Kristy Ricard
Registered Clinical Counsellor, MACP, BSc, ADHD-CCSP
Accepting NEW Clients – Are you looking for support in navigating anxious thoughts or feelings, or what feels like a dark cloud following you around? Are you tired of feeling like you’re not enough, or like the standards expected are exhausting to meet? Is a new life changing causing stress or needing exploring? Do you feel burdened by obsessive thinking, or difficulties with food and body image? Are there relationships in your life that you’d like to explore, or better understand how you feel when around others? Are you simply hoping to build self-awareness or coping strategies?
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Together we'll create the space for you to gain insight, learn new strategies and skills, and explore the thoughts and feelings that currently take over your before, now, and future. We'll aim to move you towards feeling more confident in your ability to handle things, and create some depth in understanding. I work with anxiety, depression, eating disorders, athletic/sports preformance, trauma, obsessive compulsive disorder, stress, grief, and more.
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It's normal if reaching out feels scary. I've worked with individuals in public, athletics, and private health settings, and i'm looking forward to connecting with you.
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Kristy offers online counselling, EMDR therapy, phone counselling, text counselling, and Walk and Talk Therapy in Chilliwack. Virtually Kristy works in British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan. Her rate is $130 per hour.
Education & Training
Kristy's Additional Certifications and On-Going Education
BC Association of Clinical Counsellors (Practicing Member)
Supporting families with parental mental illness, addiction, or
incarceration - Indigenous focus certificate, Emerging minds, 2022
Indigenous cultural safety training, San'yas Indigenous cultural safety - 2022
Emergency first aid with CPR C & AED, Canadian Red Cross - 2021
British Columbia Association of Kinesiologists (Practicing Member) - 2020
Mental health first aid logistics, caring for others virtual course - 2020
HighFive certificate - 2019
SportsAid certificate - 2019
Canadian centre for occupational health and safety being a mindful
employee: An orientation to psychological health and safety in the
workplace certificate - 2018
Canadian Sport Psychology Association (Student Member) - 2018
Masters in Counselling Psychology - 2023
EMDR Basic Training - 2024
ADHD Certified Clinical Services Provider - 2024
Publications
Check back for Kristy's research involvement soon!