Kelly Johnson-Gahaya

MA, RCC-ACS

Registered Clinical Counsellor & Approved Clinical Supervisor, BCACC

I am currently accepting new clients for individual and couples therapy, available both in person in Victoria and online across BC.

In person in Victoria Online across BC

About Kelly

Originally from Victoria, BC, I returned to the Island with my family after many years in Calgary and twelve years as a missionary counsellor in Rwanda, where I established a counselling and training centre in Kigali.

With over 25 years of clinical experience across counselling, training and supervision roles, I am dedicated to being an empathetic and engaged listener. I am honoured to walk alongside you as you navigate the concerns that bring you to counselling, helping you uncover the resources and strengths that can support you along the way.

My goal is to create a safe, welcoming space where you can be authentically yourself.

Kelly's approach

I believe that a strong therapeutic relationship is essential to the process of emotional and psychological healing. I also believe that my clients are the experts in their own lives and should be in the driver's seat when it comes to therapy.

Counselling is a journey rather than a destination, and each person requires an individualized approach. I work from an integrated perspective, drawing on person-centred, attachment-based and emotion-focused approaches to inform my work.

Areas of focus

• Individual therapy
• Couples therapy
• Premarital counselling
• Marriage and relationship issues
• Intimacy issues
• Divorce and separation
• Adoption issues
• Family conflict
• Parenting issues
• Stepfamily adjustment
• Identity and self-esteem
• Women's health, including perimenopause and menopause
• Anxiety and panic
• Cross-cultural living
• Spirituality and Christian counselling
• Religious and spiritual trauma
• Clinical supervision