Dr. Kevin Klassen
I have a Doctoral Degree in Psychology and a Masters Degree in Clinical Counselling and Marriage & Family Therapy.
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 my Langley, BC, counselling practice in 2009 I have accumulated over 20,000 clinical hours working with individuals and couples on a wide range of issues, including relationship / 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 work tends to be both exploratory and practical. I want to understand the patterns underneath what brought you in, and much of that work is experiential: rather than only talking about what’s underneath, we work with it directly as it comes up. That is often where the 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 for the first time or if you’ve had a negative experience in the past. It’s completely normal to feel nervous about this. My intent is to make you feel at ease while also helping you sort through the underlying issues you are 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 helped many people grow beyond feeling hopeless, stuck, and overwhelmed into a place where they are thriving, whether on their own or in their relationships. I feel incredibly privileged to help people navigate their mental health and relationship hardships.
If you choose to work with me, my aim is to help you understand what’s keeping you stuck and work through it, so that what once felt immovable can begin to shift, and you can get on with the life you want.
- 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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