Calum helps people navigate life. During sessions, you can expect to build relationships characterized by trust, presence, and connection, both with Calum and with the natural settings where you’ll work together. Calum recognizes who you are as a person and addresses your needs by integrating experiential learning, mindfulness, and your pre-existing strengths. This allows you and Calum to generate a combination of insight and action to move you toward your goals. Calum is committed to creating an experience with you through nature-based therapy that provides opportunities for meaningful growth, change, and acceptance.
Calum’s path to becoming a counsellor has been non-linear. After training as an engineer, he spent 12 years growing the decision-making skills of international rugby players at hundreds of competitions including the Olympics and Rugby World Cups. This work led to collaboration with experts from the NFL, NHL, and Super Rugby to advance his understanding of human behaviour under stress. Calum has also worked in the trades and facilitated over 400 hours of support groups. He holds a Master’s in Counselling Psychology from Yorkville University and is a registered clinical counsellor with the BCACC. In his free time, Calum can usually be found outdoors on a bike, beach, or camping trip with his daughter, wife and dog.
His practice’s website is www.saanichcounselling.com.
Calum lives, with respect and humility, on the territories of the lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples.
Calum is a Certified Nature-Based therapist, level 1.