Arin Clarke-Visser

MCP-AT, CCC, PCAT, CT

Arin has been practicing since 2017 after completing her Master’s in Counselling Psychology: Art Therapy from Adler University in Vancouver BC. Arin gained valuable experience in her practicum placements in a wide range of areas including in addictions and mental health, stopping the violence counselling with women in the Downtown East Side of Vancouver, in an inpatient forensic psychiatric setting, and in a multitude of other mental health settings. Arin has since practiced in areas of sexual violence and trauma therapy, short-term counselling, mood disorders, relationship counselling, anxiety and depression, chronic stress and overwhelm and much more.

Arin has a dual master’s degree in Art Therapy and Counselling Psychology which has given her a unique approach to the counselling setting.

What can I expect?

Our first session will be spent talking about you, sharing your story, and engaging in some goal-setting to ensure we are on the right track. After that, we will use in-the-moment somatic interventions to begin learning the language of the body and increasing a sense of “containment” in the nervous system.

This is done to build up strategies for coping with activation and dysregulation throughout your day-to-day and during intense moments in sessions.

If you are comfortable and interested in engaging in art therapy, we will use things like oil pastels and pencils in the session.

If you are interested in engaging in arts-based interventions virtually, simply bring some art-making supplies to the session (i.e., a journal, blank paper, oil pastels, felt pens).

  • I recommend you contact your insurance provider or check your benefits booklet to make sure you have coverage for a "certified" counsellor or Counselling Therapist. (My specific certifications are as a Counselling Therapist in Alberta as a Canadian Certified Counsellor) If so, then yes!

  • You can create an account on my practice website and book yourself into my schedule. If you have any issues you can always email me here.

  • I offer a free telephone consultation where you can ask me any questions you might have about my approach or credentials (or whatever else you think might be good for you to know) and together we can make sure I have the qualifications and experience needed for your specific concerns. You can book that here.

  • Individual Counselling

    Individual counselling offers a safe space to explore personal challenges and improve well-being. Arin provides specialized support to survivors of sexual and domestic violence and processing the impacts of these experiences.

  • Art Therapy Workshops

    Workshops are a place to connect with community, engage in art making with a therapeutic purpose, and learn more about mindfulness, regulation and creating routines of self care.

    upcoming sessions:

    Therapeutic Weaving Workshop - February 2025, 75$ pp

  • Relationship Counselling

    Relationship counselling offers a joint space to reflect on recurring conflicts and relational ruptures, deepen connection and improve routines for repair and co-regulation. Arin uses strategies from Gottman Couples Counselling, PACT, and Emotions-focussed couples counselling.

  • Group Therapy

    Group Therapy is a space for communities to come together and witness one another in healing and processing shared or similar experiences.

    upcoming sessions:

    Weaving Our Voices: an Art Therapy Group for Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse (Date TBA)

    16 Steps to Empowerment (Date TBA)