Andrew Herfst

Walking into a first session with Andrew Herfst, the expectation isn’t perfection — it’s honesty. Andrew, a Registered Clinical Counsellor based in Vancouver, British Columbia, meets people where they are: stunned, worn down, grieving, or simply aware that something needs to change. The conversation starts with what’s actually happening, and builds from there toward what’s still working.

He works with first responders, medical professionals, athletes, caregivers, and others whose lives involve showing up deeply for people around them — and who sometimes find that the emotional weight of that role accumulates quietly until it becomes hard to carry. Anxiety, burnout, grief, anger, and relationship strain are familiar territory in his practice. So is the subtler friction that enters home life when a partner’s phone pulls their attention away mid-conversation, or when a difficult exchange gets flattened and misread over text. Andrew draws on evidence-based approaches including CBT, DBT, and mindfulness, alongside training in trauma-informed yoga, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, and Critical Incident Stress Management.

His orientation as a counsellor is collaborative: the goal isn’t to reshape who someone is, but to help them find their way back to feeling like themselves. Online sessions are available.