Beautiful Mind Therapy

BMT provides professional counselling support to youth, adults, couples and families. The counselling approach is flexible, intuitive and varies to meet the unique needs of each individual and family.

BMT takes pride in providing a warm, comforting environment for clients to process experiences and navigate through challenges with the belief that every individual is the expert on their own life story.

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Shima Derakhshanfar, MC, RCC

About Me
My name is Shima Derakhshanfar, MC, RCC. I am a certified clinical counsellor with over a decade of experience in working with individuals, couples, children and families. I am bilingual in English and Farsi.

My practice encourages a holistic approach where I help clients to heal by providing tools for awareness and recognizing their entire human and life experience in an integrative approach to healing the mind.

As a big believer in my client’s personal strengths and capacities in being able to take control of their lives, empowerment plays a key role in the therapeutic relationship with my clients. I am committed to providing you with a safe and accepting space to reflect, learn, grow, and heal.

Areas of Practice
PTSD, Depression, Anxiety, Emotional Regulation, Grief and Loss, Stress, Anger, Trauma, Physical, Emotional and Sexual Abuse, Domestic Violence, Migration and Displacement, War, Car Accidents, Family Relationships, Workplace Conflicts, Parenting, Life Transitions, Bullying, Peer Pressure, ADHD, Self-Esteem

Types of Therapy Provided by BMT
  • Attachment Based Therapy
  • Compassion Focused
  • Holistic focused
  • Culturally Sensitive
  • Emotionally Focused
  • Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
  • Psychodynamic
  • Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR)
  • Somatic Experiencing (SE)
  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)
  • Clinical Hypnotherapy (CSCH)
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Services

Counselling services are offered to youths from 13 years of age, preteens, teenagers, adolescents and adults.

Online counselling and phone counselling is also offered to individuals if preferred.

Workshop

Transmute Fear into Creativity
Fear is a teacher. What happens when we stop trying to control the outcome and instead allow ourselves to lean into curiosity, transformation, and release?

Join us for TRANSMUTE
What Fear Wants to Teach Us, an intimate, 3-hour contemplative workshop designed to help you explore fear, let go of control, and connect with your inner creativity.

In this therapeutically informed, reflective space, we won't be focusing on "realistic" art or rigid techniques. Instead, we’ll use the fluid nature of watercolour as a mirror for life—learning to embrace the unexpected, trust the process, and work with "beautiful oopses".

Guided by a professional therapist through grounding reflections and an artist through fluid watercolour exploration, you’ll discover what your fear might be trying to protect—and what happens when you create space around it.

What to Expect?

  • Guided meditation, grounding exercises & reflective journaling
  • Hands-on watercolour techniques (blooming, flow, and abstract emergence)
  • Gentle emotional inquiry without the pressure of a traditional therapy session
  • Tea, light refreshments, and a supportive closing circle
  • A meaningful piece of art to take home as your personal mantra/reminder
When & Where
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Date: Sunday, Oct 18, 2026
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Time: 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
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Capacity: Intimate group limited to 6 participants only
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Location: Yaletown, Vancouver. Full location details will be emailed upon registration
Fees

Extended Health Coverage
I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors. You may be eligible for full or partial reimbursement through your extended health insurance. Please check with your employer or insurance company to confirm.

Reimbursement options include the government of BCʼs Crime Victims Assistance Program (CVAP). I am an approved therapist with the CVAP. If you or a family member have witnessed or been a victim of a crime you may be eligible for counselling.

I also work collaboratively with ICBC. If you have been involved in an automobile accident you may be entitled to counselling for struggles related to that experience. Ask your ICBC claims adjuster for further info. Scaling is also available on a case-by-case basis.

Individual Counselling Session

  • $160 for 55 mins
  • $240 for 85 mins

Couples Counselling Session

  • $175 for 55 mins
  • $265 for 85 mins

Family Counselling Session

  • $175 for 55 mins
  • $265 for 85 mins

Free Consultation

  • 20 mins free

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Safe, confidential, and compassionate care for your mental wellness.