About Sarah
Registered Clinical Counsellor.
Vice President, BCACC.
Sarah Larson is a Registered Clinical Counsellor based in Kelowna and Vice President of the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors — the provincial body that sets ethical and professional standards for counsellors across BC. She has been trusted by her peers to help shape the direction of the profession.
Her approach
Genuinely curious about people. Especially this age group.
Teens and young adults aren't a demographic Sarah works with by default — they're the population she finds most interesting, most resilient, and most often underserved by the mental health system. She's spent years developing real expertise in this group and knows how to reach people who've been told therapy isn't for them.
Her approach is grounded in Attachment Theory and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) — frameworks that work especially well for young people because they focus on the underlying emotional world rather than surface behaviour. Sessions are collaborative, unhurried, and adapted to the individual.
She offers LGBTQIA2S+ affirming counselling and accepts clients covered under CVAP and ICBC, offering direct billing for both.
In-person sessions are available at her Kelowna office. Virtual sessions are available to clients anywhere in BC.
Beyond the practice
A global perspective on what it means to be well.
Sarah has lived and worked across Canada, England, and Sweden — an experience that deepened her curiosity about how different cultures approach mental health, identity, and what it means to flourish. She brings that genuinely global perspective into her practice.
She's a passionate reader — always with a few books on the go — and that love of stories shapes how she connects with clients. Together, she believes, you can explore the stories you tell yourself, uncover where they come from, and begin writing new ones.
Sarah is also a maker at heart. She sews, paints, knits, and tends a garden — the kind of person who thinks with her hands as much as her mind. There's something she finds meaningful about creative work: the way it asks you to be fully present, to work through imperfection, and to make something that didn't exist before.
When she's not working or creating, she's usually outdoors with family or friends — rain, snow, or sunshine — or in the kitchen, bringing flavours from her travels into new recipes.
Qualifications & Training
Education, credentials, and professional standing.
BC Association of Clinical Counsellors — the body that sets ethical and professional standards for counsellors across British Columbia. Member since registration.
Registered with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors, designation #18756. Licensed in the Province of British Columbia.
Master of Counselling and Psychology. Graduate-level clinical training in counselling theory, practice, and ethics.
Graduate research in neuropsychology, contributing to Sarah's understanding of the neuroscience underpinning emotional regulation and trauma.
Specialised training in trauma-focused therapeutic approaches, applied primarily in her work with teens and young adults.
Primary therapeutic modality. Rooted in Attachment Theory, EFT focuses on emotional experience and relational patterns as the pathway to lasting change.
Endorsements
What colleagues say about Sarah.
"Sarah Larson deserves recommendation and recognition. Her warm, collaborative style, rooted in EFT and Attachment Theory, creates real safety for teens, young adults, and anyone exploring their identity or healing trauma — from all walks of life and experience."Timothy Harrison Lamont, CCC, MACP, BSc Hon — Counsellor, Kelowna
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