About

Meet Nicole Atkins, MC, BScEE, RCC.

I’m a registered Clinical Counsellor in Vancouver, and I work with adults navigating life transitions, loss, relationship challenges, and complex trauma. I often meet people when familiar ways of coping are no longer working, and something needs care, attention, or a chance to be understood differently.  My work supports people in reconnecting with themselves and building lives that feel more grounded, meaningful, and authentic. 

Before becoming a counsellor, I was an engineer. I chose the engineering path because it seemed to align my strengths in math and science with my desire to contribute to my community. While I valued the skills and experience engineering gave me, the work often felt disconnected from the people and relationships that mattered most to me. It wasn’t until I encountered my own unexpected life transition that I allowed myself to reimagine what meaningful work could look like.

I chose to become a therapist intentionally. Periods of deep disruption have a way of clarifying what truly matters, and for me, that has always been relationships, both with ourselves and with the people we live our lives beside. As a therapist, I get to support people in strengthening those connections, fostering self-understanding, and creating relationships that feel safer, more authentic, and more nourishing.  I work one-on-one with my clients, and while therapy happens individually, when someone reclaims their authentic sense of self – one that is confident, curious, compassionate, present, and playful – it often creates positive ripple effects in the relationships around them.   

I genuinely love being a therapist. It’s a great privilege to walk alongside people as they face their most important challenges, make new connections, and discover their own capacity for change.  I’m continually moved by the courage, creativity, and resilience I witness in this work.