Christina savage

Christina brings 20 years of experience in the counselling field, with a Master's degree in counselling and registration with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors and Approved Clinical Supervisor (RCC-ACS #11978)

Christiana is a first-generation Portuguese Canadian, navigating challenges tied to family dynamics cultural and gender identity. She works through the healing journey, including self-acceptance, embracing identity, and participating in inclusive communities of acceptance and belonging.

Her approach to counselling is warm, empathic, and collaborative, rooted in anti-oppressive, culturally sensitive, and trauma-informed principles. It integrates various counselling methods, including Family Systems, Narrative and Feminist Therapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). She tailors sessions to meet each one's unique needs and circumstances with the primary objective of empowering and helping clients uncover their strengths and realize their full potential.

She works with individuals, couples, families, and children from diverse backgrounds, including 2SLGBTQIA+folks, neurodivergent people, those with disordered eating, trauma and abuse survivors, individuals dealing with anxiety and depression, as well as those coping with loss and grief, and separation and divorce. She has been assisting local and international students adjust to school, life transitions, and cultural differences.

Beyond counselling, she supervises clinical counsellors and practicum students at the diploma and master's levels. Additionally, She teaches counselling courses and has served as a department head of a counselling therapy program.