Daria Shewchuk, Ph.D., Registered Psychologist #1821 (BC)
Providing Counselling, Training, Workshops, and Clinical Supervision
Serving Downtown Vancouver & Uptown New Westminster
Helping You With
+ Helping actors psychologically prepare for new roles
+ Transpersonal Psychology and exploration of ones life philosophy and spirituality
Helping individuals experiencing (but not limited to)
+ Anxiety
+ Depression
+ Substance abuse
+ Grief and loss
+ Unresolved childhood issues
+ Physical, Emotional, Sexual abuse and/or Neglect
+ Trauma
+ Coping with chronic illness
+ Interpersonal communication
+ Stress
+ Anger management
+ Learning more about your gifts and abilities
+ Exploration of one's life philosophy
+ Sexuality concerns and issues
+ Reproductive mental health, including perinatal depression, anxiety
+ Behaviour problems
Training & Support & Supervision for Professionals
In-service seminars training, and workshops, for counsellors, teachers, and medical professionals within the following areas:
+ Working with persons who have multiple c-morbidities
+ Grief and Bereavement
+ Counselling Children and Play Therapy, (18 months and up)
+ Working with first Nations persons/communities
+ Counselling Abuse-Reactive Children
+ Working with Sexual Abusers and their Victims
+ Stress Management
Philosophy
I am committed to respecting and honoring individual and cultural beliefs, and focusing on creating a safe atmosphere for the the comfort, and dignity of clients.
Counselling Methods Used I tailor my therapeutic approach to the client's needs and draw from a variety of therapeutic orientations. My preference is to use an integrative approach which is individualized for each client.
Information Dr. Shewchuk is passionate about her work. She has worked as a counsellor for over 30 years. Initially being licensed as a social worker and later as a Registered Psychologist in Alberta and British Columbia.
Experienced and sensitive to:
+ Gay, lesbian, transgendered persons
Dr. Shewchuk has worked extensively with First Nations communities and people.
Therapeutic approaches drawn from include
Court Services Expert Witness in the areas of child therapy, and sexual abuse (victims and offenders). Dr. Shewchuk’s Ph.D. is in Clinical
Psychology. She is licensed as a Clinical and Counselling Psychologist. She has forensic experience, and has prepared
formalized court reports and given expert evidence at all levels of court in
Alberta, as well as providing expert evidence in British Columbia and
Saskatchewan. Dr. Shewchuk has worked with youth and adults in a variety of settings and has served as a consulting Psychologist to the Attorney General’s Ministry,
Ministry for Children and Families, Ministry of Education, Ministry of
Health. She has been used as a clinical supervisor in Alberta and British
Columbia. Dr. Shewchuk has taught at colleges and universities in the areas of
counselling theories, working with children, family violence, sexual abuse,
and related areas.
In addition to working in Private practice she continues to teach counselling psychology courses.
+ Persons from a variety of cultures
She is Bi-lingual English and Ukrainian.
+ Brief and Solution-Focused Therapies
+ Transpersonal Psychology
+ EMDR and Trauma work
+ Cognitive Therapies
+ Depth psychology approaches / Jungian
+ Active Imagination
+ Dream work
+ Ericksonian Hypnosis
+ Therapeutic Story Telling
+ Multicultural and Feminist counselling
+ Gestalt Therapy
+ Sand Tray Therapy
+ Expressive Arts Therapy