Seth Shugar
Registered Clinical Counsellor in B.C. and Relationship Coach
online sessions available
Out now!! For families…
A playful card deck that teaches kids ages 5-9 to name and feel emotions in their bodies, with 30 activities to regulate emotions and teach body awareness.
Welcome!
Are you looking to improve your relationship? Learn how to communicate better? Find a life-partner? Navigate the ups-and-downs of dating? Deal with a difficult break-up? Pivot out of a break-down? Heal and grow after adversity? Make a tough decision? Manage your emotions more skillfully? Clarify your life’s purpose? Bring your family back together? Experience more joy, zest and inner peace?
What I offer you is not only twelve years of counselling experience, ten years of university training and a lifetime dedicated to the study and practice of healing and growth but, more importantly, the felt sense that I’ve got your back, I’m in your corner and I’m totally dedicated to helping you get wherever you want to go. Whether I am working with you as an individual, couple or family, I’ll give you not just my experience and expertise, but the curious and compassionate attention necessary to clarify and accomplish your goals.
In addition to having a B.A. and an M.A. from McGill University and a 3-year Post-Masters degree in clinical psychology (specializing in working with individuals, couples and families), I’m a Registered Clinical Counsellor in British Columbia, a Marital and Family Therapist in British Columbia and a Board Certified Life Coach across Canada and the U.S.
When working with clients in B.C. I practice as a psychotherapist, marital and family therapist and life coach. When working with clients outside of B.C. I practice exclusively as a life coach.
In addition to being well-trained in a variety of evidence-based psychotherapeutic and life coaching models, I also worked as a professor at Marianopolis College for 14 years, and I’m a father of two.
Come chat with me. Tell me where you’re headed. Tell me what’s getting in your way. Tell me what you’re reluctant to say out loud but know you need to address. Then let’s navigate it together so you can do what matters, no matter what.
Welcome!
Are you looking to improve your relationship? Learn how to communicate better? Find a life-partner? Navigate the ups-and-downs of dating? Deal with a difficult break-up? Pivot out of a break-down? Heal and grow after adversity? Make a tough decision? Manage your emotions more skillfully? Clarify your life’s purpose? Bring your family back together? Experience more joy, zest and inner peace?
What I offer you is not only twelve years of counselling experience, ten years of university training and a lifetime dedicated to the study and practice of healing and growth but, more importantly, the felt sense that I’ve got your back, I’m in your corner and I’m totally dedicated to helping you get wherever you want to go. Whether I am working with you as an individual, couple or family, I’ll give you not just my experience and expertise, but the curious and compassionate attention necessary to clarify and accomplish your goals.
In addition to having a B.A. and an M.A. from McGill University and a 3-year Post-Masters degree in clinical psychology (specializing in working with individuals, couples and families), I’m a Registered Clinical Counsellor in British Columbia, a Marital and Family Therapist in British Columbia and a Board Certified Life Coach across Canada and the U.S.
When working with clients in B.C. I practice as a psychotherapist, marital and family therapist and life coach. When working with clients outside of B.C. I practice exclusively as a life coach.
In addition to being well-trained in a variety of evidence-based psychotherapeutic and life coaching models, I also worked as a professor at Marianopolis College for 14 years, and I’m a father of two.
Come chat with me. Tell me where you’re headed. Tell me what’s getting in your way. Tell me what you’re reluctant to say out loud but know you need to address. Then let’s navigate it together so you can do what matters, no matter what.
one-on-one
video conferencing sessions available
Out now!! For families…
A playful card deck that teaches kids ages 5-9 to name and feel emotions in their bodies, with 30 activities to regulate emotions and teach body awareness.
My Services
Individuals
- Are you looking for peace of mind, connection, aliveness, purpose, joy, self-expression, decisiveness, harmony, self-reliance, zest?
- Let’s begin by clarifying what your preferred life looks like
- Let’s identify the most skillful ways of responding to the unwanted thoughts and emotions that are likely stopping you from living your preferred life
- Let’s uncover your ability to motivate and comfort yourself by tapping into your innate capacity to offer yourself self-compassion
- Let’s identify your many strengths and positive qualities and learn to soak in them so they stick
- Let’s identify the specific actions you need to take to move toward your preferred life
- Then let’s unlock your ability to do what matters to you, no matter what
Couples
- Are you looking to communicate better, feel close again, resolve your conflict, break up peacefully, spice things up, have better sex?
- Let’s begin by getting a clear vision of what you want your relationship to look like
- Then let’s identify the ineffective patterns of communication that keep pushing you apart
- Let’s uncover simple ways of pre-empting or interrupting your cylces of conflict so you can quickly restore connection
- Let’s unlock your ability to communicate heart-to-heart so you can effectively communicate your needs and strengthen your bond
- Let’s dust off your capacity to savor the many strengths and positive aspects of your relationship and your partner and yourself
Families
- Help kids and teens feel better
- Communicate in a way that allows everyone to be heard
- Soothe conflict between parents and kids
- Help adults find balance with siblings or parents
Testimonials
“I honestly want to genuinely thank you. I’ve realized more and more recently how much things you suggested to me, the information you gave me, conversations we had and your care and concern truly helped me and I really want you to know this as well. […] Although I cannot say things are perfect (not that that is a word I’m too fond of anyway) I do really feel like they are better than they have been in a very long time and I am finally rebuilding my life. Thank you for the part that you played in that.”
~Kathleen, 12/18/2018
“Seth is a dedicated therapist, very knowledgable and a great listener. He was committed every step of the way. Thank you for your tremendous help! A life changer!”
~ Nick (11/11/2019)
“My husband and I have seen several marriage counsellors over the years, but none of them have been as helpful as Seth. He really helped us cut to the chase, get our relationship back on track and feel close again. One thing that has especially stuck with me is the way he helped us look at ourselves as our own primary caretakers and then look to one another as our secondary caretakers. That has really shifted things for us.”
~ Julia, 09/13/2018
