Helping you find clarity, healing, and peace

Based in Vancouver, BC, offering sessions in-person and online.

Therapy for Youth, Individuals, Couples, Families & Groups

I care deeply about working with each client to recognize their unique strengths and struggles, and to collaborate on what truly works for them — even if it means getting creative.

My approach moves away from seeing pain as pathology. Instead, I sit with you in the human experiences that have shaped you, recognizing the strengths that you already possess. Fundamentally, I understand and work with how trauma impacts the body, and recognize the wisdom of the body in therapy.

Meet Christina

MEd, BEd, BMus

I’m a Registered Clinical Counsellor with over 15 years of experience as a music and theatre educator. I hold a Master’s in Counselling Psychology from UBC and am trained in several therapeutic modalities, including Focusing-Oriented Therapy (FOT), EMDR, DBT, SFT, EFT, and somatic approaches.

I specialize in trauma-informed practice and work with individuals and families navigating trauma, addiction, eating disorders, self-harm, grief, and more.

My Goals

My biggest goal as a counsellor is to make my work accessible. I believe anyone is capable of doing this work, no matter where you are in your life. As a person with my own lived experiences with mental and physical health challenges, I recognize how accessibility means meeting people where they are. I recognize how forces like sexism, racism and other forms of discrimination show up in our stories, and how these can introduce real challenges to living the life you want.

My goal is to always show up for you in these moments, and make sure you have a safe place to work through your experiences with these issues.

My Passion

Aside from my work as a counsellor, I have a sweet puppy named Tycho, who dreams of being a therapy dog and joins me on adventures in our camper van.

When I’m not working, I love to spend time with my nieces and nephew, as well as swimming on a team, (or even just in the ocean), going to music shows and playing traditional Portuguese folk music.

These passions keep me grounded and help me bring presence and joy to my sessions.

  • “Therapy with Christina has been life-changing. She holds space with so much care and wisdom, and her understanding of trauma and the body is unlike anything I’ve experienced before.”

  • “Working with Christina helped me reconnect with parts of myself I thought were lost. She never pushed — just gently guided, witnessed, and reminded me of my own strength.”

  • “Her presence is calm, grounded, and deeply compassionate. I’ve made more progress in a few months than I ever expected.”

Connect With Me

I’m currently accepting new clients.

I work with an interdisciplinary team of health professionals at Foundry, Vancouver Coastal Health, in North Vancouver. Learn more at foundrybc.ca/northshore.

333 - 88 W 8th Avenue
Vancouver BC V5Y 1M7

Registered Clinical Counsellor, RCC #19297
cgasparconselling@gmail.com
cristinagaspar.com