Welcome to Esperanza Therapy:Hope lives here.
I’m Chantal, a Registered Clinical Counsellor in Vancouver, supporting clients across BC with trauma, addiction, and chronic illness.
virtual Trauma counselling in bcMany of us carry quiet wounds from times when life did not feel safe.
Sometimes unresolved trauma can look like a dimming: the mind fogged, the body numb, the spirit dulled, relationships strained. Even when these are the most human parts of you, they can feel out of reach, leaving you without the freedom to choose or connect.
Healing does not erase the past. It is the slow return of choice, the quiet rebuilding of safety, and the remembering that your autonomy was always yours to claim.
I specialise in trauma, which so often sits at the root of anxiety, depression, addiction, and chronic illness. My work blends science and compassion, weaving together EMDR, Internal Family Systems, attachment science, and Buddhist psychology. Together, we create a process shaped around you.
Esperanza is the Spanish word for “Hope,” and it is also my name.
Hope is not distant or abstract. It is alive, steady, and waiting.
It is rooted in presence, care, and the belief that your story is still unfolding.
The name is mine, but the meaning belongs to all of us.
