Christie Stashyn, Jr. Associate Counsellor
Christie is accepting new clients.
Monday: 4pm – 9pm
Thursday: 8am – 3pm
Saturday: 10am – 4pm
Sessions Types: Individuals, Couples
Languages: English
Christie Lea Stashyn is a is a Registered Therapeutic Counsellor (RTC #4058) with the Association of Cooperative Counselling Therapists of Canada (ACCT) and a Master Practitioner in Clinical Counselling – Provisional (MPCC- P #5054) with the Canadian Professional Counsellors Association (CPCA).
Christie is a trauma-informed counsellor supporting individuals navigating life transitions, relational wounds, and the long-term effects of stress and trauma. With nearly two decades of experience in emergency services, she brings a grounded understanding of nervous system overwhelm, burnout, and survival patterns into her work. Her approach is relational, intuitive, and non-pathologizing. Rather than focusing on diagnosis or what is “wrong,” Christie’s work centers on curiosity, authentic connection, and the inherent capacity for healing within each client. Therapy is offered as a collaborative process that honours each person’s pace, history, and autonomy.
My path into this work has been shaped not only by training, but by lived experience. I have navigated significant life transitions, including the complexities of long-term relationship breakdown, single parenting, and rebuilding a sense of stability and identity in midlife. I have also faced my own struggles with food addiction, low self-worth, and debilitating nervous system dysregulation. These experiences have given me a deeply embodied understanding of what it means to feel overwhelmed, uncertain, and disconnected from yourself, and this directly informs how I show up in the therapeutic process: with attunement to the nervous system, respect for each client’s pace, and a grounded, non-judgmental presence that supports clients in reconnecting with themselves, building self-trust, and creating meaningful, sustainable change.
Before becoming a counsellor, I spent nearly 20 years in emergency services, supporting people through moments of acute stress and crisis. That environment sharpened my ability to stay grounded under pressure and deepened my respect for the nervous system’s role in how we cope, survive, and make meaning of our experiences.
There have been, and still are, times in my own life where I felt stuck in patterns that are difficult to shift, even with insight. Through my own process, I came to understand that healing isn’t about forcing change. Rather, it’s about creating the conditions where change becomes possible.
This is the perspective I bring into my work. I meet clients with honesty, compassion, and curiosity, recognizing that the strategies that once helped them survive may now be the very things keeping them feeling stuck.
I believe that meaningful change happens when we begin to understand ourselves differently – not as broken – but as adaptive, resilient, and capable of something more.
Therapeutic Modalities
- Person Centered Therapy
- NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM)
- Polyvagal Theory
- Attachment Theory
- Parts Work / Internal Family Systems
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) informed approaches
- Mindfulness and Somatic Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Gestalt Therapy
- Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
Education & Certifications
- Internal Family Systems, PESI, 2026
- NARM Therapist Training – Complex Trauma Training Centre (Current)
- NARM-informed Professional Training – NARM Training Institute, 2025
- Certified Divorce Specialist (Current)
- Registered Therapeutic Counsellor – (RTC), Association of Cooperative Counselling Therapists of Canada
- Master Practitioner in Clinical Counselling – Provisional (MPCC-P), Canadian Professional Counsellors Association Professional
- Counselling Diploma – Rhodes Wellness College, 2025
- Life Skills Coaching Certificate (ICF-aligned), 2024
- Emergency Management Associate Certificate, Justice Institute of British Columbia, 2021
- Leadership & Conflict Resolution, Justice Institute of British Columbia, 2013
- Conflict Resolution level I & II, 2013