Craig Bergen

I am currently a student in the Master of Arts Counselling Psychology program at Trinity Western University (TWU). I come to TWU and Shoreline with an undergraduate background in philosophy that I enthusiastically utilize in my approach to counselling. If you decide to pursue counselling services with me, you can reasonably expect to be asked questions “what does that mean?” and “how do you make sense of that?” Put another way, I employ a Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT) approach and will work together with you to make sense of your thoughts, beliefs, and emotions as they relate to the world around you. I believe much of our suffering has to do with the way we think and within each person there is a remarkable ability to reshape our lives by examining our thought patterns and their influence on our emotional state. That said, I also believe that pain and struggle are a natural aspect of life that cannot be remedied simply through examination of one’s thoughts; it must be felt and experienced. I believe that a good counsellor can help clients be present with their pains and struggles and it is my aspiration to be that for my clients.