FOUNDER & CLINICAL DIRECTOR, REGISTERED CLINICAL COUNSELLOR
Orli Paling, RCC-ACS (cand)
Addiction is often a way of coping with pain, pressure or unmet needs. I built a team that treats it that way.
Orli Paling is the founder and Clinical Director of OP Counselling Services in East Vancouver, with more than 13 years of clinical experience in addiction, ADHD, concurrent disorders and trauma.
I'm not accepting new clients right now.
Every counsellor on my team works with the same things I do: addiction, ADHD, concurrent disorders and trauma. The match quiz is the quickest way to find the right fit.
13+ years
Clinical experience
Couples/family therapy
Individual therapy
Clinical Director
OP Counselling Services
RCC #12820
BC Association of Clinical Counsellors
FOUNDER & CLINICAL DIRECTOR, REGISTERED CLINICAL COUNSELLOR
Orli Paling, RCC-ACS
Work with my team
Each of these counsellors is accepting new clients, in person in East Vancouver and online across BC.
Chantal Esperanza, RCC
Chantal works with the lasting effects of complex trauma, especially when it’s tangled up with chronic illness, chronic pain or addiction. If you understand your patterns but still feel stuck, she helps you work with how they show up in your body, relationships and ways of coping. She sees individuals, couples and families online across BC.
Kimia Mohammadpour, RCC
Kimia works with people who are used to holding it together for everyone else, especially adults in addiction recovery, current and former athletes, and immigrants and children of immigrants. Rather than only talking things through, she helps you slow down and notice what’s happening underneath. Sessions are in English and Farsi, in person in East Vancouver and online across BC.
How I lead the team
I'm direct and compassionate, and I expect the same of the care at OP. I see addiction as often a way of coping with pain, pressure or unmet needs, not a failing, so we build strategies around each person's history and strengths rather than a one-size plan.
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That's the lens every counsellor here works from, whoever you end up seeing.
Clinical Oversight: Associates receive regular, ongoing clinical supervision and training to enhance their skills and the quality of care that you receive.
Training Therapists: I run a clinician training program and supervise graduate counselling students at a residential addiction treatment program.
Shared focus Addiction, ADHD, concurrent disorders and trauma, across the whole team.
Outside the Office
I'm a partner and a parent, and I work hard at balance. You'll usually find me walking around Vancouver with a comedy podcast on and an iced jasmine tea in hand.
Education, registration, and training
EDUCATION
Master of Arts Counselling Psychology (MACP)
ADLER UNIVERSITY · 2012
BA Psychology
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY · 2010
TRAINING
Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR)
SUE GENEST · 2023
COMPASSIONATE INQUIRY
GABOR MATE · 2018
REGISTRATION
Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC)
BC Association of Clinical Counsellors · #12820
EXPERIENCE
Founder & Clinical Director, OP Counselling Services
2015 to Present
Clinical Counsellor, residential treatment centre for men
Last Door Recovery Society · 2020 to present
Clinical Practicum Supervisor, graduate counselling students
Adler University · 2022 to present
Intensive day treatment program for youth
Pacific Community Resources · 2013 to 2016
Questions about working OP Counselling
Not right now. Every counsellor on my team works with addiction, ADHD, concurrent disorders and trauma, so you'll get the same kind of care. The match quiz is the quickest way to find the right fit.
Start with the match quiz. It asks a few questions about what you're looking for and suggests who fits best. You can also read each counsellor's page, or contact us and we'll help you choose.
Yes, all of our counsellors receive regular clinical supervision from a BCACC Approved Clinical Supervisor (RCC-ACS). We believe that clinical supervision is ensures we are providing the highest level of clinical care.
Yes. Every counsellor on the team works with addiction and substance use, along with ADHD, concurrent disorders and trauma.
Sessions with my team start at $140 for 50 minutes. Most extended health plans cover counselling with a Registered Clinical Counsellor, and we bill many of them directly, including Pacific Blue Cross, Sun Life and Green Shield.