Counselling & Psychotherapy

Support for life's hardest moments

Antonio Guzman, MACP, RCC, CAC, EMDR-CT, RCHT, is a Registered Clinical Counsellor focused on trauma and emotion regulation counselling and psychotherapy, with more than three decades of experience (he has worked in counselling since 1994), including 25 years as a Concurrent Disorders Counsellor with Vancouver Coastal Health. He offers a warm, collaborative space to explore your experiences, develop new perspectives and work toward meaningful change.

Approaches

• Adlerian Psychodynamic Therapy (Antonio is a Certified Adlerian Counsellor)
• EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)
• Somatic Experiencing
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Clinical Hypnosis and Parts Therapy
• Gottman Method Couples Therapy (advanced training)

Antonio also draws on Therapeutic Enactment, Narrative Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Expressive Arts Therapy and Energy Psychology (EFT), choosing what fits you.

Antonio can help with

• Trauma and PTSD
• Anxiety and depression
• Grief, loss and life transitions
• Relationship and family challenges
• Workplace stress and occupational injury
• Addiction and anger management

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• Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)

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• Living with chronic pain

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• Cultural adjustment and career direction

Antonio has extensive experience supporting first responders, veterans and healthcare professionals, as well as people in the education, hospitality, construction, manufacturing, trades and entertainment industries and the 2SLGBTQ+ community. He has also worked with clients referred through WorkSafeBC, ICBC and the BC Victim Services Program. A free 15-minute consultation is available, and sessions are covered by most extended health plans.

What to expect in your first session

Your first session is a chance to talk about what brings you in, what you hope will change and how you would like to work together. Antonio will ask about your background and current challenges, and together you will begin to shape a plan. There is no pressure to share more than you are ready to.

In person, online or hybrid

Counselling takes place in Suite 412 of the Duncan Building, 119 W Pender St. Our main clinic is in Suite 523 of the same building. Sessions can be in person, online or a mix of both, depending on what you are working on and what feels right for you. Antonio will talk this through with you at your free consultation.

Who Antonio works with

Antonio has more than three decades of professional experience supporting individuals and couples through trauma, anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, relationship difficulties, workplace challenges and major life transitions. His integrative approach draws on Adlerian Psychodynamic Therapy, EMDR, Somatic Experiencing, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Clinical Hypnosis, Parts Therapy and the Gottman Method for couples.

If you are in crisis or thinking about harming yourself, call or text 9-8-8 (Suicide Crisis Helpline) or go to your nearest emergency department.