Dr. Kevin Klassen
I’m a Registered Clinical Counsellor and Registered Marriage & Family Therapist, with a doctorate in psychology and a master’s in clinical counselling and marriage and family therapy. I’ve been in practice in Langley since 2009.
My own personal struggle with treatment-resistant depression over 25 years ago is a big part of what led me to become a therapist. Good counselling support was essential to my healing and I knew I also wanted to help others experience similar transformation and change.
Since opening the practice, I’ve spent well over 20,000 hours with individuals and couples, on a wide range of issues: relationship and couples struggles, trauma and PTSD, depression, anxiety, grief and loss, men’s health, and others.
I have extensive training in a number of therapies: EMDR, IFS and AEDP for individual work, EFT, the Gottman Method and PACT with couples, and NeurOptimal Neurofeedback alongside either. My education and experience allow me to tailor my approach to the unique needs of each person or couple I work with, because no two people are the same.
My approach is both exploratory and practical. We usually start with what’s currently happening in your life, and use that as a way to better understand the deeper feelings and patterns that might be underneath. Much of that happens experientially: when something surfaces in a session, we slow down and process it in the moment rather than only talking about it. And as those underlying things shift, new ideas tend to emerge about how to carry that into your everyday life. In my experience, that’s often where real change happens.
“Finding my way through wasn’t a given for me, and I won’t pretend it is for you. Your road might look different from mine, but I know the terrain, and I’ll walk it with you.”
Fundamentally, I believe each person has inherent value and worth and deserves kindness and respect, regardless of what they’re struggling with. I also know it can be daunting to start counselling, whether it’s your first time or you’ve been to counselling before. It’s completely normal to feel nervous about this. My intent is to make you feel at ease while also helping you make sense of what you’re dealing with.
Therapy can be hard work and often requires a lot of courage and persistence to dig deep to uncover root issues and allow change to occur. Over the years I’ve had the privilege of helping many people grow beyond feeling hopeless, stuck and overwhelmed into a place where they’re thriving, whether on their own or in their relationships. If you choose to work with me, my aim is to help you understand what’s keeping you stuck and to move through it together, toward a life that feels more fulfilling.
- PsyD from CSU
- Master’s of Clinical Counselling from TWU
- Bachelor’s of Science in Psychology from UNBC
- Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP) Therapy
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy (PACT)
- Gottman Couples Therapy
- Satir Family Therapy
- NeurOptimal Neurofeedback Certification
- AAMFT Supervisor Course
- Wounded Warriors Canada training for clinicians
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