Vishavjit Sandhu

Vishavjit K Sandhu (She,Her,Hers) is a multilingual  Registered Clinical Counselor registered with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors. Her post-grad training is in EMDR. She has vast experience working with people with different backgrounds and age groups. Vishavjit completed her Bachelor's in Psychology with honors and dual Master's in Psychotherapy and Professional Counselling and subsequently received a Master's in Healthcare Management from Riverside University, USA. Vishavjit has experience providing ambulatory and inpatient care to patients with psychiatric disorders and has worked extensively in de-addiction and rehabilitation centers, providing care to patients with substance-use disorders. 

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Vishavjit offers services to children and youth, families, individual adults, and couples (including pre-marital) counselling. She aims to provide a safe, comfortable, informative, and empowering environment for her clients. 

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She has experience supporting clients with a history of abuse, addiction, trauma, stress, phobias (needle & sleep for children), depression, anxiety, personality disorders, OCD, anger, or insomnia. 

 

Personal Interests

 

Besides work, she has hobbies such as meditation, hiking, biking, photography, birdwatching, exploring new destinations, astrology, palmistry, and numerology. She believes that while human beings could play as a catalyst to the healing process, time and nature are the biggest healers.

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Areas of Focus in EMDR

 

• EMDR for Adults

• EMDR for 10-18 yrs: Needle phobia / fears

• EMDR for Couples

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Other Adjacent Approaches

 

• Play Therapy

• Couples Counselling

• Couples Premarital Counselling (Packages available)

• Couples Sound Bath (For improved communication and deep relaxing)

• Sound Bath - Personalized and groups

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Professional Experience

 

• Working in various community mental health settings in British Columbia since 2011

• Worked overseas in community mental health settings in Australia from 2015-2016

• Private practice in mediation, and play therapy in divorce and separation since 2020

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Post-Graduate Training

 

• Sound Practitioner Certification 2026

• EMDR Certification 2026

• EMDRIA Conference 2025

• Synergetic Play Therapy trainings

• EMDR Couples (EMDRIA)