Let’s Sit Together

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Clinical counselling in Vancouver that channels clarity through compassion, curiosity, and creativity. Solution-focused therapy to build resilience, challenge negative thinking, and learn practical tools for lasting wellbeing.

Book a free 15‑minute consult
Book a free 15‑minute consult
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Surfacing the solutions within you.

You already hold the answers — counselling helps bring them forward and turn insight into action. At LISAN Counselling we combine attentive listening, thoughtful challenge, and evidence‑informed strategies to create forward momentum. In listening we support you in noticing patterns in the stories you share, and then gently challenge you to deepen reflection.

Together we build practical skills that equip you to take meaningful next steps. The aim: curiosity, clarity, and confidence. Counselling as the foundation for lasting independence.

Whether you are a child, teen, adult or senior, your grief, loss, worry, anger and sadness are as individual as you. Each of us has our own unique path to healing. We are here to open the door.

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Who benefits:

  • Individuals managing anxiety, depression, trauma, ASD/ADHD, or chronic pain.

  • Children, teens and adults navigating school avoidance, life transitions, grief, or aging.

  • Gifted and neurodivergent clients seeking tailored support.

What sessions look like:

By harnessing the vast knowledge and expertise clients have about the challenges in their lives, we will begin our work together by fostering a therapeutic relationship based on trust, respect and confidentiality.

Guided discovery — curious, non‑judgmental exploration through enquiry and reflection to help you surface and gain clarity around both your questions and your answers.

Targeted challenge — respectful prompts that expand perspective and reveal new options.

Practical tools — evidence‑based strategies and between‑session exercises.

Action‑focused planning — clear, attainable next steps so insight becomes lasting change.

Initial consult — free 15‑minute phone or video chat to confirm fit.

Standard session — 50 minutes — in‑person (Vancouver) or secure online (available across BC and Canada).

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About LISAN Counselling — Lisa Nordman, M.Ed., R.C.C.

Deep work, light moments.

With 30+ years of frontline experience in Vancouver schools and community settings, Lisa Nordman offers a grounded, collaborative space that treats clients as experts of their own lives. Her practice blends CBT, Gestalt, Focusing‑Oriented Therapy, and Internal Family Systems to tailor care that fits each client. Expect empathy, curiosity, candid feedback, and a dash of levity where it arises. Practice guided by the First People’s Principles of Learning; learning that is embedded in memory, history and story. Learning is experiential and inclusive of all genders, sexual orientations, and cultural backgrounds.

Specializations

Individuals | Couples | Depression | ASD, ADD, ADHD | Generalized & Social Anxiety | Giftedness | School Refusal | Trauma | Life Transitions | Aging | Grief Loss | Chronic Pain

Ready to sit down?

Take the first step. Book your free 15‑minute consult.

Email: connect@lisancounselling.com

Location: Vancouver, BC · Virtual sessions available