Relationship and couples counselling with Master’s-level Registered Clinical Counsellors — in person in Vancouver, or by video from one couch or two, anywhere in BC. One free 20-minute match call for you both.
Relationship & couples counselling · Vancouver · Online across BC
Same fight, different night? It doesn’t have to stay that way
One free match call for you both
Evening sessions available
From one couch or two locations
No waitlist, no referral
Direct billing where plans allow
Master’s-level Registered Clinical Counsellors
Master’s-level RCCs
Registered Clinical Counsellors, in clinic and online
One couch or two
Video sessions from the same room or two locations
No waitlist
Free match call, first session usually the same week
Direct billing
To 40+ insurers, where your plans allow it
What this work is
Relationships are directly linked to our quality of life
Modern relationship counselling isn’t a referee and it isn’t a verdict on whether you should stay together. It’s structured work — shifting towards empowerment, healing and strengthening the relationship you actually have, with a counsellor whose job is the pattern, not taking sides.
The work is practical and specific. Areas couples regularly cover with their counsellor include:
Healing through your values
Pattern identification and change
Confirmation of definitions
Navigating family
Skills to heal the day-to-day conflicts
Sex!
Supporting our many roles in a relationship
Further understanding your partner
Action plan
Before you start
Prior to relationship counselling, it’s ok if you are feeling:
Every one of these walks through our doors regularly. None of them disqualifies you — most of them are exactly why couples come.
Stuck in a set of patterns within their relationship
The desire to re-start the relationship
Unseen or insignificant
Hopeless in having your ideal relationship
Difficulty in letting go of past conflicts
Difficulty in understanding your partner’s decisions and behaviours
Resentment towards your partner’s trajectory of self-growth
Uncertainty over which partner’s needs to prioritize
Like you’re not the partner you want to be
Lost in how to support your partner(s)
Grief towards the relationship you imagined yourself to be in
Unsure of the difference between acceptance and resignation
Fear surrounding upcoming life transitions
Regret around relationship decision making
Guilted into going into relationship therapy because someone is encouraging it
The desire to have a therapist in their back pocket, for life’s unforeseen events or as a backup plan if things go sideways
One of you is more into this than the other. That’s normal.
It’s the most common starting point there is. Feeling guilted into coming, or coming skeptical, doesn’t block the work — the free match call is a low-stakes way for the reluctant partner to meet the process before committing to anything.
And your counsellor won’t take sides: their client is the relationship. The job is the pattern between you, not a verdict on either partner.
A SMALL SLICE OF OUR HANDPICKED TEAM
Our relationship counselling specialists
Master’s-level Registered Clinical Counsellors, in clinic and online.
Sue Anne Poh
MEd, RCC, CCC · Vancouver + Virtual
Registered Clinical Counsellor working with relationships and couples — in clinic in Vancouver and by video across BC.
Dixie Wong
MACP, RCC, CCC · Vancouver + Virtual
Registered Clinical Counsellor working with individuals and couples — in clinic in Vancouver and by video across BC.
Isabelle Hochban
MACP, RCC · Abbotsford + Virtual
Registered Clinical Counsellor working with adults — by video or phone across BC.
How to start
Start with a conversation, not a process.
Free 20-minute counsellor-match consultation
If you’d rather talk it through first — or you’re not sure who would be right — our counsellor-match team will help you decide. It’s free, by phone, and there’s no obligation to book anything after.
Step 01
Tell us what’s going on
A confidential 20-minute phone call with our counsellor-match team. Guided questions about what brought you here, what you’ve tried, what matters to you, and what a good fit would look like.
Step 02
We find your counsellor — and tell you why
Our coordinators interview every counsellor about their style, training, strengths and limits — the things that never make it onto a website. They stay neutral; no counsellor takes part in their own matching.
Step 03
Arrive without having to introduce yourself
You start your first session without repeating your story, already knowing your counsellor’s background and how they work. Afterwards we check in by email to confirm the choice was right — and if it wasn’t, we rematch you.
To be clear
What the match consultation is not.
Finding a counsellor is stressful enough without a process that makes it worse. So, to be clear:
Not a form. We’re real people, on the phone, here to support.
