My name is Teresa McLellan and I am currently registered as a Clinical Counsellor (RCC) with the British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors (BCACC). My work as a therapist, teacher, facilitator and intuitive guide has been shaped by a lifelong interest in the intersection between psychology, healing, the deeper layers of human experience, Self and Soul.

I hold a Master’s degree in Counselling Psychology (MACP) from Adler University and have additional training in Depth Psychology with a focus on Integrative Therapy and Healing Practices. My undergraduate studies in psychology, counselling, and human development also included philosophy and criminology, which helped me begin to understand both the inner world of the psyche and the broader systems that shape human behavior.

Rather than a linear path, my training has been a weaving together of many approaches, perspectives, trainings and experiences — each adding another layer to how I understand healing. Healing is not just about symptom reduction — it is about reconnection. Reconnection to the body, to emotion, to meaning, to relationship, and to the parts of our Self that were once pushed away or forgotten. Reconnection to wholeness.

Alongside my professional training, I also bring extensive lived experience with trauma, addiction, parenting, and deep personal healing. This combination has shaped not only how I work, but why I do this work.

At the heart of my approach is the belief that healing is both psychological and deeply sacred — a process that involves the nervous system, attachment patterns, emotions, memory, and core beliefs, while also making space for meaning, symbolism, ancestry, dreams, and the deeper movements of the psyche that cannot always be explained, only experienced.

The Sacred Journey of healing is not about returning to the old or becoming someone new, but about coming into deeper relationship with who you already are beneath survival strategies, conditioning, and pain.

In addition to my evidence-based clinical training, I hold a deep respect for spirituality, integrative healing, and ancient wisdom traditions. My personal and professional path has included meditation, eastern philosophy, yoga, somatic and energy-based practices, breathwork, symbolic, shamanic and depth-oriented frameworks, plant medicine and ongoing reflective inquiry. These experiences continue to inform my understanding of healing as something that is not only cognitive, but embodied, relational, experiential, and deeply human.

This ongoing inner work is an essential part of how I show up as a therapist. It supports my ability to remain grounded, compassionate, and attuned while holding space for complexity, uncertainty, and the many layers of the healing process