Healing Quest Counselling offers trauma-informed counselling in Maple Ridge, BC and online across British Columbia. Led by Registered Clinical Social Worker, Kirsten Boulier, the practice specializes in trauma therapy, anxiety, burnout, dissociation, ADHD in adults, grief, and attachment related patterns.
Kirsten integrates EMDR, somatic therapy, parts-informed work (IFS + DNMS), and expressive arts to support nervous system regulation and emotional integration. Rather than focusing solely on insight, sessions address how stress and trauma shape attention, relationships, and the body's response patterns.
Clients often seek support for high-functioning anxiety, chronic people-pleasing, trauma-related shutdown, or feeling disconnected from themselves. Therapy is collaborative, paced carefully, and grounded in nervous system literacy.
In person sessions are available in Maple Ridge, with virtual counselling offered across BC.
Kirsten integrates EMDR, somatic therapy, parts-informed work (IFS + DNMS), and expressive arts to support nervous system regulation and emotional integration. Rather than focusing solely on insight, sessions address how stress and trauma shape attention, relationships, and the body's response patterns.
Clients often seek support for high-functioning anxiety, chronic people-pleasing, trauma-related shutdown, or feeling disconnected from themselves. Therapy is collaborative, paced carefully, and grounded in nervous system literacy.
In person sessions are available in Maple Ridge, with virtual counselling offered across BC.
Served areas
- Maple Ridge, Mission, Langley, Pitt Meadows, Port Coquitlam, British Columbia
Highlights and features
- Trauma-informed counselling tailored to your unique experiences
- Specializing in anxiety, C-PTSD, and intergenerational trauma
- EMDR, Attachment, Somatic, and Expressive Arts therapies
- Collaborative, compassionate, evidence-based therapeutic approach
- Serving Maple Ridge and online across British Columbia
- Focus on nervous system regulation and lasting healing
Payment methods
- Cash
- Debit cards
- Credit cards
Services
Our trauma therapy services are designed to address the lasting effects of experiences that exceeded your ability to cope at the time. Trauma may stem from childhood attachment wounds, medical events, relational instability, or complex patterns carried across generations. We prioritize stabilization and nervous system regulation, ensuring safety remains central throughout the process. Through somatic work, EMDR, parts-based integration, and expressive practices, we support meaningful processing while enhancing resilience and emotional steadiness.
Our work begins with exploring how anxiety functions within both mind and body. When the nervous system remains on high alert due to stress or earlier experiences, symptoms can persist despite conscious efforts to manage them. We focus on increasing capacity, reducing shame, and strengthening practical tools so you can respond to life with greater choice.
Persistent stress related to ADHD can make concentration and regulation increasingly difficult, especially when shaped by years of misunderstanding. We recognize how narratives of being lazy or inconsistent can take hold. Our sessions create space to untangle these experiences and process unresolved shame. Using trauma-informed and practical interventions, we help you cultivate balanced pacing, healthier boundaries, and renewed confidence.
At our practice, we support individuals navigating both grief and complicated grief following significant loss. While grief can involve varied and fluctuating emotions, some experiences remain intense and feel unresolved over time. We work with those who feel stuck, preoccupied, or disconnected despite appearing functional outwardly. Through trauma-informed care, nervous system regulation, and attachment-focused exploration, we help integrate the loss without pressuring you to simply move on.
Dissociation often develops when the nervous system needs distance from experiences that felt too intense to manage. You may notice lost time, internal conflict, sudden emotional shifts, or feeling detached from yourself or your surroundings. In our practice, we prioritize grounding, regulation, and safety. Therapy progresses gradually, fostering integration and internal cooperation without forcing memories or overwhelming exposure.
When depression takes hold, it may diminish motivation, disrupt sleep or appetite, and create a sense of disconnection from yourself and others. We view these symptoms through a trauma-informed and nervous system lens, recognizing that shutdown can be protective when stress becomes chronic. Our counselling integrates EMDR, somatic practices, parts work, and attachment-informed care to support recovery. We focus on expanding emotional capacity, easing shame, and restoring sustainable rhythms of activity and rest. Each treatment plan reflects the understanding that causes and pathways to healing differ for every person.
Burnout can quietly develop when demands continually exceed available resources, leading to depletion that rest alone does not resolve. We help clients understand how chronic stress disrupts regulation and shifts the system between hyperdrive and shutdown. Our work includes stabilizing the nervous system, redefining boundaries, and reassessing patterns of over-functioning. Gradual recovery supports renewed clarity and engagement.
People
Kirsten Boulier Msw Rcsw
I bring exploratory curiosity to my trauma therapy practice and absolutely love getting to know clients through their own lens. Every person has a unique story to tell, and learning about each clients resiliency and lived experience is a privilege I deeply respect.
I provide trauma therapy services to youth and adults across BC (online) and see clients in-person in Maple Ridge, BC. My approach is warm, collaborative, and grounded in evidence-based therapies. I believe that healing is possible - and that it can happen at a safe, steady pace.
I provide trauma therapy services to youth and adults across BC (online) and see clients in-person in Maple Ridge, BC. My approach is warm, collaborative, and grounded in evidence-based therapies. I believe that healing is possible - and that it can happen at a safe, steady pace.
Reviews (2)
Corissa McNeilly
Feb 03, 2023
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Tracy Robinson
Nov 15, 2022
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Kirsten brings such a calming presence to the space. It felt really easy to trust her. Very genuine and empathetic. I love how many awesome "tools" (emdr, mindfulness, tapping ...) we have used in sessions. Healing our messy isn't easy, and Kirsten is surely gifted at helping us navigate 'our mess'. I'm def thankful to found therapy again