“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” – Victor Frankl
Hazel Loewen is a psychotherapist with more than 20 years of experience in supporting people to make changes in their lives. She continues to be intensely interested in her clients’ healing journeys and works to establish strong therapeutic relationships in which safety and risk co-exist in balance. The therapy process is different for everyone but in each case, Hazel helps her clients to face what is before them, explore the possible solutions and practice new ways of living.
Hazel has a private therapy practice in Sidney and Victoria. Her work encompasses a wide range of emotion and mental health concerns including relationship problems, grief and loss, childhood abuse, parenting concerns, depression and anxiety, alcohol/drug use, self esteem and life transitions. She also works part-time at BC Families in Transition, an agency that provides counselling services for individuals, couples and children going through family changes.
Hazel started her counselling career working in the areas of trauma, specifically relationship abuse and sexual violence. Over the years, her professional experience expanded to include parenting education, couple and family therapy, addictions counselling and mental health work. She has a Master’s Degree in Counselling Psychology from the University of British Columbia (1995) and is a Registered Clinical Counsellor with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors.
Throughout her counselling career, Hazel has also developed her public speaking capacity in the areas of mental health, sexual violence and parenting. She has worked as a public education coordinator, writing and delivering educational workshops, presentations and seminars to professionals and community groups. Her ability to strongly connect with her audience makes for presentations that are not just informative but also consciousness-raising and inspiring.
“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” – Victor Frankl
