Real Life Counselling • Richmond, British Columbia
Online counselling in Richmond, therapy that fits your life, not your commute.
You shouldn’t have to cross a bridge or the tunnel to talk to the right therapist. We provide secure online counselling for Richmond and Metro Vancouver, matched to what you’re actually navigating, often within a week.
WHY ONLINE COUNSELLING WORKS FOR RICHMOND
Island life inside a big city is exactly what online therapy was built for.
- Commuters on the Canada Line or through the tunnel who don’t have another hour to give
- Professionals at YVR and the businesses around it on irregular schedules
- Families carrying two sets of expectations across generations
- Parents juggling careers, kids’ programs, and aging parents
- Couples who’d rather talk from their own living room
- Patients referred by their family doctor
Counselling in Richmond with Registered Clinical Counsellors
Real Life Counselling provides online counselling and anxiety therapy to residents of Richmond and Metro Vancouver, British Columbia. The practice was founded in 2009 and BC counselling is delivered by Registered Clinical Counsellors with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors (BCACC), under the leadership of founder Ashley Kreze, RCC, who is based in BC. Sessions are delivered by secure video anywhere in British Columbia, and the most common reasons Richmond clients reach out include anxiety, family and cultural expectations, couples and relationship challenges, stress and burnout, depression, and life transitions. Most clients begin within a week.
Richmond carries a lot quietly: demanding careers, families whose expectations span generations and continents, businesses built from scratch, and a community small enough that reputation matters. A lot of pressure here is managed well and managed privately, which is exactly why it rarely gets set down.
Online therapy fits that reality better than an office ever did: no bridge, no tunnel, no waiting room where you might see someone you know. Sessions happen from your home office, the kitchen after bedtime, or wherever is private, with evening and weekend appointments that survive a full calendar.
A PRACTICE, NOT A SOLO ACT
Founder-led. Team-delivered. BC-registered.
Real Life Counselling was founded in 2009 by Ashley Kreze, a Registered Psychotherapist with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario and a Registered Clinical Counsellor in BC, with more than 17 years of clinical experience.
When you reach out, we match you with the therapist on our team whose approach, experience, and personality fit what you’re navigating, not just whoever has the next opening. Every BC client is served under BCACC registration, to BC clinical standards.
Anxiety counselling in Richmond
Anxiety is one of the most common reasons Richmond residents look for a therapist. It looks like racing thoughts at 2 a.m., the knot in the chest that doesn’t leave, the checking and re-checking, the dread without an obvious name, and the weight of expectations, your own, your family’s, your community’s, that never quite lets up.
Anxiety counselling gives you a private, structured place to work on it with someone trained in evidence-based approaches, including cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and mindfulness-based work. The work is practical: understanding what drives the anxiety, changing your relationship with the thoughts, and getting your range back. Sessions are online and confidential, and nobody in your world needs to know you’re doing it.
What we help Richmond clients work through
Real life rarely fits a single label. These are the most common reasons people in Richmond and Metro Vancouver reach out, and if yours isn’t here, that doesn’t mean we can’t help.
Anxiety
The kind that wakes you at 3 a.m. The kind that hums in the background of every conversation. The kind nobody else sees.
Burnout & stress
You’re doing fine on paper. In your body, you’re not. Therapy for the high-functioning version of running on empty.
Depression
Whether it’s the weight that won’t lift or the numbness that crept in slowly, there’s a path back.
Couples & relationships
Communication patterns, recurring fights, drifting apart, repairing after a rupture. Couples work that goes beyond techniques.
Parenting & family pressure
The mental load of family life across generations: careers, kids’ programs, aging parents, and expectations that span continents.
Life transitions
A move, a separation, a new baby, a career change, settling into a new community. The work of becoming someone new.
Grief & loss
A person, a relationship, a version of yourself. Grief isn’t linear and it doesn’t run on a timeline.
Workplace & career
Difficult workplaces, leaving a role, returning from leave, and the pressures you can’t bring to HR.
How to start counselling in Richmond
No referral required. No waiting room. No tunnel.
Reach out, tell us what’s going on
Fill out a short intake form. A few sentences is plenty. We’ll review it and reach back within one business day to set up a free 15-minute consultation.
Get matched with the right therapist
We match you with a therapist based on what you’re navigating and the kind of fit you need. Most Richmond clients begin within a week of reaching out.
Start sessions from home
50-minute sessions over secure, encrypted video. From your living room, your home office, or anywhere private. Evening and weekend appointments available.
Areas we serve
Richmond, Metro Vancouver, and everywhere in between.
Because sessions are online, location inside British Columbia isn’t a barrier. Common neighbourhoods and communities our Richmond clients come from:
Honest answers to Richmond client questions
Is your therapist actually registered in BC?
Do you offer anxiety counselling in Richmond?
My doctor referred me. What do I do?
Can I see someone in Richmond in person?
Are sessions covered by my insurance?
How much does counselling cost?
Can my partner and I do couples therapy from different locations?
How quickly can I start?
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Ready when you are, Richmond.
The longest part of starting therapy is usually the part before you reach out. Once you do, it gets easier.