Birgit Schinke, M.A., Registered Clinical Counselor #2303, providing professional counselling services focused on addiction, trauma, cancer/health coaching in Surrey and Vancouver, BC
Birgit Schinke
A little about me.....
The easy things first...I am a Registered Clinical Counselor... with a focus on health, addictions, family, and trauma. I believe passionately in the strength of the human spirit as well as the importance of a healthy body as a compliment to a balanced mind.
I am blessed with two wonderful grown up children and I live and work around the Lower Mainland of Vancouver and Surrey, BC, CANADA.
.....and the rest of my story as it related to Clinical Counselling Therapy is that it found me in a round about way. I have always been a learner, searcher of meaning, an explorer of sorts...and as an exercise in writing I found myself researching for a book about my ethnicity....the interviews became very therapeutic for my research subjects.... and the book project morphed into an advanced degree in Counselling Psychology... I have been working in this exciting & dynamic field since the early 1991.
.....my experience has taught me to be patient, that things always make sense with time, and that we are all born with inner resilience and strength. I use a variety of ideas to help my clients access their strengths and am most heavily influenced by solution focused ideas, body/mind continuum, cognitive exploration, and spiritual big picture thinking. I'm holistic, meaning that I take clients' lifestyles into account, as well as flexible in my approach. You can find my detailed resume is on my LinkedIn profile.
......for fun I practice yoga and write Haiku Film Reviews. I travel whenever I can and love to explore the richness of ethnicity and culture.
.... I will maintain therapeutic contact with clients, if appropiate, using email, Skype, or telephone. I have two offices, one in Surrey, the other in North Vancouver or can meet people in the community if they are unable to travel much. Teaching and providing clinical supervision for counselling interns are also huge passions of mine.
The easy things first...I am a Registered Clinical Counselor... with a focus on health, addictions, family, and trauma. I believe passionately in the strength of the human spirit as well as the importance of a healthy body as a compliment to a balanced mind.
I am blessed with two wonderful grown up children and I live and work around the Lower Mainland of Vancouver and Surrey, BC, CANADA.
.....and the rest of my story as it related to Clinical Counselling Therapy is that it found me in a round about way. I have always been a learner, searcher of meaning, an explorer of sorts...and as an exercise in writing I found myself researching for a book about my ethnicity....the interviews became very therapeutic for my research subjects.... and the book project morphed into an advanced degree in Counselling Psychology... I have been working in this exciting & dynamic field since the early 1991.
.....my experience has taught me to be patient, that things always make sense with time, and that we are all born with inner resilience and strength. I use a variety of ideas to help my clients access their strengths and am most heavily influenced by solution focused ideas, body/mind continuum, cognitive exploration, and spiritual big picture thinking. I'm holistic, meaning that I take clients' lifestyles into account, as well as flexible in my approach. You can find my detailed resume is on my LinkedIn profile.
......for fun I practice yoga and write Haiku Film Reviews. I travel whenever I can and love to explore the richness of ethnicity and culture.
.... I will maintain therapeutic contact with clients, if appropiate, using email, Skype, or telephone. I have two offices, one in Surrey, the other in North Vancouver or can meet people in the community if they are unable to travel much. Teaching and providing clinical supervision for counselling interns are also huge passions of mine.