Not a paid service, or a step you have to pay for before you can continue.
Not an endless questionnaire you fill out alone, hoping something comes of it.
Not matching by photograph. Picking a face from a grid is not a clinical decision.
Not counsellors choosing their own clients. Our coordinators are a neutral third party.
Not a waitlist — and you will never be seen by anyone without a Master’s degree and professional registration.
Not a sales call. Nobody will pressure you to book a session.
We believe we have an ethical obligation to help you find the right counsellor, because we’re the ones with the clinical experience. The therapeutic relationship is the single biggest factor in whether therapy works. It’s too important to leave to a search page.
Cost and coverage
What it costs, before you have to ask.
$245
50 minutes · Relationship Therapy
Standard couples session.
$340
80 minutes · Relationship Extended
The longer format — many couples prefer the extra room.
Most extended health plans in BC cover counselling with a Registered Clinical Counsellor, and we bill more than 40 insurers directly where the plan allows it. Counselling with an RCC is generally tax-deductible as a medical expense. If you don’t have benefits, say so when you call and we’ll tell you exactly what you’d pay — no surprises at the end of a session.
Online couples counselling, from one couch or two
Couples sessions by video work from one couch — or from two locations, which is how couples separated by a work rotation, a posting or a temporary move keep doing the work at all. Your counsellor holds the structure; you each just need a private space and a screen.
Evening sessions mean neither of you has to leave work early, and one free 20-minute match call covers you both. Same counsellors and fees as in clinic, anywhere in BC.
No waitlist — sessions are booking now
Direct billing to 40+ insurers, where your plan allows it
Evening appointments for shift and rotational schedules
Phone sessions where video isn’t practical or private
Not the right fit? We’ll rematch you with another counsellor
Every online session is with the same Master’s-level Registered Clinical Counsellors who work in our clinics — relationship support that doesn’t depend on where you live.
Frequently asked questions.
One of us is more into this than the other. Is that a problem?
It’s the most common starting point there is. Feeling guilted into coming, or coming skeptical, doesn’t block the work — the match call is a low-stakes way for the reluctant partner to meet the process before committing to anything.
Can we do sessions from two different places?
Yes. Video sessions work from one couch or two locations — useful when work, travel or a separation period keeps you apart.
Will the counsellor take sides?
No. Your counsellor’s client is the relationship — the job is the pattern between you, not a verdict on either partner.
How soon can we start, and what does it cost?
The free 20-minute match call is usually available within a day or two. Sessions are $245 for 50 minutes or $340 for 80 minutes, with direct billing where your plans allow it.
Do we both need to be on the match call?
It helps, but it isn’t required — one of you can make the call and bring the other in at the first session. Whoever calls, there’s no obligation for either of you.
We’re not sure if we’re staying together. Is counselling still the right room?
Yes. Your counsellor won’t decide for you and won’t push a verdict — the work clarifies the pattern between you so that whatever you decide, you decide it clearly rather than in the middle of the same fight.
Can we use our insurance?
Most BC extended health plans cover Registered Clinical Counsellors, and we bill more than 40 insurers directly where the plan allows it — each partner’s coverage depends on their own plan.
What’s a Registered Clinical Counsellor?
An RCC is a Master’s-level counsellor registered with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors — the regulated professional designation in BC. Every Skylark counsellor holds it.
For partners and family
If you’re here looking for help for your relationship — alone.
Plenty of people research couples counselling solo, because their partner isn’t ready or the conversation keeps going sideways. That’s allowed, and it’s a common way this starts.
You can make the free match call yourself, ask everything you want to ask, and decide what to bring back to your partner — nobody is committed to anything by one phone call.
We are not a crisis line. If you or someone you know is in immediate danger, call 9-8-8 — the Suicide Crisis Helpline, 24 hours a day — or 1-800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433) anywhere in BC. If someone is in immediate physical danger, call 9-1-1.
The same fight can end differently.
One free 20-minute call for both of you — and it ends with a counsellor who fits, not another argument about whether to go.
connect@skylarkclinic.ca
The match consultation is free. No cost, and no obligation to book anything after.
