Services
Chronic Pain Counselling
Living with chronic pain is exhausting. Our counsellors use mind-body approaches to reduce suffering, rebuild hope, and help you live a meaningful life alongside pain.
How Wellness Talks Can Help
Chronic pain changes everything — your body, your identity, your relationships, your sense of the future. At Wellness Talks Health Centre, our counsellors understand that pain is both physical and deeply emotional, and that healing requires tending to both.
We work with clients living with fibromyalgia, migraine, chronic fatigue, long COVID, endometriosis, back and joint pain, autoimmune conditions, post-accident pain, and medically unexplained symptoms.
Our approach draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for chronic pain (CBT-CP), somatic regulation, and mindfulness. You will learn to work with your nervous system, reduce the suffering layered on top of the pain, and reclaim activities that matter to you.
We do not minimize pain, and we do not treat it as 'just in your head.' We take a whole-person approach that works alongside your medical team.
Sessions are available in person at our Downtown Vancouver clinic — designed with accessibility in mind — and virtually throughout BC for days when leaving the house is too much.
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
- Pain Management
- Coping Strategies
- Mind-Body Connection
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.
- ACT
- CBT
- Somatic Regulation
- Mindfulness
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