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BookAnxiety Counselling in Vernon, BC
When your mind won't let you rest
Anxiety can keep you thinking, preparing, replaying, and trying to stay ahead of what might go wrong. Counselling offers a grounded place to slow things down, understand what is driving the pressure, and find ways of responding that fit your life.
If This Sounds Familiar
Anxiety does not always look like fear
Your mind keeps moving even when there is nothing left to solve.
You replay conversations and wonder whether you said the wrong thing.
You prepare for every possibility but still do not feel ready.
You find it hard to rest without feeling guilty or exposed.
You avoid uncertainty, or push through it while carrying tension no one sees.
You look capable from the outside but feel as though you are always bracing inside.
You do not have to make complete sense of this before asking for support.
How Counselling Can Help
Understand the pattern, not just the symptom
Anxiety can shape how you work, relate to people, make decisions, and understand yourself. It can hide inside perfectionism, constant productivity, irritability, procrastination, or the need to keep everything under control.
Counselling is not about arguing you out of every anxious thought. It is about understanding what anxiety is doing, what keeps it active, and how you can meet uncertainty with more awareness and choice.
A Humanistic Approach
Samer takes a grounded, collaborative approach. The work considers your history, culture, relationships, values, and the full context of your life.
Sessions are available in English and Arabic.
What to Expect
What happens in the room
Recognize the cycle
Notice triggers, thoughts, body signals, and familiar responses.
Understand what anxiety protects
Explore the experiences and expectations that made the pattern necessary.
Create more room for choice
Relate differently to anxious thoughts instead of treating each one as an instruction.
Practise manageable change
Approach uncertainty, boundaries, and communication in ways that fit your life.
Reconnect with what matters
Make decisions guided by values rather than only by fear.
Sessions and Fees
Straightforward pricing
Individual counselling is available in person in Vernon and online. Text, email, or call if you do not see a time that works. Samer responds within one business day.
Check-In
30 minutes
$75
A focused session to process something specific.
BookSession
60 minutes
$130
Go deeper and work through patterns.
BookDeep Dive
90 minutes
$175
Extended time for complex situations.
BookExtended Health Benefits
Samer Dawood holds the MPCC-p designation with the CPCA and the RTC designation with the ACCT. Sessions may be claimable through some providers under some plans. Confirm eligibility directly with your benefits provider.
Vernon Locations
4415 29th St, Vernon, BC V1T 5B7
2749 30th St, Vernon, BC V1T 5C6, at Cedar & Soak
Phone or text: 778-212-8581
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Questions about anxiety counselling
Do I need a diagnosis?
No. You can contact Humanistic Counselling directly without a referral or formal diagnosis.
Will counselling teach me techniques?
Practical tools may be part of the work, but counselling also explores the experiences and pressures connected with anxiety.
Is counselling online or in person?
Both. Individual appointments are available online and at two Vernon locations.
Is counselling available in Arabic?
Yes. Samer provides counselling in English and Arabic.
Scope and Safety
Counselling does not replace medical assessment. Seek appropriate healthcare support for new or concerning physical symptoms.
If anyone is in immediate danger, call 9-1-1. If you are thinking about suicide or worried about someone else, call or text 9-8-8 in Canada.
Take the Next Step
Begin with a free consultation
A free 20-minute consultation is a simple way to meet Samer, ask questions, and decide whether counselling feels like the right next step.