AVAILABILITY
TUESDAY
12 to 8 pm · online
THURSDAY
By appt · online
SATURDAY
2 to 8 pm · in-person
Kimia Mohammadpour, RCC
REGISTERED CLINICAL COUNSELLOR
REGISTERED CLINICAL COUNSELLOR
Kimia Mohammadpour, RCC
You look fine from the outside. I help you close the gap between how you're performing and how you're actually doing.
I work with adults and couples who are used to holding it together for everyone else, especially people in addiction recovery, current and former athletes, and immigrants and children of immigrants. Sessions are in English and Farsi, in person in East Vancouver and online across BC.
$140 Individuals
$160 Couples/Families
Couples/family therapy
Individual therapy
In person & online
English & Farsi
RCC #25090
BC Association of Clinical Counsellors
Direct billing to most extended health plans, including Pacific Blue Cross, Sun Life and Green Shield.
You might be here because...
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You're the one everyone leans on
From the outside, your life looks fine. You show up, you’re capable, and people rely on you. But you’re tired in a way sleep doesn’t fix, and your inner critic is louder than your wins. You’re not even sure why you’re reaching out, just that something needs to change.
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You’ve stopped, but you still don’t feel okay
Maybe you’re weeks or years into recovery, or starting to wonder if drinking or using has become how you cope. You’ve white-knuckled it, made promises, maybe been through treatment. Staying sober is one thing. Feeling okay in your own skin is another.
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You don’t know who you are without it
A sport or career that defined you is ending. You’re building a life between two cultures. A relationship ended, or keeps falling into the same painful cycle. You understand what’s happening, but it still doesn’t feel settled.
What we'll work on together
Addiction and recovery
Whether you’re newly sober, years in, or not sure yet that you want to stop, we start where you are. We look at what drinking or using has been doing for you, and what it’s been protecting you from feeling, so you can build a life you don’t need to escape from.
Identity, life transitions, and belonging
Retiring from a sport, changing careers, a breakup, or building a life between two cultures. We get curious about who you’ve been, who you’re becoming, and the expectations you’ve carried, so you can decide which parts of the old story still fit.
Anxiety, trauma and the inner critic
Maybe your inner critic once pushed you forward and now feels relentless, or old experiences still show up in your body and relationships. We look at where those patterns came from and stay with the feelings underneath. Change comes from understanding yourself, not from being harder on yourself.
How I work:
My main approach is Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP). A lot of our pain comes from having been alone with feelings that were too big at the time, so we learned to shut down, push through or stay in our heads. Instead of only talking about what’s going on, we slow down and notice what’s happening in your body and emotions, right there in the room. That’s often where old patterns finally shift, and this time you don’t go through the hard feelings alone.
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I also draw on:
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Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT): naming and making sense of your emotions, so they become useful information instead of something to fight
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Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy: seeing how the roles and rules you learned in your family still shape how you cope and connect
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Person-centred therapy: you lead, because you’re the expert on your own life
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Trauma- and systems-informed care: looking at the bigger picture of culture, family and community, at a pace that keeps you feeling safe
What I'm like in session
I do my best work with people who are starting to feel what holding everything together is costing them.
Your first session
Mostly, it’s a chance to get to know each other. I’ll ask what’s bringing you in and a bit about your life, but you decide how much to share. I’ll also check in about how it feels to talk with me, because fit matters. You don’t need the right words or a clear goal. Figuring that out is part of the work.
If you’re nervous
It makes sense to be nervous, especially if you’re used to handling things on your own. We can spend the first few sessions just building trust. I check in often, and you’re always in control of what we talk about and how far we go.
I will listen closely, notice the small things, and be honest when I see a pattern that isn’t working for you.
I won't judge you, rush you, or ask you to perform being okay.
Clients often tell me “You’re warm, but you don’t let me off the hook.”
Outside the Office
When I’m not in session, you’ll probably find me with the people I love, out in nature (especially near water), or working on whatever I’m knitting or crocheting at the moment.
Education, registration, and training
EDUCATION
Master of Counselling Psychology (MCP)
Adler University
BA Psychology, Minor in Counselling and Human Development
Simon Fraser University
REGISTRATION
Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC)
BC Association of Clinical Counsellors · #25090
TRAINING & EXPERIENCE
Support Worker, Turning Point Recovery Society
Adults in addiction recovery
Clinical Counsellor, Last Door Recovery Society
Residential addiction treatment for adult men
Crisis support and shelter work, Vancouver Rape Relief & Women's shelter
Women leaving violence
AEDP continuing education, The AEDP Institute
The Wound Within the Wound: Cultivating Self-Trust After Relational Trauma · Restructuring Syntonic Defenses · The Intra-relational Triangle: Complex Trauma and Parts Work
Questions people ask before booking
Reaching out takes courage, and booking a session is enough of a start. In our first session, I’ll ask what’s bringing you in and a bit about your life, and we’ll figure out together what to focus on. You don’t need a plan before you walk in.
That’s completely okay. Many people tell me they live in their heads or don’t know what they’re feeling. Part of our work is slowing down and noticing those feelings together, so you don’t have to figure them out alone.
Yes. Counselling works alongside a program, meetings or a sponsor. Our sessions give you space to look at what’s underneath the urge to use, like stress, shame, grief or old patterns, so you can feel steadier in recovery.
It’s a fair worry. I pay close attention to how you’re doing in the moment, and we only go as far as feels manageable. You’re in control of the pace, and you’ll leave each session grounded enough to get on with your day.
Absolutely. When something that shaped your days, your relationships and how you see yourself comes to an end, it can feel like losing part of you. Together we make space for what’s changed and get curious about who you are outside of it.
Yes. I offer sessions in English and Farsi, in person in East Vancouver and online anywhere in BC.
Individual sessions are $140 and couples sessions are $160. Most extended health plans cover counselling with a Registered Clinical Counsellor, and I can bill many of them directly, including Pacific Blue Cross, Sun Life and Green Shield, so you only pay what your plan doesn’t cover. I also have a limited number of reduced-fee spots, so ask when you book.