Crystal is a Canadian Certified Counsellor and psychotherapist. She has a Masters of Education Degree in Counselling from UNBC, as well as a Degree in Education and Post Baccalaureate Diploma in Guidance Studies.
In addition to private counselling, she has worked in various community support roles and as a teacher and school counsellor since 2007. Before coming to Fort St. John in 2011, she worked in the school system in Vancouver, lived and worked on an isolated reservation near the BC/Yukon border and provided counselling support to children in Chetwynd and Tumbler Ridge. Crystal opened her counselling practice, Sutherland Counselling Services, in 2013.
Crystal has been in northern communities in British Columbia since 2009 and has found that her northern experiences have stirred even more of a passion to learn about local culture and help others discover their potential and personal growth. She feels passionate about supporting others and believes that everyone should be given opportunities to learn and develop.
Crystal has experience working with adults, children and families and offers individual, couple and family counselling, both in-person and online.
"When in an atmosphere full of authentic support, encouragement, and manageable challenges, we are able to realize that we can surpass many of the boundaries that hold us back.
My role as a therapist is more than just providing information and support to clients. I am there to create a safe environment, be committed to life long learning and provide an avenue for clients to also learn to support themselves.
As a therapist and educator, I aim to be flexible,
inquisitive, and genuine in utilizing approaches that are fitting for my clientele. It is my role to help pour a foundation and provide the necessary building blocks. Nevertheless, it is those I support that inevitably put the blocks together and build the structure of their understanding and growth."
~Crystal Anielewicz~
Crystal practices from a client-centered, trauma-aware lens. Her integrated approach combines cognitive, behavioural and psychodynamic therapies such as:
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