My greatest strengths come from the integration of my personal journey and my professional training and work experiences. Having walked through my own experiences of relational pain and engagement in my own healing and wellbeing, I carry both knowledge and lived understanding into my work. This combination allows me to hold space for clients with tenderness, care, and without fear, even in the midst of deep grief, relational transitions, or the complexities of family life.
Carrie Everett, MC
Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC)
With over 20 years of experience supporting people through some of life’s most vulnerable and challenging circumstances, including sexual violence, intimate partner violence, and even those who have caused harm, I bring both breadth and depth to my work. My career has always been rooted in walking alongside people in their hardest moments. This history shapes the way I show up as a therapist: grounded, real, and deeply committed to human-to-human connection.
I don’t limit my work to processing emotions in isolation. My background in social services and non-profit work means I am equally comfortable helping clients access resources, navigate systems, and embrace a social justice and feminist lens. I strive to reduce power dynamics wherever possible, creating a space where clients feel seen, respected, and supported as whole humans. Clients often reflect this back to me as a strength of mine. My adaptability and breadth of experience set me apart from practitioners who may not yet have the same range of tools.
My values are rooted in compassion, justice, and growth. I aim to challenge social structures that perpetuate harm, while humanizing and normalizing the lived experiences of those I serve. Healing is not about perfection, it’s about recognizing that we are always in development, always capable of learning, growing, and doing differently.
I hold a Master of Counselling degree from the University of Calgary and have completed the three‑year Somatic Experiencing Professional (SEP) program. My academic foundation began with an undergraduate degree in humanities from the University of Victoria, which continues to inform my approach.
For over a decade, I worked in the non-profit sector at Bridges for Women Society supporting survivors of violence, trauma, and abuse — helping individuals reclaim their lives and move toward financial independence.
More recently, I worked in post-secondary settings, where I supported students from diverse backgrounds in managing the complexities of student life. My roles in this sector also focused on sexualized violence prevention and response, which included working with those who had caused harm to others. I have a particular commitment to supporting survivors of gender-based violence with compassion, dignity, and care.
Trauma-Informed l Somatic l Relational l Social Justice
I believe therapy should feel like it fits you, not the other way around. That’s why I take an integrative, person-centered approach, drawing from multiple therapeutic modalities to support your unique needs. These modalities include somatic psychotherapy, emotion and solution focused therapy, mindfulness and feminist practices.
Somatic therapy invites us to explore how emotion lives in the body, not just the mind. Somatic practices support you to increase your capacity with emotional regulation and release stored traumatic stress.
Trauma-informed therapy is about honouring your whole self and innate wisdom, and supporting you to reclaim your sense of safety, personal choice, and agency.
A social justice lens acknowledges that many emotional wounds are shaped by systems, not personal shortcomings. We often come to therapy thinking we are broken. In truth, we are responding exactly as anyone would when their needs have been unmet or their identity erased.
I believe that supporting others well requires an ongoing commitment to my own learning and growth. I engage in regular peer and clinical supervision and professional development trainings to ensure I show up as a grounded, reflective, and ethical practitioner. These spaces allow me to deepen my practice, navigate complex work with greater insight, and continue evolving alongside those I support.
Outside the counselling room, you’ll find me spending time with my daughter and loved ones, swimming in lakes, walking forest trails, or practicing yoga. I am a lifelong Vancouver Islander and grew in up in Campbell River – the traditional and unceded territory of the Kwakwaka’wakw peoples.
