Tricia McGarrah, RCC
Mountain View Counselling
Online counselling for LGBTQ2S+ adults in British Columbia
Is Mountain View Counselling Right for you?
For many people in the LGBTQ2S+ family, we carry shame, loneliness, and anxiety beneath our pride parades.
We might have lost communities that provided meaning to us, whether families or faith communities.
We’ve internalized messages that we are wrong, broken, or unloveable.
Sometimes we mask these negative feelings with a big personality, and sometimes we isolate and hide ourselves from others.
This leaves us vulnerable when crises occur.
I’ve been there.
Reaching out for support is the first step towards feeling seen, understood, and connected to meaningful relationships.
Together, we will work to move beyond shame to acceptance, joy, and true pride in who you are.
You’re in the right place if you want a therapist who doesn’t just sit back and listen. I bring warmth and humor to our 50-minute weekly sessions as we talk, plan, and feel together so that you leave each session equipped with practical skills that will get you one step closer to your goals.
About Your Therapist
Tricia McGarrah
(she/her) | Registered Clinical Counsellor
Tricia McGarrah is a queer, nerdy, cis woman who brings warmth and humor to her therapy sessions. You can read more about her here.
Tricia provides individual counselling to LGBTQIA2S+ adults (18+) who want to experience self-acceptance and meaningful relationships.
She works with people who are asking questions about who they are, who they want to be, and how they can integrate their past (the good and the bad) into their future. Her goal is for clients to accept every stage of their identity exploration, celebrate all of the nuances of their identity, and to learn to face daily struggles with growing confidence.
Counselling sessions with Tricia involve the following counselling modalities:
EMDR
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) encourages you to briefly focus on a trauma memory while simultaneously experiencing bilateral stimulation (typically eye movements), which reduces the vividness and negative emotions associated with the trauma memories.
Solutions-Focused Therapy
Solutions-Focused Therapy focuses on arming you with problem solving skills by focusing on the impact of your present decisions on your future and empowers you to become more goal oriented, rather than becoming paralyzed by problems.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) helps you to recognize unhelpful and negative thought and behaviour patterns as well as to learn how to manage your problems by changing the way you think and behave.
Get to know Tricia and how she works by booking a free 15-minute consultation.
Why Online?
- You can receive counselling from the comfort of your own home.
- You don’t need to pay for childcare.
- No transportation needed.
Ready to book your first session?Contact
I respectfully acknowledge that I operate on traditional ancestral unceded Coast Salish Territories of the
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