Psychological and Support Services for Children, Youth & Parents
We’re a team of passionate clinicians who specialize in working with children, youth and adults using a developmental life-span approach to providing mental health services.
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Our Services at Compass Clinic
Autism Assessment
Autism, or autism spectrum disorder (ASD) refers to a wide range of conditions characterized by challenges with social skills, repetitive behaviors, speech and nonverbal communication. It affects both youth and adults.
ADHD Assessment
Individuals with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) show a persistent pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity that can significantly interfere with their daily functioning and development.
Learning Disability Assessment
This diagnosis is made when a child demonstrates core difficulties in one (or more) of the following three foundational learning areas: reading, mathematics or written expression.
Giftedness Assessment
Giftedness is a term that is used to describe someone with an exceptional ability within a certain domain. We can assess for intellectual giftedness, which refers to an intellectual ability significantly higher than average.
Psychoeducational assessment
Help identify strengths, weaknesses, and alternative learning methods that may provide a better educational experience for children.
LEAP (Academic) Assessment
Psychometry
Children with medical, physical and developmental delays often have unique learning issues that can affect their schooling experiences and therapy, reducing quality of life and achievement.
Psychiatry
Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of mental disorders. If you're not sure where to start, psychiatry is a good first step.
Consultation
Many individuals and families find it difficult to know where to start and how to navigate assessment and treatment options. Booking a consultation appointment with a Registered Psychologist at Compass Clinic .
“Whole Life” Support to Children & Parents
Whole Life support is a developmental life span approach that addresses diagnoses made in childhood (e.g., ADHD, autism, learning disabilities, intellectual disabilities).
Counselling/Therapy: Overview
We have several Registered Clinical Counsellors and some Registered Psychologists who offer this service to support children, adults, couples and families who are experiencing personal difficulties.
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
Compass Clinic is proud to offer Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), which is a widely used and well-researched therapeutic approach commonly used to treat a variety of concerns.
Emotion Focused Therapy
Compass Clinic is proud to offer Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT), a short term, 8-20 session-long treatment plan that helps clients improve problematic emotional states or interpersonal relationships.
Group Counselling
Career Counselling
Career counseling is designed to help with choosing, changing, or leaving a career. We help (1) identify potential career options & (2) devise a plan to help you reach your career-related goal.
Occupational Therapy
Occupational therapy is one of Compass Clinic’s many services that help you achieve your full potential and independence in daily life. We assist you in both rehabilitation & a gradual return to activity
Speech Therapy
We happily provide an accurate assessment, diagnosis, and effective treatment to improve your quality of life and mitigate the impact of these problems on your day-to-day living.
Only Speech Assessments are currently available
Executive Functioning Tutoring
The term "executive function" (EF) pertains to the part of the brain that acts as a 'manager' or executive to help orchestrate what the brain is to do.
Psychology Services for Children in Vancouver, the Lower Mainland and beyond.
At Compass Clinic, we firmly believe that everyone has a pathway to success. We define success as knowing who you are, where you’re going, and how you’re going to get there. Success is also building and working on positive relationships within each environment we live (family, school, friends, colleagues). To that end, our exceptional team provides evidence-based practice in assessment, patient-centred therapy, and in-depth consultation. Our mission is to help find your or your child’s pathway to success.
Meet Our Practitioners at Compass Clinic
We're a team of passionate clinicians who specialize in working with children, youth and adults using a developmental lifespan approach to providing mental health services.
Charmaine Miranda - PhD, R. Psych
"If I had an hour to solve all the problems of the world, I would spend 59 of those minutes defining the problem" ~
— Albert Einstein
Rachel Weber - PhD, R. Psych
"And often enough, when we talk we think we are protecting ourselves, We are struggling against our rescuer." ~
— Maryilynne Robinson
Jodi Yager - PhD, R. Psycho
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." ~
— Lao Tzu
Sandy Klar - PhD, R. Psych
"Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow." ~
— Anthony J. D’Angelo
Dr. Gillian Watson - PhD, R. Psych
"Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You." ~
— Dr. Seuss
John Lum - PhD, R. Psych
"A well-educated mind will always have more questions than answers." ~
— Helen Keller
Antonia Dangaltcheva - PhD, R. Psych
"Imperfections are not inadequacies; they are reminders that we’re all in this together." ~
— Brené Brown
Andrea Stelnicki - PhD, R. Psych
"Courage is contagious. Every time we choose courage, we make everyone around us a little better and the world a little braver." ~
— Brené Brown
Dr. Ali Eslami MD, PhD, Psychiatrist
“Silence is the language of god,
all else is poor translation.”
― Rumi
Charlene Barva - PhD, R. Psych
"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning." ~
— Albert Einstein
Dr. Jill Etmanskie - PHD - R. Psych
"The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are."
— Carl Jung
Sukhjeevan Kaur – PhD, R. Psych
“When we deny our stories, they define us. When we own our stories, we get to write
the ending.”
— Brené Brown
Dr. Jaclyn Stapleton, PHD
“Connection is the energy that is created between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued.” ~
— Brené Brown
Dr. Rami Nijjar, PHD
"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change."
— Carl R. Rogers
Natasha Karim - MA, R. Psych
"Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself." ~
— Rumi
Chris Graham - M.C., R. Psychmi
"The more you know yourself, the more patience you have for what you see in others." ~
— Joan Erikson
Erica Lane - MA, R. Psych
"When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves." ~
— Victor E. Frankl
Mary Morris, Psy.D. – Assessing Clinician
"Once you do away with the idea of people as fixed, static entities, then you see that people can change, and there is hope." ~
— Bell Hooks
Susan Dhaliwal - Assessing Clinician
"Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom." ~
— Victor E. Frankl
Dorna Rahimi - Assessing Clinician
"In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on." ~
— Robert Frost
Jessica Baraskewich - Assessing Clinician
"Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time."
— Ruth Bader Ginsburg
David Feinstein - Assessing Clinician
"If We Treat People as If They Were What They Ought to Be, We Help Them Become What They Are Capable of Becoming." ~
— Goethe
Not Taking New Clients
Villeena Villantheran, Psy.D. – Assessing Clinician
"The way we can allow ourselves to do what we need to, no matter what others may say or do, is to choose love and defy fear."
— Martha Beck
Kathleen Walsh - Assessing Clinician
"Being able to feel safe with other people is probably the single most important aspect of mental health; safe connections are fundamental to meaningful and satisfying lives." ~
— Dr. Bessel van der Kolk
Aisha Ghani - Clinical Psychology Intern
"People will forget what you said. People will forget what you did. But people will never forget how you made them feel." ~
— Maya Angelou
Jessica Eriksen, MEd., Doctoral Student
“In this world, you will have to be who you are, not who others think you should be.”
- Tim Burton, Alice in Wonderland [the film, 2010]
Ryan Santin - M. Ed, RCC
"Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its life believing that it is stupid." ~
— Albert Einstein
Laura Roy - MCP, RCC
"When people show you who they are, believe them." ~
— Maya Angelou
Georgie Nicholas - MSc, PGDip, RCC
"Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light." ~
— Albus Dumbledore
Claudia Smith, RN
"One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore." ~
— Andre Gide
Sarah Ehl, M.Sc., RSLP
"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart"
- Helen Keller
Keera Mulligan, Psychometrist
"One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore." ~
— Andre Gide
Lisa Bradshaw, BSc, BEd
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the beginning.”
- C.S. Lewis
Amanda Harvey
"Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else." ~
— Margaret Mead
Psychology Services for Children in Vancouver, the Lower Mainland and beyond
Psychological and Support Services for Children, Youth & Parents