselling in outdoor, natural environments where the surroundings add their own therapeutic value. I use experiential applications of standard psychotherapeutic interventions, walk-and-talk or paddle-and-talk sessions, adventure therapy spent hiking, canoeing or paddleboarding and nature-based EMDR therapy.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) - for desensitization and reprocessing of dysregulating experiences and trauma
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) - I incorporate CBT strategies in a typically, unstructured and flexible way, as appropriate and palatable for you.
Mindfulness - As someone who was previously a yoga instructor and now certified in mindfulness-based therapies, we can incorporate and adapt practices, skills and experiences to suit you for most effectiveness.
Safe and Sound Protocol - We can utilize these listening therapy as an auditory vagus nerve stimulator for better nervous system regulation.
Pain Reprocessing Therapy - This therapy is most effective for pain that is "neuroplastic," secondary or brain generated pain rather than acute pain caused by injury or structural damage that is still physically healing

Cost:

50 minute sessions = $150
80 minute sessions = $210
Double sessions = $300
Half sessions = $90
Please inquire if you are interested in longer intensives
I can direct bill to many insurance companies
I can invoice directly to Crime Victims Assistance Program (CVAP), disability services, Autism Funding Unit, AgSafe, Variety Club, online schools, MCFD, SAJE, Nisga'a Valley Health Authority and am open to others if it could facilitate your counselling access

Location:

In person, nature-based sessions occur in various parks, beaches, gardens, lakes and ocean settings in the Nanaimo, BC area
In person, office-based sessions occur through Island Clinical Counselling in either downtown or north Nanaimo
Virtually from anywhere in BC, unregulated provinces across Canada or potentially other parts of the world as regulations allow
Phone counselling where other options are unavailable or impractical

Education and Training:

Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology - Yorkville University
Coursework for Graduate Certificate in Child and Youth Mental Health - Thompson Rivers University
Certified Nature-Based Therapist - Level 1
Registered Clinical Counsellor - BCACC
Canadian Certified Counsellor - CCPA
Certified Safe and Sound Protocol Practitioner

April Link Reaches

Nanaimo BC

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