Kayla Hochfelder RCC-ACS

Expressive Arts Therapy for Individuals and Families
Trauma Informed Counselling, Ecotherapy, EMDR

Offering virtual counselling and supervision.

About Me

I feel honored to be doing this work, to be invited into lives and witness immeasurable depth of spirit and growth of capacities. I am grateful to be able to offer people a place to retreat to every week to rest, discover, and challenge themselves.

I have been providing counselling for over 13 years in my private practice. In my Masters in Counselling Psychology degree I received from The California Institute of Integral Studies, in San Francisco, California, I specialised in Expressive Arts Therapy and this training is still the foundation to my therapeutic approach. Through all my years in practice I have been fortunate to continue layering this work with multiple ways of creating collaborative and dynamic healing breakthroughs and sustainable change.

Why counselling?

I see individuals of all ages, from children to elders. I work with each person to creatively find the passageways to possibility thinking and systemic change. Each opportunity to be present in supporting a shift in a person’s lived experience is a phenomenal gift for me. I consider the therapeutic work I do sacred — a healing journey that can find resolution in a few visits or needs to be worked on over time. There is an opening into what needs to be shared and discovered and then the therapeutic work of crafting the appropriate explorations and interventions. From the simple relief of having the right tools to manage issues like anxiety, depression, or self-esteem, to the life-changing shift that can occur when trauma, grief, or abuse no longer are at the forefront of decision making. It is never easy to dedicate yourself to looking deeply inwards, and yet the work can be rich, rewarding and transformative.

significant change that you can experience in your wellbeing
transitions you are going through in life or encounters with unexpected difficulties
needed self-growth and gaining a new perspective on life circumstances
providing space to work through and discuss difficult challenges that show up in our significant connections
Whether for mental health, healing or mediating challenging situations, counselling can be the tool to finding the right ways forward

Most extended health benefits in B.C. include compensation for R.C.C.’s. You will need to pay out of pocket for your session and then you can submit for reimbursement.
I am able to accept funding from CVAP, RHAP and ICBC.