Athina Pialrinos, M.ACP., RCC
Offers
In-person and virtual appointments
- Clinical Counsellor
- Woman
Accepting new patients
Provider information
Description
Athina is an RCC (BCACC #18204) with a Master’s in Counselling Psychology, supporting children (6+) and adults through life changes, divorce, and trauma. With 7+ years in clinical settings, she uses practical, evidence-based tools like CBT, DBT, EFT, play-based therapy, and the Gottman Method to help clients make positive, lasting changes. Warm and collaborative, Athina creates a safe, inclusive space where she partners with clients on a shared, intentional journey toward growth, healing, and healthier experiences.
Conditions
- Abuse
- Addiction
- ADHD
- Adjustment disorder
- Adoption
- Aging
- Alcohol Abuse
- Anger
- Anger Management
- Antisocial Personality disorder
- Anxiety
- Asperger's Syndrome
- Autism
- Behavioral Issues
- Binge eating disorder (eating disorders)
- Bipolar Disorder
- Body Image
- Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
- Bullying
- Chronic Pain or Illness
- Codependency
- Communication
- Compulsive gambling
- Conduct Disorder (CD)
- Conversion disorder
- Delirium
- Depression
- Dissociative Disorders
- Divorce
- Domestic Abuse or Violence
- Drug Abuse
- Dual Diagnosis
- Eating disorders
- Elderly Persons Disorders
- Emotion Regulation
- Emotional Abuse
- Excoriation disorder
- Family planning
- Fears / Phobias
- Gambling Addiction
- Geriatric Counselling
- Grief, loss, bereavement
- Histrionic personality disorder
- HIV/AIDS
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Infertility or Adoption
- Infidelity
- Insomnia
- Intellectual Disability
- Internet Addiction
- Learning Disabilities
- Loneliness
- Medical Detox
- Men's Issues
- Mental Disorders
- Mood disorders
- Munchausen syndrome by proxy
- Narcissistic Personality Disorder
- Obesity
- Obsessive- Compulsive (OCD)
- Oppositional Defiance (ODD)
- Panic disorder
- Paranoid personality disorder
- Parenting
- Persistent Depressive Disorder (Dysthymic Disorder)
- Personality Disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
- Psychosis
- Quiet Borderline Personality Disorder
- Racial Identity
- Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
- Relationship Issues
- Schizophrenia
- Seasonal Affective Disorder
- Self Esteem
- Self-harming or suicidal behavior
- Sex, sexuality, intimacy
- Sexual Abuse
- Sexual Addiction
- Sleep Disorder
- Social Anxiety Disorder
- Social Isolation
- Somatic symptom disorder
- Spirituality
- Stopping Smoking
- Stress
- Substance Abuse
- Substance Use
- Suicidal Thoughts
- Suicide
- Thinking Disorders
- Tourette Syndrome
- Trauma
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
- Video Game Addiction
- Weight Loss
- Women's Issues
- Workplace stress
Provider's hours
Sunday
Closed
Monday
9:00 am
-
9:00 pm
Tuesday
9:00 am
-
9:00 pm
Wednesday
9:00 am
-
9:00 pm
Thursday
9:00 am
-
9:00 pm
Friday
Closed
Saturday
Closed
Services
- Accelerated experiential dynamic psychotherapy (AEDP)
- Acceptance and commitment therapy
- Adlerian therapy
- Alzheimer's therapy
- Animal-assisted therapy
- Applied behavior analysis
- Art therapy
- Attachment-based therapy
- Bibliotherapy
- Biofeedback
- Brain stimulation therapy
- Career counseling
- Christian counseling
- Coaching
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Cognitive demands analysis
- Cognitive processing therapy
- Cognitive stimulation therapy
- Compassion-focused therapy
- Culturally sensitive therapy
- Dance therapy
- Dialectical behavior therapy
- Eclectic therapy
- Electroconvulsive therapy
- Emotionally focused therapy
- Equine-assisted therapy
- Existential therapy
- Experiential therapy
- Exposure and response prevention
- Exposure Therapy
- Expressive arts therapy
- Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy
- Family counselling
- Family systems therapy
- Feminist therapy
- Forensic therapy
- Forgiveness therapy
- Gestalt therapy
- Group counselling
- Hoarding therapy
- Human givens therapy
- Humanistic therapy
- Hypnotherapy
- Imago relationship therapy
- Integrative therapy
- Interpersonal psychotherapy
- Jungian therapy
- Life Coaching
- Marital counselling
- Marriage and family therapy
- Medication management therapy
- Mental health reactivation
- Mentalization-based therapy
- Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
- Motivational interviewing
- Multicultural therapy
- Multidisciplinary pain management program
- Music therapy
- Narrative therapy
- Neurofeedback
- Neuro-linguistic programming therapy
- Parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT)
- Person-centered therapy
- Play therapy
- Positive psychology
- Prolonged exposure therapy
- Psychoanalytic therapy
- Psychodynamic therapy
- Psychological testing and evaluation
- Rational emotive behavior therapy
- Reality therapy
- Relational therapy
- Relationship counselling
- Sandplay therapy
- Schema therapy
- Social recovery therapy
- Solution-focused brief therapy
- Somatic therapy
- Sports psychology
- Strength-based therapy
- Structural family therapy
- Teen mental health
- The Gottman method
- Therapeutic intervention
- Transpersonal therapy
- Trauma informed care
- Trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy
- Workplace facilitation/mediation
Clientele
- Adults (18+)
- Children (under 12)
- Couples
- Families
- LGBTQ2+
- Pediatrics
- Seniors (65+)
- Teens (13-17)
Languages spoken
- English
- Greek
Professional designations
- Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology (M.ACP.)
- Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC)
Education
- Masters in Counselling Psychology
- High Conflict Divorce Co-Parenting: Interventions for Children's Alignment and Resistance
- Working with Children/Youth in a Community Setting
- Non-Violent Crisis Intervention
- Level 1 Training in Gottman Method
- Trauma Informed Practice Level 1 Certification
- Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Training
- Traumatic Incident Reduction
Professional associations
- British Columbia of Clinical Counsellors (BCACC)
Facility: Intentions Counselling & Consulting
Summary
At many points in our lives, we can lose touch with what no longer works for us without knowing what we need or what we can do to find those missing pieces. I would like to assist you in finding strategies and techniques that can work for you. Your needs, goals, and desires will inform our work together. I work best with clients who are ready to work on identifying challenges that they are facing and are interested in making plans towards growth. Together, we can quickly find a path towards new opportunities. Reach out today!
Business hours
Sunday
Closed
Monday
9:00 am
-
9:00 pm
Tuesday
9:00 am
-
9:00 pm
Wednesday
9:00 am
-
9:00 pm
Thursday
9:00 am
-
9:00 pm
Friday
Closed
Saturday
Closed
Services & supplies
- Accelerated experiential dynamic psychotherapy (AEDP)
- Acceptance and commitment therapy
- Adlerian therapy
- Alzheimer's therapy
- Animal-assisted therapy
- Applied behavior analysis
- Art therapy
- Attachment-based therapy
- Bibliotherapy
- Biofeedback
- Brain stimulation therapy
- Career counseling
- Christian counseling
- Coaching
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Cognitive demands analysis
- Cognitive processing therapy
- Cognitive stimulation therapy
- Compassion-focused therapy
- Culturally sensitive therapy
- Dance therapy
- Dialectical behavior therapy
- Eclectic therapy
- Electroconvulsive therapy
- Emotionally focused therapy
- Equine-assisted therapy
- Existential therapy
- Experiential therapy
- Exposure and response prevention
- Exposure Therapy
- Expressive arts therapy
- Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy
- Family counselling
- Family systems therapy
- Feminist therapy
- Forensic therapy
- Forgiveness therapy
- Gestalt therapy
- Group counselling
- Hoarding therapy
- Human givens therapy
- Humanistic therapy
- Hypnotherapy
- Imago relationship therapy
- Integrative therapy
- Interpersonal psychotherapy
- Jungian therapy
- Life Coaching
- Marital counselling
- Marriage and family therapy
- Medication management therapy
- Mental health reactivation
- Mentalization-based therapy
- Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
- Motivational interviewing
- Multicultural therapy
- Multidisciplinary pain management program
- Music therapy
- Narrative therapy
- Neurofeedback
- Neuro-linguistic programming therapy
- Parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT)
- Person-centered therapy
- Play therapy
- Positive psychology
- Prolonged exposure therapy
- Psychoanalytic therapy
- Psychodynamic therapy
- Psychological testing and evaluation
- Rational emotive behavior therapy
- Reality therapy
- Relational therapy
- Relationship counselling
- Sandplay therapy
- Schema therapy
- Social recovery therapy
- Solution-focused brief therapy
- Somatic therapy
- Sports psychology
- Strength-based therapy
- Structural family therapy
- Teen mental health
- The Gottman method
- Therapeutic intervention
- Transpersonal therapy
- Trauma informed care
- Trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy
- Workplace facilitation/mediation
Amenities
- Close to public transit
- Free parking
- Free Wi-Fi
- Wheelchair accessible
