Counselling and family support, rooted at Heartwood.
Heartwood Family Wellness supports adults, couples, kids, youth, and families through life's hardest transitions, from anxiety and trauma to separation, divorce, and complex co-parenting. Our team also provides specialized family law services and psychoeducational assessments.
- Separation, divorce & co-parenting conflict
- Anxiety, depression & trauma
- ADHD support for kids, youth & adults
- Court-involved family assessments
- Major life transitions: diagnosis, illness, IVF
Support for every member of the family.
Our associates work one-on-one and together with the people in your household, whatever that household looks like right now.
Adults
Individual counselling for anxiety, depression, trauma & life transitions
Couples
Relationship counselling & pre/post-separation support
Kids
Play-based and developmentally attuned therapy
Youth
Counselling for teens navigating identity, family change & mental health
Families
Whole-family sessions to rebuild communication and trust
Family law & separation support, handled by clinicians who know the system.
Heartwood is known across Victoria's family law community for clinically sound, court-ready support. Our clinical director holds Collaborative Family Law and Parenting Coordinator training and regularly works alongside lawyers and the Ministry of Children and Family Development.
Collaborative Family Law Support
Our clinicians act as Mental Health Professionals (MHP) within the collaborative divorce process, helping couples separate with dignity, reduce conflict, and reach agreements that protect their children's wellbeing.
Parenting Plans & Parenting Coordination
We help separating parents build developmentally appropriate, durable parenting plans, and provide ongoing Parenting Coordination to resolve day-to-day disputes without returning to court.
Hear the Child Reports
Court-ordered and voluntary reports that give a child's voice a clear, neutral place in family law proceedings, prepared with rigorous clinical and ethical standards.
Coercive Control–Informed Support
Counselling and family law–adjacent support delivered with a clear understanding of coercive control dynamics, for the parent navigating it and for clinicians and lawyers seeking informed collaboration.
Divorce & Separation Child Specialists
Dedicated clinicians who work directly with children and youth through separation and reunification, supporting them through complex co-parenting and resist/refuse dynamics with a trauma-informed lens.
Care that connects to the support already around you.
Heartwood works alongside provincial funding programs and community organizations so cost is never the reason a family goes without support.
ASD Funding Approved
We are an approved provider for Autism Funding, supporting families using their Autism Funding Unit allocation toward counselling and assessment services.
Crime Victims Assistance Program
We accept clients referred through the Crime Victims Assistance Program (CVAP), providing trauma-informed counselling for those affected by crime.
Island Kids Cancer Association
We're proud to support families connected to the Island Kids Cancer Association, offering counselling for children and families navigating a pediatric cancer diagnosis.
Families Managing Severe Allergies
We support children and parents managing the anxiety, vigilance, and lifestyle adjustment that comes with severe food and environmental allergies.
IVF & Fertility Journeys
Counselling for individuals and couples navigating the emotional weight of IVF and fertility treatment, before, during, and after.
Extended Health & Direct Billing
Many of our services are covered under extended health plans. Ask our team about direct billing options for your specific plan.
Good to know before you reach out.
What is a Hear the Child Report?
A Hear the Child Report gives a child or youth's views a clear, documented voice within a family law matter, prepared by a qualified clinician through a structured, neutral interview process. It's often ordered by the court or requested by both parents' counsel during separation or custody proceedings.
Do you accept ASD (Autism) Funding?
Yes. Heartwood is an approved provider, and families can use their Autism Funding Unit allocation toward eligible counselling and assessment services with our team.
What's the difference between Collaborative Family Law support and Parenting Coordination?
Collaborative Family Law support happens during the separation process itself, with a Mental Health Professional helping both parties reach agreements outside of court. Parenting Coordination happens after a parenting plan is in place, helping parents resolve ongoing day-to-day disagreements without returning to litigation.
Do you work with children directly, or only parents?
Both. We have clinicians dedicated to working directly with children and youth through separation, alongside parent-focused and whole-family sessions, depending on what your family needs.
How do I book, and do you offer direct billing?
You can request a consultation through our contact form or by phone. We offer direct billing for many extended health plans. Our intake team can confirm your specific coverage before your first session.
A practice built on warmth, rigor, and roots.
Heartwood Family Wellness is a multi-associate practice based in Victoria, BC, founded by Katie Campbell-Elsdon, B.Ed., M.Ed. (School Counselling), RCC. Katie is a Child Specialist and Divorce Coach within Victoria's Collaborative Family Separation Professionals (CFSP), and built Heartwood to be a place where rigorous, court-aware clinical work and genuine warmth aren't in tension. They're the same thing.
Our growing team of six associates sees clients across two Victoria locations, with an established referral network spanning family lawyers, MCFD, and the collaborative family law community.
- Fort Oak, #350, 1627 Fort Street
- The Garden, 1026 Roslyn Road
- In-person & virtual sessions available
- Booking via Jane App