Katarina Craig-deBoer, RCC

Registered Clinical Counsellor

Katarina helps adults, teens, couples and families work through trauma, operational stress, anxiety, depression, sleep problems and major life changes. She brings more than 15 years in mental health and social services to her therapy work, across non-profit, government, health authority and police settings.

Works withAdults, teens 14+, couples and families

SessionsOnline by video or phone

Available toClients in British Columbia

Fee$160 for a 60-minute session
$175 for sleep therapy
$180 to $190 for couples and families

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Areas of Practice

Practice Focus

Katarina has a particular focus on first responders (police, fire, paramedics and dispatchers) and their spouses and families, and on survivors of intimate partner violence and sexual abuse. She works with operational stress, PTSD, moral injury, burnout, secondary trauma, grief, and the communication and identity challenges that can come up in first responder households.

How Katarina Works

Katarina's work is collaborative and trauma-focused. She sees each person as a whole human, not a collection of symptoms, and builds care around connection and what that person needs.

She draws on several evidence-based approaches and chooses what fits the person and the problem in front of her.

Trauma & PTSD	Prolonged Exposure DBT EMDR (in training)
Anxiety & Depression	CBT ACT Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Compassion-Focused Therapy
Sleep & Insomnia	CBT for Insomnia (CBT-I)
Relationships & Life Transitions	Interpersonal Therapy Emotionally Focused Therapy Attachment-Based Therapy
Across all her work	Person-Centred Therapy Motivational Interviewing Solution-Focused Therapy Internal Family Systems

Training and Credentials

Registration: Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC), BC Association of Clinical Counsellors
Education: MA, Counselling Psychology
BA, Psychology
Advanced training: EMDR, training in progress
Memberships: BCACC
Experience: 15+ years in mental health and social services across non-profit, government, health authority and police settings

About Katarina

Katarina has spent more than 15 years working and volunteering in mental health and social services. Today she also works alongside police, responding to mental health calls in the community.

That work gives her a close understanding of what first responders face on the job and what it can ask of the people at home. She helps clients navigate major life transitions, manage stress, make sense of relationship patterns and feel more like themselves again.

Outside of work, Katarina is an avid runner and traveller who enjoys camping with her partner and their dog, and time with the people she loves.

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