Chelsea Banwell

RTC

Chelsea has built her practice around something she knows to be true - grief rarely arrives alone. It moves through families, shifts relationships, and creates a ripple of secondary losses. She brings a depth of knowledge about family dynamics and the nuanced, non-linear nature of complicated grief that makes her particularly equipped to hold that complexity with you.

Chelsea works with individuals navigating grief and traumatic loss, anxiety, and depression. She has a specific focus on holding the weight of loving someone whose mental health challenges, addiction, or crisis has reshaped the landscape of your life.

Her approach is relational and body-informed. Grief doesn't only live in the mind - it shows up in the nervous system, in chronic fatigue, in the way the body braces against what is coming next. Drawing on narrative therapy, somatics, and breathwork, Chelsea works with the whole person: the stories you carry and the body that holds them. Her goal is not to move you through grief faster, but to help you move through it more fully - with greater self-awareness, emotional regulation, and a restored sense of your own agency.

Chelsea also holds specialized training through the PEACE Program for children and youth experiencing violence, and through the BC Council for Families, which informs the particular skill she brings to complex family and relational dynamics.

Chelsea is currently accepting new clients, with limited sliding scale spots available. Book a complimentary consultation to connect.

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