Meet the Team
Nightingale is a coordinated clinical team supporting thoughtful, effective counselling in Vancouver and across British Columbia.
Our counsellors bring different areas of focus, training backgrounds, and ways of working, while sharing a common commitment to careful matching, active clinical thinking, and meaningful therapeutic work.
Leadership
Clinical vision, organizational development, and the foundation of Nightingale’s approach to counselling.
Shane Trudell, MC, RCC
Founder of Nightingale Counselling and architect of the Nightingale clinical framework. Shane continues to guide the vision and development of Nightingale’s approach to thoughtful, evidence-informed counselling.
Clinical Team
Click any profile to learn more about each counsellor’s approach, training, and areas of focus.
Bernadette Amiscaray, RCC
Clinical supervisor supporting counsellor development, reflective practice, and group consultation.
Melanie Fernandez, RCC
Experienced counsellor working across individual, relational, family, and developmental concerns.
Isaiah Finkelstein, RSW
Social worker and senior clinician with advanced relational and systems-informed training.
Carolina Radovan, RCC
Trauma-informed clinician with training in EMDR, relational therapy, and life transitions.
Tina Li, RCC
Counsellor supporting children, youth, families, couples, and clients navigating life transitions.
Tina Tsonis, RCC
Instructor in Health Psychology and emotion-focused counsellor working with anxiety, trauma, and self-development.
Shantelle Alexandra, RCC
Shantelle supports individuals and couples in developing deeper self-understanding, secure relationships, and lasting emotional resilience.
Ken Best, RCC
Counsellor supporting relationships, parenting, grief, depression, anxiety, and life transitions.
Madeline Montgomery, RCC, CCC
Drama therapist and counsellor focused on neurodiversity, identity, boundaries, and self-expression.
Evangelos Gkaldanidis, RCC
Existentially informed counsellor working with identity, anxiety, depression, and men’s issues.
Faranak Ghorbani, RCC
Art therapist, counsellor, and educator at Adler University with interests in identity, trauma, and family systems.
Chloe Kwok, RCC
Chloe supports individuals in making sense of life's challenges, deepening self-understanding, and building more compassionate relationships with themselves and others.
Anja Hedji Milasin, RCC
Anja supports clients in exploring the emotional, somatic, behavioural, and spiritual dimensions of their lives to uncover a path forward.
Christy Lowey, RCC
Child Life Specialist and university instructor supporting children, youth, families, parenting, and trauma.
Care Coordination and Administration
The people supporting Discovery Sessions, communication, scheduling, intake, and the overall client experience.
Colleen McCrann
Supporting clinic operations, communications, systems development, recruitment, and the overall client experience.
Graceful Milne
Graceful leads Nightingale's Discovery Sessions, helping clients understand their options and thoughtfully connect with the counsellor who is the best fit for them.
Teaching & Academic Affiliations
Several Nightingale clinicians contribute to teaching, supervision, and professional education across universities and training programs.
Faranak Ghorbani
Faculty member in the Master of Counselling Psychology: Art Therapy program at Adler University, teaching clinical theory, group process, and Adlerian interventions.
Christy Lowey
Sessional instructor at the University of the Fraser Valley, teaching therapeutic work with children, youth, and families.
Tina Tsonis
Instructor in Health Psychology at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine, with interests in counselling skills and nervous system regulation.
How Our Team Works
Clients are supported by an individual counsellor within a collaborative clinical environment.
Careful Matching
We help clients find a counsellor whose approach, training, and areas of focus align with their goals and preferences.
Collaborative Care
Our counsellors work within a supportive clinical community grounded in consultation, reflection, and shared standards of care.
Meaningful Therapeutic Work
We view counselling as purposeful and collaborative work that helps people regain direction, clarity, and movement toward change.
Not sure who to choose?
Our Discovery Session is a complimentary opportunity to discuss your goals and connect with the counsellor who may be the best fit for you.