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Therapy in Victoria, BC

Wise Body Counselling Areas of Support

Sex Therapy & Intimacy

Sex therapy is a space to slow down and explore intimacy, desire, and sexual connection with greater awareness and care — not to fix you, but to notice what feels stuck, pressured, or out of reach, and what may be asking for attention. Sexual concerns are rarely just about sex — they are shaped by stress, attachment patterns, trauma, identity, culture, and the ways we learn to protect ourselves in relationships and in the world.

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People come to therapy with questions about desire, arousal, pain, pleasure, orgasm, performance concerns, or feeling disconnected from their bodies.

 

Some are navigating erectile concerns, differences in sexual desire within relationships, or challenges with vulnerability and emotional expression.
 

Others are exploring how gender, sexual orientation, relational dynamics, or past experiences have shaped their sense of self in intimacy.

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Rather than focusing on performance or fixing sexual 'dysfunction', this work centres embodied awareness and reconnection. By centering your feelings, needs, and body, you can deepen your awareness of what feels right and be bolstered by support that is rooted in choice, ease, and confidence.

Couples Counselling

Couples counselling offers a space to slow down and map how you navigate closeness and distance — not to assign blame, but to notice where your relationship feels stuck, gridlocked, or out of reach.

 

Relationship challenges are rarely just about communication — they are shaped by childhood blueprints, nervous system reactivity, and the ways we learn to protect our autonomy while longing for togetherness.

 

People come to therapy with questions about emotional distance, unmet expectations, or feeling like roommates instead of partners. Some are navigating the intense friction of differing needs for independence, while others are exploring how major life transitions or individual growth have strained their current relationship structure.

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Rather than focusing on quick fixes or performing clinical communication scripts, this work centres around slowing the momentum down. Together, we build the internal and interpersonal resilience needed for true differentiation—supporting a partnership where you can both be fully yourself, fully connected and seen.

Dreamwork & Depth Therapy

Dreamwork invites a dialogue with the deeper layers of experience — a space where images, symbols, and sensations carry meaning that may not always be accessible in everyday awareness. Across cultures and traditions, dreams have been understood as meaningful expressions of the psyche, the body, and the relational world we live within.

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In therapy, we approach dreams with curiosity and care. Rather than puzzles to solve, they are seen as living experiences to stay with and explore. Informed by depth psychology and supported by Focusing, this process helps you attune to the emotional and symbolic language of your inner world in a way that feels personal, embodied, and unfolding.

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Dreams often point toward what has not yet found words — longings, fears, unresolved experiences, and emerging possibilities. As we stay with them gently and collaboratively, new meaning can begin to form. Over time, dreamwork can deepen self-understanding, support emotional healing, and strengthen your connection to the intuitive currents shaping your life.

Focusing & Somatic Dialogue

Focusing invites a direct, embodied relationship with your inner experience — a space where felt sensations and implicit knowing come into awareness.

 

Instead of analyzing yourself from a distance, we turn gently toward what is present, allowing different parts of ourselves to speak and unfold in their own timing and language. ​

 

In therapy, this process is approached with patience and respect. Whether we are navigating a current life stress or turning toward inner child work to sit with the early, vulnerable parts of you that carry old hurts, we stay with what is there without forcing insight.

 

With gentle, collaborative attention, these stuck experiences naturally begin to shift and soften. ​ This inner kind of listening allows all parts of your experience to be noticed and held without judgment. Over time, it deepens self-trust and creates space for new movement and possibility, allowing lasting change to arise organically from within.

Additional Areas of Experience​

Alongside my work in couples therapy, sex therapy, and depth-oriented counselling, I have experience supporting people through pregnancy and postpartum mental health, eating disorders and body image concerns, grief and loss, workplace stress, major life transitions, and the exploration of dreams and meaning-making.

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Fees & Session Details
  • Individual Therapy (Angela): $189 / 60 minutes

  • Individual Therapy (Student): $60 / 60 minutes

  • Couples Counselling (Angela): $210 / 60 minutes

  • In-person sessions are held at our Victoria office; online sessions are available on Jane App on Zoom.

 

A Note on Accessibility Insurance: Many extended health insurance plans cover Registered Clinical Counsellors (RCC). We recommend checking with your specific provider to confirm your coverage details. I will send you a receipt at end of session.

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Ready to begin?

Choosing a therapist is a deeply personal decision. If you feel a resonance with our approach, we invite you to book a complimentary 15-minute consultation to connect, ask questions, and see how it feels to work together.

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© 2026 Wise Body Counselling

Wise Body Counselling is based in Victoria BC and serves clients internationally

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In my work with the body, I am deeply aware that all healing happens in place. I offer my gratitude to the the LÉ™k̓ʷəŋən peoples, represented today by the Songhees and Esquimalt First Nations, who have stewarded these lands where I live and work and I strive to walk this path with humility and respect. 
 

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