Two weeks in, two weeks out doesn’t fit a Tuesday-at-2 standing appointment. Sessions by video or phone, scheduled around camp rotations — no waitlist, direct billing.
Online counselling · Fort St John · Dawson Creek · Chetwynd · Tumbler Ridge
Counselling for the Peace, booked around your rotation
Booked around your rotation
Phone sessions from camp
Union and employer plans typically cover RCCs
Video or phone, anywhere in BC
Free 20-minute match call
Master’s-level Registered Clinical Counsellors
Master’s-level RCCs
Registered Clinical Counsellors, online across BC
Evening Sessions Available
Same clock as the rest of BC since March 2026
No waitlist
Free match call, usually within a day or two
40+ insurers
Direct billing where your plan allows it
The local reality
The Peace doesn’t have a distance problem. It has a rotation problem.
Fort St John and Dawson Creek have counsellors. What they don’t have is counselling that survives a two-weeks-in, two-weeks-out rotation: a standing weekly appointment collapses the first time your hitch changes, and camp wi-fi that sags every evening rules out the video platforms most online services assume. So people on rotation — the biggest workforce in the region — mostly go without.
We schedule around the rotation instead: sessions clustered on your days out, or phone sessions from camp that hold up where the wi-fi doesn’t. Your counsellor knows what a hitch is and plans the work around it.
Two weeks in, two weeks out — no standing appointment survives it
Camp wi-fi dies right when you’d finally have time to talk
Your days off are for family, errands and sleep, in that order
Booking used to mean time-zone math nobody got right
Your benefits cover counselling you’ve never once used
You’ve told yourself the rotation is the reason
The clocks finally agree.
Worth stating plainly: the Peace runs on Mountain Standard Time year round, and since BC adopted permanent daylight time in March 2026, the rest of the province stopped changing its clocks and landed on the same time. A 7 pm appointment is 7 pm for you and for your counsellor — no conversion, no catch.
And sessions are scheduled around rotations, not office hours: clustered on your days out, or by phone from camp where the wi-fi won’t hold video.
What online sessions are like
A secure link, a private space, and fifty minutes — that’s the whole setup
At the scheduled time, your counsellor emails you a secure link. You open it on a laptop, or through a free app on your phone or tablet, and you’re in the session — no account to create, no software to buy.
A private space for the length of the session — that’s the only real requirement
Any phone, tablet or computer with a camera works
An ordinary connection is enough — or just a phone line, for full phone sessions
Standard sessions are 50 minutes
Video or phone is your choice, and it can change day to day
If the connection drops, your counsellor phones you and the session carries on
A SMALL SLICE OF OUR HANDPICKED TEAM
Counsellors taking new online clients
Master’s-level Registered Clinical Counsellors, online across BC.
Isabelle Hochban
MACP, RCC · Online across BC
Isabelle supports trauma, anxiety, depression, family conflict, identity exploration, relationship issues, and grief.
Danica Hoff
MACP, RCC · Online across BC
Registered Clinical Counsellor working with individuals and families, by video and phone across BC.
Dixie Wong
MACP, RCC, CCC · Online across BC
Dixie is a trauma specialist with EMDR experience and supports clients feeling empowered. Offers virtual by phone or video.
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
Paying for it in the Peace
Union and employer plans across the oil, gas and Site C workforce cover more counselling than most members ever use.
Oil, gas and Site C workers: union and employer extended health plans typically cover Registered Clinical Counsellors
Direct billing to 40+ insurers — you pay only your portion
Evening and days-off scheduling built around rotations, not office hours
$175
50 minutes · Online session
Standard session, video or phone.
Free
20 minutes · Match consultation
By phone, no obligation to book anything after.
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.
Where we serve
Communities we serve across the Peace
And the camps between them — phone sessions reach wherever your rotation puts you.
Fort St John
Dawson Creek
Chetwynd
Tumbler Ridge
Frequently asked questions.
Is the time zone thing finally sorted? Booking used to mean doing math.
Yes — plainly: the Peace runs on Mountain Standard Time year round, and since BC moved to permanent daylight time in March 2026, the rest of the province stopped changing its clocks and landed on the same time. A 7 pm appointment is 7 pm for you and for your counsellor. No conversion, no catch.
I’m two weeks in, two weeks out. How do sessions actually fit that?
We cluster sessions on your days out, or run phone sessions from camp during your hitch — whichever holds up better for you. Your schedule sets the rhythm, not ours.
Camp wi-fi dies every evening when everyone’s streaming. Video won’t work.
Then don’t use video. Phone sessions are a full 50-minute session over any phone line, and for camp clients they’re the norm.
Will my employer or my union know I’m using the benefit?
No. Sessions are confidential, and direct billing goes to the insurer, not through your employer. Nobody at site learns anything.
What does it cost if my plan doesn’t cover all of it?
Standard sessions are $175 for 50 minutes. We bill your insurer directly where the plan allows it, and you pay only whatever portion your plan doesn’t cover.
Half my crew would use this if it didn’t get back to site. Does it?
No. Sessions are confidential, and direct billing goes to the insurer, not through your employer — nobody at site learns anything. That’s as true for the free match call as for sessions.
For partners and family
If you’re here looking for help for someone else.
Seeking counselling for someone you love isn’t interfering. It’s one of the most caring things you can do.
You’re not failing them by worrying — you’re paying attention. You can call us yourself and ask questions before anyone commits to anything; plenty of people do, especially where getting help has never been easy to arrange.
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.
Booked around the hitch, not around office hours
Book the free 20-minute match call on your days off — video or phone, and a schedule that follows your rotation.
connect@skylarkclinic.ca
The match consultation is free. No cost, and no obligation to book anything after.
