Celeste Cai
Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC), Masters of Arts in Counselling Psychology
About Me
Hi there, thank you for visiting Resting Tree Counselling. I feel honoured to be the founder of this group practice. I was born, raised and educated in Singapore, where I practised as a Registered Psychologist for more than seven years in schools, medical and community settings. Given my multicultural background from Singapore, I am comfortable and attuned to various ethnicities. While I am trained to work with a range of concerns, I have all along been most interested and experienced in working with young adults and women who are facing issues related to trauma, stress, anxiety or mood disorders.
My Personal Journey: C-PTSD and Chronic Pain
My interest towards counselling psychology developed from personal experiences with trauma as well as coping with an autoimmune condition. Through my own personal counselling therapy, lifelong learning on re-parenting, and actively caring for myself, I have been experiencing significant improvement in my health and well-being.
Clinical Approach
My approach is wholehearted, empathetic and collaborative. As your therapist, I will strive to understand your issues and needs, and support you with compassion and guidance. I seek to hold a safe space for you to feel free to be who you are, to be with all your thoughts, feelings and struggles, no matter how big or small.
I am generally guided by a compassion-focused, mindfulness-based approach that involves reflective conversations as well as psycho-educational skills training from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Dialectical Behavioural Therapy. For trauma-related issues, my preferred treatment methods are Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR) and Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP).
I believe that transformational healing can occur by focussing on the in-depth processing of difficult emotional and relational experiences, through the creation of a therapeutic relationship that is experienced as a safe and secure base.
It is my hope and desire for you to experience the five freedoms below:
“There are five freedoms:
The freedom to see and hear what is;
The freedom to say what you feel and think;
The freedom to feel what you actually feel;
The freedom to ask for what you want;
The freedom to take risks on your own behalf.”
— Virginia Satir
Education
Diploma in Visual Communication
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology
Masters of Arts in Counselling Psychology
Completed Trainings
Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR)
Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP)
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction
Motivational Interviewing
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
Applied Suicide Interventions Skills Training
Areas of Focus
Stress, Anxiety and Depression
Grief and Loss
Relationship Difficulties
Immigration and Life Transitions
Self-Confidence and Self Identity
Fees and Availability
See our fees page for more info
$150
**50 min regular counselling session
$190
**80 min extended counselling session
$210
90 min EMDR session
Virtual
Mondays, Tuesdays
In-Person (Port Moody)
Thursdays and Fridays
** Celeste is no longer accepting new clients for regular counselling sessions.
She is currently only accepting new clients who are interested in EMDR therapy. For in-person EMDR sessions, a wait time of 2 months is required.