Welcome to ELEMENTAL Psychotherapy
Welcome, I am Michele Gardiner, a Registered Canadian Certified Counsellor and Psychotherapist (C.C.C.) and the founder of ELEMENTAL Psychotherapy, a private counselling space dedicated to supporting individuals and families through meaningful and sustained change and recovery for
Anxiety Disorders, Disordered Eating/Eating Disorders & Concurrent Mental Health including
Located in the privacy of Summerland, BC, I provide compassionate, confidential, person-centred care, with 16-years' of clinical counselling experience and extensive training in my areas of practice applying Evidence-based approaches including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT/EFFT) and Motivational Interviewing (MI) augmented by Expressive Arts, Eco and Somatic Therapies.
As a Humanistic, person-centered therapist, I greet each individual and couple from a space of collaboration, equality, and nonjudgement that promotes a safe and inclusive therapeutic experience that builds on existing strengths and wisdoms, while nurturing hope, healthier coping skills, and an empowered sense of Self that aligns with your core values and goals for life.
Honouring you as a unique and knowing individual or couple is a core principle reflected at ELEMENTAL Psychotherapy through
the perspective that, as human beings, our unique thoughts, feelings, beliefs and life experiences provide us with an inner wisdom that is both empowering and elemental to our process for creating lasting and meaningful change.
I offer a free 30-minute phone consultation to new clients age-19 and over.
For individuals under age-19, who are not seeking treatment for an eating disorder, you may consider connecting with a youth worker or health professional through The Foundry in Penticton or Kelowna before accessing private outpatient care.
For Insurance Coverage
I am a Registered Service Provider with
Blue Cross, Green Shield, Optima Global Health and BC's Crime Victim Assistance Program (CVAP).
Connect with your insurer to verify coverage details prior to commencing counselling.
To learn more about my professional education, background or personal recovery experience, feel free to visit the Therapists' page. If you are not ready for therapy but are interested in learning or locating resources you will find
a wealth of free information and tools on the Resource page.
If you feel ready to create the change you desire, I look forward to hearing from you and invite you to contact me
by phone at (250) 859-8671 or by email michele@elementalpsychotherapy.com to book a free consultation.
I look forward to speaking with you and learning more about your hopes for therapy and the ways I can support you
towards reaching your goals for greater peace, joy and freedom in life.
• Office Hours: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 10 am to 7 pm, Saturday 10 am to 1 pm
• Individual Session Rates: $90/45-mins, $120/60-mins, $170/90-mins, plus 5% GST
• Couple/Family Session Rates: $150/60-mins, $200/90-mins, plus 5% GST
Per BC Health and BC CDC, vaccination is required for in-person therapy. See guidelines here.
Welcome, I am Michele Gardiner, a Registered Canadian Certified Counsellor and Psychotherapist (C.C.C.) and the founder of ELEMENTAL Psychotherapy, a private counselling space dedicated to supporting individuals and families through meaningful and sustained change and recovery for
Anxiety Disorders, Disordered Eating/Eating Disorders & Concurrent Mental Health including
- • Generalized Anxiety, Panic, Social Anxiety, & Perfectionism
- • Emotional/Compulsive Overeating, Compulsive Exercise, Alcohol, Laxative & Scale Misuse
- • Binge Eating, Chronic Dieting, Chew-&-Spit, Food Restricting, & Purging Behaviours
- • Depressive Disorders, BD, MDD, SAD, Situational Depression
- • Life Stress, Interpersonal Stress, Life Transitions & Adjustment
- I Apply a "Non-diet", HAES-oriented Approach to Body Acceptance, Shape, Weight and Wellbeing.
Located in the privacy of Summerland, BC, I provide compassionate, confidential, person-centred care, with 16-years' of clinical counselling experience and extensive training in my areas of practice applying Evidence-based approaches including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT/EFFT) and Motivational Interviewing (MI) augmented by Expressive Arts, Eco and Somatic Therapies.
As a Humanistic, person-centered therapist, I greet each individual and couple from a space of collaboration, equality, and nonjudgement that promotes a safe and inclusive therapeutic experience that builds on existing strengths and wisdoms, while nurturing hope, healthier coping skills, and an empowered sense of Self that aligns with your core values and goals for life.
Honouring you as a unique and knowing individual or couple is a core principle reflected at ELEMENTAL Psychotherapy through
the perspective that, as human beings, our unique thoughts, feelings, beliefs and life experiences provide us with an inner wisdom that is both empowering and elemental to our process for creating lasting and meaningful change.
I offer a free 30-minute phone consultation to new clients age-19 and over.
For individuals under age-19, who are not seeking treatment for an eating disorder, you may consider connecting with a youth worker or health professional through The Foundry in Penticton or Kelowna before accessing private outpatient care.
For Insurance Coverage
I am a Registered Service Provider with
Blue Cross, Green Shield, Optima Global Health and BC's Crime Victim Assistance Program (CVAP).
Connect with your insurer to verify coverage details prior to commencing counselling.
To learn more about my professional education, background or personal recovery experience, feel free to visit the Therapists' page. If you are not ready for therapy but are interested in learning or locating resources you will find
a wealth of free information and tools on the Resource page.
If you feel ready to create the change you desire, I look forward to hearing from you and invite you to contact me
by phone at (250) 859-8671 or by email michele@elementalpsychotherapy.com to book a free consultation.
I look forward to speaking with you and learning more about your hopes for therapy and the ways I can support you
towards reaching your goals for greater peace, joy and freedom in life.
• Office Hours: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 10 am to 7 pm, Saturday 10 am to 1 pm
• Individual Session Rates: $90/45-mins, $120/60-mins, $170/90-mins, plus 5% GST
• Couple/Family Session Rates: $150/60-mins, $200/90-mins, plus 5% GST
Per BC Health and BC CDC, vaccination is required for in-person therapy. See guidelines here.
“We rise by lifting others.” Robert Ingersoll
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