A practice built on warmth & rigor, with roots in community.
Heartwood Family Wellness is a multi-associate, multi-disciplinary practice in Victoria, BC, built around the belief that rigorous, court-aware clinical work and genuine warmth aren't in tension. They're the same thing.
Katie is passionate about helping families build meaningful connections. She works to empower children and parents through mutual respect, empathy, and effective therapeutic practices, fostering a safe, secure space for families to share their hopes, challenges, and successes.
Katie is known for her skill in forging strong relationships and helping children develop a strong, confident voice. Her areas of strength include Narrative and Play Therapy, child advocacy, and parenting skills. As a Child Specialist and Divorce Coach within Victoria's Collaborative Family Separation Professionals (CFSP), Katie advocates for the best interests of children and helps parents divorce with collaboration and compassion.
Heartwood is a growing team of associate clinicians across our two Victoria locations, each bringing their own specialty within counselling and family transitions work.
Shyla Warner
BA, MA (Counselling Psychology), RCC · Accepting New ClientsCreates a supportive, judgement-free space using CBT, Narrative, and Solution-Focused approaches. Works with adults, youth, and children on anxiety, depression, life transitions, grief and loss, and parenting.
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Alison Brimacombe
BSc, MBA, MA (Counselling Psychology), RCC · Accepting New ClientsBrings authenticity and warmth through a person-centered, solution-focused, and CBT approach. Focus areas include anxiety, stress, depression, life transitions, and family and couple relationship dynamics.
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Deborah Meir
BA, BEd, MEd (School Counselling), RCC · Accepting New ClientsA trauma-informed, solution-focused school and clinical counsellor with a decade in education. Focuses on child advocacy, school challenges, IEPs, anxiety, and neurodivergence, with cultural sensitivity and a commitment to reconciliation.
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Maggie Fung
BSc, PBD (Guidance Studies), Master in Counselling, RCC, CCC · Accepting New ClientsEight years supporting neurodiverse children (Autism, ADHD) 1-on-1, with deep experience navigating Autism Funding. Person-centred, trauma-informed, and play-based approach with children, teens, and adults.
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Kim Hummel
BA, MEd (School Psychology), Registered Psychologist · Waitlist AvailableConducts psychoeducational assessments for children and adolescents, supporting families through Ministry designations and IEPs. Currently a District Psychologist for the Greater Victoria School District alongside her work at Heartwood.
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Jacqueline de Lange
BA, MACP (in progress) · In Training – Accepting New ClientsBrings a background in speech-language therapy and two decades supporting individuals and families across the lifespan. Uses a humanistic, psychodynamic approach to build self-awareness, resilience, and meaningful coping strategies.
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Leah Baker
MC, RCC · Accepting New ClientsTakes a trauma-informed, client-led approach with adults, teens, couples, and parents navigating anxiety, depression, grief, relationship challenges, and major life transitions.
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Elnaz Shariatpanahi
M.A. (Psychology), M.A. (Leadership), RCC, ACS · Accepting New ClientsWith over 17 years of experience, supports adults through relationship challenges, grief, separation and divorce, immigration and life transitions, and alcohol and substance use concerns. Draws on trauma-informed, relational, and somatic approaches.
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Every recommendation, report, and treatment plan is built to hold up, in session and in court when it needs to.
Genuinely Warm
Our two Victoria locations are designed to feel like a home, not a clinic, because that's what good support should feel like.
Connected
We work as part of a wider network, alongside family lawyers, MCFD, schools, and community organizations, so families aren't navigating support alone.
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