Vanessa Key Craig BSW, MSW, RSW (She/her) Founder

Vanessa is a Registered Social Worker with an anti-oppressive, narrative, and somatic lens. She an approved service provider with FNHA, CVAP, and AG Safe BC, and is currently accepting new clients for in-person, virtual, and telephone sessions.

It is with much gratitude that Vanessa lives and practices on Treaty 8 territory and the traditional home of the Cree, Dane-Zaa, Saulteau, Sikanni and Slavey First Nations peoples. She offers virtual, telephone, and in-person counselling options out of a centrally located accessible office space in Dawson Creek BC. Vanessa offers both weekday and Sunday availability.

She supports children, youth, adults, and families with symptoms of trauma due to Complex Trauma, Early Childhood Trauma, Physical Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Neglect, Gender-Based Violence, Sexual Violence, and Racialized Trauma.

Vanessa has a range of training, education, and experience, including a Master of Social Work from Dalhousie University in 2019 and a Bachelor of Social Work from the University of Victoria in 2012. She is dedicated to decolonizing her approach and advocates for cultural sensitivity and competency in therapy. Vanessa creates a comfortable and inclusive space where children, youth, adults, and families can explore mental health, trauma, goals, stories, and healing.

Her areas of specialization include trauma and gender-based violence, and draws from an Integrative Approach using:

Somatic Experiencing (SE)

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT)

and Emotion-Focused Family Therapy (EFFT)