Michael Cheng

About Michael

*OPEN FOR REFERRALS* Are you struggling with negative thoughts, stress/anxiety, and low moods? Are you struggling with assertive communication and conflict management in your social life? Are you feeling the impacts of past relationship trauma or grief? Enough is enough! My direct and person-centered approach focuses on creating a safe, non-judgmental therapeutic environment, and providing evidence-based coping skills in order to improve resilience, wellness, and confidence. Most importantly, I hope to instill in clients a feeling of relief to emotional stress, and a resolution to their challenges.

Utilizing interventions such as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT) , and Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP) | will help you to build psychological safety, return a sense of control in your life, and practical skills to help address the challenging circumstances that inevitably come into our lives. I am here to be an authentic listener who will support, validate, and challenge you to be the person you would like to be.

I am a pro-queer, pro-trans, and pro-poc counsellor working to disrupt power inside and outside the therapeutic setting to be accountable and ethical to the diverse communities I serve. With my past employment history, I am also sensitive to and equipped to support the issues of blue collar and front line workers, employees in the medical system, individuals in the criminal justice system, and social service workers.

I currently offer mainly video based counselling via Zoom, with some in-person availability. Due to financial constraints that clients face, sliding scale rates are available as well. I accept clients from CVAP, VAC, FNHA (First Nations Health Authority), and ICBC. A free 15-minute consultation can help you determine if I am a good fit for you. I have evening appointments.

More details can be found on my website= https://solutionthroughemotion.squarespace.com/