Counselling
Counselling sessions available with Natascha Lawrence or one of our associates
Please note that Natascha Lawrence and Pamela Wallberg currently have waitlists for new counselling clients. Bookings are only available for current clients and supervision sessions.
Our associate, Nicole Chan, has immediate availability for virtual sessions. Please book a free 15-minute telephone consultation to discuss how she may be a good fit to meet your therapeutic needs.
Please note that appointment times are limited, and cancellations or changes are requested with 24 hours notice to avoid being charged the full session fee. Thank you.
Counselling Services Available
Play Therapy
Youth Counselling
Parent Coaching
In-person and virtual neurodivergent tailored play therapy sessions available from birth to adulthood. Infant, child, youth, and adult play therapy sessions available.
Parent Coaching
Youth Counselling
Parent Coaching
In-person and virtual neurodivergent empowering tailored collaborative parent coaching/counselling sessions. FASD specific parent coaching sessions also available.
Youth Counselling
Youth Counselling
Youth Counselling
Trauma-informed, decolonized, anti-oppressive, anti-racist, somatic-based, neurodiversity empowering services. In-person and virtual sessions available.
Adult Counselling
Couples Counselling
Youth Counselling
Trauma-informed, decolonized, anti-oppressive, anti-racist, somatic-based, neurodiversity empowering services. In-person and virtual sessions available.
Couples Counselling
Couples Counselling
Couples Counselling
In-person and virtual sessions for couples. neurodivergent empowering, LGBTQIA2S+, polyamorous, sex and kink positive.
Family Counselling
Couples Counselling
Couples Counselling
In-person or virtual sessions for families, anti-oppressive, collaborative, neurodiversity affirming.
Clinical Director
(Fatima) Natascha Lawrence, M.A., R.C.C., BCRPT
When Natascha started working as a clinician, she was stunned and disappointed that many mental health services, organizations, and programs did not meet the needs of neurodivergent clients or those who have experienced complex trauma.
Natascha founded FASD Counselling and co-founded The FASD Institute to provide the services she could not find.
Some therapy modalities prescribe interventions that do not allow for equity-seeking populations. At the FASD Institute, we believe that counselling should focus on meeting folk where they are and that counsellors should walk alongside clients, empowering lifelong holistic healing.
Natascha is a Registered Clinical Counsellor, BC Registered Play Therapist, Certified Synergetic Play Therapist, and EMDR Practitioner and works from a somatic and attachment-based, decolonized, and anti-oppressive framework.
To learn more about Natascha, please visit www.fasdcounselling.com.
Natascha is not currently accepting new counselling clients.
Associates
Nicole Chan
Nicole Chan, MA, RCC
(she/her/hers)
Nicole works virtually on Mondays.
Nicole completed her undergraduate degree in Psychology at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. She then moved to BC and completed her Master of Counselling Psychology degree from Adler University. Nicole is a Registered Clinical Counsellor with a longstanding passion for working with families, focused on helping people connect deeper to themselves and others.
Nicole identifies as Chinese-Malaysian, with generations of her family born in Malaysia and ancestry linking back to Guangzhou, China. As a first-generation immigrant, she understands how the stigma around mental health can prevent folx from seeking help. She hopes to break down this stigmatization and make mental health supports more accessible and inclusive to all.
Nicole has experience with supporting children, teens, adults, families, parents, and couples. She works from a person-centred, anti-oppressive and anti-ableist framework. She uses techniques from many modalities and has specified training in Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Emotion-Focused Family Therapy, and Gottman methods. From a decolonized framework, Nicole incorporates somatic and play/expressive arts-based practices that aim to empower people of all abilities and identities with affirming and culturally responsive care.
Nicole completed her counselling practicum at Touchstone Family Association in Richmond. She has also worked as an Independent Living Specialist for Richmond Society for Community Living, supporting folx with developmental disabilities. Nicole has extensive experience working with neurodivergent youth and adults. She currently works as a Supporting Families Clinician for Richmond Addiction Services Society.
Nicole recognizes the individuality of each person she supports and aims to empower folx by giving them the space and tools necessary to empower themselves.
Pamela Wallberg
Pamela Wallberg, MA, RCC, ECE/ITE
(she/her/hers)
Pamela works a variable schedule, virtually and in person, on Mondays through Thursdays.
Pamela currently has a waitlist for new clients.
The grandchild of Polish-Jewish immigrants who arrived in Canada post-WW2, I was raised on my grandparents' active farm in BC. I currently live with my three children on the unceded and stolen lands of the ʷməθkʷəy̓əm, sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and sel̓íl̓witulh peoples.
I hold a Master of Arts from the University of British Columbia, where my thesis focused on multimodal approaches to emotional literacy in preschool-aged children. I am a licensed Early Childhood / Infant Toddler Educator, Certified Infant Development Consultant, DiRFloortime practitioner, Registered Clinical Counsellor, and CAPT Certified Play Therapist.
Prior to shifting my career to providing counselling services, I worked within the early childhood sector, delivering inclusive support services and parent coaching to children and their families. I have extensive experience working with neurodiverse children and their families in school, childcare, nature/outdoor and home-based settings. I specialize in working with Autistic children and their families, providing a strengths-based approach to recognizing and meeting emotional, sensory, regulatory and attachment needs.
I am particularly interested in incorporating mindfulness, play therapy and expressive arts approaches. I work to provide a safe space for children and their families to recognize, understand and celebrate their sense of self and identity. I emphasize a warm, authentic approach tailored to meet the individual child and family needs while affirming their strength.