Lucia Simoncicova, MA, is a Registered Clinical Counsellor with BC Association of Clinical Counsellors offering online counselling for individuals, children and youth. She is passionate about working with clients on a variety of concerns including emotional regulation, grief and loss counselling, anxiety, depression, learning and/or behavioural challenges, trauma, relationship challenges, sleep difficulties, or burn out. Lucia is also a registered provider with First Nations Health Authority.
Lucia’s specialty is working with highly sensitive persons of any age. Lucia incorporates multiple approaches into her practice, including Attachment-based therapies, Emotion-Focused Family Therapy and other Family Systems approaches, Art and Play therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Grief Recovery Method, Interpersonal therapy, Trauma-Informed Approach, and Polyvagal Theory in Therapy.
As a Registered Art Therapist with CATA (Canadian Art Therapy Association), Lucia works both individually with children or with both the child and the parent. She enjoys offering support to carers via parental consultations and collaborates with schools to promote healthy child development at all possible levels.
Her approach to counselling is marked especially by care, high creativity, sensitivity, humour and innovation. Lucia genuinely believes in the non-limiting potential of each individual to overcome their challenges and find opportunities to thrive in life. In this process, she he is passionate about understanding and making use of individual’s distinctive strengths.
Activities that Lucia enjoys in her free time are outdoor activities such as hiking, paddle boarding, volleyball and skiing, and reading book, watching movies and art-making. Lastly, she enjoys spending time with friends and family.
Areas of practice includes:
- Anxiety and stress
- Children under 12
- Youth 12 – 19
- Adults
- Parenting
- Indigenous clients
- Grief and loss
- Trauma
- Anger management
- Depression
- Chronic illness
- ADHD
- Sleep issues
- Life transitions
Counselling methods include:
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Play Therapy
- Art Therapy
- Family Therapy
- Behavioural Therapy
- Attachment Theory
- Emotion-Focused Family Therapy
- Grief Counselling
- Polyvagal Theory
- Interpersonal Therapy
- Trauma-Informed Approach