Krista Blatchford, M.A., Registered Clinical Counsellor

Founder | Director | Therapist

**Krista is not accepting new clients at this time. If you are a past client seeking an appointment, please email.

“Our veins are absolutely strings tied to other people’s kites” ~ Andrea Gibson

Experience

Krista (she/her) has many years experience working with children (6+), adolescents, adults, parents and families. Before completing her Masters in Counselling Psychology and becoming a therapist, she was a youth worker and pharmacy technician.

Krista has a true passion for helping others and takes pride in providing solid assessments and efficient, evidence & relationship-based treatment. 

Krista’s clients have said that she is compassionate, non-judgemental , relatable, and inclusive. She has a wide range of experience in mental health and specializes in helping clients with depression and low mood; bipolar disorder; trauma & PTSD; anxiety (worries, phobias, panic, somatic/ somatization concerns); eating disorders (ARFID/picky eating, Binge Eating/ BED, Bulimia, Anorexia etc); & emotional dysregulation, including emotional over-control/rigidity, self-injurious behaviours, and suicidal ideation. Krista has experience working with children and adults with neurodiversity including autism spectrum, ADHD & giftedness & learning disabilities. She also has helped folks with substance use problems. 

Training

She is formally trained in CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy), DBT (Dialectical Behavioural Therapy), EMDR (Eye- Movement Desensitization Reprogramming), RO-DBT (Radically-Open Dialectical Behavioural Therapy), EFFT (Emotion Focussed Family Therapy), Motivational Interviewing, as well as others. Krista is familiar with Responsive Feeding Therapy and is studying to be a certified Intuitive Eating Counsellor. She has training and experience providing clinical supervision & consultation to other therapists. Krista is registered with Autism Funding and CVAP. Please inquire for consultation rates if interested. 

More Info

Krista is a proud parent of two and knows that parenting has its challenges. It takes courage for parents to ask for support. When working with parents and families she tries to be collaborative, understanding and empathetic. 

She is working hard to understand the depths of privilege, internalized racism and discrimination, and stands in support of the LGBTQ2S+ and BIPOC communities. Krista has volunteered doing outreach supporting the residents of the Downtown Eastside, and champions harm reduction, education, destigmatization & safe supply approaches.