Carmen D’Souza

Carmen completed her BA in Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies at the University of Calgary and her Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology at Yorkville University. She is a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors.

Carmen supports people navigating life transitions, grief, anxiety, and periods of feeling disconnected from themselves. Her approach is relational, person-centred, and grounded in curiosity and compassion. She sees therapy as a collaborative space where clients can slow down, make meaning of lived experience, and reconnect with what feels most present and important.

Her work is informed by evidence-based and empirically informed modalities, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), attachment-based and mindfulness-informed practices, and experiential approaches such as AEDP. Carmen places a strong emphasis on values-based work, supporting clients in moving toward what feels meaningful and aligned in their lives. Therapy with Carmen is always collaborative, paced, and consent-based.

A long-standing yoga practitioner, Carmen has travelled to India multiple times for study, training, and practice. Movement is an important part of how she understands healing and connection, and she often invites a gentle awareness of the body as a way to support regulation, presence, and reconnection with self.

Carmen is deeply drawn to nature and simple, restorative experiences — time with animals, being outdoors, and slow, grounding moments that support nervous system regulation. She sees healing as something that unfolds through relationship, safety, and reconnection — with self, body, and lived experience.