Clinical Counselling
Vancouver Island | Whitehorse | Dawson City
counselling services
Children, Teens & Young Adults
Including emotional regulation, behavioural challenges, grief & loss, divorce, navigating a diagnosis, big life transitions, social skills, anxiety & depression, self-harm, eating disorders
Women’s Health
Including perinatal mental health, self esteem, eating disorders, motherhood, peri/menopause identity shifts, societal pressures, real self care
Big Life Transitions
Including grief and loss, separation, career changes, shifting family roles, parenthood, peri/menopause, illness (and caring for those who are ill), empty nesting, retirement
Live according to your values
Cold Water Counselling is a provider for Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB). This means we can directly bill NIHB, making sessions free of charge for all individuals with a valid Status Number or N-Number.
We are also a FNHA/ Pacific Blue Cross/ Sunlife provider and are covered by most workplace benefit plans.
Hi! I’m Talisa Famularo
I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor based in beautiful British Columbia, where I was born and raised. After spending seven years living in the Yukon, I have returned to my West Coast roots, bringing with me a deep appreciation for the north and remote living.
My journey into counselling began while I was completing my undergrad in 2014. I was working with VAST and I loved hearing peoples stories and wanted to learn more about how to support. My work experience over the past 10 years includes working in Vancouver high schools, with Indigenous youth in the Yukon, and at Looking Glass Residence, a residential eating disorder treatment program in BC.
Outside of my professional life, I enjoy the library and walks. I am a mom and I cherish time around the dinner table as well as outside camping and making s’mores. I’m always trying to find the right balance between work and parenting.
Whether you are seeking short-term support or long-term guidance, I would be honored to meet you and work alongside you.
My Background
Master of Education
Advanced Certificate in Couple and Family Therapy (ongoing)
Bachelor of Arts
Addiction Certificate
DBT with Children and Adolescents
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Expressive Art Therapy
Narrative Therapy
Foundational Motivational Interviewing
Play Therapy Certificate
Understanding Trauma
Trauma Informed Care
Certificate of Wilderness Healing in Addiction
Emotion Focused Family Therapy Certificate
San'yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Certificate