About

Brian Dean Williams

Registered Clinical Counsellor

Approved Clinical Supervisor and Supervisor of Supervisors

Certified Canadian Counsellor

MA in Counselling Psychology

With a background in social activism, cultural anthropology, and community organizing, I bring with me a commitment to social justice, and collaborative, non-judgmental, ethical, and compassionate treatment.

My current focus is on healthy masculinity, and I work with individual men, couples, and groups to support men’s mental health, connection, and well-being.

My foundational modalities are narrative therapy and Buddhist psychology. I find these to be so complimentary in helping us to re-write the stories that guide our lives.

I have a special relationship with Indigenous people and communities, and was the counselling director with a remote coastal First Nation for four years. We did talk therapy, land-based healing, and collaborated with traditional medicine people to promote healing from the ongoing impacts of colonization.

I have worked in numerous programs – including a peer-based centre for youth experiencing homelessness, a therapeutic day treatment program for criminally involved youth, and a low-barrier treatment centre for adults.

After graduating with presidential honours from City University of Seattle’s masters in counselling psychology program,  I trained in Los Angeles as a meditation facilitator, and co-created a weekly meditation group for service providers in Vancouver’s downtown eastside.  I worked as a counsellor on an Assertive Community Treatment team, assisting individuals to exit homelessness and recover from mental health and substance use struggles.  I have presented at numerous conferences and workshops about our team and the weekly support group that I co-facilitated. I am a registered member in good standing with the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association and the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors.  I am a national trainer for the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness.

I live with my family on the Sunshine Coast, and when I’m not working I enjoy gardening, cycling, and making music with friends.