Colleen Purcka, M.ACP., RCC
Offers
In-person and virtual appointments
- Clinical Counsellor
- Woman
Accepting new patients
Provider information
Description
Colleen brings more than 25 years of experience in the helping field. She has had the privilege of supporting children, youth, adults, and families in a variety of settings, including schools, community mental health programs, government systems, workshops, family mediation, and working alongside first responders. These experiences have deeply shaped how she shows up in the therapy room. Colleen's approach is collaborative, client-centered, and grounded in relationship. She pays close attention to emotions, lived experience, and patterns that show up in your relationships and inner world.
Conditions
- Abuse
- ADHD
- Adoption
- Aging
- Anger
- Anger Management
- Anxiety
- Autism
- Behavioral Issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bullying
- Chronic Pain or Illness
- Communication
- Conduct Disorder (CD)
- Depression
- Divorce
- Domestic Abuse or Violence
- Dual Diagnosis
- Elderly Persons Disorders
- Emotion Regulation
- Emotional Abuse
- Family planning
- Fears / Phobias
- Geriatric Counselling
- Grief, loss, bereavement
- HIV/AIDS
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Infertility or Adoption
- Insomnia
- Intellectual Disability
- Learning Disabilities
- Loneliness
- Men's Issues
- Mental Disorders
- Mood disorders
- Obsessive- Compulsive (OCD)
- Oppositional Defiance (ODD)
- Panic disorder
- Paranoid personality disorder
- Parenting
- Post-traumatic stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
- Relationship Issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder
- Self Esteem
- Self-harming or suicidal behavior
- Sleep Disorder
- Social Anxiety Disorder
- Social Isolation
- Stress
- Suicidal Thoughts
- Suicide
- Thinking Disorders
- Tourette Syndrome
- Trauma
- Women's Issues
- Workplace stress
Provider's hours
Sunday
Closed
Monday
By appointment only
Tuesday
By appointment only
Wednesday
By appointment only
Thursday
By appointment only
Friday
By appointment only
Saturday
Closed
Services
- Acceptance and commitment therapy
- Attachment-based therapy
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Compassion-focused therapy
- Culturally sensitive therapy
- Dialectical behavior therapy
- Eclectic therapy
- Emotionally focused therapy
- Family counselling
- Family systems therapy
- Integrative therapy
- Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
- Motivational interviewing
- Parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT)
- Person-centered therapy
- Relational therapy
- Relationship counselling
- Solution-focused brief therapy
- Strength-based therapy
- Teen mental health
- Trauma informed care
Clientele
- Adults (18+)
- Families
- LGBTQ2+
- Seniors (65+)
- Teens (13-17)
Languages spoken
- English
Professional designations
- Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology (M.ACP.)
- Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC)
Education
- Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology
Professional associations
- British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors
- International Society of Accelerated Resolution Therapy
Facility: Ember and Root Clinical Therapy
Summary
Healing takes courage, and the right support. At Ember & Root Therapy, the foundation of every session is safety, trust, and understanding. Our approach is guided by trauma-informed principles, recognizing that each person’s history shapes how they experience the world. Together, we move at your pace, building the safety needed to explore painful experiences while supporting your natural capacity for growth and repair. We provide Registered Social Worker and Registered Clinical Counsellor services. Modalities include attachment-focused therapy, CBT, EMDR and ART.
Business hours
Sunday
Closed
Monday
By appointment only
Tuesday
By appointment only
Wednesday
By appointment only
Thursday
By appointment only
Friday
By appointment only
Saturday
Closed
Services & supplies
- Acceptance and commitment therapy
- Attachment-based therapy
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Compassion-focused therapy
- Culturally sensitive therapy
- Dialectical behavior therapy
- Eclectic therapy
- Emotionally focused therapy
- Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy
- Family counselling
- Family systems therapy
- Integrative therapy
- Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
- Motivational interviewing
- Parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT)
- Person-centered therapy
- Relational therapy
- Relationship counselling
- Solution-focused brief therapy
- Strength-based therapy
- Teen mental health
- Trauma informed care
