Services
Perinatal & Fertility Counselling
Compassionate support through fertility challenges, pregnancy, loss, and the postpartum year. We hold space for the grief, anxiety, and identity shifts that come with trying to grow a family.
How Wellness Talks Can Help
The path to parenthood is rarely linear. Whether you are trying to conceive, navigating fertility treatment, grieving a loss, preparing for birth, or adjusting to life with a new baby, our perinatal counsellors at Wellness Talks Health Centre understand the emotional weight of this season.
Fertility struggles can be isolating. Miscarriage, stillbirth, and infant loss are often grieved in silence. Postpartum depression and anxiety are more common than most families realize. You do not need to minimize what you are carrying. We will help you move through it.
Our clinicians are trained in perinatal mental health and use Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and somatic regulation techniques to support nervous-system settling, grief processing, and the identity shifts that come with expanding a family.
We support individuals and couples through IVF and IUI cycles, donor conception, surrogacy, pregnancy after loss, birth trauma recovery, NICU stays, breastfeeding struggles, postpartum mood disorders, and return-to-work transitions.
Sessions are available in person in Downtown Vancouver and virtually across BC — because the last thing a new or expecting parent needs is another commute.
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
- Fertility Challenges
- Pregnancy Loss
- Postpartum Support
- Birth Trauma
- Family Planning
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
- Somatic Regulation
What to Expect
We encourage you and your loved one(s) to start with a New Couples/Family Consultation through our booking site to ensure we are the right fit for your needs and goals.
Your counsellor will review the next steps based on your unique situation. This may include a one-time individual session with each partner or family member, or moving directly into couples or family counselling.
You can expect a thoughtful treatment plan and practical homework between sessions. This is something unique we offer, and many of the couples and families we have worked with have shared that it has been especially helpful in creating meaningful progress.
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.
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.
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