Clinical perspectives on psychology, relationships, work, mental health and emerging social trends.
No booking link. No faffing around.Nightingale counsellors work with thousands of clients each year across individual, couples, family and youth counselling in Vancouver, and across Canada.
Our clinicians are available for media commentary on psychology, relationships, work, mental health and emerging social trends.
If you are working on a story and need a clinical perspective, call or email us. We will connect you with the right clinician and, where possible, respond quickly.
Clinical Director
Shane is a Vancouver clinical counsellor and the Clinical Director of Nightingale. He comments on psychology, mental health, relationships, work and the ways broader social and economic changes affect people's psychological lives.
Good for: psychology and culture, anxiety, uncertainty, AI and technology, changing social norms, relationships, achievement, burnout and the psychology of modern life.
Contact Shane: shane@nightingalecounselling.com
Senior Clinician — Relationships, Couples & Families
Melanie works across individual, relational, family and developmental concerns, including couples counselling, family therapy, anxiety, depression, childhood trauma and major life transitions.
Good for: relationships, dating, marriage, separation, family conflict, communication, intimacy, changing family roles and expectations of partnership.
Contact Melanie: melanie@nightingalecounselling.com
Senior Clinician & Group Clinical Director — Identity, Parenting & Life Transitions
Bernadette brings a reflective, humanistic perspective to anxiety, cultural identity, parenting, individualization, depression and the transitions that shape a person's sense of self.
Good for: identity, parenting, family dynamics, cultural experience, anxiety, resilience, life transitions, psychological growth and the language people use to understand themselves.
Contact Bernadette: bernadette@nightingalecounselling.com
Senior Clinician — Relationships, Identity & Systems
Isaiah is a social worker and senior clinician with advanced relational and systems-informed training. His work considers how connection, identity, trauma and the wider social environment shape people's psychological lives.
Good for: relationships, identity, disconnection and loneliness, trauma, shame, anger, men's mental health, social systems, substance use and community mental health.
Contact Isaiah: isaiah@nightingalecounselling.com
Senior Clinician — Trauma & Major Life Events
Carolina works with adults navigating trauma, grief, relationships, major transitions and experiences that change their sense of safety, identity or direction. Her practice includes trauma-informed counselling and EMDR.
Good for: grief, trauma, crisis, anxiety, major life transitions, perimenopause and menopause, loss, resilience, recovery and the psychological aftermath of difficult events.
Contact Carolina: carolina@nightingalecounselling.com
If you are not sure who is the right person, just contact Shane or the Nightingale office. We can usually point you toward the clinician best suited to the story.
Available for phone, video, television, radio and written commentary.
Vancouver · North Vancouver · Squamish
A coordinated clinical team providing counselling across British Columbia.
For media enquiries, contact Colleen McCrann at colleen@nightingalecounselling.com.
