Services
Anger Management Counselling
Anger is often a signal, not a flaw. At Wellness Talks Health Centre, our anger management counselling helps you understand what's underneath the reaction, regulate your nervous system in the moment, and respond from a steadier place — in your relationships, at work, and at home.
How Wellness Talks Can Help
Anger gets a bad reputation. In reality, it is one of the most informative emotions we have — usually a signal that something matters, a boundary has been crossed, or a deeper feeling underneath (hurt, fear, exhaustion, shame) is asking to be heard. At Wellness Talks Health Centre, our anger management counsellors help you work with that signal instead of being run by it.
Many of the clients who come to us for anger support are not 'angry people' — they are people who have spent a long time holding everything together, and now find themselves snapping at partners, withdrawing from kids, escalating at work, or feeling waves of irritability that arrive faster and last longer than they used to. Others have a clear history with anger — patterns from family of origin, trauma responses, or simply never having been taught how to feel emotion without acting it out.
We do not treat anger as a behaviour problem to be punished out of you. We treat it as nervous-system data plus learned reaction, and we work on both. That means slowing things down enough to see the pattern, building the regulation skills to interrupt it in real time, and addressing whatever is feeding it underneath — chronic stress, unresolved grief, trauma, relationship dynamics, sleep loss, alcohol, ADHD, or the cultural and family scripts you grew up with.
Our counsellors draw on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for relational anger, somatic regulation, mindfulness-based approaches, and trauma-informed care. For couples and families where anger has become destructive, we work together with everyone affected — not just the person carrying the label.
Sessions are available in person at our Downtown Vancouver clinic and virtually throughout British Columbia. Esha Shoker offers sessions in English, Punjabi, and Hindi.
How it Works
Your first session is a chance to tell us what has been happening and what you want to be different. Your counsellor will listen carefully, ask thoughtful questions, and — together with you — shape the work from there.
Sessions are available in 50, 70, or 90 minute options, depending on your needs and whether you are attending individually or with a partner or family. Most clients see their counsellor weekly or bi-weekly at first, with spacing lengthening as things settle. Pacing is collaborative: you are never pushed beyond what your nervous system can hold.
Between sessions, your counsellor may suggest simple practices to try at home — journalling prompts, conversations to have, grounding exercises, or readings. Nothing is mandatory; everything is offered.
Specialized Support Includes
- Emotional regulation and impulse control
- Anger in long-term relationships
- Parenting reactivity and yelling
- Workplace reactivity and conflict
- Road rage and driving reactivity
- Rage attacks and escalation cycles
- Anger from chronic stress, burnout, or sleep loss
- Anger rooted in unresolved trauma
- Anger and ADHD-related emotional dysregulation
- Anger linked to substance use
- Cultural and family-of-origin patterns
- Court-related or self-referred anger work
Why it Works — Evidence-Based Approaches
We use therapies with strong research backing — chosen to fit you, not the other way around. Your counsellor will explain the rationale for what they suggest, and adjust based on what moves the needle for you.
- CBT
- ACT
- EFT (for relational anger)
- Somatic Regulation
- Mindfulness-Based Therapy
- Trauma-Informed Care
- Family Systems
What to Expect
Sessions are held at our Downtown Vancouver clinic — Unit #604, 402 West Pender Street — a five-minute walk from Waterfront Station. The space is designed to feel calm, inclusive, and unhurried.
We accept direct billing from most major extended health plans (Pacific Blue Cross, Sun Life, Canada Life, Manulife, Green Shield, and more). Rates are visible inside Jane App before you book.
Not sure which counsellor is right for you? Book a free 15-minute consultation and we will help you find the right fit.
Location & Virtual Options
Available in-person at our Downtown Vancouver clinic (402 West Pender Street, a 5-minute walk from Waterfront Station) or via secure video across British Columbia.
Clients frequently travel from Gastown, Yaletown, Coal Harbour, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano, and Burnaby, with virtual sessions reaching clients across Richmond, Coquitlam, Langley, Abbotsford, and the Fraser Valley.
Virtual sessions are held at the same rate as in-person work and are eligible for direct billing where your plan allows.
Ready to Begin?
Book a session with a counsellor who fits your needs. Sessions are available in person in Downtown Vancouver and virtually throughout BC.
Meet the counsellors for this service
Esha Shoker
MACP, RCC · Founder & Clinical Director
Esha is the Founder and Clinical Director of Wellness Talks Health Centre. With 9+ years of clinical practice and 16+ years in the behavioural sciences, she supports adults, couples, and families with anxiety, burnout, chronic pain, ICBC trauma, relationship conflict, cultural identity, and major life transitions. Sessions in English, Punjabi, and Hindi.
- English
- Punjabi
- Hindi
Lynsey Dobbie
MACP, RCC · Senior Counsellor
Lynsey is a Registered Clinical Counsellor with 10+ years of experience in psychology and relational communication. She supports individuals, couples, and families navigating relationship conflict, anxiety, attachment wounds, fertility and postpartum transitions, perimenopause, grief, family stress, and major life changes.
- English
Minou Truong
MACP, RCC, CCC · Registered Clinical Counsellor
Minou is a Registered Clinical Counsellor and Canadian Certified Counsellor specialising in couples counselling, sex therapy, identity exploration, and the impact of culture and family systems on wellbeing. She offers LGBTQIA2S+ affirming care and supports immigrants and children of immigrants navigating intergenerational dynamics. Sessions in English and Vietnamese.
- English
- Vietnamese