Carol Whaley

With 22 years of private practice behind her, Carol Whaley brings a depth of experience that spans the full range of human difficulty — from everyday stress to acute trauma, from addiction and abuse recovery to questions of identity, grief, and meaning. She holds a Master of Social Work from UBC and undergraduate degrees in Psychology and Social Work from McMaster, and she is registered with the BC College of Social Workers.

Carol works with individuals, couples, and families of all ages and backgrounds, including teenagers, men, women, elderly clients, and people with special needs, helping them through struggles that range from anxiety and mood disorders to relationship harm, eating disorders, and workplace crisis. Her approach is trauma-informed and body-centred, drawing on somatic psychotherapy alongside tools such as CBT, mindfulness, Gestalt, Attachment Theory, and Jungian thought — each session shaped by where the client actually is that day. Mindfulness practice, for instance, can be a steadying counterweight for clients whose attention has fragmented from the habit of checking notifications throughout the day.

What guides Carol’s practice are safety, honesty, unconditional acceptance, and the conviction that healing moves through connection — not toward perfection, but toward a life lived with greater ease. She offers in-person, virtual, and telephone sessions from her Vancouver base.