Tania Gill

Practicum Counsellor

Tania Gill is accepting new clients.

About Me

Hi, my name is Tania Gill (she/her). I am a counselling practicum student completing my Masters in Counselling Psychology. I come to counselling with a background in community mental health, youth care, harm reduction, and behaviour intervention with children and families. In our work together, I want you to know that I see you as the expert in your own life. I bring my training and experience to the process, but I am here to walk alongside you so we can explore insights and tools that feel useful to you.

As a Punjabi Canadian counsellor, I understand that mental health is shaped by more than just the individual. Culture, family expectations, faith, community, gender roles, shame, and belonging can all affect how we understand ourselves. For many people, it can feel hard to balance personal needs with family or cultural expectations. Counselling can be a place to explore those layers with care, respect, and without judgment.

My approach is grounded in the belief that change happens through relationship, reflection, and small, meaningful steps over time. I strive to offer counselling that is culturally responsive, trauma-informed, strengths-based, and solution focused. Together, we can explore your experiences, strengths, and challenges at a pace that feels right for you.

Depression, Anxiety, and Complex PTSD

Depression, anxiety, and complex PTSD can affect the way you see yourself, connect with others, and move through daily life. You may feel stuck in overthinking, numbness, sadness, fear, shame, emotional overwhelm, or the constant feeling that something is wrong with you. These experiences can be exhausting, especially when you have been trying to manage them on your own for a long time. My hope is to help you feel less alone, build practical coping tools, and understand your patterns with compassion instead of blame. We can move at a pace that feels safe and supportive for you.

BIPOC and Cultural Issues

Culture can shape how we understand ourselves, our families, our relationships, and our mental health. As a Indo Canadian women, I understand how complex it can feel to navigate cultural expectations, family roles, identity, community, and belonging. Sometimes people can feel caught between who they are, who they are expected to be, and what they actually need.

Counselling can be a space to explore these experiences without judgment.

Childhood Trauma and Neglect

Childhood trauma and neglect can affect how safe we feel, how we trust others, and how we see ourselves. Sometimes the impact shows up years later through relational attachment, anxiety, people-pleasing, emotional overwhelm, hyper independancy, guilt, or difficulty setting boundaries. You may know something feels heavy, even if you are not sure where it started. In counselling, we can gently explore how your past may be shaping your present. The goal is not to blame your past, but to understand how you learned to survive and what healing could look like now.

Youth and Young Adult Care

I have experience working with youth and young adults who are navigating intergenerational trauma, substance use, and mental health concerns. I understand that this stage of life can feel exciting, confusing, overwhelming, and lonely all at once. I enjoy working with youth and young adults who are navigating life transitions, family expectations, identity, relationships, school, work, and future pressure My hope is to meet you with respect, curiosity, and honesty, while helping you feel supported in making sense of your experiences.

Self-Worth and Personal Growth

Many people come to counselling because they feel stuck, disconnected, or hard on themselves. You may notice patterns of overthinking, perfectionism, comparing yourself to others, or feeling like you are never doing enough. Counselling can help you build a kinder and more grounded relationship with yourself. Together, we can explore your values, strengths, boundaries, and the small changes that help you feel more connected to who you are. Personal growth does not have to mean becoming someone new. Sometimes it means coming back to yourself.

A Little About Me

Outside of counselling, I enjoy going on hikes, trying new cafes, and spending time with my friends and family. I value humour, honesty, and conversations that feel real, whether they are deep, funny, or somewhere in between.

I believe clients deserve a counsellor who is warm, genuine, and human. My hope is that counselling with me feels steady, collaborative, and safe enough for you to show up as your full self.

You can view my Informed Consent Form here.

Affordable Counselling with a Practicum Student – Quality Mental Health Care at Reduced Cost

A note from Peak Resilience: Practicum Counsellors are counsellors. They are fully trained, and receive regular supervision to ensure they deliver the same quality mental health care clients expect from Registered Clinical Counsellors (RCC) and Registered Social Workers (RSW). Practicum is the final stage before registration. Counselling Rates for Practicum Students are $35/50 minutes, with no eligibility questions asked, no limits to services and no waitlist.

