
Compassionate Psychotherapy Services Ryan Barlow RCC
Registered Clinical Counsellors help you find balance and emotional well-being.
Registered Clinical Counsellors help you find balance and emotional well-being.
At Barlow Lake Therapy, my mission as a therapist is to provide compassionate and effective mental health support. I believe in empowering individuals to navigate their challenges and foster personal growth through evidence-based therapies.
I was inspired to begin my journey to becoming a therapist during my first degree as a Special Education Elementary teacher. Seeing the difference that can be made through counselling in overcoming adversity and working with diversity was very inspiring for me.
Over my career span I have become recognized as a highly skilled and sought after Registered Clinical Counsellor, Mental Health and Trauma Specialist, workshop facilitator and Executive Coach. My career has included what I believe to be rich experience in the private and public sectors including with government organizations. I have worked with leaders in business sectors of information technology, education, banking and finance, oil and gas, post-secondary and retail. I specialize in leadership and team development, cultural intelligence, psychological well-being and transition management. I am adept at utilizing best practices, including cognitive behavioural principles, solution focussed and strength-based approaches in delivering clinical services in a wide range of modalities.
Supporting couples in building a stronger and healthier relationship through clear communication and discovering their love languages has been an important part of my work. Setting healthy boundaries through learning how to be assertive and teaching people through a kind and compassionate manner to create the lives they desire and deserve is a real passion for me. Life has a way of challenging us through loss and thus grief in all the changes we face by choice or not. These at times, sudden and unexpected changes can lead to feelings of anxiety, depression and an overall sense of being overwhelmed leading to burnout and cumulative stress taking a person whom has been coping and functioning within their life to feeling immobilized.
I also have extensive first-hand experience with and have worked for many years within the LGBTQ2S+ community providing counselling, education, and support. I have supported many people over the years in regards to their sexual orientation as well as with gender identity. My clients have also found it helpful to have a therapist whom is a member of the LGBTQ2S+ community.
My approach is client-centered, collaborative, and evidence-based. I prioritize building a trusting and safe therapeutic relationship with my patients in order for optimal personal growth and healing creating great rapport and dynamic shifts.
I have a master's degree in counseling psychology from Gonzaga University and am currently working on completing my Doctoral Degree in Behavioral Health. I have completed additional training in trauma-informed care, including EMDR and in Leadership and Change Management. I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor (#2032).
On a more personal note, I am happily married to a wonderful man and am the proud father of two sons. As a family we are all quite adventurous and have been privileged to be able to travel extensively together. I have a love of the outdoors and can often be found enjoying the peacefulness of the local nature we are blessed to be surrounded by. I am a singer and love to sing and one of my greatest passions is driving, to be fair I often partake in both of these activities at the same time. Laughter is a big part of the life I have created with my family and I shamelessly enjoy a good dad joke, this sentiment however might not be shared by my kids!
Sessions provide a safe and supportive environment to help you understand your anxiety, manage symptoms, identify triggers, and develop coping strategies. I use evidence-based practices to help you overcome anxiety and improve your mental well-being.
Sessions focus on helping you manage symptoms of depression, identify negative thought patterns, and develop coping strategies. I use evidence-based practices such as CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) to help you overcome depression and improve your mental well-being.
Stress management sessions provide tools and techniques to help you manage stress and improve your overall well-being. We focus on developing healthy coping strategies and techniques for managing stressors in your daily life. Understanding how we are wired and learning to work with ourselves and manage emotions and thoughts and develop self-comapassion.
Mindfulness helps build our resiliency. I provide tools and techniques to help you develop a greater sense of awareness, reduce stress, and improve your overall mental well-being. This is often incorporated into sessions as helpful for managing ourselves and improving relationships.
Trauma therapy sessions provide a safe and supportive environment to help you process and heal from traumatic experiences. I use evidence-based practices to help you overcome trauma and improve your mental well-being. This includes CBT as well as EMDR.
In-Person and Virtual/Phone Counselling
Individual and Couples Counselling
2806 Arnheim Road, Sorrento, BC, Canada
(778) 233-6039 ryan@barlowlaketherapy.ca admin@barlowlaketherapy.ca
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