Maggie Milsom, RCC
Registered Clinical Counsellor
Maggie helps teens and adults get free of OCD, anxiety, panic and sleep problems. She has particular depth with the forms of OCD people find hardest to talk about, and a calm, collaborative way of working that makes them easier to say out loud.
$175 for OCD and sleep therapy
Areas of Practice
Practice Focus
Maggie's practice focus is OCD, anxiety and panic, and family violence. Within OCD, she has particular depth with distressing and taboo intrusive thoughts and with OCD in teens. She also works with body dysmorphic disorder, hair pulling and skin picking, health anxiety, emetophobia (fear of vomiting), grief and loss, and return-to-work support through vocational rehabilitation.
How Maggie Works
Maggie doesn't rely on a single type of therapy. She draws on several evidence-based approaches and chooses what fits the person and the problem in front of her. Her work is trauma-informed, collaborative and practical.
Drawing on two decades as a professional actor, she also uses creative techniques like role-play to help clients rehearse new ways of responding.
| OCD | |
| Anxiety | |
| Hair Pulling & Skin Picking | |
| Sleep & Insomnia | |
| Across all her work |
Training and Credentials
- Registration
- Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC), BC Association of Clinical Counsellors
- Education
- MEd, Counselling Psychology, University of British Columbia
Diploma in Guidance Studies, University of British Columbia
BA, Psychology, University of British Columbia
Dramatic Arts Diploma, Vancouver Academy of Dramatic Arts - Advanced training
- ERP for OCD intensive, Philadelphia Behaviour Therapy Association
ERP for paediatric OCD intensive, University of Pennsylvania
CBT for OCD, McLean Hospital
CBT-I, University of Pennsylvania
DBT Skills certification with Marsha Linehan
Trauma certification with Bessel van der Kolk
San'yas Indigenous Cultural Safety, Core ICS Mental Health - Memberships
- BCACC, International OCD Foundation (IOCDF)
- Funding
- Approved provider, Crime Victim Assistance Program (CVAP)
- Supervision
- Clinical supervisor under the BCACC framework
About Maggie
Maggie came to therapy work after more than 20 years as a film, television and classical theatre actor, and that experience still shapes how she works. She has also volunteered with the UBC B.R.A.I.N. Lab and spent over a decade volunteering with the Vancouver Police Department, giving her a grounded perspective on trauma and mental health.
She brings a personal understanding of how OCD affects families, which informs the care and patience she offers clients.
Outside of work, Maggie is a black belt judoka and keeps her balance through snowboarding, scuba diving and gardening.
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