SKYLARK COUNSELLING • VANCOUVER & ABBOTSFORD, BC
Skylark Counselling is a Vancouver and Abbotsford-based counselling clinic whose team contributes to public mental health education through broadcast media, podcasts, professional publications, and community partnerships. The clinic has been featured in CBC News, Psych2Go, The Fear of Science, The Marc & Mandy Show, Voice Story, and the BCACC Insights journal.
MEDIA APPEARANCES
Skylark clinicians contribute to public mental health education through interviews, podcast conversations, and editorial publications — translating clinical knowledge into language that’s useful for general audiences.
An article for Heal Canada's digital magazine on why body image distress often intensifies in warmer months, and self-compassion based ways to cope.
Body Image · Self-Compassion · Seasonal Dissatisfaction
Consulted by CBC News on the emotional aftermath of Taylor Swift's Eras Tour, including post-event sadness, parasocial connection, and shared cultural experience.
Grief Psychology · Parasocial Relationships · Community and Belonging
An in-depth interview with Psych2Go on the dynamics of domestic violence, warning signs, and pathways to support.
Domestic Violence · Relationship Abuse · Clinical Intervention
A podcast conversation on FOMO, social comparison, the anxiety of perceived exclusion, and connection.
FOMO · Anxiety · Social Comparison · Self-Worth
On the psychology of isolation, loneliness, and the effects prolonged solitude has on the nervous system.
Isolation · Loneliness · Nervous System · Social Connection
Practical guidance on finding a counsellor that genuinely fits and what to look for during the matching process.
Finding a Therapist · Counsellor Matching · First Session
Exploring minority stress theory, affirming care, and LGBTQ+ youth mental health support.
Minority Stress · LGBTQ+ Youth · Affirming Care
Discussing barriers to care and the importance of affirming therapeutic relationships.
LGBTQ+ Mental Health · Barriers to Care · Affirming Therapy
Published in BCACC Insights exploring neurofeedback therapy, creativity, and neurodivergent experience.
Neurofeedback · ADHD · Neurodivergence · Creativity
MEDIA APPEARANCES
In addition to public media, Skylark’s team supports mental health education and direct consultation in community and organizational settings, including partnerships with Canadian military institutions and national peer-support programs.
Trauma-informed mental health support connected to the Canadian military community, including work with 19 Wing Comox — one of the Royal Canadian Air Force’s largest wings on the BC coast.
Mental health education connected to OSISS — the national peer-support program for Canadian Armed Forces members, veterans, and families navigating operational stress injuries, including PTSD, depression, and anxiety.
SPEAKING TOPICS
Generalized anxiety, panic, chronic stress, and the physiological effects of long-term stress on mental health.
Clinical depression, dysthymia, treatment options, and the difference between depression and situational low mood.
Post-traumatic stress, complex trauma, EMDR therapy, and trauma-informed approaches to treatment.
Minority stress theory, affirming care, identity development, and barriers facing LGBTQ+ individuals in accessing mental health support.
Relationship abuse dynamics, warning signs, trauma bonding, and pathways to support and safety.
The Fear of Missing Out, social media’s effect on anxiety, and the psychology of social comparison and envy.
The clinical distinction between solitude and loneliness, the effects of chronic isolation on mental health, and pathways back to connection.
Attention, executive function, neurodivergent identity, neurofeedback approaches, and late-identified diagnoses in adults.
Clinical burnout, occupational stress injury, and the particular mental health challenges of high-demand professions.
Operational stress injury, PTSD in military populations, transition from service, and the OSISS peer-support model.
Bereavement, anticipatory grief, ambiguous loss, and the non-linear nature of the grief process.
What to look for, what questions to ask, and how counsellor matching reduces the access barrier to mental health care.
For Journalists & Podcasters
We welcome interview requests, podcast appearances, panel invitations, and consultation for mental health content.
Our team translates clinical concepts into language that’s genuinely useful for public audiences.
Please contact us at connect@skylarkclinic.ca and include your project format and timeline. We will get back to you with our thoughts shortly.
We offer a free 20-minute Counsellor Match Consultation, a phone call to find the right counsellor before your first session. No waitlist.
525 Seymour St, Suite 311
Vancouver, BC V6B 3H6
(778) 899-3802
Mon–Sun: 8 AM–10 PM
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32615 South Fraser Way, Suite 304
Abbotsford, BC V2T 1X8
(604) 968-4325
Mon–Sun: 8 AM–10 PM
After 5:00 PM: Buzz #304
We acknowledge that we live, work, and learn on the unceded, ancestral, and traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
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Master’s-Level Registered Clinical Counsellors · No Waitlist · Direct Billing Where Available