Approaches Used

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Anti-Capitalist, Anti-Oppressive, Attachment Informed / Attachment Based Therapy, Bowen Family Systems Therapy (BFST), Brainspotting, Climate Aware Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT), Creative and Strength Based, Critical Race Theory / Culturally Informed / Culturally Competent, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), Emotion Focused Couples Therapy (EFT), Emotion Focused Family Therapy (EFFT), Emotion Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT), Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT), Existential Positive Psychology (EPP), Existential Therapy, Experiential Approach, Family Systems Therapy (FST), Feminist Intersectional Therapy (FIT), Gottman Couples Therapy, Gottman Method, Group Therapy, Harm Reduction Based, Humanistic / Person-Centred Therapy / Rogerian, Humanistic Approach, Internal Family Systems (IFS) – Parts Work, Interpersonal Therapy, LGBTQIA2S+ Affirming, Meditation, Mindful Self Compassion (MSC), Mindfulness, Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Nature Based Therapy, Neurodiversity Affirming, Non-Pathologising Approach, Relational / Relationship Therapy, Relational Therapy, Sensorimotor Therapy, Solutions Focused Therapy (SFT), Somatic and Body-Centred Approaches, Strengths Based Therapy, Trauma Informed Therapy, Weight-Inclusive Therapy

Specialties and Areas of Practice

Accessible Counselling, Accountability, Addiction, ADHD, Alternate Relationship Structures, Anxiety, Autism, BIPOC and Cultural Issues, Body Image, Boundary Setting, Break-Ups, Burnout, Career Counselling / Work Issues, Childhood Trauma, Children, Communication Skills, Couples Therapy, Creative Blocks, Dating, Depersonalization, Depression, Derealization, Dissociation, Domestic Violence, Eating Disorders, Emotional Abuse, Emotional Regulation and Anger, Family Conflict, Family Counselling, Fears and Phobias, Goal Setting, Grief and Loss, Harm Reduction, Health Care Workers/First Responders, Identity, Interpersonal Challenges, Leadership Development, LGBTQIA2S+, Life Meaning and Purpose, Life Transitions, Marriage Therapy, Men’s Health, Motivation, Neglect, Nervous System Regulation, Neurodivergence, OCD, Pain Management, Panic Attacks, Perfectionism, Play and Creative Therapy for Children, Postpartum, Practicum, Pregnancy, PTSD / Complex PTSD, Relational Trauma, Relationship Issues, Religious Trauma, Self Worth and Personal Growth, Self-Development and Coaching, Self-Esteem, Sexual Trauma, Sexual Violence, Sexuality and Gender, Shame, Spirituality / Faith Based, Stress Management and Stress Reduction, Student Support, Substance Use Issues, Trauma, Youth / Young Adults 14+

Tania Gill is accepting new clients.

How Much Counselling Will I Need?

It depends on what you want. Most clients fall into one of three categories:

One (or two) and done – I just want some advice to move forward on a problem. Cool, just let me know that so I can make sure the session will be focused.
Acute issue – I need some support to resolve an issue, but I don’t want to be in counselling forever. This usually takes 8-12 sessions but could be shorter or longer based on your needs (time, financial, issue complexity). We create the ideal structure together.
Long-term therapeutic relationship – I need a safe space to process life events. Sessions are often booked up to a year in advance so you can count on the structure and support. The topic often changes session to session, but relates back to an overarching theme of self-development, relationship management, or something of that nature.

I can’t tell you which issues fall into which bucket, or guarantee results, because each client is unique. It’s best to let me know which category you think you might fall into, we can check and adjust as needed.

What is your favourite thing about working closely with people every day?

My favourite part of working closely with people is witnessing the resilience they carry, even when they may not see it in themselves yet. I feel honoured to sit with clients as they begin to make connections, understand their patterns, or have a moment of realization that helps something finally feel clearer.
Sometimes those breakthroughs are big, and sometimes they are quiet. It might be naming something out loud for the first time, recognizing that a reaction makes sense, or seeing themselves with more compassion.

What have you learned from your work?

What I have learned from my work is that the relationship matters deeply. Counselling can feel vulnerable, unfamiliar, and even daunting at first, so I believe it is important to build a relationship based on mutual trust, understanding and respect.
When trust is built, we often feel safer to slow down, be honest, and explore parts of our story that may feel painful or difficult to say out loud. My work has taught me that healing does not happen by rushing someone or assuming we know what they need. It happens through patience, curiosity, and creating a space where people feel supported enough to dig deeper at their own pace.

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Last Updated: October 1, 2026 Created: August 24, 2026

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